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Caption This for 09/06/2019

Posted September 06, 2019 4:45 PM by lmno24

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09/06/2019 5:01 PM

Movie #9: "Harry Potter and the Army Draft"

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09/06/2019 9:32 PM

The army guys are having some fun with their Invisibility Cloaked Transport Vehicle!
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09/07/2019 7:12 AM

The prankster has now been fired from the cloaking department.

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09/08/2019 6:49 PM

These guys know how to have fun on a windy day in Oklahoma.

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09/06/2019 7:45 PM

I hear the military supply chain is really cleaning up.

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09/06/2019 8:56 PM

The secrets of area 51 finally revealed!!

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09/06/2019 11:44 PM

The first govt copy of a UFO was the size of a small car .....I am sure they learnt to scale them down in size a little since then
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09/06/2019 8:59 PM

When I said "we should go which way?" I really meant "which way should we go?"

.. but this works..

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09/06/2019 10:31 PM

I said "Which way should we go: not "Witch way should we go."

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09/06/2019 10:38 PM

"If You Don't Understand the science it can apppear like Witchcraft....LOL"
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09/06/2019 10:42 PM

Two bright young lads learning too handle the job, which ever way is best?
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09/06/2019 11:03 PM

Hey Hillary, this is how it's done!
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09/07/2019 3:08 PM

Said Don Jr and Eric.
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09/07/2019 3:33 AM

Despite the Military cutbacks the Air Wing is still functioning and cleaning up on border patrols!

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09/07/2019 7:10 AM

The new Space Force has been specially equipped to patrol the moon.

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09/07/2019 9:45 AM

The intelligence report had all the dirt on the enemy position in the scrub. We were told it could be a bit of a dust-up, but if we got the rag out and went in fast, we could shake them out and make a clean sweep of it, with a routine mop-up, then back to the base for some suds.

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09/07/2019 10:29 AM

Latest North Korean Stealth Missiles.

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09/07/2019 7:21 PM

Quidditch pick-up game at the park!
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09/08/2019 5:54 AM

I'm suer I saw the bike with the MG on the training trailer go this way.

Quick, we need to catch it before anyone notices those other guys took it for a joy ride.

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09/08/2019 10:54 AM

"Broom.....broom."

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09/08/2019 6:47 PM

The new Air Cav since budget cuts.

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09/09/2019 9:12 AM

Is this the way to the camouflaged quidditch match?

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09/09/2019 9:16 AM

Are those the swept-wing fighters we've been hearing about? ...and is the Navy variant a mop?

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09/09/2019 9:21 AM

This way to the sickbay so they can remove the splinters from our 4sses!

I now really regret "going commando!"

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09/09/2019 9:23 AM

They're actually really good soldiers...until you throw water on them.

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09/09/2019 9:27 AM

Nothing like a spirited game of Quidditch to get the troops' blood flowing!
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09/09/2019 9:22 PM

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth." John Magee

The new Air Force recruiting poster.

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09/09/2019 9:25 PM

HEIL HILLARY!

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09/23/2019 1:19 PM

Broom...broom

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