My brother and my father pictures

My brother Ivan Filipov (left) and my father Angel Filipov (right). My brother served in the Army for 1 year and my father served in the Air Force for 22 years.


Inside MIG 23












This is my brother Ivan Filipov who served in the army for 1 year 2002-2003. He served in Bulgaria / Pleven.













This is one of the airplanes my father used to operate on.

Hand grenade

During the second week of basic training they would have "soon to become soldiers" throw hand grenades a long distance, The picture above is Olmes diaz throwing a hand grenade.

Soldier Olmes Diaz

Olmes Diaz is the second soldier from the bottom row with some of his partners. This picture was taken when he arrived at Fort Gordon to mark the beginning of a wonderful experience.

Graduation from basic training

The picture above was the last day at training camp for Olmes Diaz, before becoming a Military Police for the Army. The graduation took place at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Olmes Diaz was send to Fort Gordon to complete his basic training. Fort Gordon is located in the state of Georgia. It is a United States Army Installation, The main componment of the post is the Advanced Individual Training for Signal Corps military occupational specialites.

Marine Carlos Texeira

..:: Canon Crew Men ::..

"I was an artillery man. They would put us behind some canons, shoot basically. Load them up with bombs. It was a huge canon, had a huge tube and we would just take bombs and load it up in there and shoot.”Cannon Crew men we were called."

Marine Carlos Texeira

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First impression of Iraq “It was kind of crazy, it seemed like a waste land…..Abandoned. It looked like a land of nothing. Everything was destroyed and you see sand everywhere, like dust.”-Texeira