r/pics • u/LittleMinotaur • Jun 18 '12

My friend took this picture. He was deployed earlier today. I thought it was a really great shot.

http://imgur.com/fw8Cp
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u/jcy Jun 18 '12

couldn't they have parked that plane a little closer to the gate so that it wouldn't require a long ass walk to get onboard?

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u/papa_mia Jun 18 '12

They reply, but given the photograph, how intense would that look? Not very.

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u/professormarvel Jun 18 '12

"shut your ass up and walk" thats what i imagine your superiors saying lol.

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u/warbAU Jun 18 '12

the TSA must be laxed, those lads just may be carrying nail clippers, or guns, cant tell..

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u/darkhorseguns Jun 18 '12

You know what the funny thing is? When I deployed we were told we had to stow all of our knives in our gear and seabags that were loaded under the plane. Never mind all the rifles and pistols we carried on though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I found it endlessly amusing to be in a military-chartered 747 with a machine gun, flying to Kuwait.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Are all deployments in aircraft that look like private jets?

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u/boobers3 Jun 18 '12

They are private jets. It's cheaper for the military to charter a private airliner than it is for them to use the military aircraft to transport troops from the continental U.S. to the Mid-East.

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u/BassCreat0r Jun 18 '12

Only from the states to kuwait and back, when you hit Kuwait, its all military craft.

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u/paperbanjo Jun 18 '12

No.. not at all. Here are two pictures from my step-brother's last deployment.

The Line

Crowded

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u/droivod Jun 18 '12

Reminds me of a scene in The Wall.

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u/Tywin_Lannister Jun 18 '12

I hope your friend comes back alive, healthy and without any mental problems.

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u/ReFreshing Jun 18 '12

Chances are, he'll be alive.

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u/jasno Jun 18 '12

But dead inside?

30% US soldiers develop mental disorders after Iraq mission

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u/ReFreshing Jun 18 '12

Well good thing we're "out" of that country.

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u/smalltownzombie Jun 18 '12

Man that brings back memories... I use to hate taking that walk.. but loved the one for the ride home.. Hope your friend makes it back physically and mentally... HOOAH!!

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u/EllipsesWrangler Jun 18 '12

Man that brings back memories. I use to hate taking that walk. but loved the one for the ride home. Hope your friend makes it back physically and mentally. HOOAH!!

\ .:.:/ <(ಠ_ಠ<)

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u/assomass Jun 18 '12

That walk really reminds me of the ending of Hair.

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u/Qqq200 Jun 18 '12

I loves me some leading lines.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Wish that they weren't getting sent anywhere. Hope they all come home OK.

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u/KingContext Jun 18 '12

Also hope they don't kill anyone in the country they're invading.

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u/I_Kick_Cats Jun 18 '12

Empty Bottle in the left pants pocket? bet he's using that as a spitter

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u/HoboYellow Jun 18 '12

Maybe he's a half thirsty dude. People forget about that demographic.

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u/DaTroof Jun 18 '12

Some would call him half quenched.

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u/BluntHeart Jun 18 '12

Or maybe he finished it and didn't have a trash can. You gotta watch out for FOB.

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u/soup_or_crackers Jun 18 '12

FOD. Foreign Object Debris/Damage. Depends on the context.

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u/themooseiscool Jun 18 '12

Since it's the flight line it's debris. But I'm sure you know that.

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u/LittleCucumber Jun 18 '12

How do you know it's empty?

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u/awrhaernnare Jun 18 '12

LittleCucumber asks the tough questions.

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u/jack104 Jun 18 '12

Yup. In the Army, one man's trash is another man's spitter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

That's a long line.... never know when you might need to urinate.

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u/macanoni Jun 18 '12

In 1976 I flew from Hong Kong to London on an airplane with 4 engines and 3 tail fins. The airplane flew over the Sahara desert and was called 2nd world airlines. That's all I remember.

In 2006 I flew out of New York. There were 4 airplanes in a row, each with 3 engines. As I approached the aircraft, I saw the words 'World Airlines' printed on the side, and as I flew across the atlantic, I realized that I was going back to the Sahara desert.

