Well, I'm a newbie. Been lurking for a bit, wish I had found this site before joining TOS as a gold member... MUCH better here!
Anyway, I'm from east central MN, 11 years military now, 4 with big Army, 7 so far NG. Infantry and Cav Scout. Tangentially in law enforcement, federal...
Also an instructor for the Appleseed project. I'm sure some of you have heard of us, some will like the program, some will hate it. I think it's worthwhile so I jumped in to help.

Here's my latest build, this'll be my 4th (5th???) AR, first build from stripped receivers.
Pics, then description...






Mega Gator Receivers (these fit VERY tightly together, VERY impressed with Mega Machine)
RRA A2 buttstock
RRA NM trigger
WOA 18" barrel
Rainier GB and tube
Troy VTAC fore end
FailZero BCG
Magpul AFG
Magpul trigger guard (not pictured)
Aimpoint M4 (have Mueller APT as well on Burris PEPR mount, looking forward to trying that one out)
Haven't gotten to test fire yet, likely won't until next weekend, will have pics of results when I do.