Back From The Joint Readiness Training Center

[ArmyofOne]

Ladies and Gents, I give you the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk Louisiana (45 minutes from ANYWHERE)...

^The living quarters...hard shelter and hard cots...Card games galore, its worse than Vegas...i lost nearly $100 in a night and said "thats enough" :P

See, told ya ;)

^Our Maintenance area...Its where we work on...

...These! The New M1151 Series Up-Armored HMMWV (High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle, or Humvee) with Series II Bullet/Shrapnel resistant Tires, 6.5L Turbocharged GM Diesel coupled to a GM Hydramatic Model 4L80-E Transmission and New Process Gear Transfer case, with Frag 7 Armor Kits (those windows are 7 INCHES thick ladies and gentlemen...and the doors weigh 542lbs.)

^ Our Field Site, after 6 days without a shower in the Louisiana Humidity...you dont wanna know what I smelled like...It was hotter than 2 rats screwin in a wool sock under a woodstove for the first 2 weeks.

I can't tell you for security reasons, the intricate details of our training there. I can however, say that this is the most comprehensive (and expensive) training the army gives. It has real world scenarios, and real combat stress...the only thing is, at the end of the day, the bullets are rubber (or blanks) and the Mortar rounds are just pyrotechnics. Everything else is as real as it gets. Best combat training I have ever had...and even though I am a mechanic (not infantry), I walked away learning some stuff.

[smooth1]

Nice!! For some strange reason, when ever I see a military issue Humvee, I want one. But I know it's ridiculous. LOL!! Kinda like an Abrams or a Bradley. They just look to cool.

Have you heard anything, and are you able to talk about some of the new technology in weapons? Like I have seen on tv new higher velocity M16's outfitted with helmet targeting systems and so on. Just curious if any of that was real or not.

[ArmyofOne]

Nice!! For some strange reason, when ever I see a military issue Humvee, I want one. But I know it's ridiculous. LOL!! Kinda like an Abrams or a Bradley. They just look to cool.

Have you heard anything, and are you able to talk about some of the new technology in weapons? Like I have seen on tv new higher velocity M16's outfitted with helmet targeting systems and so on. Just curious if any of that was real or not.

we use the AR-15 (military verson is the M4 Carbine), and really we havent been issued anything new...except for the M4 looking weapon tht can "see and shoot" around corners...

[jcrome04]

Awesome dude.

Keep doing what you do :)

[blake918]

Cool pics Josh! I'm glad your training went well down here in Hell's Waiting-Room! :)

[ArmyofOne]

Cool pics Josh! I'm glad your training went well down here in Hell's Waiting-Room! :)

it is hells waiting room...

Fort Drum is hell when it freezes over...

[Marklouis]

I support the Army as a contractor equipment specialist at redstone arsenal in Ala. - and I say God bless your dedication and willingness to serve and protect people like me and my family. I see you guys everyday in our hallways in uniform at work and it reminds me what sacrifice for freedom truly means. Thanks for sharing the cool pics too!