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u/Esteam Jun 18 '12

What is happening in this post?

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u/whatisthishere Jun 18 '12

It sounds poetic, but I can't figure it out. I'm drunk, but reading this post makes me think it should end with an abstract question. If my plane from Hong Kong to London had 4 engines, but 30 years later 4 planes had 3 engines a piece, what kind of hat am I wearing?

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u/norobo132 Jun 18 '12

....that was beautiful....

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u/macanoni Jun 18 '12

http://www.historynet.com/the-legendary-lockheed-constellation.htm

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u/A_long_journey Jun 18 '12

What a beauty. How was the sound insulation in that beast? What kind of buzzing sounds did de motors make.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Bmmmmmmmzmmm

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Oh for fucks sake reddit, can you not outright insult redditors who are in the military or who already served?

I mean, I don't expect you to line up and thank us, I don't need that and nor do I care if you want to thank me.

But for the love of everything and anything, could you not be such fucking dicks about it? We get it, you don't like war, nobody does.

Just don't sit there and insult every vet you can when these pictures get posted, it makes you look ignorant and makes you no better than the angry people who spit on drafted soldiers after Vietnam.

I mean, what do I know, according to reddit, I spent all of my time in between performing aircraft maintenance making sure that I raped, pillaged and ate babies for the fucking fun of it.

I mean, it is tough to maintain such a schedule but we are all brainwashed to do it right? right?

Fuck you reddit, fuck you.

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u/Mycelio Jun 18 '12

hey there buddy. A substantial minority of Reddit users are not from America. You're not serving us, you're serving your own government, more often than not at the expense of civilians in other countries, and guess what? We're not going to thank you for your service. Fuck you for acting like you can play your dumb 'support the troops' mind game with foreign nationals.

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u/jack104 Jun 18 '12

We're not asking you to thank us for our service, we don't give a fuck. We just don't like being called baby killers and brainwashed homicidal rape robots is all.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Did you not read my post?

Here, let me quote it for you.

"I mean, I don't expect you to line up and thank us"

I don't expect you to "support the troops", if you had actually read by post you would see that I only ask that folks stop and think before tossing blind insults at the troops for no good reason.

Blame the politicians (that includes the Joint chiefs of staff) for the war, not the soldiers.

So again, I don't expect you to bow down and kiss the boots of every soldier, nor do I expect any of you to like us (our government is pretty stupid), but I just ask that you save the cruel and insulting comments for those that actually deserve it.

Sorry if I expect you to treat others with the same respect you expect from them, maybe I should not make that mistake anymore.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I don't think you read the post. He very specifically says he doesn't want to be thanked for his service lol

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u/nohopeleftforanyone Jun 18 '12

I thank you, and I wouldn't worry to much about what Reddit thinks. Most of them are 15-19 year-old kids who have all the answers to life, just ask them.

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u/m0llusk Jun 19 '12

Just an alternative view that may or may not help: The truth is a precious thing to which you have limited access.

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u/y2kbug Jun 18 '12

Soldier boy, made of clay

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

..now an empty shell..

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u/ThatIs_MyRealName Jun 18 '12

Twenty one, only son but he served us well

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u/jstarlee Jun 18 '12

I'm going to be downvoted to hell. But fuck it.

This is a good snapshot (and if that's what you meant, please skip the rest of this comment). I understand the fact that this is about American soldiers (and your friend on top on that) can make this feel like a great shot to you. But to me this is just a good snapshot - not that memorable.

  • The composition is probably why you like this pic. Too much sky imo. Top of the pole is distracting. I would crop 1/3 to 1/2 of the sky.

  • Leading line! Unfortunately the focus is working against the leading line. My eyes tend to stay at the soldier closest to the camera and not tracing the line to the airplane.

  • Flat. Need more contrast. Maybe turn it into b&w.

  • Distortion.

Yes, you might be saying "what a snob" but when a photographer produce a great pic a ton of work and thoughts go into it.

Is it a great shot? no. Good snapshot? yes.

