17 Oct 2007
A mortarman with Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, bears the weight of his 60mm mortar tube before embarking a Landing Craft Utility vessel in Kuwait, Oct. 12, 2007. The Marines and sailors of BLT 3/8, the Ground Combat Element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), returned from a month-long series of sustainment training exercises in Kuwait. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe)
October 17th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
I think that’s my cousin humping that tube. I’ll have to check with his uncle on what unit he is in right now, but if that isn’t him, it’s his doppelganger.
October 17th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Jeez, they look just like we used to, when we were young and indestructable. Of course, we found out that we weren’t. Papa Ray West Texas USA
October 18th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Loaded for bear? You must mean the mortar. And the biggest f*cking bear you ever saw.
October 18th, 2007 at 11:00 am
GL: How about this bear?
October 18th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
MO, gd that’s funny. Well, if anyone could take that varmint down it would be a Marine unit. I dunno though…60mm might not even get through that thing’s fat layer.
October 19th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
At least the Corps is not trying to reintroduce the Howtar.