Brother came by for round 2 of clearing my storage unit since there's no longer a reason to spend $68/month for keeping junk that I've not used for over 12 years now. We still haven't finished. lol

Anyway, found my souvenir box where I store my medals and other paraphernalia that I "acquired" during my beach party over 25 years ago now (hard to believe; lol). Anyway, found these pictures as well, so, thought I would share them with you all.

You can get a higher rez at the album posted here; better description at the album as well.



Chemical Team



Me acting the fool (see image description for why that is)



Me and my buddies (yes; that's me in the center)



Oil fires behind me



A little R&R

you are walking on the "viale delle rimembranze" (as we say in Italy)....

Yup; down memory lane. Brother suggested I better scan these images (don't have the negatives). Scanned 5 of them (ones with me in the captures) to share. Only had around 15 total. Have my souvenirs too but they are just that and am not going take pictures of them.

old photos rule.
here's one of mine that my cousin shared on facebook

Is that you on the right with the short legs? lol

yep short legs... in reality i do actually have short legs compared to my long back. I am only 5'8" but i sit taller than other 5 8 people because of my long back.

Lyle: They let you on the Chemical Team?

lol

Yup. I was actually an NBC NCO for my unit. Might as well have been a private in my group since I was the low man on the totem poll (both gofer and driver; lol).

split tone for fun, (hope you don't mind).

Another play, this time took idea from another thread that mentioned polyscape.

Thought I would color correct (eyeballed) and clean (heal) the borders of this one.

with color correction it looks like it was taken a couple years ago

Just remembered my Sergeant (he joined our unit from another reserve unit as I recall the details); Sergeant Cannon. Man; how did I even forget the guy's name. He was a great guy; character for sure. Major Spencer was a great officer too. Miss those guys. As for a couple of years ago, I wish. lol

Sergeant Cannon? really? That's classic like Mr. Bookman who's the library cop.