Photos from Operation: Irene V
 

Photos from Op: Irene V at the Zussman MOUT facility in Ft. Knox, KY are now available for viewing on our website.

To see them, please visit our photo gallery here: http://www.thewarstore.org/Photos.html

Here's an overhead map of the city with some labels that I put on:

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thats it... im moving to the states.

I hate you guys down south. You get the best guns, gear and accessories, and the best places to play. And you can legally carry a Glock in your pants in many places.

Someday, maybe Alberta will become a county in Texas!!!

Tsk tsk, I don't see any orange tips! Heh.

Also, GIRLS!?

Nice pics.

Not all states require orange tips, which are free to use whatever? Im not sure. But yes Styrak, women play airsoft, just like they drive cars, drink beer and even occasionally pee standing up.

The John Lu events, such as Lion Claws, Irene, Northern Wind, Hac Bao, Bulldog and Night Scorpion, are generally regarded as the best airsoft events in the US. However, since most of them take place on US military bases, non-US citizens are not allowed to attend.

I was a sponsor of Irene this year and I got to know John Lu quite well. I suggested to John several months back that we collaborate on an event together up here in the Northeast US, an area where he had not yet held a big event.

Our group in Western NY is one of the largest in the US. We have a good rapport with the NY National Guard, who attends most of our monthly ops, usually bringing Humvee's for use in our games, and once even flying in a Huey chopper. The Guard has an 860-acre base near Niagara Falls, which, so far, it looks like they are going to let us use as the site for a large event this year.

It looks like John Lu will be moving Operation: Northern Wind to Buffalo this year to this site. The beauty of this, for all you Canadians is, that because this is a State base, rather than a Federal base, there may not be restrictions on citizenship. Thus, you all may be able to come down and play in one of our huge games.

Expected attendance should be 600-1000 players, making it the largest airsoft game ever in the US. So far, we're trying to plan this for sometime in August 2008. There's a lot of time between now and then, and much planning remains to be done. I will keep you all posted as I find out information. I think it would be great to have a bunch of you guys come over and join us.

I,ve been on the base, When I was in the State Guard .

id give my left nut to play there.......

Hmmm...I've always wondered why is it always the left nut that we're willing to sacrifice, and never the right one? :confused:

With that said I'd probably do the same to attend something like this. Maybe give both up! I wasn't planning on having kids anyway. :D

Maybe everyone that is willing to do that are righty's?

so that's actually a MOUT training center for the military? wow....

The short, hairy participant in the middle is without proper eye protection!

http://www.thewarstore.org/images/OP...Pics%20019.jpg

Seems to be the Valhalla of Airsoft events. I wanna goooooooo

Geeze with some of the prices of the American guns...

I may aswell take my mechbox, buy an american gun, pop my mechbox inside it, then just leave / sell off the body before I come back to Canada.

150 bucks for a JG G36C... They're 400 up here!!

+ 1 with Amos

That's actually a really good idea. It's feasible to buy a new gun if you were going to play in the states. Pretty sad when you compare it to the absolutely retarded prices we have to pay here.

mabe you could take a road trip down there get in contact with the people bring gear buy guns and mags there then sell it the next day if you were really desperate to go.

With the cost of guns you could if you have the cash buy one, and maybe have WC store it for you. Now your free to play anytime you want in the US, and depending on the event.

G&G UMP for $320!? That's like $315CDN! *drools*

...okay...who's in for a roadtrip? :D

me me me

+1

Whats the advantage of Canada taxing you guys when you legally import an item besides getting money and why do they have to tax you on more than twice what the items worth?

I just found out from the National Guard that they will be allowing non-US nationals (i.e. Canadians) to come to the Northern Wind V game being planned for the Buffalo area later this year.

Very cool! I'll keep you guys posted as I find out more. I know John Lu is going to fly in sometime in March for us to have a big meeting, so much more will be known after that.

As most of you have probably never attended a John Lu event, here's a link to the rules used at Irene and Northern Wind:

...here are the rules that were used at Irene:
http://www.oplionclaws.com/irene07/irene-rules.php

...and these are the rules for Northern Wind:
http://www.oplionclaws.com/nw2007/nw-rules.php

These may or may not be what gets used at this event, but John Lu's games are pretty standardized by now, so we're likely to see something close to one of them.

You don't have to pay import taxes and duties on stuff you import from overseas? I highly doubt that. I never have on the airsoft parts and accessories I've ordered from outside Canada, but I think I'm lucky.

Ima be goin to one of these games next year if Canadians are able to play :D

question is what is their going to be any camo restrictions?

i've poured alot of money in to my German flecktarn kit and i really don't feel like making another kit that i would only use once.

If I'm not on course or stuck in garrison...I'll be coming! :D

Same here.