Apache26 Posted July 19, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 19, 2011 This last week the PNWHG 1st 'CAV unit hosted its annual Vietnam tactical event. Although turnout wasn't what we hoped for, it was a big event nonetheless with the advent of a documentary film crew as well as the active participation of an ARVN veteran and a former enlisted veteran of D/2-5 CAV who serves as our inspiration and advisor. The tactical started Friday afternoon and ran through Sunday afternoon. It rained the whole weekend, and I am very proud of my boys for sticking with it. Between the rain and guard duty, no one got more than 4 hours total sleep each night. Nevertheless, they did a J-O-B on our VC opposition. More photos to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Apache26 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted July 19, 2011 Here I am after all was said and done on Sunday. I know there aren't many photos of gear. We're working on getting those downloaded and disseminated. Until then, you can check out these videos at the linke below: http://www.youtube.com/user/hocfutue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASEUSA11B Posted July 19, 2011 Share #6 Posted July 19, 2011 Great pictures, and I love the "WAR" necklace in the last one. Way to represent the Cav! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik Posted July 20, 2011 Share #7 Posted July 20, 2011 Nice videos!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captzak Posted July 20, 2011 Share #8 Posted July 20, 2011 Very nice, I wish we could get an event going like this in the midwest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache26 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share #9 Posted July 20, 2011 Many thanks! The WAR necklace is an original. CHASE - looking at your profile I see you were in the First Team in OIF II. What unit? I was in 2-7 'CAV out of Taji. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASEUSA11B Posted July 20, 2011 Share #10 Posted July 20, 2011 Many thanks! The WAR necklace is an original. CHASE - looking at your profile I see you were in the First Team in OIF II. What unit? I was in 2-7 'CAV out of Taji. I was with 1-9 Cav in Baghdad, thanks for asking. The necklace is awesome, I've been trying to find one (original or repro) for a while but no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache26 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted July 20, 2011 CHASE - I had some friends in 1-9, but most of them went with the detached company that was outside of Ramadi in 2003-04. I was almost assigned to 1-9 but they didn't need any rifle platoon leaders when I got there. It's too bad. I would have preferred LTC MacDonald over Jim Rainey any day. You had a helluva time on Haifa. Do you reenact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 20, 2011 Share #12 Posted July 20, 2011 Very authentic black and whites. Sabrejet :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASEUSA11B Posted July 20, 2011 Share #13 Posted July 20, 2011 CHASE - I had some friends in 1-9, but most of them went with the detached company that was outside of Ramadi in 2003-04. I was almost assigned to 1-9 but they didn't need any rifle platoon leaders when I got there. It's too bad. I would have preferred LTC MacDonald over Jim Rainey any day. You had a helluva time on Haifa. Do you reenact? You can't beat the history of the 7th but I did love being a Headhunter. Its too bad you didn't make it to 1-9, LTC MacDonald was a hell of a leader and an awesome man. I didn't know too many of the guys from Bravo company that were detached from us, but a few of them were reassigned to us when we redeployed and they were all good guys. We had some outstanding platoon leaders in 1-9, and I'm sure it was the same with you. I was pleasently surprised that most of the Lt.s I served with in my short Army career didn't live up to the negative stereotype. As for reenacting, I haven't tried it yet- I'm only a collector. I respect what you guys do but for now i'm done with sweating and living in holes, I'll just sit back and check out the pictures :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASEUSA11B Posted July 20, 2011 Share #14 Posted July 20, 2011 sorry, double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache26 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share #15 Posted July 21, 2011 This is one of my favorite pics out of the lot. I avoided posting this one earlier because it shows an ARVN ruck. We don't allow our men to use ARVN rucks for their impressions, and I didn't want to leave the impression that we did. The ruck was being used by one of our documentary film crew whom we gave more leeway as "civilian journalists" in terms of gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache26 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share #16 Posted July 23, 2011 Unit supply issue. For new reenactors who have no gear, we provide a full setup, including lightweight ruck, weapon, uniform, boots and helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache26 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share #17 Posted July 23, 2011 More in the field. Platoon CP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptogi Posted July 25, 2011 Share #18 Posted July 25, 2011 Great photographs! A couple of your video clips look like they could be the real deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache26 Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share #19 Posted August 16, 2011 My platoon sergeant and myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache26 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share #20 Posted September 15, 2011 Here are some more photos. These are stills from the documentary footage. More will come in slowly as the film crew do as they promised and get us more pics from the bush... Please excuse the hop fields in the background. We spent most of the weekend in deep brush along a river, but we still navigated our way to the objectives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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