Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted April 15, 2005 the last picture doesnt look like an original to me, rather like a scene from a movie such as SPR! Am I wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevbaz 0 Posted April 15, 2005 A mention is despatches is roughly equivalent to a US Bronze Star, IIRC. Looks like your grandfather saw some interesting places. The Cheshires were usually machine gun battalions, right? I remember reading about one of their battalions attached to the 50th Northumbrian Division and they were the ones providing the bulk of the Vickers guns in the division. Weve tried to find out what he got the mention for but to no avail so far. Ill double check with me dad his regiment ect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpongeBob 0 Posted April 17, 2005 Bigger Too bad the 3rd tank back has ruined the whole picture Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiNs_Da_Smoka 0 Posted April 18, 2005 Fun in the motorpool A nice view of Washington state. Sometimes you have too many rounds and gotta get rid of a few A Sappers best friends. Seems thats all i gots on my puter right now. I'll post some more usless military pics later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted April 18, 2005 Welcome back, Pins! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevbaz 0 Posted April 18, 2005 Does any one know how i can find out what my Grandfather did to be mentioned in dispatches? surely theres a record somewhere? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warden 0 Posted April 18, 2005 Send off a nice letter to the MOD The will have his records. *Edit* Usefull Addresses How too. GoodLuck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
da12thMonkey 1943 Posted April 18, 2005 This may or may not be a helpful place to search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ I'll see if I can take a pic of my grandad's WW2 stuff next time I visit my grandma, I seem to recall that he went some interesting places in his time with the Royal Artillery and has some medals that show where he toured, as well as a Mills grenade (with the fuse and all the mechanisms taken out, and the end bunged up with a cork). I'm not really sure what regiment he was in, I never thought to ask while he was alive. My grandma's also got some nice stuff from her time in the RAF back then, nicest of all is an Iron Cross a PoW gave her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebns72 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Some pics from a blueangel airshow I went to last summer- F105 thunderchief F4U Corsair..forget which model :P (GREAT looking plane) C47 B17G (lost some quality and I resized it, was a crappy shot of the plane to begin with too) TBM avenger (damn, can't believe they managed to get these things off a carrier!) Another shot of the corsair. Just noticed there must have been smudged grease or dirt on the left side of my camera, and my finger is in a few shots. I ain't not photographer, o well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebns72 0 Posted April 19, 2005 B25 (forget which model..again..would assume its a J) "Hap" p40(e? or maybe w?) resized, lost some quality this has got to be my favorite one of them all. In the hangar there was a wall which had actual newspapers from WWII...no reproduction, those are authentic..there were a lot more, there were 3 "walls" as seen here altoghether. 2 P51Ds lined up next to each other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebns72 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Now, I have s**tloads of shots of the blue angels, but most of them are just vapour trails as when an F18 is going past you faster than sound its hard to get a good picture. This picture is cropped intensely and is still probably the best pic of em I have because I turned my camera to super high resolution. Flying nice in formation there... 90% of my 25 or so other shots are like this one, they have some obstruction and are generally just silouhettes and vapor trails. included this shot just to show you how crowded it was there...it was in jones beach, long island..there were so many people there. Just so you don't ask, I have no idea who that dude next to me is. I think that is a b17 and p51 (same ones as before)flying right there, were many aircraft there. I have some other shots, but they are generally just like 10 shots of the same aircraft and other blueangel shots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olvi 0 Posted April 24, 2005 Few pictures about our last big excercise during my service. Me trying to get some sleep Break during a patrol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted April 25, 2005 nx_illusion please don't hotlink images over 100kb, you've been around long enough to know that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOP_101TFS 0 Posted May 16, 2005 http://bbs.samren.cn/attachment.php?s=&postid=293873 Wang Wei, an Artillery Spotter of CPLA (1979). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnylump 0 Posted May 21, 2005 Out the back of a CH-47, over Baghdad, February 2004. The black smudge in the sky is an Apache that was kind enough to escort us. USS O'Bannon, Spruance-class destroyer, off the coast of Nice, France, February 2005 Iraqi special operations forces, training west of Baghdad, February 2005 Iraqi T-55 & crew, north of Baghdad, February 2005 Stryker team, Mosul, Feburary 2005 Cheers, JL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevbaz 0 Posted June 2, 2005 http://www.big-boys.com/articles/bunkerbuster.html bunker buster demonstration Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sluganda 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Some military pictures with military womans  ¨ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T.S.C.Plage 0 Posted June 16, 2005 I stumbled about these pics in a German military-forum... ...and followed the URL to this report on the official Czech Army homepage (http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=6182). I asked Edge (from the CSLA-Mod) for a translation of the report and here's what he wrote... Quote[/b] ]Recon troops from Prostejov in Afghanistan40 Czech elite recon troops moved to Afghanistan in spring 2005. Members of 102. Reconnaisance Batallion have joined provincial reconstruction teams (ISAF-PRT) to help the Afghan people. In 8 UAZ cars and 1 PV3S truck, they had to drive 280 km through mountain passes on their first day. They were joined by their German colleagues. The first phase (from Mazar-e-Sharif to Kunduz) lasted for 10 hours, so the Czech troops reach their destination in Kunduz around midnight. At 5 o'clock next day they continued to Fayzabad. This lasted for 18 hours, and the trail was 230 km long. Now they are stationed at Badakshan in Northern Afghanistan, while their second home there is Fayzabad base. Their main tasks are patrolling, defence of base and airfield, security service and protection of transports and important personell. Thought it's maybe interesting for some people!?! /edit: Placebo, you've a programm you run to check the picture-size, or what? Can't believe you checking everything manually! Greetz Plage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted June 16, 2005 Please check image sizes before posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironsight 1 Posted June 16, 2005 Russian army girl http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/7.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/32.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/56.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/72.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/46.jpg Wouldn't mind sharing a foxhole with her Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
void_false 1 Posted June 16, 2005 Russian army girl http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/7.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/32.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/56.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/72.jpg http://zasteklom.novy.tv/foto/16/640/46.jpg :O Wouldn't mind sharing a foxhole with her :oops: OMFG... :O Is it... SpetzNaz? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sputnik monroe 102 Posted June 16, 2005 Quote[/b] ]Wouldn't mind sharing a foxhole with her She'd likely kick your ass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironsight 1 Posted June 16, 2005 Quote[/b] ]Wouldn't mind sharing a foxhole with her She'd likely kick your ass. Wouldn't mind that either But serious: Think this is just a publicity stunt, it's hard to recruit people for the army these days with all those lefty's nowadays Gotta love those new smilies by the way Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
