D Troop 1st Squadron 10th Cavalry

(Shamrock)

AERO   RIFLE

Getting ready to go out

Loaded for trouble

Waiting for the call

Saddle up

Kick the tire and light the fire

It's starting to get serious now

The trip out is the time to start getting serious. The Blues aren't called out unless there is a good reason.

In the right center of the picture you can see the smoke from the gunship prep of the LZ. Look closely and you can see a UH-1 landing at the source of the smoke. If you look at the bare field on the left you can see a the second UH-1 making its approach to the LZ.

Infantry eye view of an insertion

Inserting in tall elephant grass