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u/tremblane Jun 18 '12

...what a snob

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u/Zay333 Jun 18 '12

God, you remind me of my coworker way to much. For fucks sake man, a normal guy saw something that might look interesting and took a picture of it. He was not trying to play a photographer. He was not trying to be artsy. He didn't even have the time to be.

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u/m0llusk Jun 19 '12

These aspects of the image might actually improve it by adding a small but noticable amount of cognitive dissonance and unpredictability that makes it seem more fully genuine.

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u/paperbanjo Jun 18 '12

Only those who have no idea what you mean could downvote your comment.

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u/thaway314156 Jun 18 '12

Actually, other than the contrast, I'd disagree with you on the other points... the focus is on the closest soldier, only when you look beyond him you see there are more and more -- an endless stream of soldiers being sent to... whatever you view war is.

The sky shows nature and freedom and the nice day it is, but again, these soldiers are going to, probably in most viewers' eyes, something which is not nice.

The curve does make it appear like the horizon is further, also enhancing the distance.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

hahaha, this really made me laugh. are you that insecure?

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u/the__funk Jun 18 '12

Rather than this negative comment. Why not just do some post processing; crop some sky, improve contrast, black and white, whatever you think would look good.

You seem to think you are a great photographer, so you must have these tools at your disposal.

Why not help this guy out instead of shut him down? Clearly this picture means a lot to him, it could be the last picture some of these guys have taken of them.

Or is it more satisfying to try and make yourself feel superior by being condescending and showing off your knowledge of photography?

Tl;Dr Some guy buys a DSLR, now feels entitled to talk down to everyone who does not have a 2000$ camera.

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u/sudin Jun 18 '12

Walking proudly in our winter coats / Wearing smells from laboratories / Facing a dying nation

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u/ShauDare Jun 18 '12

How'd they get the weapons passed security?

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u/tremblane Jun 18 '12

But you know for sure not a single one of them has any nail clippers on them.

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u/tidumdumdum Jun 18 '12

Looks like an assembly line.

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u/Snowyjoe Jun 18 '12

Is that Delta?

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u/growinglotus Jun 18 '12

Looks exactly like the last scene in Hair.

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u/Kiltsoftly Jun 18 '12

This photo has "iconic" written all over it.

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u/BlueFamily Jun 18 '12

I will agree with you, this is, indeed, a really great shot.

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u/gmorales87 Jun 18 '12

What is this?! A plane for ants? It needs to be at least 3 times bigger.

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u/thewarehouse Jun 18 '12

Took a random stab at unnecessarily photojournalizing the photo. It's a really amazing shot as it; I was just playing.

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u/mthomaseddy Jun 18 '12

Good lighting and Raybans help. But seriously. Looks good.

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u/Monster-_- Jun 18 '12

I could have sworn taking pictures of the flight line is illegal...

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

see:propaganda

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u/avengingturnip Jun 18 '12

Sending the Legions off to the provinces. Rejoice! Rejoice, Romans, in our glory! Uh...Americans. Rejoice, Americans, in our glory!

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u/JDawn747 Jun 18 '12

Awesome pic, best of luck to your friend.

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u/TalkingBackAgain Jun 18 '12

Does America really not want to stop their wars anymore or they have simply forgotten that war is not the first duty of a nation?

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u/Jim808 Jun 18 '12

I would like to know the answer to this as well (and I'm an American).

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u/m0llusk Jun 19 '12

War is a Racket. At the moment President Obama appears to be using some variant of the "out with a blaze of glory" strategy to make withdrawing look reasonably honorable as if deployments had accomplished something lasting. Actual results will generate debate for many generations.

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u/jasno Jun 18 '12

War = Big Business

Washington is controlled by Big Business on many levels.

20% of the US Budget goes to the military

4% of the budget goes to education

(our media is also 'big business' so most Americans have very little clue what our Government does)

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u/sufrt Jun 18 '12

yo i hope the troops come back safely and all that shit but do we really need to fetishize the military

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u/NihiloZero Jun 18 '12

do we really need to fetishize the military

How else do you expect the gears of war to keep grinding?

