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Kansas flag |
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Kansas map
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Major Childs taking a picture of me - taking a picture of her. |
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Inside a HUMVEE. |
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Preparing for our final convoy - YIPEEE!!! |
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Major Chris Joseph (MSC) inside the turrett. |
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Major Childs, locked and loaded, as Major Bell-Garvin (MSC) watches. |
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A stop along the way. |
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Snow Day!!! We woke up to 12 inches of snow. |
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Dan Bosshart (Missilier)
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Our token Academy Graduate - Capt Kevin Fitzgerald (CE) |
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Maj Perry Stansbury (MSC) |
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Capt Bryant (BSC-PA) |
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Capt Grant (COMM) |
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Capt Summers (COMM) |
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Major Udoaka (Logistics) |
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SrA Mark "McLovin" Williams |
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Capt Mitchell (COMM) |
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Capt Boswell (Intel) |
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Our planning session held in the green tents. |
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Major Sean "Bull" Murphy |
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Major Rod Hullinger snacking. |
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LtCol Devin "Father" Donnelly (MC) |
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Capt John "Dude, I used your soap" Funk (MC, FS) |
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Major Childs, letting her hair down. |
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Major Chris Joseph (MSC) |
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Major Joseph and me styling in our IBA. |
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Capt Good, waiting for our final "leader meet." |
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More waiting. |
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Braving the cold. |
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More pics of Team 3. |
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Doc Donnelly, preparing to snap the Team photo. |
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Major Farrell, trying to stay warm. |
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Our Team photo. |
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Inside the open squadbay. |
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10 weeks of sleeping on the bottom bunk - glad it's over!! |
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TSgt Jimmy Davenport |
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Our open squadbay again. |
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Not so neat bunks!! |
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Major Hullinger, guarding his territory! |
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SSG Hammond - one of our OCs. |
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SGT Hunsperger - another OC |
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Spc Sims - our armory guru. |
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SFC Ramon - an OC. |
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SFC Ruiz - the big cheese OC. |
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1STSGT Walder - Charlie Battery, 1/5 FA |
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SFC Altamirano - another OC. |
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CPT McGee - Charlie Battery Commander. |
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Team 2 - had a mascot. However, they failed to properly take care of it and this is the result! |
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A better perspective an Team 2's mascot. Our Army brothers like to play. |
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MSgt Boggs. |
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Major Joseph |
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CPT Jason Dean - he's a Ranger!! |
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MAJ Neary |
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SFC Dupre |
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SFC Flynn |
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SFC Mike Dufficy |
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SFC Marrero |
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MAJ Tammaro |
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SSG Gaudet |
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MAJ Rachelle |
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1LT Dan Espinal - planning their final convoy mission. |
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Major Ruben Garza (MSC) |
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Short Range Marksmanship course. |
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TSgt Jimmy "Bear" Davenport, M2 Gunner extraordinaire (Lab Tech) |
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C Battery, 1/5, Group 1, Class 37 - our convoy of HUMVEEs at the SRM range. |
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SRM course - close live fire of the M4 and the M9. |
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Major Pamela Bell-Garvin, (MSC) |
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Major Mary-Jo Burliegh, CRNA |
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LtCol Bruce Woodford, MC, FS |
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Major Joe Lyons (MSC) |
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Major Ron Greenaway, (MSC) |
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TSgt Jimmy Davenport (4T) |
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Major Franklin Espinal, (MSC) |
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TSgt Brian Leclair (X-ray Tech) |
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MSgt David Boggs (Nuc Med Tech) |
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Major Norma Farrell, (USAFR-MSC) |
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Captain Katherine Good (ANG-MSC) |
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Captain Mark Henderson (Missilier) |
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Major Ruben Garza (MSC) |
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Captain Michael Cuomo, (PHO) |
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1LT Dan Espinal (USA-Reserve, RI) |
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The MK19 range (Automatic Grenade Launcher) |
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Major Rod Hullinger (MSC) |
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Captain Antonini, our Range Safety Officer (RSO) for most of our ranges. (USA) |
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Major Dawn Childs (PHO) catching up on some music while waiting to shoot the MK19. |
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Major Pam Bell-Garvin |
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Major's Bell-Garvin and Childs, in the back of the HUMVEE - [wo]manning the M240 machine gun. |
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SFC Mike Dufficy, (USA-Reserve, RI) in the back of his HUMVEE. |
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One of our convoy "recon" missions. |
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Major Childs, Truck Commander of Vehcile 2.
