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Idk man, after ten years in the army and some study of military history I can tell you without a doubt that its the militaries current attitude toward alcohol thats the fucking problem here. You are blaming the alcohol instead of the cuntbag that thinks its acceptable to slip past a command level decision and ship off mission critical assets because of a fucking regulation.

There is even a section of The Art of War dedicated to beating it into the senses that there must be appropriate times for revelry to quell the nerves in the hell that is war. Current regulations throw 90 percent of everything we know out the window.

Sorry, there is only one cock, and he’s holding the book .... but in all seriousness, the book is hilarious... and if you’re seeking a solid read, peppered with casual references to autoerotic asphyxiation, look no further:

Kilroy Was Here https://www.amazon.com/dp/1970155132/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_zbbUFbX3TX37F?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/1942-Marine-Combat-Sword-Sheath/dp/B0153GSLWE

Review: "As a marine, and a weeaboo, this product is pretty much perfect for me. As someone that wants to defend his house from invaders, I kinda wish it wasn't half-tang, though."

Also, for the more tactical operator...

https://www.amazon.com/United-Cutlery-UC3157-BRK-Blackout-Combat/dp/B074WC6PKX/ref=pd_sim_200_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B074WC6PKX&pd_rd_r=WR3Y1XQTEB69A4HSCB9Q&pd_rd_w=3S1IS&pd_rd_wg=Zn7Xs&psc=1&refRID=WR3Y1XQTEB69A4HSCB9Q

Don't forget to also read Fick's <em>One Bullet Away</em>.

Generation Kill was written by the embedded Rolling Stone reporter, but One Bullet Away was written by the officer commanding that platoon.

This is the military version of those Thomas Kinkaide &quot;Painter of Light&quot; jigsaw puzzles that your grandma does.

I want to say the book was &quot;Bury Us Upside Down&quot; where he tells the story that during Vietnam the CIA was flying O-1 Bird Dog to mark bombing locations for his F-100 squadron. He said the pilot would bring a crate of grenades with him and when shit got hot would start lobbing grenades out the window at the enemy.

Some people are highly evidence and reason resistant/proof.

Those people tend to be on the right. They don't have the same degree of enlightenment values that the left has, which is why they are so underrepresented in academia and science, and reject so much of it. Thier main values are tribalistic, traditionalist, and religious(codeword 'family values'). People on the left think enlightenment values like rationality, evidence, and reason will persuade people on the right, because it's what persuades themselves but this assumption is not validated by the research. In fact, it shows that this approach has a backfire effect, where contrary evdience makes them believe their own view more strongly(WTF). If you really want to know how to sway conservative minds give <em>the republican brain</em> by Mooney a read... which goes deep into political psychology.

What sways conservative minds isn't reason and evidence, as people on the left think, and as conservative minds like to posture themselves. It's framing and emotional appeal.

It was a Shabiha checkpoint in Idlib blown up by Syrian rebels. Notice the watermark in the upper right? That is the logo of the Islamic Front. They are the non-al-Qaeda affiliated union of domestic Islamist groups. They want a Sharia state in Syria but could give a shit about attacking the infidel where he sleeps.

Best guess from r/SyrianCivilWar puts the location around here.

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&amp;lat=35.640330&amp;lon=36.710365&amp;z=17&amp;m=b

The book on Operation Red Wings is a real eye-opener into the hubris and arrogance displayed by the SEAL team.

The original plan called for a Marine battalion, used in conjunction with navspecwar aviation (primarily for delivery IIRC)...though Navy said naw, we got these four dudes that can handle it.

After which a book was written by the lone survivor blaming the liberal media for the failure of the operation.

> Sounds like another Mad Dog,

The man is an insanely good as a leader.
This book of his is based on his Master's thesis, and is fantastic.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spec-Ops-Studies-Operations-Practice/dp/0891416005

The kind of things he does, is things like personally going and apologising to victims of a botched US raid.
https://abcnews.go.com/WN/Afghanistan/special-forces-apologize-afghan-civilian-deaths-sheep/story?id=10320603
>Presenting sheep is such a powerful form of requesting forgiveness that the father is now obligated not to take revenge, even though he has told reporters he wanted to become a suicide bomber.

I reckon his knife hand is just as lethal as Mad Dog's, you just won't see it coming.

You'll be less impressed when you learn that the 30mm round wasn't wholly effective against a T-62's frontal and turret armor, much less a t-90 or other MBT.

Check out this article and coloring book.

Edit: this is specifically a criticism of the gau 8 against the modern mbt. Against soft targets and light armored vehicles it remains effective.

Mil Tec plastic d ring

Cheap, common, and super light weight. Plastic instead of metal means no chance of it reflecting in the sun. Not load bearing, but used for gloves and tape and such.

Troops in 'nam respond: "Suck this joint down, patrol is in 10 minutes!"

Then go earn a MoH while high. Source: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&amp;dat=19710617&amp;id=mLAzAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=uTIHAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=5325,7025759

It's a fake bomb detector. Yet for some reason the Iraqis keep using them.

