Line of Sight

Veterans Day service for Tech Sgt. Matlovich

The SLDN (Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) held a memorial service in honor of Veterans Day at the grave site of Tech Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, "one of the first to challenge the military’s exclusion of GLBT people from the armed forces," at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, November 8, 2009.

The SLDN (Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) held a memorial service in honor of Veterans Day at the gravesite of Tech Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, "one of the first to challenge the military’s exclusion of GLBT people from the armed forces," at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

The Rounds

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I love the way a sunset looks on a fully loaded machine gun.

Rockband at Bagram

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(From left to right below) Staff Sgt. Jessica VanOot, Staff Sgt. Scott Stroh, Sgt. Yamil Navarez, and SrA Seth Haas compete in the second annual “Rockband” contest at Bagram Air Field on July 22, 2009 in Bagram, Afghanistan.  They are the defending champs.

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Need a tire?

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SSG Michael Hess working out in front of the gym on base at Bagram Air Field on July 21, 2009.

DC Osprey

dc-ospreyThursday, May 28, 2009 – sometime around noon…I was on an assignment with Off Duty editor Jason Watkins in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Quite a few helicopters had already passed by, but the noise from this one was a lot different. What the heck was an Osprey doing flying over the Mall? And why didn’t anyone turn and look at it?

 

Last Saturday I was outside near the Marine Corps Memorial when I heard an airplane noise that was far different than the normal passenger jets in the area. A B-52 passed overhead, not in the normal Potomac River flight path…am I going loopy?

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Leaving the Joint Services Open House at Andrews AFB on Sunday, May 17, 2009.

Leaving the Joint Services Open House at Andrews AFB on Sunday, May 17, 2009.

Inside the Bubble

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A look inside the refueling pod on a KC-135. The wide-angle lens used here, a 15mm, might make it look a bit bigger than it really is. The best part of the pods, though, is looking straight down as you fly. The worst part – no heating.