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SSG Trimmer (USA), Urban Combat tactics and techniques (note the urban village in the background) |
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Practicing room clearing. |
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More practicing. |
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Helping a "fallen" buddy. |
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Captain Barreda (USA), D Co Commander, 1/5. |
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Urban Cluster 8. |
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"Chai" (tea). |
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LtCol Donnelly (MC) enjoying his delicious MRE, as we qualify on the crew-served-weapons (CSW) range. We shot the M2 (50 cal) and the M240 (7.62). |
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LtCol Donnelly (MC) storing his food in his cheeks as he prepared to fire at the CSW range. |
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Waiting their turn. L-R - SrA Williams (COMM), TSgt Leclair (4R), LtCol Woodford (MC) and Maj Stansbury (MSC). |
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Maj Chris "The Killer" Joseph (MSC) our primary M2 Gunner.
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Maj "Bull" Murphy (MSC), never without his coffee thermos. |
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An up-armored HUMVEE with the M2 mounted in the turret, prepared to shoot down-range. |
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Two HUMVEEs at the range - note the boxes of ammunition at the left. |
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Maj Ruben "The Rubenator" Garza (MSC) waiting to fire the CSWs - resting his eyes. |
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"The Rubenator" resting a bit more than his eyes. Or maybe his head is just too heavy for his body! |
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Major Dawn "The Librarian" Childs (PHO) our cheerleader. She's always peppy and never complains. |
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The USAF - waiting around to fire the "big guns." |
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"The Librarian" waiting in the turret of the HUMVEE, getting ready to shred some targets!!! |
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Loading spent rounds of ammunition. |
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Just a few of the boxes of ammunition we shot. We expended over 20,000 rounds.
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Capt "Why Me" Bryant (BSC-PA) preparing to grab some more ammunition. |
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The new MSC Major Mafia... Major's "8 deployments" Farrell (USAFR), "Bull" Murphy (AFMLO), and "Rugged Rod" Hullinger (Elmendorf). |
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Maj Childs (PHO) carrying her ammunition "Rambo" style. |
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LtCol "Father" Donnelly (MC) waiting to fire the M2. |
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MSgt "Badass" Boggs (4R) and acting 1stSgt for the Air Force contingent here at Ft. Riley, looking tough. |
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"Barstow Boyeeee!" - Capt Mark "Lanyard" Henderson. a.k.a. - Captain Condiment. |
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Major "Rugged" Rod Hullinger. |
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Belts of ammunition. |
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Captain Michael "Cujo" Cuomo. |
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MSgt David "Badass" Boggs. |
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The Range - it was a very long day - 5am until 3am (22 hours - the longest day so far). A minor sacrafice compared to our bretheren in the AORs. |
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Freezing their....... faces off! The temperature dropped into the teens as we waited for the night firing portion of training. |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC) talks with LtCol Donnelly (MC) as we prepare for Blue Force Tracker (BFT) training.
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Blue Force Tracker (BFT) class room training, after 2 hours sleep from the range the night before. |
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Travis, our BFT instructor (USMCR). |
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Blue Force Tracker (BFT). |
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Maj Joseph (MSC) studying for the BFT practical examination. |
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Maj Joseph (MSC) listens intently as the instructor (Roy USA retired) patiently taught BFT and its many capabilities. |
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Mr. "Mo" our Dari language instructor. |
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Dari with "Mo." |
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Combat Life Safer (CLS) litter carry training. |
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Maj "Bull" Murphy (MSC) as the "patient" in the venipuncture training. |
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TSgt's Davenport (Lab Tech-L) and Leclair (X-Ray Tech-R), providing patient care to Maj Murphy (MSC). |
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Capt Grant (COMM) getting stuck. |
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Maj Childs (PHO) assisting Army MAJ's Thornton and Tammaro (sitting). |
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SFC Marrero looking at the tubing getting ready to stick CPT Dean. |
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CPT Dean smiling as SFC Marreo sticks him with an 18 gauge needle. He didn't even cry....Army Strong!! |
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Capt Mitchell (LRO), Capt Boswell (Intel) and Capt Summers (COMM) pretending to study for the CLS exam. |
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A meeting of the Majors. L-R - Maj Childs (PHO), MAJ Tammaro (sitting), MAJ Thornton, and Maj Burliegh (CNRA-NC) - Army Strong - Air Force Smart!! |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC) getting ready to stick Capt Cuomo (PHO) |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) pulls away from Maj Hullinger (MSC) as he prepares to stick a needle in his arm. Resistance is futile!!! |
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Ouch! |
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Double ouch!! |
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Now see what he did! He made me bleed!!! |