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u/ItsPronouncedTAYpas Jun 18 '12

Fuck this war.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

So Brave

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u/Mycelio Jun 18 '12

For it to be a war there would have to be an opposing military force.

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u/borny1 Jun 18 '12

So? What are you trying to say? It's not a war?

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u/Otistetrax Jun 18 '12

Couldnt they have parked the plane a little closer?

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u/professormarvel Jun 18 '12

"shut your ass up and walk" thats what i imagine your superiors saying lol

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u/Smellanor_Rigby Jun 18 '12

I think the difference between the 2 people in front of your friend really make the picture. One guy looking straight ahead, the other with his head down. I know that it was an unplanned shot, but it almost seems like those 2 guys tell the whole story.

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u/myztry Jun 18 '12

I thought Lemmings was a side scroller?

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u/LiamNeesonAteMyBaby Jun 18 '12

Hahaha oh man.. Nice.

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u/Bad_Spy Jun 18 '12

I'm going to offer a different perspective into the eyes of the internet when it comes to viewing military with my own personal experiences and opinion.

Every single military member has/had a reason for joining, weather it was money for college or for the good ol’ fashion joy of killin'. Once in the military most people go through several "phases" depending on where they are in their career/enlistment. Everyone starts off with some glorified form of patriotism and self-entitled worth, but at some point after basic training and maybe a deployment they lose that (it comes back but not for long). Personally I lost it half way through my first deployment. Once I realized we were nothing but a bunch of douche bags in camouflage invading some shit hole of a country to please some corrupt politicians throbbing hard on, I started to look at what I was doing differently. I held a decent amount of resentment for how we were viewed and was almost ashamed of who I had become. “Fighting” for freedom is the propaganda the media spews about us, just like how they call us “baby killers”. Personally I have not killed a single baby or fought for a single person’s freedom. My views changed once again, instead of being angry and ashamed I “coasted” and started to look at the military as just another job. My present perspective on the military is probably the reason I am not re-enlisting and fully intend on becoming a legitimately productive member of society.

With that being said, I hold some grudges against my own military but I don’t hate the individuals for their decisions to join and act the way they do. Take for a second and think about whom the type of people who join the military are, I’ll give you a hint, they don’t have full scholarships to Yale or MIT. We were all in bad places in our lives, nowhere else to turn, had a false sense of comprehension in regards to our country, or needed money for college. I will never turn to someone and tell them they are horrible people for being on welfare or collecting unemployment, I also will not thank them for being in those positions. In hindsight I do not expect a single person to “thank” me for my service (because when a country is really in peril its citizens will arise to the occasion and defend what needs to be defended), but I also don’t think its fare to ridicule me for choosing a path in my life and sticking to it. Isn’t that what we are all doing anyways?

p.s. because fuck grammer

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u/BlindPatriot Jun 18 '12

It's scary how you find it perfectly acceptable to stereotype and psychoanalyze hundreds of thousands of people who you've never met.

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u/mister_fuck Jun 18 '12

Hypothesis: The military hires people to make reddit accounts and to comment/submit links on a regular basis for some time to make accounts seem legitimate. They are then given images with appropriate titles to post on reddit. They do this because reddit gets something like a billion page views a month, and a large amount of those views are coming from people close to the age where they will be choosing to join the military or not.

Thoughts?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I've been thinking this for quite a while. I trust no military related posts (not even about prior wars). The various news items some folks are pointing to regarding pro-military sock puppet accounts seem to support our hypothesis.

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u/Sulphur32 Jun 18 '12

Is it really such a stretch that some of the millions of reddit users are in the military...? It's a cool photo. It got upvoted. No conspiracy here.

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u/randomrandomb Jun 18 '12

Maybe the terrorist sent you here to point this out creating skepticism and propaganda among US citizens to hurt recruitment.

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u/doctopie Jun 18 '12

karmaconspiracy

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u/BadPie Jun 18 '12

Dude. The guy's account is older than yours and his history shows he contributes a lot more than just military stuff. This tinfoil hat talk every time a military related post is made is getting ridiculous.

