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    Vintage weapons, US Embassy El Salvador

    Back in my younger days I spent some time as a Marine Security Guard at the Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador. I was there from Oct 1983-Jan 1985.

    Here are some pics of myself back then, along with some of the weapons we used.

    M16A1,




    XM177,


    M60 machinegun, there's also a S&W Model 10 in my holster.




    There's an UZI and MP5K,

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    Great pics! Thanks for sharing! I also spent some time in El Salvador when I was in the Army. (and much younger also) I did 3 short deployments there, of about 3-4 months each. (one was closer to 2 months) I was pretty much exclusively down on the southern part of the country. (Pacific side) We did some things. lol... That's about all I can say about that. lol.. I was mostly near a village called El Cuco. I don't have many pics, but I do have one of that little village.

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    U.S. Army Infantry/U.S. Navy Corpsman

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    That's pretty cool. El Salvador is a beautiful country, and mostly nice people. Too bad they can't seem to get the security situation under control. Maybe it's better these days I don't really know, but seems a lot of Salvadorans seem to be coming this way.

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    Interesting! I wasn't aware the US military ever used Thermold mags.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Circle_10 View Post
    Interesting! I wasn't aware the US military ever used Thermold mags.
    I was about to ask if those really were Thermolds or some freaky photo anomaly.

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    Yep, they were Thermold magazines.

    A lot of the stuff (including firearms/ammo) that Marines use at embassies is supplied by the State Department. So we tend to end up with stuff generally not seen in the FMF.
    Last edited by MontanaMarine; 11-07-19 at 11:45.

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    Very cool pics.. you dressed casual

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    Great post and pictures, thanks for sharing.

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