Here's a BBC video about it.

These guys were awesome.

I had the honor to meet Jake McNiece, a member of the filthy 13 and have him pin jump wings on me. An amazing man. He wrote a book which I highly recommend:

The Filthy Thirteen: From the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle’s Nest - The True Story of "The Dirty Dozen" https://www.amazon.com/dp/1612005942/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_QZF0HPP02J5TGK3V7A1W

Delta: We confiscated suitcase full of cash from terrorists.

Seal: We confiscated suitcase half-full of cash from terrorists.

Customers who bought SEAL T-Shirt, Navy Blue, also bought 1M Hauly Heist and Cheese Wire, 44'' Long, Piano Wire 0.6mm, Wood Handles

I don't mind War is Boring. Some articles, like this one (re the arms trade in Kurdistan), engage my interest, I don't think it's 'garbage clickbait' at all. I prefer content like this to many picture submissions to this sub but I don't feel strongly about those to the point where I would motion for an entire website to be ruled out regardless of an article's content. I would encourage you and those similarly-minded to just use their hide key to move stuff you've read and/or don't want to see on your feed instead.

Could be much worse: edge dressing, true story.

Use NordVPN it's cheap, easy to use, and the service will work on an individual device via an app or it can work with a router to do your entire home network. I use it whenever I use any kind of public WiFi.

Sincerely, former commo guy

In the Navy, some of us are known for obtaining the most coveted of warfare pins...

I'm unsure if other branches are eligible for our pin, check with your CoC for the details and regulations, if so, here's the PQS...

SSgt Bellavia wrote a book titled “House to House” about his experiences in Fallujah. It was the book that got me hooked on memoirs and biographies. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend reading it. I’m pretty sure it chronicles the events for which he will now be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Edit: Added some info.

Using their passive defense strategy.

Step 1: Mine the straits. Very hard to stop, and no commercial tankers are going to risk going through there if its full of naval mines.

Now to reopen the straits, we have to send it mine clearing ships. But before we can send in mine clearing ships, we have to neutralize their navy and anti-ship cruise missile force.

That's going to require air power, but before we can effectively employ that against lesser targets, we need to take out their air defense systems.

While dealing with that, we have to contend with their substantial ballistic missile force, which can reach pretty much any of our airbases in the region.

Its certainly not impossible, but it will take us time, and meanwhile the closing of the straits is going to wreak havoc on global energy markets.

One interesting thing about the French is that they train their guys for a specific theater or region, and then do their best to keep that unit in that area. So the guys fighting in Africa right now are guys who have been trained specifically to fight in Africa, and who have experience on the ground there.

More: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/think-tank-to-u-s-army-be-more-like-the-french-6937dac090d4

He did the same thing in Iraq:

>While serving as a top State Department official under President George W. Bush, Bolton was a chief promulgator of the administration’s justification for the Iraq War: that U.S. intelligence showed evidence of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction. Famously, this claim later turned out to be false.

Bolton pushed the false narrative to start a war and he's making false claims again to get us into another war:

> A few hours later, the United States Central Command issued an unusual rebuke: The remarks from the British official — Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika, who is also the deputy commander of the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State — run “counter to the identified credible threats available to intelligence from U.S. and allies regarding Iranian-backed forces in the region.”

He seems to think the only way to get a regime change is through military intervention. I don't think soft-power is in his vocabulary. I don't think this is posturing since he's done this before.

Of course it's worth it.

Those in power have no problem spending trillions of our tax dollars to pay each other off and rake in billions of plunders for themselves. The US soldiers and civilians caught in the crossfire aren't even relevant to them. That's not on the balance sheet; just externalities.

>I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

• Smedley Butler, the most decorated Marine in US history at the time of his death

It hasn't changed. In fact, it's gotten much worse. Everyone needs to read the darker side of the US military exploits. &quot;Understanding Power&quot; by Noam Chomsky is a good overview. Before he died Pat Tillman was actually in correspondence with Professor Chomsky.

I can provide more recommended reading/podcasts if anyone's interested. The podcast Blowback is good for an in depth history and analysis of the Iraq War.

In 2007, a terrorist group called “Fatah al islam” infiltrated a Palestinian refugee camp called Nahr El Bared, north of lebanon. The army and police were not allowed to enter the refugee camps which helped the terrorists. This group attacked army and police personnel and thus a battle to retake the camp started. The air force which was made of helicopters only back then (the civil war destroyed all the Air force capabilities) came up with the idea of arming the Hueys with bombs from the grounded Hawker Hunters and the former Mirage III to help the troops on the ground during the hardest stages of the battle. The innovation deemed successful and bombing sorties were carried till the end of the battle. (Videos can be found on youtube)

More insight about the Huey bomber transformation process: https://www.slideshare.net/TheDEWLine/lebanons-huey-bomber

On my second deployment to Afghanistan I ended up becoming the Puma guy because there wasn't shit to do as a mortarman. I flew that little SOB twice a day every day for about 9 months.

