Fort Irwin AT 2005

Here is the 354th MPAD at Fort Irwin, CA, NTC (National Training Center) for annual training in 2005. NTC was tradionally desert tank warfare training with Soviet scenarios. Now, it is the Middle East with towns and villages populated with Iraqi nationals living here. SGT Venturini (2nd, bottom right) will be coming home soon from his second deployment (1st in Iraq, 2nd in Afghanistan). SGT Jennings (bottom right) received a direct commission to 2nd LT in the Nevada National Guard. CPT Carlisel (commander, middle right) has earned his PHD and is a professor at California University of Pennsylvannia. 1SGT Lapic (upper left) earned his cred as a military historian, and served with the 316th Expeditionary Support Command in Iraq. SGT Brucker (upper right) served in Iraq with the 356th BOD in 2007. Me (driving van), SSG Emery (riding in van), and SSG Sauret (getting choked), served together with the 10th Mountain Division, Iraq, 2008-2009.