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Well, it's been a while since I've been able to update this thing, so here goes: I've been doing a whole bunch of crazy and intensive training in the past month or so which is split up into weeks:

I did drilling week (in reality a week and a half), which is where we went through all the different types of drills and situations we would encounter in our tank, among them when one of the treads falls off, fire in the turret/engine compartment, camaflouge, injured crew member, and disembarking from the tank and attacking on foot. Needless to say, it was crazy fun, and I got through almost the whole week until the day of the test when during one of the drills my finger got crushed between a big metallic object (the tank) and a piece of metal attached to it by a spring. Painful, to say the least. But after a hole being poked in the nail and a couple-three days recuperation, I'm all better. The finger still hurts, and the nail still has a hole in it, but I can function.

Then we did Crew Member Week, whish is where each different crew member starts showing his stuff and we start working together as a team. For me that meant doing a whole lot of simulated shooting, and then semi-real shooting (I'll explain in a sec...) I did day shooting, night shooting, shooting in motion, I shot the coaxle MaG and the commanders MaG and the 60mm mortar we have in the tank. I also shot the 0.5 which they put on my tank. Only one in three tanks get one, and I'm one of them. Lemme tell you, shooting a target straight through the eyes at 1500 meters is something that is hard to beat. Eat your heart out, Snipe... The last time I drilled shooting in motion with live ammo, my commander intentionally screwed up my fire control system, so I had to do it the old way, without computer tracking or any other fancy gizmo's. It was literally one of the hardest things I've done, but in the end I hit my target, and that's all that matters, isn't it?

Now for the semi-real shooting. The thing about having a tank with a 120mm gun, is that it's kinda hard to practice. During my advanced training I'm gonna shoot a total of 12 live rounds. Now, usually, before every drill we practice it on "dry", no ammo. Back in the old days, when my Brigade still used M48/M60's, they used a 0.5 to gauge hits and stuff like that. Problem was, it wasn't too accurate. So somebody came up with the bright idea of building a mini-cannon which fits in the big cannon. Once this mini-cannon is inserted, you can fire 20mm rounds, like fired from the M61A1. It's a safe, accuarate way to practice, and you get the feeling for really shooting.

I'm home for the weekend, and next week we do Basic Week, which is where we do actual Courses, now that each crew member has shown they know what it is they're doing.

That's all for now. I'll write again when I can.

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI

Thanks for the update, BR. Continued good luck, stay safe, and happy holiday (Chanukah, in this case).

"Pilots Without Maintainers are Just Pedestrians With Leather Jackets and Cool Sunglasses."

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\"Those who hammer their guns into plows
will plow for those who do not.\"
- Thomas Jefferson

Good to hear from you man, sounds awesome. Keep on kickin ass.


They say that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes. I prefer them in that order.

YOU GO BG!
and Happy Chanukah!


Goose

LIVE FREE OR DIE

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\"Live Free Or Die\"

Proud of you troop.

You'll be blasting palestinian suicide bombers in no time, so pay attention.

<b>There are two kinds of soldiers.
Snipers...and targets.</b>
<img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0>

Maybe some of those Iranian too!


Goose

LIVE FREE OR DIE

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\"Live Free Or Die\"

I want Video of a Merkava Sniping a Suicide Bombers Bomb Factory Apartment or a Compact car.

Make it Happen <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan

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\"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. \"

George S. Patton

Hey, Snipe, you ever wonder what it's like knowing a Browning Ma Deuce is one of the <i>smallest </i> weapons available to you?

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI

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Hey, Snipe, you ever wonder what it's like knowing a Browning Ma Deuce is one of the <i>smallest </i> weapons available to you?

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI
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Yin and Yang. Humping a Ma Deuce through tall grass and not giving away your position is trickier than with an M21, and you are still alive when you hear the shot from a Merkava.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>

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Ofcourse, Lunatock wouldnt know anything about that as he had never served in the military, Rubber bands and spitwads doesnt exactly qualify one as a subject matter expert in the military arts.

