FReeper Canteen ~ Music For Our Troops ~ Before Rock n Roll History ~ 14 Jan 2006

Serving The Best Troops In The World | The Canteen Deejays

[Kathy in Alaska]

Great job, Es, subbing for The Sweeper. She has to work all weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy weekend, buffalo.

[barker]

Doug Kershaw, like Charlie Daniels puts everything he has into a song. Try listening to Doug while fixing dinner. You'll get it done in record time ;-)

Can't seem to keep my feet still when listening to him.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Randy Knight

Very cool, ms feather.

[Cheapskate]

good morning, how ya doin?

[Kathy in Alaska]

The mine roller offers soldiers protection against improvised explosive devices. It was built by mechanics from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment at Forward Operating Base Lagman, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Vincent Fusco

U.S. Army Cpl. Eugenio Gonzales, right, drives a humvee as Pfc. Jeremiah Peterson steers the mine roller during a test run on Forward Operating Base Lagman, Afghanistan. Gonzales and Peterson are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Vincent Fusco

Mine Roller Offers Protection for Troops
With some old-fashioned ingenuity, unwanted equipment and creative minds, the U.S. soldiers created a unique machine to combat improvised explosive devices.

By U.S. Army Pfc. Vincent Fusco
20th Public Affairs Detachment

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LAGMAN, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2006 — A trailer pushed by a Humvee may look strange, but there's a reason why this cart is put before the horse.

This odd device is called a "mine roller," so dubbed by its creators, the mechanics of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment.

"We were tired of seeing our fellow soldiers get injured and killed by (improvised explosive devices)," said U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Waltman, the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment maintenance officer and native of Colorado Springs, Colo. "This device came from the need to defeat pressure-plate IEDs."

The mine roller was built with parts from nonservicable equipment, such as the front end of a Humvee, a generator trailer and pieces of a maintenance Gator. Over a period of four months, the maintenance soldiers of 2-503rd put their heads and the salvaged equipment together in a process of creating and improving the design.

The central idea of the design was for it to be modular, towable and able to achieve speeds of 25 mph on paved roads, Waltman said.

The mine roller is attached to the Humvee by connecting the hitch, headlamp wires and steering column.

The roller is "driven" from the passenger side of the Humvee.

It requires a small degree of skill and coordination with the other driver to work, said U.S. Army Pfc. Jeremiah Peterson, a 2-503rd mechanic from Hammond, Ind.

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Cheap....I'm doing well, and thinking about my pillow and blankie. One of our volcanoes erupted yesterday and everyone is thinking about ash-fall. So far it looks like the ash will stay south of Anchorage.

[MEG33]

Have a safe trip and a wonderful visit home!

[MEG33]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E. ((HUGS)) Any rain in sight?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Almost. I get to sleep in some, before going into work.

[E.G.C.]

Well, there's a 20% chance of rain on Monday but it's not very promising.

We may be in this for awhile.

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Edwards, assigned to Alpha Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, inspects newly installed equipment at a recently constructed Iraqi police compound in Husseinia, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill

A school official greets U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, at a schoolhouse in Husseinia, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2005. Visits to schools help better assess the needs of the local population as well as address issues so that the soldiers can better serve the community and carry out their civil affairs duties. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!

Dolly Parton ~ Ballad of the Green Beret

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[E.G.C.]

Music bump.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[Cheapskate]

Sre you downwind from the coming mess?

[dredhawk]

Thanks Drumbo.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Request for solider at Camp Caldwell.

Def Leppard-Another Hit and Run

Rush-The Camera eye