First of all, thank you for serving in our armed forces. Now, what is the first picture of?

John i was in Kandahar at that time. i worked right next to the Luxenberg DFAC. 4th Kandak..were they with 205 Corps? the US px is huge and you're right about the German one..lol.
I am a Gunny. i didnt know they did exchanges like that. well i did know they did it for officers but completely unaware they did it for the enlisted. I'm a Amphibious Logistics guy by trade; but for us we get to do alot of diverse assignments. i spoke to my OIC about transfering over and he filled me on a ton of good info. He was an Engineer (Col Bruce Murray) so i'm not sure if you'd know him. I did a full year long tour in Afghanistan so i would imagine that Puckapunyal should be a walk in the park..lol. You guys are a strange lot of folks but i loved working with you guys. it was so much easier working with the Aussies then anybody else.
what was that Gunnys name.?.for us its a small Corps o you may be surprised if i did know him or knew of him. This one Aussie capt i know said that depending on my experience in the field i was looking i could be offered an WO2 or 3 or an Lt spot..but who knows. I;d take cuz the pay would be better then the money i get now anyway at any of those ranks..lol.
i do have a few questions....i'll drop you an email here shortly.

cheers,
Tony

Thank you.

that first pic is one of the Buffalo variant vehicles..not sure if its the troop carrier model though. i have a few more pics but i have to sort through some stuff to get the rest of them.

Tony

Tony,
That first truck is the Force Protection Inc. Cougar Cat 1 MRAP. I spent the last year on one in Afghanistan myself.

Ahh ok..i stand corrected, thanks Steve.

Tony

FWIW Gunny, the same company also makes the Buffalo which explains some of the similar characteristics, ie: the grill.