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  1. Eagle Scout'83, Brotherhood OA, Philmont trek '80, 50 mile afoot/afloat award, three times (twice on foot, once by canoe), mile swim also.
  2. I have a princeton tec matrix. a very nice light. you can switch it from 3 led to bulb. like I said, very nice but expensive and you have to manualy switch the bulb units out. My buddy found these cheap rayovac lights at walmart. they have two red leds, one white, and a bulb all in one housing. a switch allows you to change the type of lighting. I find my self leaving the matrix at home and using the cheapie. AAMOF, I used the rayovac on a backpacking trip this past weekend.
  3. I was a 35D,Tactical Intelligence Officer, in the USAR. Spent 6mo AD doing the MI Officer's Basic Course at Ft. Huachuca, Sierra Vista, AZ and served with the 372nd Military Intelligence Detachment and Co. B (Counter Intelligence) of the 337th Tactical Exploitation Battalion 1987 to 1990. Got injured while on AD and received a medical discharge in 90. Not to worry though, I get that VA check each month. I now work as a Dept. of the Army civilian Security Specialist. I guess I'm still serving in the Green Machine! [This message was edited by chemfed on October 26, 2003 at 04:35 PM.] [This message was edited by chemfed on October 26, 2003 at 04:36 PM.]
  4. I'm fairly new to geocaching but am no stranger to the woods. I found the Coleman xponent lumbar pack to be sufficient for most outings. If I need to take more H2O, I slip on my camelback knock off . I can expand or reduce my gear toting requirements as needed. specs: • 600 cubic inches • Pack weight 1.1 lbs. • Hip belt fits 26" - 36" • Panel loading with 3 pockets • Hip belt with moisture management polyester mesh on interior surfaces • Can be worn as a lumbar pack or shoulder bag • 420D high density ripstop nylon and oxford weave nylon with polyurethane coating • 210D oxford weave nylon and 900D high density oxford weave polyester with polyurethane coating
  5. I’m a federal security specialist working as a civilian for the US Army Chemical Materials Agency. I specialize in physical security of WMDs and anti-terrorism (AT). I’ve been real busy since 9/11 needless to say. I recently switched jobs and now focus on mainly the security management of WMDs. No longer having the installation AT mission has allowed me to spend more time with my family who I’ve seen only in passing for the past two years. I try to squeeze in geocaching when I can. My eldest daughter and I placed the Standing LaGarde cache together and enjoy watching the activity it generates.
  6. Good prespective breaktack. I was giving the the anual force protectiton brief to our local Army EOD unit and we of course got off on the subject of IEDs. I asked them if they have ever heard of geocaching. No one had. I did my best to explain it to them. They also said that geocache stickers would not make them treat a suspicious item any differently.
  7. Bombs found on Southside 09/17/03 CAROL ROBINSON News staff writer Two bombs that were found Tuesday morning on a quiet residential Southside street packed enough power to maim or kill. The bombs, built in .50-caliber ammunition boxes, contained nails and detonating systems. They were filled with a wet, grainy substance and weighed about 20 pounds each. Authorities rushed the contents of the bombs to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms laboratory in Atlanta for analysis. Investigators with the ATF, FBI and Birmingham police are looking at the strong possibility the bombs were placed in the 1600 block of Cullom Street as part of an ongoing neighborhood dispute. They won't discuss the nature of that squabble. "The motives behind violent crimes are hate, revenge, power and escape," said Jim Cavanaugh, the special agent in charge of Alabama and Tennessee. "Somewhere in there is the motive in this." Officers with Birmingham's bomb squad disabled both devices before they injured anyone, authorities said, but the bombs were partially functioning and could have caused pain and havoc. "The bombs were constructed by someone trying to do serious damage," said supervisory ATF Special Agent David Hyche. "We're taking it very seriously. We've got 100 percent of our resources behind this now." The first device was found about 7:30 a.m. when a woman noticed a suspicious package under trash near a car parked on the street in front of 1617 Cullom St. When the woman touched it, the package made a popping sound, police said. That's when she summoned officers from the city's South Precinct. The police commotion prompted resident Michael Hawkins, who lives two doors down, to come out on his porch. He saw a strange container positioned between two doors on his porch and picked it up. It made a popping sound. "It sounded like a muffled gunshot," said neighbor Rick Noblitt. "He picked it up and they yelled at him to put it back down." Police roped off Cullom Street for six hours, evacuating some residents and issuing warnings to others. "We kept announcing again and again for people to stay inside," Hyche said. "They were casing up and down the street looking on everyone's porches," Noblitt said. A major lead: Birmingham's bomb technicians used a robot to render both devices safe, said police spokesman Lt. Henry Irby. The ammunition boxes are about the size of a large shoe box. Irby said investigators were interviewing possible witnesses Tuesday afternoon. He would not say whether police have identified any suspect. Hawkins said he didn't want to harm the investigation by talking about the ordeal or what might have led up to it. "I don't know why someone would try to do this to me," he said. Cavanaugh said authorities are anxious to solve the crime. The neighborhood dispute angle is a major lead, he said, but not to the exclusion of other theories. Anyone with information is encouraged to alert authorities. "It's a full-court press for us," Cavanaugh said. "We need to resolve it. "Someone has placed time and effort into the concoction of these devices," he said. "There is a lot of deliberateness to this type of crime. That tells us something." Cavanaugh said while the incident may seem shocking, it's unfortunately not that unusual. "Sometimes people resort to using homemade bombs to resolve problems," he said. "But they don't resolve anything and they just create more problems." Residents said they were disturbed by the day's events, but not particularly surprised. "This is beyond any kind of understanding, logic or sense," Noblitt said. "But it's not really shocking. It's just another day in America."
  8. I was at work on 9/11. I work at a large military base as a security specialist. I manage the physical security program for some of DoD’s nastiest weapon systems, I also do anti-terrorism stuff. When the first plane hit I, like many others, thought it was an accident, a spectacular one, but an accident never the less. I was watching the TV in a co-worker’s office when the second plane hit. We knew that we were at war. The Pentagon strike drove that fact home even more. About 30 minutes later our desk sergeant received a call from the FAA that a plane had dropped below radar five miles out from where we have all of our “super nasty” weapons stored. We thought we were a/b to be hit. The SRT saddled up and took one of our M113s and all of the crew served weapons we could get. As silly as it sounds, we were going to try to shoot it down if the aircraft threatened us. I had all of the storage magazines locked down, and we waited. The aircraft landed w/o incident at a local airport. I called my wife and told her that I loved her and if something happened to me that to be sure to tell my daughters that I would always love them and be proud of them. I didn’t know if we would see the end of the day. Our HQ called and ordered us to “Force Protection Condition Delta” or FPCON D. A virtual lock down of the entire installation. We remained that way for 2 days and regarded back to FPCON Charlie where we remain today. That first three weeks I was averaging 14-20 hours a day. I was able to come home for 2 hours on my daughters birthday. I said goodbye to my wife, daughter, father and friends and went back to work, I had tears in my eyes when I left them. It was a year before I saw less than 12 hour days. I'll never, ever forget!
  9. I've been real happy w/ my Brunton 8099 Eclipse. Kind of pricey, but its probably the last compass I'll ever need. http://www.brunton.com/catalog.php
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