One night my CO has my flying around observing some little village a couple clicks east of our COP. I'm sitting on the porch of our mortar shack flying around, bored as fuck because nothing is going on.

Then I start to hear a rotary wing aircraft off in the distance. I radio the TOC and ask if they set up a ROZ. They say they did. I tell them I can hear a helo in the area. They start trying to get a hold of this flight and get nothing.

I start to search using the camera on the air vehicle, and I spot an Apache approaching from the east at the same altitude. I radio the TOC and tell them what's going on and then switch to the CAG net to try and get a hold of this guy.

I get no response from the helo, so I start to climb as quickly as possible. I also begin to flash the IR spotlight at the bird in an attempt to get his attention. He doesn't notice me at all, and ends up passing underneath my Puma, probably within about 100 feet or so.

Apache

I snapped that picture and sent it to my TOC, who then forwarded it all around RC: South.

Here's my Puma with WWII invasion stripes, because why not.

Reading a bunch of books like Across the Fence, special forces weren't the guys who can run triathlons in a plate carrier and live at the range like they are today. They were tough as hell and insane enough to volunteer for the most dangerous shit MACV could devise.

That book I mentioned, the dude only describes one aimed shot he took with his CAR-15. The rest is getting contact and just going cyclic with 20 round magazines until they could call in air and get the hell out.

Wouldn't be surprised if most of those guys weren't expert pistol shots.

That being said, I think Hopper was probably just a regular grunt.

Private Internet Access is freaking awesome, I've been using it for years to hide torrent downloading from my ISP. It'll hide your porn well, all without slowing down your connection.

Mother: Does she have Medicare Part B? If so should should qualify for both Tricare Plus coverage on post and referrals to civilian medical facilities-but you need to enroll her in DEERS as a Dependent Parent. As for your 14-year old brother, probably won't be covered by Tricare; however, you should look in to CHIP which is a lower-cost alternative for health insurance for minors.

I'll try not to get political, but you might also want to start monitoring how certain administrations are trying to cut programs like CHIP. Vote.

How about this offering from a retired Marine Corps Major General and two time Medal of Honor winner Smedley D. Butler &quot;War is a Racket.&quot;

Only anyone who goes stays at a hotel and gets it dropped under their door. Looking at their traffic stats, looks like mostly kids at school, or teachers/administrators... ugh

FYI Google reverse image search gave me a few results.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbs=simg:CAQSXhpcCxCo1NgEGgIIAwwLELCMpwgaNQozCAESDSiCAYMBXocBIuUB0wEaIOiyirYFaTYlqIY328HR_1TSIi8uTn1LKKeevqmnIZ9k6DAsQjq7-CBoKCggIARIE7BKd-Qw&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=928

And here is the addon for firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-reverse-image-search/

Link to Movie on Netflix

The film is titled ''Kajaki: The True Story'' outside of the US.

Thought it was a great as well as frustrating (in a good way) film.

They hate the jet that doesn't exist? how about getting a different one then?

facepalm/exhale Do they realise India is buying the FGFA (which isn't planned to be in use until 2020 or built until late this year/next year) while the article is going on as if it's the PAK-FA (which is planned for use in 2015-2016)...

The FGFA seems like what the F-35B is to the F-35A... "Hey guys, look at all of these improvements you wanted" and then the customer (USMC/India) then complains it's going to take longer to build and cost more...

Their criticisms of the engines are ridiculous as the current engines are from the Su-35BM and aren't planned for use in the final model, The radar being inadequate is a little be cryptic considering that it has 5 radars... 3 AESA radars facing sideways and forwards and two on the wing's for IFF.

sloppy construction is very well possible but considering they've built 5 and have a few hundred flight hours in addition to all the other aircraft built in Russia like the Mig-25 it's probably more of a teething issue.

The wing patch thing doesn't seem to have a source of the claim and considering their experience with maneuverable aircraft such as the SU-37 and 47, sounds a little bit out of place.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Russian fanboy who wants them to succeed or anything but this article seems kinda shitty.

And plus that the same site and author posted an article about how the PAK-FA/T-50 is all amazing seems a bit contradicorty

There is a good book about that era hat discusses the changes to the Guard leading up to WWI. Lots of pictures that display how the uniform of the states units changed from 1914-1917.

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Call-Up-Border-Mexican-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00SIE1CXY/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Mobilization+1916+Mexican+border&amp;qid=1627787729&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0

A neo-liberal White Christian NRA Lawyer Professor and Capitalist Slaver was teaching a class on economics.

"Before the class begins, you must get on your knees and worship Mises and accept that he was the most highly-evolved being the world has ever known, even greater than Jesus Christ!"

At this moment, a brave, internationalist, pro-socialism Peshmerga champion who had served 1500 tours of duty and understood the necessity of communism and fully supported all worker movements in the world stood up and held up a red flag.

"But what about the material conditions?"

