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Caption This for 2/8/2019

Posted February 08, 2019 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

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02/08/2019 4:58 PM

You can be in the Army and still be a sailer...

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02/08/2019 5:06 PM

Corporal Junkee Adrenolin shows perfect 2 point landing testing the military's new mini-chute...The mini-chute is perfect for high wind conditions and short jumps from low flying aircraft...

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02/09/2019 5:08 AM

If they tied a string to his waist you could fly him like a kite!

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02/08/2019 5:10 PM

Private Rocky the Flying Squirrel reporting for duty... SIR!

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02/08/2019 5:12 PM

"When I signed up for flight school I thought I'd get to fly an airplane!"

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02/11/2019 7:48 AM

No more phone booths,so Superman tries out his new camo suit.

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02/08/2019 5:13 PM

Catch him! He's trying to go AWOL again!

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02/08/2019 5:14 PM

Meet the new boy, looks like he's getting off to a flying start.

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02/08/2019 5:18 PM

He tried to loan a handkerchief to King Kong before the ape sneezed.

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02/08/2019 5:20 PM

Headline: Airforce Suffers from Heavy Budget Cuts.

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02/08/2019 6:06 PM

Trying out human kite kit from Amazon....Hey! you forgot the tether...

Dude, you totally forgot the tail....

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02/08/2019 7:11 PM

What's all the haboob about?

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02/08/2019 10:49 PM

Bat Man, celebrating, upon completion of basic training.

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02/09/2019 1:41 AM

Doing his bit to combat global warming, sergeant Sparrow demonstrated harnessing wind energy.

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02/09/2019 5:35 AM

Corporal Klinger's latest attempt to get out of Korea.

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02/09/2019 5:47 AM

Goodbye, world.

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02/09/2019 7:30 AM

Nothing new!

Flash Gordon had one of these in 'Trip to Mars' film of the 1940's.

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02/11/2019 10:25 AM

"I'm BATMAN"

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02/11/2019 10:51 AM

and that how you get the wrinkles out of your tent half.

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02/11/2019 3:50 PM

pssst . . . .

poncho liner.

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02/12/2019 10:58 AM

Oops, showing my age. Did not have ponchos or liners when I was in.

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02/12/2019 12:07 PM

I did sleep under a shelter-half though in my early days. Trying to pound those aluminum pegs into frozen ground was 'fun'. And those 1/2-inch thick sleeping pads only helped provide some insulation from the ground.

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02/12/2019 5:53 AM

"Don't let Corporal Jones have any more baked beans."

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An Indian trading post are looking to sell more trinkets at their trading post, which is owned by Geronimo great, great, great, great, not so great grandson... Flying Phuq.

Also known as FP anyways,... FP was Looking for something unique and would sell well,... like the Dream Catcher,... and than it came to him... ‘Fart Catcher’

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