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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 10:13 AM
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Check out this dust storm......

This happened yesterday here in COB Speicher Iraq @ about 8am and no I did not have the camera set to sephia. It's been crazy like this at least once a week.

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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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hahah Everyone is pissed they can't get on an R&R flight. ahaha. That is why I took my junk early. Oh yea, dust tastes nasty. Its only supposed to get worse for the next couple of days. I'm at the DMAIN. See you later.
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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your on DMAIN here in Speicher? yeah that stuff is nasty and it gets everywhere. i sat in that stuff on friday waiting for some CSM's to come by and inspect my Best Warrior Competition setup. I took like two showers that day, on top of that my lungs started hurting from breathing all that crap in.
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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whoa thats crazy!
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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Been in a few of those and they are nasty...Glad im not going back anymore!
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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yeahh i remember those days.....i have pics gotta find them ill post up the pics of camp bucca
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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Is that the actual color of the dust storm?? Looks like Hell on earth.
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Wow...so how does it affect all the vehicles there? Do you have to like re-lube everything at a much higher rate than normal? Bet the Air Filters need to be cleaned a lot.
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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haha, reminds me of a few dust storms in Ramadi....i'll post some up
Old Jul 6, 2009 | 01:25 AM
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jess, are you deployed on mars? terrorists are going universal now?
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Originally Posted by dub81
Is that the actual color of the dust storm?? Looks like Hell on earth.
yup

Originally Posted by bpang1
Wow...so how does it affect all the vehicles there? Do you have to like re-lube everything at a much higher rate than normal? Bet the Air Filters need to be cleaned a lot.
we mostly blow out the air filters and well usually lube the more than the normal suggested intervals

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jess, are you deployed on mars? terrorists are going universal now?
yeah a lot of us were saying holly crap were on mars
Old Jul 6, 2009 | 03:39 PM
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