just what i promised...

some hardcore army photos for your enjoyment from my training in Ft. McCoy Wisconsin:

thas looking down the barrel of a .50 caliber machine gun...this one is used to engage LARGE enemy targets
...and this is me SHOOTING some large enemy targets with the .50cal

...and THESE, my friends, are the rounds (aka bullets) for the .50 cal. Freakin bigger than my hands!

The other, smaller, linked ammo is for the 240B machine gun.

This picture to the right is me shooting the 240B. Pa-reeetttty beefy weapon

We were also subject to 15 hours of combatives. We did anything and everything from "rolling"--more on-the-ground type fighting which consists of trying to choke the other person out or get them to "tap"--to practicing punching and kicking and practicing prison cell extractions. Boy was this training fun! But BOY did I get beat up! haha. I learned quite a bit and feel much more confident that I could kick the snot outta somebody if I really needed to...so remember that. If you were gonna jump me to steal my m&ms...I'd think twice about it. That is, if you want to live for a while! haha

Well, these were probably the most exciting things we did while in Ft. McCoy, WI, but we did do a lot more. The last couple of days we did a lot of room and house clearing. This is pretty intense and requires a lot of split second judgment calls! Our last day we had a huge convoy operation that we conducted. It was pretty fun and super realistic. At one point an "IED" went off and it "hit" my vehicle and I got "injured." What did this mean?? Only that they flew in a REAL bird (helicopter) and flew me out of there!! That made the whole entire trip worth it!

So all-in-all... good training. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!!