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Maj's Childs (PHO) and Bell-Garvin (MSC) being instructed by SFC Johnson. |
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LtCol Donnelly (MC) and Maj Garza (MSC) change a tire on a HUMVEE. |
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The HEAT Trainer. |
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The HEAT Trainer at 22 degrees left. |
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The HEAT Trainer at 22 degrees right. |
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The HEAT Trainer at 180 degrees - Maj Hullinger (MSC) egresses and goes to assist his back-seat passenger. |
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Maj Murphy (MSC) readjusts his brain as he emerges from the HEAT Trainer - assisted by Maj Hullinger (MSC) |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC). |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC) eating his helmet strap. |
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Preparing to convoy in the M1151 - HMMWV (HUMVEE) |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC) looking cool behind the wheel. |
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Capt Good (MSC) waiting to convoy out for the night driving portion of training. Yes. We drove with the Night Vision Goggles (NVGs). |
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Left- Maj Garza (MSC) and Capt Cuomo (PHO) also waiting for the night driving training. |
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Nasal airway training - Combat Life Saver (CLS) training - three days of intense battlefield first aid (similar to SABC only on steroids!) |
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LtCol Woodford (MC) left, instructs needle decompression for CLS. |
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Maj Garza (MSC) not wanting to get too close to the action, oversees Maj's Bell-Garvin (MSC), Childs (PHO) and Burliegh (CNRA-NC). |
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The M-4 range. |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC) with NVGs and his M-4 ready for some night firing at the range. |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) and LtCol Donnelly (MC) after egressing from HEAT training |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) helping a team member egress from HEAT trainer |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) immediately after egressing from HEAT trainer (my head hurts!!) |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) steering while training in HUMVEE towing |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) and Capt Mark Henderson (13S2) preparing to be turned up-side-down in a HEAT trainer |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) preparing to be towed in his "broke down" HUMVEE |
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LtCol Donnelly (MC) in turret of HUMVEE |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) assisting Maj Hullinger (MSC) egress from HEAT trainer |
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Major's Hullinger and Murphy (MSC's) - BFF's |
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Sitting in class in preparation for HUMVEE training |
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HUMVEE - AKA - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV - M1151) |
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Team 3. The USAF is broken up into three teams here at Ft. Riley - Team 2, Team 3, and Team 8. |
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Army SSG Piper - cusses worse than a sailor! |
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Team 8 - attempting to change the tire on a HUMVEE. |
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Capt Bryant (BSC-PA) jacking up a HUMVEE, stops to smile for the camera. |
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Maj Stansbury (MSC) and Capt Boswell (Intel) changing a tire |
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Army Infantry Grunts resting after HEAT training (our new BFF's) |
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Team 8 learning how to apply a tow bar to pull a HUMVEE.
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Team 3 learning to put a "pot-belly" stove together |
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Maj Childs (PHO) eating... again. |
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"Pot-belly" stove assembly |
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More assembly of the "Pot-belly" stove |
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Maj Garza (MSC) avoiding lifting the JP8 fuel jug for the "Pot-belly" stove |
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Army SGT Jones, teaching Team 8 how to use a Tow-Strap |
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Army SGT Brown, teaching Team 3 how to PCMS a HUMVEE |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) and Capt Good (MSC) raising the spare tire on a HUMVEE |
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Manual labor stinks!! |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC), Capt Good (MSC), Capt Stephenson (BSC-PA), and Capt Cuomo (PHO) after setting a new CST record in changing a HUMVEE tire!!! |
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Major's Childs (PHO) and Bell-Garvin (MSC) trying to figure out what they're looking at. |
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Maj Childs (PHO) and Capt Good (MSC) holding the tow-bar |
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Army SGT Jones - teaching how to apply the Tow-Strap to the rescue vehicle |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) taking a picture from the HUMVEE, while being towed (I should have been steering) |
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Maj Farrell (Reservist - MSC) - my Troop Commander (TC) for the tow training. |
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Capt Good (ANG - MSC) in the turret of the ready-to-be-towed HUMVEE |
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Capt Good (ANG - MSC) preparing to throw the tow-strap |
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Capt Stephenson (BSC-PA) struggling to get his tow-strap off his rescue vehicle. |
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Capt Stephenson (BSC-PA) preparing to catch the tow-strap from Capt Good (ANG-MSC) |
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Capt Stephenson (BSC-PA) missing the tow-strap thrown by Capt Good (ANG-MSC). |
