From: Saber Moon (moonsaber@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 04 2005 - 12:38:13 PST
Looking over the pictures carefully... you won't see a single one with
someone wearing a weapon and drinking, or driving and drinking
Just because they were in costume does not mean they were drinking alcohol.
-Lee
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:35:48 -0800, Horrocks, Aaron <ACHb@pge.com> wrote:
> If you're concerned about mixing alcohol and firearms, let me run over
> some basic rules then:
>
> Don't F---- with a Marine (or most other US military persons)
> Don't F---- with an armed American
> Especially Don't F---- with the above while they're under the influence.
>
> Follow these simple rules and you should be safe!
>
> ...Back to military vehicles, I see humvees and cargo trucks in those
> photos. Think maybe there was some drinking and driving with said heavy
> equipment? I'm not saying that I haven't... Or that I oppose our
> fighting boys doing so... I've heard about how bad the locals drive
> around there from my aussie bud in Iraq! He said something like "there's
> 3 million drivers and not a single @#$%in license!"
>
> Aaron Horrocks
> ARG, NRA, Mopar Alley, & MVCC Member
> 1952 M38A1
> 1970 Plymouth
> 1986 G.P. Medium
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim Breneman
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:12 AM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] Mardi Gras in Iraq
>
> Did anyone else notice the ammount of soldiers drinking beers while they
> still had their side-arms?
> That seems like a recipe for trouble to me. I guess nothing happened or
> we would have heard about it.
> I don't have a problem with and completely understand that soldiers
> need to blow off some steam like that.
> And I understand that it is still a combat zone so there need to be
> armed soldiers around. But the drinking ones shouldnt be armed, and the
> vise versa, the armed ones shouldnt be drinking.
> Just my two cents.
>
> Other than that Im relieved to see deployed soldiers having a good time.
> I know from experience that good times are usually few and far between
> on deployments like that.
>
> --- John Brian Seeling <JBSeeling@cox-internet.com>
> wrote:
>
> > You may have already seen a few pictures of Mardi Gras in Iraq, but
> > this is much more.
> >
> >
> > This shows you it does not matter where you are you can pass a good
> > time.
> >
> > http://www.armychic256bde.com/id42.html
> >
> >
> > they had beer for a super bowl party and got permission to have a
> > mardi gras parade too....leave it to a bunch of cajuns to "pass a good
>
> > time" where ever they might be...thought ya'll might enjoy this
> >
> > Can anyone ID the vehicle in the picture six or seven up from the
> > bottom?
> > Looks like a big armored car with a hydraulic boom on it.
> >
> >
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