The arrogant professor smirked quite Fascistically and smugly replies "Human Nature"

"Wrong. Humans have only engaged socially in classes for the past 10,000 years, but lived communally for hundreds of thousands of years before that. If Capitalism was human nature like you say... we would have been engaging in commodity production for a million years already"

The professor was visibly shaken, and dropped his chalk and copy of "The Wealth of Nations." He stormed out of the room crying those neo-liberal vulture tears. The students applauded and all registered Communist that day and accepted Marx as their lord and savior. An eagle named "Classlessness" flew into the room and perched atop the Red Flag and shed a tear on the chalk. The Internationale was sung several times, and Lenin himself showed up and enacted Glorious Revolution across the whole country.

The professor lost his tenure and was fired the next day. He was arrested for being a slaver and was tossed in a Gulag for all eternity

Viva la Revolucion!

I remember reading about those foxhole diggers as a kid. Yep, found the article. I think it was probably deemed too dangerous for Joe to use, because you can't use it on rocky ground without causing a shrapnel issue. Also, you're supposed to take cover from it when it's set off. If you have cover, you don't need a foxhole, right?

Because the TSP provides a tax advantage vs. Regular taxable brokerage accounts. (TSP=401k)

https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/05/20/taxable-vs-tax-advantaged-savings.aspx

Everyone's financial situation is different, but generally its more advantageous to invest in these tax advantaged accounts before investing in taxable brokerage accounts. Also as mentioned by countless others, TSP fund expense ratios are the lowest in the industry.

UAV Operator: Oh, well nothing to see here... <Coffeebreak>

<Careerbreak>

EDIT: Better article on same incident HERE

Only if he is a sapper

>The current pioneer unit of the Legion reintroduced the symbols of the Napoleonic sappers: the beard, the axe, the leather apron, the crossed-axes insignia and the leather gloves. If the parades of the Legion are opened by this unit, it is to commemorate the traditional role of the sappers "opening the way" for the troops.

In general or specifically the Indonesian border war? Operation Oman on Amazon is a great doc about one of those little known conflicts.

https://www.amazon.com/Britains-Secret-War-Confrontation-Men-at-Arms/dp/184603048X

http://britains-smallwars.com/

I believe that's through a deal the government has with McAfee specifically.

The default Microsoft Security Essentials, combined with a properly configured web browser with security add-ons and smart/safe browsing habits is really all most people need.

If you really want a program running for some reason, Avira's Antivir was a decent, free product at one time, though it did start to have a more noticeable impact on system startup after a Windows 10 update a couple years ago.

For VPNs, you can use ProtonVPN for free with some limitations (there are only a few server countries to connect through and the connection speed is not the maximum it could be compared to their other servers). But I do recommend that if you need a good free solution.

If you don't own a jump starter and aim to buy one for the trip, I picked this one up from Amazon about a year ago. Haven't had a need to start a car yet, but it's powered my CPAP on camping trips, powered my kid's tablet on janky 12hr road trips and every other external power hack I could think of. It's Prime eligible, has USB connections, has great reviews and has worked like a champ.

I'm going to be driving from Oregon to Connecticut, via Los Angeles, Grand Canyon, Omaha, Des Moines and Myrtle Beach this October. Totally going to be cribbing everyone's answers here.

For the curious, this is from a series of magazines called War Machine. I can't recall what issue this page is from but I do remember it well. I did find some scanned issues.

Actually, it IS sanctioned by the US military. VMI is the oldest of "six senior military colleges in the United States." I also don't claim to be a "special snow flake" (by the way, its you're*). As far as commissions, I'm not sure I see your point. Yes, you can go to a purely civilian university, enroll in ROTC and get "the same commission" as a VMI cadet, but the West Pointer's that you say have the real military college experience also get that same commission. Does that mean those liberal arts colleges are just as military oriented as West Point since we all get the same commission? Also, VMI has been listed as "the nations first state-supported military college" by numerous sources; to include Dr. Keith Gibson. But who am I kidding? The man who earned a PhD and received the Virginia Governor's Star Award for his work as a historical consultant for films such as "Field of Lost Shoes" (which won two Emmy's), "Gods and Generals", and "Gettysburg" is probably wrong, and the guy on reddit is probably right.

Check your facts.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Virginia+Military+Institute+&amp;btnG=&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%2C39 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute

Just that naval aviators arent the biggest problem the navy has on its hands.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/29/554290209/after-string-of-collisions-navy-will-broadcast-ship-coordinates-in-busy-waters

> train and equip program

it just sounds like we're arming & educating future terrorists. They omitted the weather conditions which seems odd. Coudy light thunder W/rain Tongo 10/04 https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/CGXX5476:1:CG

Sincerest condolences to friends or family. They will not be forgotten

well I found this on Wiki answers...

