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Accord
09-20-08, 10:52 AM
Here are a few pictures from Afghanistan...

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v319/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30159451_711.jpg

http://photos.l3.facebook.com/photos-l3-snc1/v319/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30159982_1057.jpg
Us inside of a Taliban compound we captured and lived out of for a few days before taking more ground.

http://photos.l3.facebook.com/photos-l3-snc1/v319/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30159985_2479.jpg
Sleep is at a premium

Accord
09-20-08, 10:53 AM
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160017_8627.jpg
This is Hansen, one of my best friends and he's in my team... he got shot in the head. If you buy Marine times, you probably saw him on the cover about 2 months ago.

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160024_955.jpg
Fox News crew setting up for a story before we pushed the city of Garmsir.

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160025_1290.jpg

Accord
09-20-08, 10:57 AM
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160027_1987.jpg
Playing some baseball in Kandahar before combat operations began.

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v319/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160045_3697.jpg
This is my pack, the taliban hit it and not me... the bullet was stopped inside the middle of the pack and I now have it around my neck.

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160049_5732.jpg

HurricaneRJ
09-20-08, 11:06 AM
Damn Accord, we back here knew yah'll were in the thick of it.

Semper Fi' bro.

Woody is heading out in November to replace you, and I'm heading out next year sometime.

Accord
09-20-08, 11:11 AM
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160087_7807.jpg
Poppy field

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v319/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160131_8553.jpg
Captured this Taliban safe house day before this pic was taken.

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v319/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160133_4828.jpg
taliban stronghold

Accord
09-20-08, 11:12 AM
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160135_8663.jpg
bout to throw my gear on before a patrol

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160137_9784.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160138_689.jpg
3 months without a haircut...

Accord
09-20-08, 11:14 AM
http://photos.l3.facebook.com/photos-l3-snc1/v319/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30159985_2479.jpg
trying to get a few hours of sleep before going back out to hunt the taliban

http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/228/37/1071021164/n1071021164_30160023_614.jpg
Sunset in the desert

Got a **** ton more pics but this internet is so slow that I don't have the time to upload them all, got some pretty sick video of 2,000 pound bombs being dropped on taliban strongholds, endless firefights, shooting javelin and tow missiles, kicking in doors, rocking on the MK19, etc etc etc i'll post that when I get some better internet.

Accord
09-20-08, 11:17 AM
Damn Accord, we back here knew yah'll were in the thick of it.

Semper Fi' bro.

Woody is heading out in November to replace you, and I'm heading out next year sometime.Wait till you see the videos...

You ever see American Pie Beta House and the last event in the greekathalon where the two dudes are trying their best not to blow? Well that's pretty much how any Marine who sees the vids will react.

Achped
09-20-08, 11:35 AM
ROFL! at the above!

Yeah man, it was good talking to you last night.

3 months without a haircut? lol, thats wild. It looks like you've went 3 months without a shower too haha.

DOWORK1
09-20-08, 03:54 PM
This is some motivating **** man. I know it is going to be hard when you come back to all your old friends. They will be asking about how many people you killed and all you can do is smile.

SGT7477
09-20-08, 04:14 PM
Get some, oohrah.

Marine84
09-20-08, 07:22 PM
You go boy! I can't wait to see the videos!

All you Poolies and Wannabes better think long and hard about whether you can handle some $h!t like what Flash is going through now. It's some serious $h!t - nothing like that PS3 you're playing with now.

davblay
09-20-08, 09:05 PM
Thank you John for the time you took to share this with us. God Speed and Fair winds, Brother, see ya soon.

Semper Fi,

Dave

ecfree
09-20-08, 09:23 PM
STAY SAFE BROTHER,,,,,and get a hair cut...:marine:

Achped
09-20-08, 09:57 PM
A link to LCpl Sam Hansen's article in the Marine Times

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/05/marine_saved_052608w/

thewookie
09-21-08, 12:17 AM
Thanks for doing what you are doing, Marine - Semper Fi

davblay
09-21-08, 12:23 AM
Thank GOD he lived thru it........God has a plan for this young L/Cpl!

yellowwing
09-21-08, 02:21 AM
You go boy! I can't wait to see the videos!

All you Poolies and Wannabes better think long and hard about whether you can handle some $h!t like what Flash is going through now. It's some serious $h!t - nothing like that PS3 you're playing with now.

Amen Kim. This ain't no kid's game. This is it.

Sometimes I think the burdens these young men bear is more than the harsh environment. Its also the harsh things that they see and carry with them and deal with. Marines take these ugly lifetimes of sheer horror and our kids and neighbors don't have too. But Gernerations of Marines have done this all along.

rb1651
09-21-08, 06:11 AM
Keep fightin' the good fight Marine. Thank You for helping to keep us free for our future generations.

Accord
09-21-08, 08:51 AM
It looks like you've went 3 months without a shower too haha.
That's because I did.

Mikewebe
09-21-08, 01:19 PM
Keep your head down bro. And bend and thrust yourself when you get back for that hairdo

Sgt Jim
09-21-08, 05:08 PM
Keep your A## safe and bring it back home.Semper Fi

HurricaneRJ
09-21-08, 05:35 PM
That's because I did.
I know I smell ****ing horrible after a week of greenside ops, or a week at MOUT town. But three months hooking and Jabbing. Damn, I wondering what your sleeping bag smells like. Not to mention all that dick cheese piled up.:sick:

Zulu 36
09-21-08, 06:53 PM
Hey, Accord, it looks like you've lost weight too. Not too surprising if so.

Stay safe, watch your six, and all that other stuff. :beer:

imajarhed
09-22-08, 11:36 AM
Much respect and much love, bro!

Strength and Honor!

imajarhed
09-22-08, 11:38 AM
I proudly stand and salute.

AL49BGN
09-22-08, 11:50 AM
Stay safe Accord!

Accord
09-25-08, 09:08 AM
I know I smell ****ing horrible after a week of greenside ops, or a week at MOUT town. But three months hooking and Jabbing. Damn, I wondering what your sleeping bag smells like. Not to mention all that dick cheese piled up.:sick:

It's 115 degrees here at night, we don't sleep in our sleeping bags. I'll sleep on top of it and still be soaked head to toe in sweat. That's just how it is out here if you're a grunt...

MotherGoose
09-25-08, 09:32 AM
Bless your warrior heart Accord!! Stay safe and get home!!