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chris-stahl — Sunset on the flightline
Published: 2005-06-28 06:40:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 2080; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 75
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The title says it all. Here a Marine CH-53 "Sea Stallion" awaiting its crew on the flightline at a former Iraqi base in central Iraq.More shots from Iraq
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Lucky! I haven't been lucky enough to be around the birds at sunset or sunrise.
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Thanks! We were on a guntruck mission to this base and I happened to step out of the chow hall just in time to see the sun was going down so I grabbed a HMMWV and headed up to the flightline. Just so happened that this was sitting on one of the taxi-ways off to the side.
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Awesome! I'm hoping to be able to get some shots like this one when I get back to the larger base.
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Good luck! Your shots always turn out awesome!
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Thanks! Haha, I can always improve.
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"Know yourself and seek self-improvement." HOOAH!
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All the way! (Oh, how I hate the 82nd.)
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LOL Well, at least Bragg had decent facilities! My last active duty station was Polk!
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I haven't heard too much about Polk. Dealing with 82nd in a deployed environment has me fearing ever getting stationed at Bragg with them. I'd rather join the SOCOM community.
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Well, you've got both at Bragg! The best thing about that base is that they have 3 PX's and you're just a couple hours from Myrtle Beach.
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Haha, true. And I'd be about seven hours closer to home. xD
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Yup, from the lovely retirement home known as Florida.
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That is such a strange state. Awesome beaches and eye candy in the summer. Elderly people in the winter. And if you go 20 miles inland from any large city you would think you were in the back woods of Georgia!
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Haha, too true. We always get the strangest snowbirds in my area as well. It's always funny to see the northerners walking around in shorts and tank tops while the locals are bundled in sweatshirts because it's sixty degrees!
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Thanks! I got really lucky with this one. Happened to step outside the tent and saw the sun going down so grabbed the camera and the nearest HMMWV (humvee) and got up to the flightline just in time to snap this shot.
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well its frikin SWEET
good timing!
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They are pretty damn cool!
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and a good sound system to link an MP3 too
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amazing shot.....you have a lot of cool photos from Iraq.
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Thanks! I made sure to have my camera with me everywhere I went so I got to get a lot of good shots.
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no problem. 
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No doubt. The hard part is knowing when to stop being involved in the training and when to start documenting it!
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yes that is true...im having a hard time deciding between image tech(photographer) and infantry...both look like very rewarding careers, its a tough choice.
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This is a damn fine photograph. I'm also a huge aviation fan, so a chopper is an added bunus
And thank you for your service
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Wonderful picture!
The helicopter is so cool!
I really love military pictures.
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Thanks! And thank you for checking out my other pics too.
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great picture! ... and the tower is well placed - that makes a good photo by itself...
greetings
jan
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Thanks! I had been in my tent when I saw the sun and the helicopter at the other end of the flightline. I grabbed the Humvee and raced down there just in time to capture this pic and one other. Think I may have to post it now too.
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