The red piping comes from the Revolutionary War. At that time the US did not have money for uniforms. It was customary for Marines to take the uniforms of fallen British Troops (their red coats). This created a problem in that they would be mistaken as British forces. To prevent this from happening they would turn the coats inside out. The coats were lined with a dark blue liner and where all the different seems were the red would show thru. Hence the red piping along the seems of the Dress Blue Coat.

iThePolice, you should check out this post: American Aircraft Carriers Will Peak in 2024. In short, is not that only the U.S. has Aircraft Carriers because that is inaccurate. But in my opinion, nobody else has Aircraft Carriers with the capability that the U.S. Navy carriers have.

The U.S. Nimitz carriers are nuclear powered and displace 100,000 tons; the two new carriers that the UK is building (I assume that you're talking about the Queen Elizabeth class) displace 60,000 are are not nuclear powered.

There is simply no comparison...

It's only $42 on amazon.

I too have had an autistic fascination with this helmet as well.

Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card's a homophobic bigot, but he writes a killer book about I guess I'll call it 'military lateral thinking')

Generation Kill (best military book of the 21st century so far)

The Forever War (space Vietnam, excellent read)

Enemy at the Gates (yes, it was based on an excellent book)

The Pentagon Wars (R&D and acquisition)

Band of Brothers is a book, too

The Art of War by Sun Tzu isn't some hipster read, it's actually quite educational

Lord of the Flies isn't about the military, but it's a tale about social and psychological consequences and outcomes of people under duress and out of their element.

I don't know enough about Navy ops or pilot culture to know if this is a good book about the life, but Black Aces High was educational about that kind of life and jet fighter combat, the evolution of CAS, and day-to-day life for a carrier-based fighter/bomber squadron back during the Kosovo intervention/war.

Absolutely. Everyone has moments where they think "I can't do this", "This is not for me", or "I'm a failure", especially during initial training. Maybe you didn't do well on some evaluation or test, maybe you don't fit in socially, maybe you doubt your own ability to succeed. I sure have, and all at the same time. Same goes for every private, every NCO, and every officer at every level. I bet the President has felt this way too. And it really does get better when you get out into the Big M Marine Corps (to appropriate the Army) whether that's the Fleet, embassy duty, or ship duty. That's not to say that it's sunshine and rainbows, but the culture is much more constructive.

Like others have said, get help if you need it and finish your contract. I would also suggest reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and (though I haven't read it) Letters from a Stoic by Seneca - they may help. If you're part of an Abrahamic faith, I understand that the Book of Job may help too.

• SFC Isaac Lawson: I didn't know him well, but I saw him quite a bit smiling in the motor pool. KIA on June 5, 2006 while on mission with one of our squads north of Baghdad.
  
• SGT Jeremy E. King: I listened to his death via the MEDEVAC freq on August 24, 2006.
  
• SPC Charles Scott Jirtle: I knew him in high school. He was always laughing and making jokes. KIA in Afghanistan in 2010.
  
• 1LT Brandon Landrum: I knew him as SPC Landrum when he was a medic in my unit. He went green to gold and died as a 1LT in Afghanistan in March 2013.
  They're all missed by many.

This is my account of the day I had to listen to the last moments of SGT Jeremy E. King. Rest in peace, brother I never knew.

>It is also because Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all

I've heard it a few times in lay sources. Unfortunately I can't find any scholarly articles confirming it.

> Even people who supported American military involvement in Vietnam did not always support the returning veterans. Some Vietnam veterans thought that Americans who had fought in earlier wars might be more helpful than other people. After all, veterans of World War II (1939–45) and the Korean War (1950–53) understood what combat was like. But many veterans of earlier wars seemed to look down on Vietnam veterans because they did not win the Vietnam War.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/coming-home-vietnam-veterans-american-society

It also surfaces in various pop culture references. For example there was a King of The Hill episode where the local VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) which is mainly WW2 vets opposes letting the younger Vietnam War vets join:

http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Unfortunate_Son

It might just be a trope though.

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler and The Art of War. Those two are gospel. War stories are often embellished and even famous authors like Steven Ambrose(Band of Brothers) should not be considered accurate history. /r/askhistorians is a good resource.

In war, truth is the first casualty. Aeschylus Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC)

I don't want to know what would happen if both of those were fired at the same time. EDIT: Found an article from the same sight about it. https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-armys-doomed-plan-for-a-howitzer-toting-helicopter-gunship-aa799eb9fc53

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sog-john-plaster/1102541267?ean=9780451231185

SOG guys in Vietnam

Operation Red wings level heroism and tragedy was a regular occurrence for these bastards. Recommend the shit out of this book

Try using google.com/flights

I found some around $465 using these settings.

If you need help understanding the page just ask .

Edit: just found some for $325, but doesn't mean much as I dont know specifics and I searched under a wide range of airports.

The God-Awful Military Record of the Texan Republic

>In its brief, 10-year existence as an independent state, Texas would launch two failed invasions—one in southern Texas and another in New Mexico. It also failed to stop two more Mexican invasions. And then the Lone Star state would fight several minor wars with itself and almost come to blows with the United States.

There's also We Were One. Marines on the cover and in the book rode on my track throughout the operation.