<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

<font color=red>And I can ask, without the slightest abuse of authority how pining for WT admin is working out for ya?</font id=red>


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Hey, Snipe, you ever wonder what it's like knowing a Browning Ma Deuce is one of the <i>smallest </i> weapons available to you?

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI
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Yin and Yang. Humping a Ma Deuce through tall grass and not giving away your position is trickier than with an M21, and you are still alive when you hear the shot from a Merkava.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>
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"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan

Edited by - Lunatock on Dec 19 2005 10:37 AM

_________________
\"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. \"

George S. Patton

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Ofcourse, Lunatock wouldnt know anything about that as he had never served in the military, Rubber bands and spitwads doesnt exactly qualify one as a subject matter expert in the military arts.

<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>




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Hey, Snipe, you ever wonder what it's like knowing a Browning Ma Deuce is one of the <i>smallest </i> weapons available to you?

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Yin and Yang. Humping a Ma Deuce through tall grass and not giving away your position is trickier than with an M21, and you are still alive when you hear the shot from a Merkava.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan
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Score
Thug 1 Lunatock 0

"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up"
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/jollyrogerspaintball/cup.gif" border=0>

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\"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up\"

Thug is back with a vengance. I'm just going to wait on the fireworks. <img src="http://avionicsnow.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/EatMorePopcorn!.gif" border=0>



Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

Edited by - Fenderstrat72 on Dec 19 2005 09:24 AM

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Ofcourse, Lunatock wouldnt know anything about that as he had never served in the military, Rubber bands and spitwads doesnt exactly qualify one as a subject matter expert in the military arts.

<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>




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Hey, Snipe, you ever wonder what it's like knowing a Browning Ma Deuce is one of the <i>smallest </i> weapons available to you?

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Yin and Yang. Humping a Ma Deuce through tall grass and not giving away your position is trickier than with an M21, and you are still alive when you hear the shot from a Merkava.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan
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Having served makes you a god among men, <img src=newicons/Whatever_anim.gif border=0 align=middle> especially from my pissant chicken shit outfit as a Pa. gun nut and my kung fu bullshit. Bagging varmints and punching holes in paper with second rate weapons, the result of which could possibly own a "god like person" such as yourself.

And such laughable nonesense as say...applying a jointlock to my ex-marine brother and making him my bitch. <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>

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......that and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0>

Gravity....its not just a good idea, its the law.

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>And such laughable nonesense as say...applying a jointlock to my ex-marine brother and making him my bitch. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Can someone please decipher this coded message? I seem to have lost my secret decoder ring. Until I can get to the commissary and buy a box of Cracker Jacks, a little help please.

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

Dear looney,


Your experiance is about as quantifiable as banging a chick with a dildoe your only half a man and a pathetic one at that. I highly doubt you have the spine to live in my shoes Before and after the fact.

Stop Bitching up and signup, im sure theres a few Hajjis just waiting for a tuneup from your self proclaimed mojo.
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Having served makes you a god among men, <img src=newicons/Whatever_anim.gif border=0 align=middle> especially from my pissant chicken shit outfit as a Pa. gun nut and my kung fu bullshit. Bagging varmints and punching holes in paper with second rate weapons, the result of which could possibly own a "god like person" such as yourself.

And such laughable nonesense as say...applying a jointlock to my ex-marine brother and making him my bitch. <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan

Edited by - thebigthug on Dec 19 2005 5:53 PM

_________________
\"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. \"

George S. Patton

I dont swing from snipes little pee pee. Enjoy your anonymous kneepad operating status.

Always an anonymous Pussy in the crowd.


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Ofcourse, Lunatock wouldnt know anything about that as he had never served in the military, Rubber bands and spitwads doesnt exactly qualify one as a subject matter expert in the military arts.

<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

<font color=red>And I can ask, without the slightest abuse of authority how pining for WT admin is working out for ya?</font id=red>

Edited by - Lunatock on Dec 19 2005 10:37 AM
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"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan

Edited by - thebigthug on Dec 19 2005 8:00 PM

_________________
\"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. \"

George S. Patton

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Thug is back with a vengance. I'm just going to wait on the fireworks. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>


I see I didn't have to wait long. I am still waiting on Lunatock or anyone to decipher the aforementioned quote?

