strict-constitutionalist: txgunnersmate: walkingthroughthisworld:Assembly Area Hammer, Kuwait, March
strict-constitutionalist: txgunnersmate: walkingthroughthisworld:Assembly Area Hammer, Kuwait, March, 2003: Sgt. Michael Lewis, of Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, does maintenance on the tube of his M1-A1 Abrams tank, nicknamed Bulldog II. “Naming the tanks is a heated process,” according to a 2003 Stars and Stripes story. “The tank crews offer up their suggestions; the tank commander can veto the crew; and the higher company leadership has final say over whether the names are too offensive to grace a multimillion-dollar piece of military hardware.”(via Bulldog in Kuwait, 2003 - From the Archives - Stripes) I painted a semi-nude woman over a large ace of spades on my gun mount. Copied and modified it from some WWII nose art. No one gave a shit. How times change. We wouldn’t want anyone to be offended before we put a 120mm round through them. First tank I had was Dirty Deeds. 3rd Platoon D Co 2-9 INF Manchu! -- source link