Haven't been able to make it past the first couple of pages, but I'm sure it's got some good information.

As other have said it is a training aid for the recognition of armored vehicles. Pretty cool find.

If you are curious, the current method the US Army uses is a program called Recognition of Combat Vehicles (ROC-V). It is integrated in Army vehicle systems for quick reference and was even released as an app a few years ago (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.usa.rocv&amp;hl=en). Pretty much the same as the cards, but there are modern details such as the vehicle's signature when viewed under thermal optics.

Here is a relevant quote somewhat backing up what you are saying

There were some researchers who took a submarine down to an ocean vent and were talking about what they found there. The money-quote I remember was something like "If we took a bucket of the seawater there and carried it to the surface, it would be illegal to dump it into the ocean." The ocean can adapt to harsh local conditions. I wouldn't be surprised if radioactive heat concentrated in one area bred life.

http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans.html

I believe this was the talk.

Below is a link to the book, "Sheriff of Ramadi" a book by Dick Couch that was cleared by DOD. In it he mentions extensively in far greater detail. I mention the base in name only and only reference briefly SOCOM, no specifics. To respond to your statement, we can.

https://books.google.com/books?id=o-tSirlZt98C&amp;pg=PT70&amp;lpg=PT70&amp;dq=shark+base+ramadi&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=dz1Vh9geiM&amp;sig=dXUse3O6zL90IIUh8KWnEsGJDGw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=MfgnVcihM5b_sATBpIGgBA&amp;ved=0CDsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&am...

Sort of.

The Hague Declaration concerning expanding bullets (go to page 79) was not ratified by the United States, so in theory we are not treaty bound to abide by the ban on HP. ISIL wasn't a contracting party either. That said, international back lash and what not.

Apparently the photographer -or, much more likely, his/her editor- doesn't give a flying fuck about OPSEC!

It's still a powerful image, but I fear for the lives of the 2 NZSAS operators and their 'terp; the guy on the far right managed to conceal his face befpre the shot was taken.

If you have the time/patience for it, Khan Academy is a great free resource for learning math. If I recall, the most difficult math on the ASVAB was Algebra 1 with a smattering of Geometry.

I tried everything I could think of, mate: browsing image-by-image of French, German, British, Canadian, and even US service medals. Even tried to isolate them down to World War I or Mexican border service. I got zip.

I ran this through both Google and Bing's image search after isolating it from the tabletop background to remove all hits but the color scheme. Nothing.

It's like it doesn't exist anywhere on the internet.

I don't know what else to do, except maybe suggest you try e-mailing the image with a query to the most relevant French and Mexican government military archives. Maybe it was a one-time medal they might still have a copy of on physical record that never got uploaded to the internet.

Sorry I couldn't help you any further.

I really hate to say this, but have you tried meditation. It changed my life in one week. The reason I hate to say it is because I know if someone had to told me to meditate when I was depressed, I would have told them kindly to go fuck off. You really have nothing to lose.

r/meditation can help, but I started by just reading a lot about mediation and listening to some ambient music on Pandora. It got me in the mood to start. In fact, my best meditation sessions are ones where I start reading about it prior and listen to some relaxing music on Pandora.

The two medals are the Vietnam Service Medal & the Vietnam Campaign Medal. The Service medal was issued by the US for service in Vietnam, the Campaign medal was issued by the South Vietnamese government for service in Vietnam.

I don't know too much about China, I'm afraid, so don't quote me on anything I say ^^. As far as I know they produce their own individual weapons, armored vehicles, fighter jets and some warships, but as always with China it's hard to know how much of it is an original design, nudge nudge wink wink. They don't seem to have the capabilities or the knowledge to build aircraft carriers or big amphibious assault ships (I'm thinking Wasp or Mistral class). As far as helicopters go, they seem to like licensing French designs or stealing them (they bought a handful of Super Frelons in the seventies and copied the design). I you want my opinion, I'd say they have the capabilites to build a lot of relatively simple stuff themselves (tanks, surface combat ships, fighter jets, rifles and so on) because they're an industrial and economic giant, but the most advanced stuff like proper aircraft carriers (in my book only the US and France have those) requires another kind of technological expertise. But it's China, so they'll get there eventually, no need to worry. They're already developing a 5th generation fighter, after all.

War is boring is a horrible, almost tabloid like source of information. There is a reason why no credible thinker ever cites WiB as a source. Just a month ago they reversed on the article you sourced and droned on and on about what a piece of shit the T-50 is.

Now that would be interesting, except for the fact that India hasn't even flown the T-50 yet.

See? They're utter crap.

Proton as a company is one of the most reputable for encryption and privacy. Yes, free VPNs are normally trash. ProtonVPN is not a free VPN necessarily - it is funded by subscribers and people who subscribe get access to better servers and more locations around the globe. But someone who doesn't pay can still benefit from the privacy and security of the software.

Google “MRE Bulk” and see what you can find. Buying MRE’s individually is going to be expensive, so the best deals you’ll find are bulk shipments. Before buying, make sure they have the heaters. If you come across something that looks like a pretty good deal. it’s probably because it’s missing the chemical heating agent. Next, make sure they aren’t too old — these things are somewhat of an enigma in the culinary world, but they’re not immortal. They’ll hold for anywhere between 5 and 7 years, but for your safety, I’d go for the most recent stuff I could find. Besides, any that go unused right away will come in handy during power outages and natural disasters. Finally, and probably most importantly, find a good price. These things should not cost more than $8 a piece, and they also probably shouldn’t cost less than $4 a piece. Anything higher or lower is either a scam or dysentery in the making, respectively speaking. As I’m sure some of the other guys here mentioned, these bad boys are not (by any means) a supplemental source of food for someone in a non-emergency situation. Just one MRE should contain enough calories and nutrients to get you through a day. If you have an MRE, you’d probably be wise to take a multivitamin, too, and possibly also lay off snacking or eating for the rest of the day.

Here’s a decently priced listing on Amazon for a box of twelve. Seems fine on first inspection, but of course I’d suggest you do your due diligence before ordering. Good luck.

Sign up for Torguard ()

Once signed up, contact support (there's a chat window that appears when you login to the website) and tell them you'd like to access US Netflix. They will give you an IP to use and point you towards instructions for configuring the VPN client to use that address.

The IP will stop working every once in a while and you'll need to hit up support in the chat window to get a new one, but it takes only a few minutes (or less depending on the queue).

If you're a bit of a techy, you could also try signing up for AWS, Windows Azure, or some other hosting service and setting up your own VPN server in a virtual machine hosted in the US.

I'll just say that I am a staff section sergeant with a team of guys under me. Some have no college, some have a couple of years completed. I think may start discussion threads for the different books if people would be interested.

Note, this isn't my complete personnel library. Just what is on the shelves to be loaned to my guys right now. Have a couple of footlockers in the garage that hold the ones that aren't on the shelves. I rotate through what's on the shelf.

The first two books that they must read are:

• The Al Qaeda Reader, trans Raymond Ibrahim
• The Art of War, Sun Tzu

After that they get to pick from whatever is on the shelf, I'm sure you'll see the subject flow:

• Personal Memoirs, U.S. Grant
• 7 Pillars of Wisdom/Revolt in the Desert, T.E. Lawrence.
• Reminiscences, Douglas MacArthur
• About Face, David Hackworth
• Street without Joy, Bernard Fall
• Black Hawk Down, Bowden
• American Soldier, Tommy Franks
• Not a good Day to Die, Sean Naylor
• One Bullet Away, Nathaniel Fick
• Generation Kill, Evan Wright

• In the Company of Soldiers, Rick Atkinson

• On Guerrilla Warfare, Mao Tse-tung

• Guerrilla Warfare, Ernesto Che Guevara

• Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, John Nagl

• Insurgency & Terrorism, Bard O'Neill

• McMafia, Misha Glenny

• IRA the Bombs and the Bullets, A.R. Oppenheimer

• The Other Side of the Mountain, Lester Grau

• Dying to Win, Robert Pape

• On Killing, Dave Grossman

• War Made New, Max Boot

Almost done, I promise.

• Certain Victory, Robert Scales jr.

Also, for every service member who wants a quick and dirty education on the history of war the "Essential Histories" series from Osprey can not be beat, here's the ones on the shelf.

• Crimean War
• Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1948
• Suez Crisis 1956
• Collapse of Yugoslavia 1991-1999

Here's some of the stuff I'm getting soon:

The Armed Forces Officer: 2007 Edition (National Defense University) - U.S. Department of Defense; Paperback

7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century - Andrew Krepinevich; Hardcover

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century - P. W. Singer; Hardcover

Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat Over Iraq - Jay Stout; Hardcover

The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World - Rupert Smith; Hardcover

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller; Mass Market Paperback

War and Our World - John Keegan; Paperback

Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier (Tom Clancy's Military Reference) - Tom Clancy; Paperback

Humor in Uniform - Editors of Reader's Digest; Paperback

US Marine and RAAF Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Combat Aircraft) - Tony Holmes; Paperback

Your Other Left!: Punch Lines From the Frontlines - Michael Hirsh; Paperback

Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War - Matt Gallagher; Hardcover

The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing - John Keegan; Paperback

A History of Warfare - John Keegan; Hardcover

Down Range: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism - Dick Couch; Hardcover

The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey - Richard Whittle; Hardcover

Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team (Cassell Military Paperbacks) - Michael Smith; Paperback

Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America's Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan - Major Chuck Larson; Hardcover

TL;DR: Lots of military books, 'nuff said.

Yep! There were marine units with nuclear weapons capability apparently up until August 1st 1993. From what i understand they operated almost entirely gravity bomb based warheads. See here https://books.google.com/books?id=cwsAAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA55&amp;lpg=PA55&amp;dq=did+the+marine+corps+ever+operate+nuclear+weapons&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ibLStRbEBW&amp;sig=yd1bhBG6zOOxTNeNSiigMfn5ei8&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=jzNQVZS_OciZsQSJzYCYDA&...

