Pics from Iraq

[angry_young_man]

http://www.undermars.com/gallery1.html

hope not a repost

WARNING: some pics are graphic

[DieselPower]

Please attach a graphic warning onto that.

and as for some of the pics: You really do see how many light vehicles and heavy trucks are wasted. wow

[jonosk]

This is very graphic uff i think i will puke

[w1ldcard]

whats cool about these pics? jeeeeeeeez

[Blackburn]

oh man, jesus -_-

[intelligenzija]

that aint cool

god bless the dead marines


what a ****hole


edit: all soldiers

[Blackburn]

huh?
why just the corp?

[vinny_121_ND]

I've seen this site before, it is graphic, but it is a reality for the troops over there. I simply dont have an answer to how we can get out of iraq.

[angry_young_man]

sorry dont know why i put cool at the top - pretty stupid of me

[vinny_121_ND]

sorry dont know why i put cool at the top - pretty stupid of me

read the forum rules, don't worry about the mistake. Just don't do or say anything stupid.


v

[Xaito]

you say these pics are from Iraq?
http://www.undermars.com/images/mars1434.jpg
how did german soldiers end up in that gallery then?

[Blackburn]

check the site before the gallery, and read whats written there. ;)

[Xaito]

check the site before the gallery, and read whats written there. ;)

ah thanks that explains it - the topic of this thread is completely misleading then :)

[Blackburn]

no problem mate.

Well i wouldn't say that the name of the thread is wrong,
just that "cool" isn't the best name for pics like these.

[Alex-L]

dont understand why some of those photos were even taken

[Roy Batty]

dont understand why some of those photos were even taken

Sometimes pics are taken in order to use to teach lessons learned ect once you get home. Others are just taken out of morbid curiosity or to prove where you have been and what you have seen/done.

[Roids]

Glad you posted this, a very expansive and excellent collection.

[Alex-L]

Sometimes pics are taken in order to use to teach lessons learned ect once you get home. Others are just taken out of morbid curiosity or to prove where you have been and what you have seen/done.

pictures of that magnitude are not needed for teaching purposes, soldiers disembowled and faces gone teach nothing but fear and not a fear that is needed.

The ones that take them for curiosity and to say where they have been need to seek some help.

[Nevins]

I dont know how the Medics/Corpsman do it..
god bless them
RIP to the fallen
:(

[Roy Batty]

pictures of that magnitude are not needed for teaching purposes, soldiers disembowled and faces gone teach nothing but fear and not a fear that is needed.

The ones that take them for curiosity and to say where they have been need to seek some help.

You might be suprised what you need to show to troops to get it through their heads that they are not imortal.

As for the curious; Until you walk their path you should'nt judge what help they need.

[Aussie Sapper]

dont understand why some of those photos were even taken
I concur with you,, however, they do tend to give some of our fellow members who have never seen war in all of its disgusting aspects a better "perspective" of what it is about.

[D-gin]

Those photos show (to me) a 360 view of combat/war, there are photos of guys and girls just sitting around shooting the sh!t and there are the ones of the aftermath of IED's and such. I for one appreciate seeing such things as it helps me to understand and see what is going on in such a place.

[Xaito]

I concur with you,, however, they do tend to give some of our fellow members who have never seen war in all of its disgusting aspects a better "perspective" of what it is about.

yeah - imo the world needs to see pics like these from time to time to remind them of what war is like - pics of the good things and only statistics about the bad cant describe a war

[Alex-L]

You might be suprised what you need to show to troops to get it through their heads that they are not imortal.

As for the curious; Until you walk their path you should'nt judge what help they need.

I wanted to be a paramedic untill I went into rotations, lets just say there are sick people in the world that do sick things to other people and ive seen all I need.

[ShakesFIST]

I actually took some of those pics in OIF1 :)

[FOCUS]

It's so terrible to imagine what happen to vehicles...

[bluehawk]

RIP to the fallen!god bless!

[EsoognomEhT]

dont understand why some of those photos were even taken


What is this site?
This site contains an archive of photos taken by soldiers and military contractors serving in active duty. This site aims only to visually document their experiences and is not a political site. The name "Under Mars" is an homage both to Mars, the Roman God of War, and to the otherworldly nature of the experience. What is the goal of this site?
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[towel]

Though some of those pictures are pretty graphic, people need to see stuff like that sometimes. I think that a lot of people in America don't truly know what war is like, and don't understand the reality of it. With all the shows out that embellish everything that goes on in battle without also showing the horror as well, its no wonder that people who see these pictures are shocked, and disturbed.

[alphabet]

Everyone including the American public needs to see these pictures to realize why their country is over in Iraq and what we are fighting for and what we have to deal with while deployed to Iraq.

However, these pictures only bring back sad and distasteful memories for the veterans who have already been over there.

Bottom line is these pictures need to be seen by a lot of people to let them know the reality that war is and how it isn't just a game played by armchair generals. They need to come to the realization, that in a war, people die.

Good night.

[CPBNJA]

Good pic's of ak cashes.

[Kap]

pictures of that magnitude are not needed for teaching purposes, soldiers disembowled and faces gone teach nothing but fear and not a fear that is needed.

The ones that take them for curiosity and to say where they have been need to seek some help.

A number of these gore pics you see are already seen in Medic training guides and courses. The morbid pictures still find use for training of new soldiers and of training for your job in the medical field.

[winchester_down]

I agree that we need to see this sort of material as to get a real sense of the situation.
I found some picture quite gory gut i was glad they are in the public domain instead of locked away.

RIP to all the fallen.

A personal favourite was the boba fett pic on page 52.

[Alex-L]

I think yall are not understanding what I am saying. I am not knocking the site, I just dont understand why some would want to see these kinds of pictures much less take them.