Kornman00
April 25th, 2008, 01:50 PM
So yeah, for the better half of this week (fuck, I just remembered its friday :suicide: ) our unit and some other personal from our brigade have been hosting an event called "Monte Kali" at the Messel Range in Darmstadt (this is the last year the range will belong to the US Army, as the US presence in Darmstadt is being transitioned out (not sure when the range will actually be passed off to the germans).
It's basically an international shooting event, bringing military types of all branches of different countries (Germany of course, italy, swedland, denmark, and I believe there are some frenchies there too) plus local\foreign civilians together to fire weapons such as the M16, M4, MP5, M9, SL8 and I think a few other weapons. There are some Air Force personal also helping host the range (they wear SP arm badges which I believe are the AF's version of MPs), but they only have less than 10 people helping out AFAIK. The germans are also helping run the range, not just fire the weapons.
I got tasked to help run the M16\M4 range. The sad part is, I've been in for two years almost, and this is the first time I've got to see or lay hands on a M4 up close. It gets better: the M4s belong to the AF :| (which some are sporting the AF's new ABUs). Tomorrow is our last day and after its all over I will cycle through the pictures and videos I took over these four days and decide which ones I can\worth posting.
In the mean time, check out last year's Monte Kali, which is when we took over for 39th Finance who originally ran this Popsicle joint. I wasn't at the last one, though I forget how exactly I got excused from this detail...
EDIT: Nevermind, just realized it was 2006 that these were recorded, so it was still when only 39th was doing it.
(I'm assuming some local national took these videos)
Video 1
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Video 2
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Video 3
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Video 4
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Video 5
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Video 6
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Video 7
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Video 8
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Video 9
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Video of range five (there are 5 ranges total at Messel)
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Like say, tomorrow is the last day, which is also the day when all the militias exchange gear\uniforms parts. So you'll see, for example, people with ACU trousers with say a italy BDU jacket and a german patrol cap. I tried asking my commander if he'd exchange ranks with me, since it would be the only day I'd be able to run around with the rank of a CPT in my life (you think I'm re-enlisting, let alone going OCS?! HA! No.). He said no. Party pooper :colbert:. Gonna try asking some of the officers in the unit tomorrow :downs:
What pisses me off is how all these other militarys in the world let their soldiers grow all types of facial hair styles and how long they can grow their hair out. Maybe I should just become a german citizen and then Go Army :-3.
It's basically an international shooting event, bringing military types of all branches of different countries (Germany of course, italy, swedland, denmark, and I believe there are some frenchies there too) plus local\foreign civilians together to fire weapons such as the M16, M4, MP5, M9, SL8 and I think a few other weapons. There are some Air Force personal also helping host the range (they wear SP arm badges which I believe are the AF's version of MPs), but they only have less than 10 people helping out AFAIK. The germans are also helping run the range, not just fire the weapons.
I got tasked to help run the M16\M4 range. The sad part is, I've been in for two years almost, and this is the first time I've got to see or lay hands on a M4 up close. It gets better: the M4s belong to the AF :| (which some are sporting the AF's new ABUs). Tomorrow is our last day and after its all over I will cycle through the pictures and videos I took over these four days and decide which ones I can\worth posting.
In the mean time, check out last year's Monte Kali, which is when we took over for 39th Finance who originally ran this Popsicle joint. I wasn't at the last one, though I forget how exactly I got excused from this detail...
EDIT: Nevermind, just realized it was 2006 that these were recorded, so it was still when only 39th was doing it.
(I'm assuming some local national took these videos)
Video 1
J8ZoKaJBNS8
Video 2
hmlO83b6BKo
Video 3
zHcOrCycIcg
Video 4
8ExQ33htSNQ
Video 5
Tw4-dkeLfHE
Video 6
nzdLCaO1ASk
Video 7
4j5Luw7RVVo
Video 8
AbajviimALU
Video 9
FTiXXB_nhM8
Video of range five (there are 5 ranges total at Messel)
1Sy0RnDs150
Like say, tomorrow is the last day, which is also the day when all the militias exchange gear\uniforms parts. So you'll see, for example, people with ACU trousers with say a italy BDU jacket and a german patrol cap. I tried asking my commander if he'd exchange ranks with me, since it would be the only day I'd be able to run around with the rank of a CPT in my life (you think I'm re-enlisting, let alone going OCS?! HA! No.). He said no. Party pooper :colbert:. Gonna try asking some of the officers in the unit tomorrow :downs:
What pisses me off is how all these other militarys in the world let their soldiers grow all types of facial hair styles and how long they can grow their hair out. Maybe I should just become a german citizen and then Go Army :-3.