To: Happy2BMe
Most wonderful pictures. Reminded me of my tour in Vietnam.God bless and protect our troops.
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03/16/2003 6:57:04 AM PST by
Jose Vivanco Sr
(Former USArmy Captain: Jose L. Vivanco Sr)
To: Jose Vivanco Sr
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Sun Mar 16,11:23 AM ET |
A British door gunner from the 3rd Regiment Air Assault Corps, 16 Air Assault Brigade, onboard a 653 Squadron Lynx helicopter in Kuwait, Saturday March 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Ian Jones, Pool) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:22 AM ET |
A British Challenger II tank from Cyclops, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, goes through training maneuvres in the Kuwaiti desert, Sunday, March 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Brian Roberts,Pool) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:22 AM ET |
An armed U.S. Air Force trooper walks past a parked U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, England, Sunday, March 16, 2003. The bombers are parked at the base in preparation for a possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Max Nash) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:21 AM ET |
A U.S. Air Force trooper carries a sign past a parked U.S. B-52 bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, England, Sunday, March 16, 2003. The sign indicates the Entry Control Point, for vehicles and personnel approaching the bombers, parked at the base in preparation for a possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Max Nash) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:20 AM ET |
A U.S. Air Force trooper walks under two engines of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, England, Sunday, March 16, 2003. The bombers are parked at the base in preparation for a possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Max Nash) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:19 AM ET |
Two U.S. Air Force troopers walk past a parked U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, England, Sunday, March 16, 2003. The bombers are parked at the base in preparation for a possible war with Iraq |
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Sun Mar 16,11:19 AM ET |
Two U.S. Air Force troopers walk past a parked U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, England, Sunday, March 16, 2003. The bombers are parked at the base in preparation for a possible war with Iraq |
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Sun Mar 16,11:17 AM ET |
An unidentified British soldier from the 3rd Regiment Air Assault Corps, Air Assault Brigade, wearing a gas mask, sits on his bed during an NBC alert training at Camp Eagle, Kuwait Sunday March 16, 2003. |
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Sun Mar 16,11:17 AM ET |
An undated photo issued Sunday March 16, 2003, taken at night using Night Vision Goggles (NVG), of members of 3rd Regiment Air Assault Corps, 16 Air Assault Brigade, at Camp Eagle, Kuwait. A 653 Squadron Lynx helicopter refuels at a FARP - a Forward Arming and Refuelling Point. |
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Sun Mar 16,11:16 AM ET |
Airman Luis Martinez, of Miami Fla., is suited up for an emergency on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Gulf, Sunday March 16, 2003. Martinez is part of the flight deck firefighting crew and suited up when an EA-6B prowler reported an electrical fire and landed without incident. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:15 AM ET |
U.S. Marines play members of the British Army, unidentified, in a game of soccer at Living Support Area 7 in the desert in northern Kuwait on Sunday, March 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:15 AM ET |
The sun sets as an F-14A Tomcat sits chained to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Gulf, Sunday March 16, 2003. The carrier air wing flew training missions today. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:15 AM ET |
U.S. Marines celebrate a goal while playing members of the British Army, in a game of soccer at Living Support Area 7 in the desert in northern Kuwait on Sunday, March 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:15 AM ET |
An F/A-18 Hornet launches off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Gulf, Sunday March 16, 2003. The carrier is one of three in the Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Sunday's flight ops did not include flights over Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Steve Helber) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:14 AM ET |
Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, walk away from a formation wearing their chemical suits in the desert in northern Kuwait on Sunday, March 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) |
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Sun Mar 16,11:03 AM ET |
The crew maintains a close watch as the spruance class destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989) transits the Suez Canal, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, March 14, 2003. The United States moved more warships and armor into position at the weekend, ready for an attack on Iraq (news - web sites) that may be just days away |
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Sun Mar 16,11:02 AM ET |
A peace protestor flies a kite with an anti-war message in sight of American B-52 bombers at RAF/USAF Fairford airbase, in Gloucestershire, March 16, 2003. B-52 bombers have been based here ahead of a possible war with Iraq (news - web sites). With Iraq on a war footing, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) headed for an emergency summit on Sunday with close allies Britain and Spain that could start the countdown to an invasion. |
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U.S. Army soldiers use improvised equipment like a paper glove and a ball made out of old socks to play baseball in the desert outside Kuwait City, March 16, 2003. As the U.S. army awaits word on war with Iraq (news - web sites), commanders say one of their chief concerns, alongside the threat of chemical and biological weapons, is the country's harsh and varied terrain. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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Sun Mar 16,10:48 AM ET |
A U.S. ground crew member walks past a line of American A-10 aircraft on an air base in Kuwait March 16, 2003. Iraq (news - web sites) went onto a war footing just hours before President Bush (news - web sites) was to hold an emergency summit with close allies Britain and Spain that could start the clock for an invasion. (Russell Boyce/Reuters) |
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Sun Mar 16,10:37 AM ET |
An Aviation Electronics Technican walks between the stabilizers of a F/A-18 Hornet to check the aircraft during a no-fly day on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman, Sunday, March 16, 2003. The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and its battle group are currently on deployment in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) |
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Sat Mar 15, 9:40 AM ET |
U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor take part in tactical training in northern Kuwait March 15, 2003. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) prepared for crisis talks in the mid-Atlantic as Britain said that a U.S.-led attack on Iraq (news - web sites) could be just days away. (Peter Andrews/Reuters) |
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Sat Mar 15, 7:50 AM ET |
U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor take part in tactical training in northern Kuwait March 15, 2003. As the U.S. army awaits word on war with Iraq (news - web sites), commanders say one of their chief concerns, along with the threat of chemical and biological weapons, is the country's harsh and varied terrain. (Peter Andrews/Reuters) |
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Sat Mar 15, 7:34 AM ET |
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson sits anchored near the port of Pusan, about 280 miles southeast of Seoul, March 14, 2003. The Carl Vinson arrived in South Korea (news - web sites) on Friday to take part in joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises. (Stringer/Korea/Reuters) |
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Fri Mar 14,12:03 PM ET |
A U.S. marine aims his weapon during an exercise in the desert in the northern Kuwaiti desert near the border with Iraq (news - web sites) March 14, 2003. The United States will hold an emergency summit with allies Britain and Spain on March 16 in a final diplomatic effort to overcome opposition in the U.N. Security Council to a resolution paving the way for war on Iraq.. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters) |
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32 posted on
03/16/2003 9:18:37 AM PST by
Happy2BMe
(HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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