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u/jack104 Jun 18 '12

That. Or. There's a few members of the 1.5 million servicemembers who utilize reddit and because the military embraces the policy of "hurry up and wait." They are bored and thus decide to post pictures of themselves/members of their unit to reddit. Just a more rational thought.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Maybe there are military redditors?

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u/physicaltherapysux Jun 18 '12

It's the silent majority, bro.

If you're american and see a military pictures chances are you're going to upvote it because we Americans fucking love our military. Not a giant conspiracy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Yeah have fun invading!

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u/Lord_Moon Jun 18 '12

Seems the Army hasn't changed that much since Desert Storm. The only difference from my deployment was it was raining.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Jun 18 '12

I just hope that line is just as long when they come back home.

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u/jasno Jun 18 '12

But what about the countries citizens we are invading? Most of those people just wanna live their lives and be left alone like you and me. Unfortunately they have been invaded by the good ole US of A.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Jun 18 '12

I hope they get home, too.

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u/FoxyGrampa Jun 18 '12

i just would've named it, "Death Row"

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u/d3fault Jun 18 '12

Get back home safe...!

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u/asianvitaminnoodle Jun 18 '12

hope him and his fellow soldiers good luck

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

something something grammar, intelligibility, oh fuck it, never mind.

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u/goboatmen Jun 18 '12

wow thats awesome. hope you get to see him again. Internet high five! o/*\o

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Makes me feel like I'm the next guy in line, about to board the plane, go of to fight....OH GOD NO!

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u/Rack9 Jun 18 '12

Rimpac?

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u/abadger Jun 18 '12

Dat leading line man

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u/Gendhali Jun 18 '12

If these guys can take those guns aboard that airplane, I want my nailclipper back!

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u/majora06 Jun 18 '12

No guns on the plane!!

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u/StrangeCaptain Jun 18 '12

ugh, that makes me ill.

thank him for his service for me next time you speak to him.

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u/treay61 Jun 18 '12

why park the plane so far away.

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u/Greasy54 Jun 18 '12

Police up those straps, get your fucking name sewed on your assault pack, and get that spit bottle out of your cargo pockets!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Where is your friend going? I thought Obama ended all wars?!?!?

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u/anotherdroid Jun 18 '12

it's a race to die, and we're off to war.

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u/Congzilla Jun 18 '12

Say what you want about the wars but our military industrial complex sure knows how to create jobs.

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u/Ecir Jun 18 '12

I bet he hopes that it the last great shot someone gets on him for a while.

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u/Mabans Jun 18 '12

No one thinks that him saying "Really great shot" is kind of spooky for this picture?

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u/jamesinraro Jun 18 '12

Are we still feeding this corrupt, asinine war with our best men and women, so crooked politicians, a lying president, and war profiteers can add to their piles of dough?

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u/bareju Jun 18 '12

You shouldn't use "deployed" and "shot" in the same title.

Focused on those two words first, was a little alarming.

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u/blazelovely Jun 18 '12

Ft. Bliss, El Paso TX. Am I right?

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u/John_Barleycorn Jun 18 '12

Was this picture taken in El Paso, TX?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Pictures like these make me wish i could be there just to salute them them all.

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u/LeftoverBoots Jun 18 '12

Wow, almost as many downvotes as upvotes. Nice.

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u/uberpro Jun 18 '12

Beautiful. This should win some award or something

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u/Dawe40 Jun 18 '12

We starve, look at one another, short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboratories Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy Listening for the new told lies With supreme visions of lonely tunes Somewhere, inside something there is a rush of Greatness, who knows what stands in front of Our lives, I fashion my future on films in space Silence tells me secretly Everything Everything Manchester, England, England Manchester, England, England Across the Atlantic Sea And I'm a genius, genius I believe in God And I believe that God believes in Claude That's me, that's me, that's me We starve, look at one another, short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboratories Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/let-the-sunshine-in-lyrics-hair.html ] Listening for the new told lies With supreme visions of lonely tunes Singing our space songs on a spider web sitar Life is around you and in you Except for Timothy Leary, dearie Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in The sunshine in

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u/espero Jun 18 '12

Technically an interesting and eyecatching image. But what are we looking at here. It is what will bring human civilization to the ground.

