at the selector lever, I feel the delight of a kid getting the exact present he wanted at Christmas. It’s an M-4A1 – fully auto with an integrated rail system. Dozens of them line the wall. Looking closer in the light cast by the idling truck, I see they are all equipped with SpectreDR sights. My thrill level increases substantially. These are optics that provide for close range and ranged capabilities. This means this armory has the latest and greatest special ops modules. I turn toward the large cases stored in several of the shelf units. They must contain the remainder of the modules and I hope they are fully equipped. If so, the modules will have suppressors, night vision sights, and infrared aiming devices which are meant to be used with night vision goggles. I set the carbine back in the stand. I want to take it right there and then but choose to keep the one I have for the moment as all of these weapons will have to be sighted in.
“Wow!” Robert says beside me holding one of the carbines.
“Yeah, we kinda struck the mother lode,” I say with a grin.
“Let’s load up all of these,” I say turning to Watkins pointing out the M-4s.
I walk further toward the back along the weapons racks as the soldiers begin carting the M-4s out. Next to the racks of M-4s, I come across two dozen M110s – semi-automatic sniper rifles firing 7.62mm rounds and fitted with 3.5 x 10 scopes. Most of our engagements have been close quarters but I’m not about to turn these beauts down. You never know when something like this will come in handy and it’s not like we are severely limited on space or limited to one overhead bag. I imagine we’ll pretty much clean this place out.
The rest of the tour has goodies in every location. The large cases do indeed have the module packages for the M-4s and dozens of cases have Gen3 dual eye/dual tube (binocular) night vision goggles along with attachments and batteries. Other cases have M-9s with suppressors. One of the biggest finds, at least in my opinion, were the individual radios with throat mics plus unit radios helpful for transmitting across distances. There are large boxes with ACU, Multi-Cam, and black clothing in a variety of sizes. We also find a multitude of Ranger Green, ACU, Multi-Cam, and black tactical vests complete with a variety of modular attachments. Crates upon crates of ammo for all weapon types are brought out and loaded, including C4 and grenades of all sorts; flash bangs, smoke, tear gas, and your regular, every day blow stuff up types. All in all, there’s everything I imagined and more. We haul everything out, even taking the racks after removing the bolts holding them to the floor, filling the transport truck almost to capacity.
The sun is at its zenith as the last case is loaded. The clang of the truck tail gate closing echoes across the silent enclosure. I call Lynn letting her know we are finished here giving a quick rundown of what we found. She replies that they are about finished with two of the armories and about to head over to gather clothing. We agree to meet back at the aircraft prior to searching for survivors so we can coordinate efforts – making sure to cover everywhere without duplicating efforts.
I feel oddly invigorated rather than the tired feeling I thought I would have. Perhaps due to the stress I feel but that usually makes me feel more tired and have less energy. It could be that there is so much to do and having things to do gives me energy – depending on what it is. It may also be that we have found these great tools that will even things up slightly. It’s not that the things we have found will make the difference or really increase our capabilities much, but there are items that will make it a little easier for us. For one, with our night vision gear, the infrared aiming devices will add to our capability in darkened
“Wow!” Robert says beside me holding one of the carbines.
“Yeah, we kinda struck the mother lode,” I say with a grin.
“Let’s load up all of these,” I say turning to Watkins pointing out the M-4s.
I walk further toward the back along the weapons racks as the soldiers begin carting the M-4s out. Next to the racks of M-4s, I come across two dozen M110s – semi-automatic sniper rifles firing 7.62mm rounds and fitted with 3.5 x 10 scopes. Most of our engagements have been close quarters but I’m not about to turn these beauts down. You never know when something like this will come in handy and it’s not like we are severely limited on space or limited to one overhead bag. I imagine we’ll pretty much clean this place out.
The rest of the tour has goodies in every location. The large cases do indeed have the module packages for the M-4s and dozens of cases have Gen3 dual eye/dual tube (binocular) night vision goggles along with attachments and batteries. Other cases have M-9s with suppressors. One of the biggest finds, at least in my opinion, were the individual radios with throat mics plus unit radios helpful for transmitting across distances. There are large boxes with ACU, Multi-Cam, and black clothing in a variety of sizes. We also find a multitude of Ranger Green, ACU, Multi-Cam, and black tactical vests complete with a variety of modular attachments. Crates upon crates of ammo for all weapon types are brought out and loaded, including C4 and grenades of all sorts; flash bangs, smoke, tear gas, and your regular, every day blow stuff up types. All in all, there’s everything I imagined and more. We haul everything out, even taking the racks after removing the bolts holding them to the floor, filling the transport truck almost to capacity.
The sun is at its zenith as the last case is loaded. The clang of the truck tail gate closing echoes across the silent enclosure. I call Lynn letting her know we are finished here giving a quick rundown of what we found. She replies that they are about finished with two of the armories and about to head over to gather clothing. We agree to meet back at the aircraft prior to searching for survivors so we can coordinate efforts – making sure to cover everywhere without duplicating efforts.
I feel oddly invigorated rather than the tired feeling I thought I would have. Perhaps due to the stress I feel but that usually makes me feel more tired and have less energy. It could be that there is so much to do and having things to do gives me energy – depending on what it is. It may also be that we have found these great tools that will even things up slightly. It’s not that the things we have found will make the difference or really increase our capabilities much, but there are items that will make it a little easier for us. For one, with our night vision gear, the infrared aiming devices will add to our capability in darkened
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