Thursday, September 4, 2008

Training at Fort Jackson


This is Camp McCrady near Fort Jackson. This is my view every morning when I wake up. That is the drill pad where we form up and get our daily schedule.




This is in full battle "rattle" while shooting at the range. We had to carry this around with us during shooting and training so we could get used to before we head over to the middle east. It was pretty heavy.





Spent 3 weeks at FT Jackson for training purposes before going to Iraq. There are several pictures that show us using the range for shooting practice and qualifications.





We actually had one day were we got to shoot some of the big guns. This was me shooting a 5omm machine gun. We hit an old tank and put some holes in it.





This was our stress shoot. We got out of hummers and then had to run to the range and shoot targets while were tired and on the move. It was a good exercise for combat situations.






4 comments:

Natalie said...

XOXOXOXOXOXO!

Sasha&Patric said...

So does this mean you are in Iraq now?

Cool pics! You can pretend like you are Sgt. Slaughter (GI JOE) while you are out there protecting our country.

Stay safe!!

Nicolle said...

Hey Brandon, Take care we are praying for you in our home. Thank you for what you do and who you are.

Natalies cousin,

Nicolle Bangerter

Larsen Family said...

Well, I guess it was lucky you got to live in so many beautiful places. Just remmember that everytime you wake up. The ocean the sunsets over the water the cool morning air..just go with that!
Take care...