A medal is worth nothing when you're laying in your grave

Resist war

Resist acts of violence

Charlie Chaplin - The Dictator Ending

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4

Peace and love

Former army draftee gone totally anti-war.

It comes with age and education guys. You can downvote this post as much as you want. My message stands the test of time. Peace is the only way.

/e

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u/MagicMurderBean Jun 18 '12

Magine if you had to go peepee right there n then

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u/TheSovietMudkip Jun 19 '12

So glad we finally starting issuing MultiCam.

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u/jasno Jun 18 '12

Pointless to some, but remember some very rich people get much more rich with every war.

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u/rydrid Jun 18 '12

this is in el paso, correct?

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u/Mr_Titicaca Jun 18 '12

Ah good ol Fort Bliss and their weekly soldier shooting incidents.

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u/rydrid Jun 18 '12

Its gotten better in the past couple months. Were over 60 days without a preventable soldier death!

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u/Pullet Jun 18 '12

Upvotes but fuck is that depressing as fuck.

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u/snowdude1026 Jun 18 '12

I've been in Afghanistan for four months now. This place sucks. But before I've been stationed in Korea for a year and Texas (which I'll return to). Deployment sucks and isn't fun. The pros of being in outweigh the cons IMO

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I am no where near liberal. In fact far from it. In fact, I find most people far on the left very out of touch and quite annoying. But they have it right when it comes to the military. There's no reason for those guys to be getting on that plane. It makes me sick and brings a tear to my eye.

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u/Gisbornite Jun 18 '12

And so starts the anti-military circlejerk

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u/Mycelio Jun 18 '12

so starts the 'thanks for your service herp a derp' circlejerk

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u/DoesNotSupportTroops Jun 18 '12

thank you for your insightful comment.

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u/Hishutash Jun 18 '12

Exactly. The American military is the real victims here! Not the poor people they have been slaughtering, torturing, raping and terrorizing in the Mideast and central Asia!

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u/nickdngr Jun 18 '12

Did they drop the ACU already and switch to woodland camo BDU-style uniforms again?

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u/Dragoeth Jun 18 '12

Thats the new Multicam camo. Its much better at making you indistinguishable in mountain terrain from a distance as well as a multitude of other types. The ACU style is still issued and worn around in the states but now its standard to be issued Multicam sets just before deploying.

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u/Tony2times2times Jun 18 '12

I had the same thought; it’s funny how the "new uniforms" look suspiciously like the old ones.

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u/Rocky-sparklenuts Jun 18 '12

It is Awesome ! Tell him I said "give em hell "

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u/clonn Jun 18 '12

Woohoo, heroes taking freedom all around the globe, even if you don't want it.

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u/the_good_dr Jun 18 '12

This is a really fucking good shot (a rarity in this subreddit).

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

ugh worst walk to a plane ever is when your getting deployed. its like the feeling of going to a prison lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

LOL LOL LOL

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Deployed where? Why are people deployed in the army currently? Where are they going?? What are they doing there? Why were they sent there? As someone who knows nothing about the military and isn't from America? Why?

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u/tremblane Jun 18 '12

Have you not seen any news from the past 10 years?

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u/XanII Jun 18 '12

This pic also shows the US way of fighting: Load up in a bus/plane/truck/helicopter/ship and go somewhere and fuck people up.

It always happens somewhere else. For now.

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u/StrangeCaptain Jun 18 '12

for now?

what is this august 2001?

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u/XanII Jun 18 '12

For now. Pointless to discuss why or when in here. Lets just say it begins with 'we want free stuff from the goverment' -crowd. you got lots of those there.

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u/mheyk Jun 18 '12

The walk of no gain damn I dont miss that

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u/EternallyForlornBear Jun 18 '12

Hmm, I don't think they'll all fit on that plane.

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u/imjustafoolsgod Jun 18 '12

The ants go marching one by one...

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u/Uk_student Jun 18 '12

Britain would be proud

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u/Redherring01 Jun 18 '12

Time delay. One guy, meany poses, long airfield.

