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Darling Nikki
12-25-2005, 02:30 PM
My dad sent me an email the other day showing me some of the other jobs that he did during his serving in Iraq. Below are some of the pics that he took as well. Sorry they are so big.

This is one of the things I did in IRAQ, the USAE, unit would blow up the captured enemy ammo as you know, well we would have to secure the area up to 5 kilometers away from the blasts, this is some of the pictures of the average blast of enenmy ammo probably 150,tons on ammo. and the last picture with the fire is artillery powder bags that are used to ignite the enemy ammo when its fired from an artillery piece, this would burn for 2 days.

In the second pic you see all the scrapnel flying in the air.

MachNU
12-25-2005, 03:04 PM
Nice, the best thing about those type of explosion's is when they are motion and taken from above, becuase you can see the shock wave! :goodjob:

Darling Nikki
12-25-2005, 04:07 PM
whats bad is when you close to the explosives you can feel the shock wave.

mumbles
12-25-2005, 04:16 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

NAIZBST
12-25-2005, 05:25 PM
or when you are in the middle of one while in a convoy in iraq, that suxs :eek:

Darling Nikki
12-25-2005, 06:02 PM
Well you shouldn't be in the middle of one during a convoy. The area where the ammunition is being destroyed should of been secured. So that isn't smart.

The Golden Child
12-25-2005, 09:49 PM
cool pix hope ur dad is safe out there and your brothers ..

NAIZBST
12-25-2005, 10:40 PM
Well you shouldn't be in the middle of one during a convoy. The area where the ammunition is being destroyed should of been secured. So that isn't smart.

not exactly in the middle of an ammunition dump but rather a IED bomb, but it looks the same when it explodes :eek:

5thgcelica
12-25-2005, 11:08 PM
wow. thats absolutely crazy.
thanks for sharing those pics

Darling Nikki
12-27-2005, 05:01 PM
not exactly in the middle of an ammunition dump but rather a IED bomb, but it looks the same when it explodes :eek:

Ya I'd hope not. :rolleyes: