Not only was NCIS at INR 250 this weekend; our DC based personnel were supporting @Freedom250. From aerial displays by @BlueAngels and @AFThunderbirds & a performance by @marineband it was a great event. What a time to celebrate America’s centennial!
Delta operators in the opening years of the Global War on Terror. Clean cut, short hair, mostly trimmed faces. Back when looking like a Tier 1 operator didn’t yet mean looking like a roadie for a metal band. The beards came later, born of necessity in Afghanistan and Iraq, where blending with locals mattered more than military bearing. But in 2002 and 2003, the Unit still had one foot in the Cold War aesthetic. The work was changing faster than the look.