Sunday, February 8, 2015

Photos from Drill Weekend

No big events this weekend, but some good shots of soldiers training:


Putting safety wire on an air sensor on the main rotor blade of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.



Soldiers from Bravo Company, 628th ASB prepare an AH-64 Apache helicopter for installation of main rotor blades.


Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Popular On Line Can Be Strange

This week my YouTube video explaining the difference between Army MRE and C-Ration meals passed 50,000 views.


A photo I took this weekend has had more than 4,000 views.


And here is the most popular post on this blog by far with more than 2,600 views.

http://armynow.blogspot.com/2009/05/home-sweet-trailer-home.html

Is there a lesson?  I guess writing about where soldiers live, talking about what we eat and taking pictures of helicopters reaches a lot of people.

Not like kitty videos or anything, but a lot for me.




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