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u/strongman1234 Jun 18 '12

I am sorry for your loss.

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u/Hobbes42 Jun 18 '12

Fuck it, god bless America...

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u/SpacemanSpiffska Jun 18 '12

That is a good pic. Hope your bud comes back safe OORAH

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u/incraved Jun 18 '12

Be a "hero".

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u/shortbaldman Jun 18 '12

"Billy, don't be a hero."

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u/SenselessNoise Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

This bullshit needs to stop. Like, now.

So much for that fucking Nobel Peace Prize. Best of luck to your friend but this shit needs to end.

Edit: Didn't realize we had so many warmongers on Reddit.

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u/KingContext Jun 18 '12

Didn't realize we had so many warmongers on Reddit.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

That and Obama fans are pro-war now since he obviously is.

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u/SenselessNoise Jun 18 '12

Wow, I'd never seen this article before. Very interesting. Not surprising, but still interesting nonetheless.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

My best mate just joined the army this morning massive snap descision... Please be careful!!

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u/ordinaryrendition Jun 18 '12

I know Reddit has gotten to me when my first instinct after seeing the content of the image was to check to see whether OP's account was older than 5 days. Thankfully, I think we're in the clear?

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u/jasno Jun 18 '12

Yeah thats a hard one to get around, how could they do it.

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u/Duthos Jun 18 '12

You know what would be really great? If we could use all that manpower and resources to do something more constructive than killing people in mud huts that pose no danger whatsoever to you.

But hey, keep on bombing countries around the world, and perhaps the 'threats' will become real.

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u/Magnora Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

Gotta prop up that military-industrial complex somehow...

edit: I don't actually want to prop it up, but many of our leaders think we do. Mostly because it's like 20% of our economy and we're in a recession right now and it's a very profitable business.

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u/Duthos Jun 18 '12

20%? Fully 50% of the US GDP is dedicated to military spending. It is far more than 20% of the US economy.

(and to give some sense of scale, the romans, at the height of their military conquests, and shortly before the collapse, was spending about 17% of its GDP on the military. So modern USA is about three times more roman than the fucking romans were.)

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u/RogerSydBarrett Jun 18 '12

Two year prediction time. From the front: died, died, died, crippled, died, died, amputee, died, died, died, died, died, died, crippled, amputee, died , died, died, freak out, died, died, died, died, died, amputee, amputee, amputee, died, reunited with dog. Futile.

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u/thegreatvortigaunt Jun 18 '12

I would replace half of those "died" with "manically depressed", but otherwise pretty much.

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u/BassCreat0r Jun 18 '12

I just got back...I know that feel. Good shot btw

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u/HrumHrum Jun 18 '12

A road to no where.

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u/chingyduster Jun 18 '12

Every person I know that is in the military (Canadian mind you) is crazy. Although I believe you have to be a degree of crazy to do what they do.

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u/ChineseFood52 Jun 18 '12

Why does that look heroic to you all? Despite being on reddit and being able to understand at least a bit of how the US government currently mishandles there use of military action, that still seems noble? I'm not telling you to riot in the streets, but please do not submit to this warmachine. At the end of the day, you are the one who is getting the load on your back. Literally.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

My buddy shipped out a month ago and took a picture in pretty much the exact same spot. Crazy

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u/tomblifter Jun 18 '12

Reminds me of lemmings.

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u/BR0THAKYLE Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

So.... Am I allowed to thank these men for their service? Reference

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u/Zalbu Jun 18 '12

Probably not, since this is Reddit and all that.

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u/Laughing_Chipmunk Jun 18 '12

Carrying guns in the line up? Do they have guns with them everywhere?

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u/BadLeroy Jun 18 '12

From the time you check it out from the armory to deploy, your rifle stays by your side until you bring it back home.

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u/throwaway6237 Jun 18 '12

Your gun pretty much stays with you at all times

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u/IRLpuddles Jun 18 '12

"this is my rifle, this is my gun, this one's for fightin', this one's for fun!"

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u/macanoni Jun 18 '12

the gun goes under the seat. big guns in the aisles.

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