U.S. munitions specialists download JDAM bombs from a B-52H in Kandahar, Afghanistan in this file photo from last year. The U.S. said on October 9 that it is hoping to use Qatar as an air base from which to hit Iraq. REUTERS/Handout
In this U.S. Navy photo, U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Battery of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit make final adjustments on an M-198 Howitzer field cannon before a firing exercise at an undisclosed location in Kuwait Thursday Oct. 3, 2002. The U.S. Marines from Charlie Battery are conducting exercises while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. On Tuesday Oct. 8, a U.S. marine was killed in Kuwait in what Kuwaiti officials called a terrorist attack. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg)
Gunnery Sgts. Osama B. Shofani, left, and Rob Andrews walk among a herd of white camels at the Udairi Training Range in western Kuwait during a site visit Sept. 27, 2002. Kuwait authorities were on Wednesday Oct. 9, 2002 searching for accomplices to what it called a 'terrorist act'. A gunfight that killed a U.S. marine, wounded another and left two attackers dead in Kuwait Tuesday. The Udairi range is one of the training areas used by U.S. military forces stationed in Kuwait and is frequently occupied by nomadic camel herders and Bedouins. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps,Staff Sgt. Bill Lisbon)
Air Force Staff Sgt. Evelyn Bruce, from the 39th Medical Operations Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, serenades Senior Airman Benny Baladez, a firefighter with the 438th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Flight, during a Tops in Blue performance at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Tops In Blue is an all-active-duty Air Force special unit of talented amateur performers that perform for military personnel and their families throughout the world. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Air Force Staff Sgt. John Russell, audio director for the Tops In Blue, performs last minute microphone checks before starting the concert performance at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom on Sept. 26. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Max Hernandez, a structural repair technician from the 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and Master Sgt. Bryan Langerud, noncommissioned officer in charge of pharmacy services for the 92nd Medical Support Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., put on a rendition of the Blues Brothers for the men and women of the 438th Air Expeditionary Group at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Tops In Blue members, (from left) Airmen 1st Class Jamie Montgomery and Brian Rubiano, and 1st Lt. Eric Gillespie, entertain troops from the 438th Air Expeditionary Group at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Airman 1st Class Keith Loudermill, a personnel specialist from the 377th Mission Support Squadron, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., croons to a member from the 438th Air Expeditionary Group during a performance at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Airman 1st Class Angie Long, a combat intelligence analyst from the 509th Operations Support Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., sings Billy Joel's "New York State Of Mind" to members of the 438th Air Expeditionary Group at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Senior Airman Marcie Mascaro, a linguist from the 22nd Intelligence Squadron, Fort Meade, Md., sings the Air Force song during a Tops in Blue performance for the men and women of the 438th Air Expeditionary Group at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Airman 1st Class Amber Yuhas, a flight security controller from the 12th Missile Squadron, Malstrom Air Force Base, Mont., jams on the keyboards during a performance by the Tops In Blue at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
The cast of Tops In Blue entertains with a song-and-dance number during their performance at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer
Sam, aren't there rules about standing directly in front of guns, no matter the size? Famous last words, "I didn't know it was loaded".
Thanks for posting these, SAMWolf! Glad to know our troops are kicking butts out there. I am so proud of them!