Artwork painted on T-Walls by a korean soldier on the small Korean base I'm at in afghanistan
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I am currently in Afghanistan on a Korean controlled base with only a handful of US Soldiers, I provide Network Operations support to the Korean and U.S. Forces here.
There are several T-walls with what i consider to be some great artwork that was painted by one of the korean soldiers here, I thought it should be shared.
Here are the photos.
[img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/264213_10150252884778570_502063569_7476640_2363512_n.jpg[/img]
[IMG]http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8062/img0500iw.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/613/img0501y.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6373/img0502bz.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4035/img0503wi.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7920/img0504nu.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/6464/img0506dn.jpg[/IMG]
This last image is just a nice view i see every day coming down the stairs to my office, normally you can see the whole valley and the mountains surround the valley, we've had a dust storm the last few days however and today was the first day you could actually see the valley.
[IMG]http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9643/img0505xu.jpg[/IMG]
So tell me a bit more about your stay there.
artistic
Wow these are great.
[QUOTE=eXiv2;30760808]So tell me a bit more about your stay there.[/QUOTE]
Sorry but that's not the topic of discussion for this thread, My only intent is to share a few photos of some nice artwork on our t-walls that was all painted by an individual Korean soldier.
Besides, I work in IT Support, don't exactly have any thrilling stories unless you consider network outages, router/switch configuration and, users complaining their email doesn't work because some ass hat at the main signal company moved their mailbox to a different server without telling anyone thrilling.
[B]EDIT:[/B]
[B]I may post some more pictures of the view from the base out to the valley and some pictures from convoy's (Goats may or may not appear in some of the pictures)[/B] If anyone would like to see them
Wow dude that's awesome.
They even have a Zen garden and everything.
Is the last picture, a screenshot from Battlefield 3? :downs:
[QUOTE=Im-Bored;30761034]Is the last picture, a screenshot from Battlefield 3? :downs:[/QUOTE]
No.
Wow thats amazing, I hope those dont get broken, but I'd assume their tucked in a safe location.
[QUOTE=DinoJesus;30761248]Wow thats amazing, I hope those dont get broken, but I'd assume their tucked in a safe location.[/QUOTE]
Lol, T-walls are basically barrier's we put on the outside of buildings to protect them from Mortar attacks or other Incoming fire/eplosives like 107mm rockets and the shrapnel from it, we surround the building then set another set infront of the door with space to allow people to enter and leave the building.
So they may get damaged, they may not. Who knows, luckily the terrorist networks in the area aren't very good at hitting anything of importance (or anything for that matter) they usually either completely miss the base or hit a open field, hopefully it stays that way.
We don't get attacked too often though, the people in the villages near us are pretty friendly, it's not uncommon for the children to wave at us and give thumbs up to us.
Here are the other photos i mentioned, some are of poor quality and hard to see, but i figure it's better then nothing
[IMG]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8686/img0466j.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5932/img0467bv.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2710/img0472ej.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/1174/img0459k.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/111/img0461ni.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6626/img0462wy.jpg[/IMG]
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This thread is... AWESOME!
These are the kind of photos that could get an article written about them and stuff. You should talk to some journalists about it.
:krad2:
In all seriousness, really cool of you to share those. Odd getting a glimpse through the eyes of someone on the other side of the planet.
pretty cool wall paintings, I must say..
Do you have any pictures of the korean soldiers?
Those are totally wicked, man. Strange to think that a military base in Afghanistan, of all places, would be home to such cool and colorful artwork.
This is awesome.
Wow dude those a rad.
[editline]28th June 2011[/editline]
Must go play Project Reality now after seeing these.
How do you know it was one soldier?
Know the name?
[img]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7920/img0504nu.jpg[/img]
Can I get some close-ups of this wall? Are they stenciled or based off of other drawings or totally unique?
Honestly didn't know there was a Korean presence in Afghanistan.
What did he use for the materials and how did he get them?
dude.
sweet.
:keke:
[QUOTE=DinoJesus;30769524]What did he use for the materials and how did he get them?[/QUOTE]
I would guess paint, from a paint store.
That second content post of his proves my point that he have to stay there to help uproot the damned extremists that plague them.
[QUOTE=DinoJesus;30769524]What did he use for the materials and how did he get them?[/QUOTE]
I'm thinking they probably bought the paints from local merchants or shops. It'd be killing two birds with one stone, you get your paints and you warm up the locals.
Sorry for off-topic question, but have you got any interesting stories about the terrorists in that area?
That is beautiful.
those arent Humvee's.
is that the korean jeep?post more pictures of it.
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