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

I'm still trying to figure out how to score it... but I think the

score
Thug 2 Lunatock -1

(neg 1 point results from power abuse penalty and not giving the scorekeeper a decoder ring)

"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up"
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/jollyrogerspaintball/cup.gif" border=0>

_________________
\"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up\"

<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0>

Gravity....its not just a good idea, its the law.

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>And such laughable nonesense as say...applying a jointlock to my ex-marine brother and making him my bitch. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Can someone please decipher this coded message? I seem to have lost my secret decoder ring. Until I can get to the commissary and buy a box of Cracker Jacks, a little help please.

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields
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You got a little brown spot on your nose there. Could of rubbed off onto you or oozed out your head...

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>

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Dear looney,


Your experiance is about as quantifiable as banging a chick with a dildoe your only half a man and a pathetic one at that. I highly doubt you have the spine to live in my shoes Before and after the fact.

Stop Bitching up and signup, im sure theres a few Hajjis just waiting for a tuneup from your self proclaimed mojo.
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Having served makes you a god among men, <img src=newicons/Whatever_anim.gif border=0 align=middle> especially from my pissant chicken shit outfit as a Pa. gun nut and my kung fu bullshit. Bagging varmints and punching holes in paper with second rate weapons, the result of which could possibly own a "god like person" such as yourself.

And such laughable nonesense as say...applying a jointlock to my ex-marine brother and making him my bitch. <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan

Edited by - thebigthug on Dec 19 2005 5:53 PM
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<img src=newicons/Whatever_anim.gif border=0 align=middle> That's true in a very big way. How could ever I hope to change from my diaper to Mr Mudd's big pants if I can't even stop Fenderstrat's bullshit claims which are less truthfull than the PDF mullah conspiracy's?

Keep e-thuggin you bad! bad! b-b-b-bad ass man! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>

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I'm still trying to figure out how to score it... but I think the

score
Thug 2 Lunatock -1

(neg 1 point results from power abuse penalty and not giving the scorekeeper a decoder ring)

"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up"
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/jollyrogerspaintball/cup.gif" border=0>
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News to me. My ass hasn't gone <i>that</i>soft from schooling the internet Mullahs and Nazi poofs in daddy-bought beemers. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>

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HAHAA you gage your warrior prowess based on your internet Forum banter.

HAHHAHAHA

laughable and highly comical, you need to find a website that befits a day dreaming poser such as yourself. leave the real world military affair discussions to the professionals actually involved in the trade.


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I'm still trying to figure out how to score it... but I think the

score
Thug 2 Lunatock -1

(neg 1 point results from power abuse penalty and not giving the scorekeeper a decoder ring)

"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up"
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/jollyrogerspaintball/cup.gif" border=0>
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

News to me. My ass hasn't gone <i>that</i>soft from schooling the internet Mullahs and Nazi poofs in daddy-bought beemers. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>
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"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan

_________________
\"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. \"

George S. Patton

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HAHAA you gage your warrior prowess based on your internet Forum banter.

HAHHAHAHA

laughable and highly comical, you need to find a website that befits a day dreaming poser such as yourself. leave the real world military affair discussions to the professionals actually involved in the trade.


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I'm still trying to figure out how to score it... but I think the

score
Thug 2 Lunatock -1

(neg 1 point results from power abuse penalty and not giving the scorekeeper a decoder ring)

"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up"
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/jollyrogerspaintball/cup.gif" border=0>
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

News to me. My ass hasn't gone <i>that</i>soft from schooling the internet Mullahs and Nazi poofs in daddy-bought beemers. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>
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"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan
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The PDF fags are online, the nazi poofs are tangible but seem to only talk trash from preppy-mobiles. Though there was one who almost had a .357 draw down on 'em.

But then again, believe it or not I do keep a lot of things off of here, despite WT being less of a target rich environment.

And if you want to gripe about my presence, t'was Snipe who modded me and Horrido who brought me here in the first place. <img src=newicons/anim_bow.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Lunatock/1810S.jpg" border=0>

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