37 days left

July 15, 2018, 05:57 AM

M-11

37 days left

For my deployment to end. Maybe not soon enough. Not withstanding the 14 IDF events we've had so far, last night a 6' representative of this wandered through the compound.
http://reptile-database.reptar...=Naja&species=oxiana

Too bad CCI Shotshell isn't authorized...

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July 15, 2018, 06:25 AM

pbramlett

Thank you for your service.

9mm will handle that snake just fine. Or a SAW.

July 15, 2018, 06:45 AM

arfmel

A grenade would probably work.

July 15, 2018, 06:58 AM

Sportshooter

Oh, I just couldn’t go there. Crawly things and slithery things are not in my color wheel.

Thanks for your service.

July 15, 2018, 07:40 AM

Warhorse

Stay safe, hurry home, and thanks for your service.

July 15, 2018, 07:46 AM

Chris42

Tastes like chicken?

July 15, 2018, 08:09 AM

nighthawk

Flamethrower, just to be sure.

July 15, 2018, 08:17 AM

Outnumbered

Looking forward to seeing you posting safely from stateside. Godspeed!

July 15, 2018, 08:51 AM

Sig2340

That's why there are B-52s.

Nice is overrated

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Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018

July 15, 2018, 09:27 AM

MikeinNC

Authorized or not, there would be some gunfire.

Be safe and thanks for your service.

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July 15, 2018, 09:38 AM

Bytes

Thank you for your service!

July 15, 2018, 09:45 AM

Haveme1or2

Great you're near coming home ! Be safe & thank you.
Do y'all dispatch them as you see them ?
That had to be exciting the first or second time seeing one ....

July 15, 2018, 11:26 AM

CQB60

May the rest of your deployment be uneventful. Safe travels amigo

July 15, 2018, 01:19 PM

smlsig

Thank you for your service. My son spent some time in the sandbox and the day he came home was one of the best in my life.
Stay safe!

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Eddie

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July 15, 2018, 01:31 PM

Il Cattivo

Wow. From looking at the distribution map linked to in the OP, that thing's like a goat molester's Visa card - "everywhere you have to be".

July 15, 2018, 07:24 PM

sns3guppy

I spent a lot of time in that neck of the woods, but never saw one of those. Some of my time was in tents, some in CHU's. I often wondered what might enter the tents. When I was in Iraq, I thought the pictures of the camel spiders were doctored up internet hoaxes, until I ran into one at night in Basrah. I'd seen tarantula-sized ones in other locations up north, but it wasn't until I saw one in Basrah that I believed they could get that big. Really big...and I thought about that every night after, in my tent.

I'm sure there were enough snakes there, but oddly never saw one.

July 15, 2018, 07:26 PM

wcb6092

When I was in 37 days would be too short to see over your boots.

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July 15, 2018, 07:42 PM

V-Tail

Come home safe. Are you bringing a snake skin?

July 15, 2018, 09:01 PM

M-11

I think it would be considered a Local National, V-Rail and tough to get an exit Visa to ship home! Given a very wide berth.