Here are some of my favorite photos that I took during my deployment.
This photo was taken right outside the building I worked at. All the trailers loaded with ready munitions are put under a large sun shade where they wait to be taken to aircraft. We had free reign to write messages on the bombs. We weren’t allowed to write on missiles though. I worked in the Precision Guided Munitions section. We worked on all sorts of smart bombs and missiles for F-15’s and F-16’s.
Luckily we didn’t have to spend the entire deployment stuck on base. I went into the city twice. This was a really nice area. It was very modern and had a beautiful waterfront.
Every now and then even barren desert can amaze you. Sundown and sunset were usually interesting, but I was suprised by this in the middle of the day.
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say which base I was at. I keep getting conflicting word on that. Before we went and while we were there, we were told not to discuss where we were, but the store on base sold shirts with the name of the base. That didn’t make much sense to me. The holiday greetings that were broadcast back here also gave away our location.