Appalachian Patria

Appalachian Intellectual. To me that means plain thinking. I am A Non Commissioned Officer in the Army Reserves. Let me say...My views expressed here are mine and not those of The U.S. Army, Army Reserve or my fellow brethren in The National Guard. This is entirely Sua Sponte. This is My Thinking. I'm single and in my mid 30's. Politicaly, I'm a Libertarian. (Again, Sua Sponte.I do not represent the Libertarian Party.)I love my native Appalachia, Rock n Roll and...I love God.

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Location: Brevard, North Caroilina

I started blogging for two reasons. I was concerned about the changes to the area I live in, Southern Appalachia and I was about to go to the war. I was in Iraq in 06 and 07 and now Kuwait in 11 and 12. Blogging was a means of documenting my experiences and hoping it would help gain clarity. I don't feel that way about it any more. It's said people write blogs because they are frustrated, that's why people read them too. That makes us sound apocalyptic. Are we? Let it be said, what I say here is of my own thinking. This is entirely Sua Sponte and not an official representation of the U.S. Military or the U.S. Government as a whole.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Pelham Range, Alabama


This is a Machine Gun/MkIV Range on Pelham Range, Alabama. The MkIv(Mark4) is an Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher. Down range there are some hulks of shot up vehicles. The firing line isthe road towards the bottom of the picture. That way they can shoot from vehicles. Such Ranges typacaly shoot inot an "Impact Zone" shared with other Ranges. The Ranges on just about any post are ran by Range Control, usualy a mix of Military and Civilian personell. Range Control on Pelham Range is ran by Ft. McClellan. The two are seperated by several miles. It's more adjacent to Anniston Army Depot. WHat is left for the Military on Ft. McClellan is actualy very little. It's more so a small Contonement Area. Back to Range Control. Ft. McClellan's Range Control is one of the most cooperative I've seen. They have a pretty down home attitude. Unfortunatly, with some facilities it's a power game. Not in Alabama.

Sinve the lions share of Ft. McClellan was handed over to the City Of Anniston, the MOUT Site I wrote of ealier, the property line ends at the wood line. The Gaurd is trying to purchase adjacent land to it.Posted by Picasa

Off to work
Appalachian Intellectual

posted by Hill Billy Rave | Thursday, October 06, 2005

2 Comments:

Blogger Gun Trash said...

Do they need any more vehicle hulks for the range, A.I.? If so, I'll let my neighbor know. He picked up an old Winnebago at an auction that's sitting in his side yard that he swears he's gonna fix up one day and drive to the west coast.

That was 6 years ago and he hasn't turned one wrench on it yet as far as I know.

6:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We recently moved to an area close to Pelham range. Being new to the area, we were surprised one day when our windows rattled and we heard firing in the distance. Is there a calendar or a way to find out what days they will be practicing at the range? Just knowing to expect hearing the fire would help.

12:21 PM  

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