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Capt Stephenson (BSC-PA) finally catching the tow-strap thrown by Capt Good (ANG-MSC) |
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Mission complete - Capt Good's vehicle being "rescued." |
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The HEAT Trainer at a 22 degree angle - the angle at which the vehicle will roll-over |
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The HEAT trainer rolled-over - 4 occupants inside must "right" themselves and get out (in 15 seconds or less) |
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Our Army brethern setting up a perimeter after egressing from a "rolled-over" HUMVEE |
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Our Army Bretheren (Light Infantry - Rhode Island Army Reserves) - "rescuing" an "injured" commrade from a "rolled-over" HUMVEE. |
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Up-side-down HEAT Trainer. |
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Maj Bell-Garvin (MSC) egressing from "rolled-over" HUMVEE |
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Two people still in HUMVEE after a "roll-over" |
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More HUMVEE roll-over egress practice. |
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Maj Joseph (MSC) lurking in the shadows of the back seat of a HUMVEE |
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Army 1LT Dan Espinal - Infantry grunt (Rhode Island Army Reserves) |
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Major Ruben Garza (MSC) - beware of the eyes..... |
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Team 3 (L-R) Capt Stephenson (BSC-PA), LtCol Hedglin (MSC), Capt Cuomo (PHO), Major Garza (MSC), Major Murphy (MSC), Capt Henderson (Missileer)
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Maj Rod Hullinger (MSC) - doing what he always does in his spare time....read. |
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Maj Sean "Bull" Murphy (MSC) - the happy Irishman. |
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Our living quaters (open squadbay) shared with the Rhode Island Army Reserves (The Quahogs) - Light Infantry. |
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LtCol Donnelly (MC), Maj's Farrell and Garza (MSC's) practicing using an interpreter to meet two "Iraqi Officers." Our first of several "meetings."
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LtCol Donnelly (MC), Maj's Farrell and Garza (MSC's) practicing using an interpreter to meet two "Iraqi Officers"
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The view from inside our HUMVEE convoying to the driving course |
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Army SFC Chandler - out "tour guide" for the day. |
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Maj Hullinger (MSC) inside the HUMVEE |
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Capt Cuomo (PHO) inside the HUMVEE |
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Convoying to the driving course |
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A view from the rear seat |
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The HUMVEE we learned how to PMCS (preventive maintenance) |
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The Army preparing to go to class |
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Capt Henderson (Missileer) getting ready for the day |
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Combat Life Saver (CLS) course - an Army version of our SABC, but on steroids |
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Army CPT Glywasky (Psychologist) teaching us about Combat Stress and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) |
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An Army "volunteer" preparing to have a nasal airway shoved up his nose |
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An Army "volunteer" getting a nasal airway shoved up his nose |
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An Army "volunteer" recovering after having a nasal airway shoved up his nose then removed |
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Maj Lyons (MSC) practicing applying a pressure dressing |
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LtCol Donnelly (MC) applying a Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) to his arm, while Capt Good (MSC) and Maj Garza (MSC) look on in amazement |
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Maj Joseph (MSC) applying the CAT as Maj Garza (MSC) watches and Maj Hullinger (MSC) turns away in horror |
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Maj Farrell (USAFR-MSC) anxiously waiting to get her hands on the CAT |
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In the corner, by herself, Maj Childs (PHO) applies the CAT to her arm. |
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Maj Garza (MSC) finally participating in the hands-on portion of our training |
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Maj Childs (PHO) stares at the practice dummy, wondering how she can save it |
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Our Army bretheren learning "medical stuff" - as Maj Murphy (MSC) looks on |
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Army 1LT Espinal looks up from studying his CLS lessons |
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LtCol Woodford (MC) manning a Tension Pneumothorax/Needle Decompression station at CLS training |
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Team 8 trying to look cool. |
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Maj's Arricale and Greenaway (MSC's) taking a break in CLS training |
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Maj Burliegh (CRNA-NC) teaching the nasal airway station at CLS training |
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Capt Fitzgerald practicing inserting the nasal airway into the head of a dummy, as Maj Garza (MSC) maintains a safe distance |
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Army SFC Flynn and crew at CLS training |
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Maj Garza (MSC) and Maj Bell-Garvin (MSC) stand in awe of Maj Burliegh, as she teaches nasal airway insertion during CLS
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Team 2 (L-R - TSgt Leclair-4R071B, SSgt Hunter-3A, & TSgt Davenport-4T071) being infiltrated by a Team 8 member (Capt Summers (COMM)). |
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Combat Survival Training (CST)
- Ft. Riley, Kansas
Deployment - Kabul, Afghanistan
