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©2005-2009 ~A-Soldiers-End
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The Command Sergeant Major of my Unit, someone who I consider to one of the greatest leaders I've ever met. In many ways I consider him my mentor.
Photo taken during a BlackHawk flight in Northern Iraq.

The title "Everyday's a Challenge" is there because its his favorite quote.
The doors of the blackhawk are open, 'cause it was about 118 F that day.
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25SEPT05 I went back and looked at the cropping of the photo after a reading a comment from =xxacidic-illusionsxx This new photo might work a little bit better.
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01OCT05 After taking some advice from the comments I went back and resized the photo for dA down to 1200 x 800.

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:iconmarcou:
"Everyday's a Challenge", that's so true!
And nice shot!

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MarcOu
:iconxxacidic-illusionsxx:
i like the feeling of this and the meaning behind it....
however, i think that if you didnt cut off the feet it'd be better. i know that its hard to take pictures during situations like those since you cant really command anyone to do anything for your camera :XD:
but keep in mind that,
when taking a picture, try not to cut off half the head of the hand or the feet!

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My Imaginary Friends Are Cooler Than Yours.:ignore:
:iconthisbusinessofart:
He looks like he's staring off into space, lost in though. I like how we can see the open door yet not what it looks out onto. It's a good picture and it's nice to see something from you!

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Too much liquor's like salt on a slug.

konoway tillicums klatawa kunamokst klaska mamook okoke huloima chee illahie
:icona-soldiers-end:
It would have to been nice to include the feet, but there are two problems... one, I'm only like 3 feet away and I can't get me lense to zoom out that much, and the other is the seats across from each other are only 2 feet apart, so what I did crop out of the photo was the guy's knees across from him... But you're right, would have been great if I could have got the photo from the deck up.

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A-Soldiers-end
Mom says not to say badwords in my signature ;)
:icona-soldiers-end:
Yeah, I've been out of the dA world lately... so busy. Plus the opportunities to catch great photographs are slim because I'm spending more time behind the desk instead of out in the dirt.

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A-Soldiers-end
Mom says not to say badwords in my signature ;)
:iconhardshelledcrab:
This picture really captures his huge command presence, another great shot.
:iconthisbusinessofart:
aww desk work, watch out! Too much of that will make you insane. ^^

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Too much liquor's like salt on a slug.

konoway tillicums klatawa kunamokst klaska mamook okoke huloima chee illahie
:icona-soldiers-end:
Yes, Yes it will...

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A-Soldiers-end
Mom says not to say badwords in my signature ;)
:icondi-ka-no-wa-di-do-hi:
this is an awsome shot :)

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Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi ~ Cherokee

Wakan Tankan Nici Un ~ Lakota

A great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky ~ Crazy Horse

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September 24, 2005
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840×1200

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