By GI Korea on July 4th, 2011 at 12:33 pm

Picture of the Day: 4th of July In Afghanistan

• kushibo
  1:32 pm on July 4th, 2011 1

  You were in Afghanistan? For some reason, I had the impression you had a cushy job stateside.

  One more reason my hat’s off to you, Sir.

• Retired GI
  5:13 pm on July 4th, 2011 2

  Yup! Contractors sure know how to live.

• setnaffa
  8:09 pm on July 4th, 2011 3

  Thanks for your service.

• Leon LaPorte
  9:41 pm on July 4th, 2011 4

  Whaaaaat???? No road guard vests? No long sleeve shirts???? My goodness. Risk takers!

• GMAN
  4:13 am on July 5th, 2011 5

  I just cant believe they dont have helmets on riding around in tha big dirt. Wonder if them commanders were watching this parade???

• kangaji
  6:20 am on July 5th, 2011 6

  Kushibo: Yep, unless they are part of a training unit most people are getting deployed through something called the ARFORGEN cycle, which in theory puts units through a regular rotation schedule. So, every unit, as long as the numbers qualify it to go, will go, or the members of the unit will be cross leveled (sent to) other units and will go when their year in the ARFORGEN cycle comes up.

• Teadrinker
  6:06 pm on July 5th, 2011 7

  I mean no disrespect, but driving around like that with your flag is kind of a white-trashy thing to do.

• ChickenHead
  8:18 pm on July 5th, 2011 8

  I mean no disrespect, but at least American white trash on parade day in a desolate war zone is mechanized.

  http://pixdaus.com/pics/1269572308tfDKWMd.jpg

  …and not nearly so ghay.

• GI Korea
  8:19 pm on July 5th, 2011 9

  @7 – Then you may be surprised to know that the biggest flag waivers in Afghanistan are the Canadians. I once saw an NTV (non-tactical vehicle) with not one, but 4 Canadians flags on it.

• kushibo
  8:31 pm on July 5th, 2011 10

  Then you may be surprised to know that the biggest flag waivers in Afghanistan are the Canadians.

  Waving Canadian flag in a foreign country = American

• Leon LaPorte
  8:36 pm on July 5th, 2011 11

  9 Perhaps they thought they would be mistaken for the Red Crescent.

• Teadrinker
  9:26 pm on July 5th, 2011 12

  8, You got some strange Canadian fetish.

• Teadrinker
  9:29 pm on July 5th, 2011 13

  9, That’s not flag waving….it’s taking precautions. I wouldn’t want to be mistaken for an American over there too.

• Leon LaPorte
  9:52 pm on July 5th, 2011 14

  13 Canadian necks slice just as nicely as American necks… You’re either wit ‘em or agin ‘em.

  Granted, perhaps they don’t want the Americans to blow them up. You might have something there…

• ChickenHead
  9:55 pm on July 5th, 2011 15

  “You got some strange Canadian fetish.”

  No… I have a strange Calling Bullshyt fetish. I do it to everyone here when I disagree with their intentionally inflammatory statements… and, as of late, you have been making one-right-after-the-other.

  You sound like Tom when you start making fun of the best Independence Day parade a group of guys can put together with very limited resources. In fact, it would be rather trashy NOT to display a flag on Independence Day.

  Since every anti-American statement you have made recently can be humorously countered with a 15 second Google search showing the same or worse in Canada, it makes you an easy target… and probably plays well the the crowd of Americans here who all have some degree of patriotism and nationalism.

  Don’t take it personally. Canada and Canadians are OK in my book… but, like gays and spaz kids, they are such easy targets of fun… especially when they are so easy to poke a response out of.

• kushibo
  10:01 pm on July 5th, 2011 16

  Teadrinker wrote:
  

  9, That’s not flag waving….it’s taking precautions. I wouldn’t want to be mistaken for an American over there too.

  LLP already said it: In Afghanistan, it don’t make a lick of difference. The Taliban and Al Qaeda are pretty adept at figgering out who’s on the side of the ‘Mericans. In fact, they’ve been lobbing a few missiles at the South Korean contingent lately.

• Leon LaPorte
  10:32 pm on July 5th, 2011 17

  “In fact, they’ve been lobbing a few missiles at the South Korean contingent lately.”

  I hope they don’t blow up any of their shitters!

• kushibo
  10:50 pm on July 5th, 2011 18

  I thought the toilet enhancement project was in Iraq.

  Serious question, what is the ROK presence doing in Afghanistan. Not just the military but the people (doctors? hospital construction crew?) they may be protecting.

  When I look this up, I get conflicting information about what they’re doing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  It’s easier to see what the ROK Navy is doing with respect to anti-piracy efforts, but the Korean media is vague about the on-land overseas missions.

• Leon LaPorte
  10:57 pm on July 5th, 2011 19

  I was being fececious, of course. I think there are currently a grand total of 12 ROK military personnel in Asscrackistan. Probably some sort of UN thingy.

• Teadrinker
  10:58 pm on July 5th, 2011 20

  #14,

  “Granted, perhaps they don’t want the Americans to blow them up. You might have something there…”

  Ah, ah, you’re such a joke. I’m sure you’re the centre of attention at wedding ceremonies, and that’s even before you get drunk and start a fight.

  (The PPCLI are excellent soldiers. I’ve met some of them who have been to Afghanistan, as a matter of fact. A great group of soldiers.)

  #15,

  Dude, you got a fetish about bullsh2t? You’re even stranger than I thought.

  “You sound like Tom when you start making fun of the best Independence Day parade a group of guys can put together with very limited resources. In fact, it would be rather trashy NOT to display a flag on Independence Day.”

  Didn’t notice the ? I was teasing. For a guy who likes to write limericks, your sense of humour sucks.

  #16,

  I’m disappointed in you. You didn’t get that I was joking? I thought you had a better sense of humour than that.

• kushibo
  11:20 pm on July 5th, 2011 21

  Teadrinker (#20), I wasn’t taking that quite as seriously as you seem to think I was. I took yours as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek comment.

• Teadrinker
  11:24 pm on July 5th, 2011 22

  21, I know. I was just teasing again.

• Teadrinker
  11:26 pm on July 5th, 2011 23

  Correction at 20… joker not joke.

• Glans
  3:31 pm on July 6th, 2011 24

  Sometimes even good-natured teasing goes to far. I like Teadrinker and I like Canada.

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