We use these at work. I love em' and have taken pairs that people think are too worn out and use them at home. They're comfortable and let your hand breath while still having the protection on the parts of your hand that are going to be touching rough surfaces, hot things, oily things, etc. Plus they're smart phone compatible, which is a huge plus when you need to change the station on Pandora or whatever you're listening to.

The Navy currently uses this system for shipboard firefighting efforts. The main seal is around the face plus there is slight positive pressure to ensure that nothing gets in the mask if there is a small leak. I can tell you with 100% confidence that these work with a full beard.

Look up the unit history of the 434rd TCG. That was his owning command during the war. My laptops having problems so I can't upload, but the 434rd received a Distinguished Unit Citation, the predecessor to the PUC, for action during Operation Overlord.

I found out that info [here]

Looks like the 434rd participated in 3 of the major US airborne operations undertaken in the ETO. Operation Overlord, Operation Market, and Operation Varsity.

Most self help books help only the author. This long forgotten one (like How to Win Friends etc) is actually useful. Read it for free https:// archive.org/details/Think_and_Grow_Rich

It is not all about money but concerns ah fuck just take a look.

>According to Snopes, the whole "camel spider" thing is an urban legend.

What "camel spider" thing?

The only [relevant] story I get from Snopes on a search for "camel spider" is the below link, which is listed as: "Real picture; inaccurate description." (There's a second link about some stolen car and theater tickets, which is clearly not applicable.)

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

If you don’t mind some zombie survival stories, Day By Day: Armageddon (J.L. Bourne) is a good Audible title from the daily journal viewpoint of a Navy EP-3, forced to hold his own during a worldwide outbreak.

https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Day-By-Day-Armageddon-Audiobook/B0031001KU

In theory the rail gun system if scaled large enough could hurl a shot at a launched ICBM in the first two phases but if the ICBM deploys it's MRV's then you still have problems.

If you're in the US, you can watch it on Hulu. It thought The Unit had better production values. The first two seasons of the Ultimate Force were decent, but there was a big cast turnover for season three.

You can fill out as much as you know. Of you don't provide enough information they'll ask for it.

No one knows service number. Since he's passed you can look up his social on the social security death index. I believe this one is free https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535

I have learned that military people do not have the absolute right of freedom of speech.

If you criticize your commanders, you will be relieved of duty. If you post something negative about your SGM, you will get written up. You make a statement in uniform about a politician or something negative about U.S. policy, you will get reprimanded.

Look into UCMJ Articles 88, 89 and 91. Google Scholar

Nope. We're legit. We're combining a few long-standing business models-The "USAA, must have served to be a member" model, and what's called MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator). There are a LOT of them-see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_virtual_network_operators for a list. Essentially we all do the same thing; negotiate to buy access wholesale from the carriers, put their own market on it, and then grow off the margin. Ours is to market to the military community, provide tools and services of value to us, and contribute meaningful support to the community through our foundation.

My Background: I'm still serving, have over a decade in telecom, and most recently launched and led a military recruiting program at AT&T. Here's my bio, and if you want references feel free to contact anyone in my network.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisnorton

Or 225 x 800s for $10.50 if you have a costco membership...which everyone should because their gas is dirt cheap.

http://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature%E2%84%A2-Ibuprofen-200mg,-1000-Tablets.product.11489095.html

It doesn't but it costs a fair bit less(between 30-40% less). https://www.scribd.com/Avtips/d/81390363-Swiss-Air-Force-Confidential-Report-on-the-Evaluation-of-the-Eurofighter-the-Gripen-NG-and-the-Rafale

If you are interested in stuff like this check out North Korea on wikimapia. Oddly enough, North Korea is probably the most comprehensively mapped country on wikimapia despite it being the least mapped on google maps. Shows lots of North Korea's defensive works, AA sites, military and missile bases etc.

Also, the Nuclear Threat Initiative has a google map section of their site showing the locations and information of North Korea's CRBN facilities.

Both of these are fully open source but are interesting nonetheless.

Tøjhusmuseet (The Royal Arsenal Museum) links to a short book that I've not read but it seems OK. There is also a contemporary and somewhat famous book by a British war reporter (Edward Dicey). It's in the public domain now.

The TV series is based off a series of popular history books by Tom Buk-Swienty, but they are AFAIK not translated from Danish yet. Perhaps if the TV series is popular abroad they might translate the books.

First, be aware that a major fire in 1973 at NPRC destroyed ALOT of stuff. That's hurting me since my gr-grandad supposedly served in Russia about that time (Russian Railway Service Corps).

See if this can help you out (World War 1 Draft Registration Cards): https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1968530

Unfortunately, those aren't indexed, so you'll be searching a bit. Plus it wont have military info, it will have things like occupation before enlisting.

Another possibility is that your gr-grandfather filed a copy of his DD 214 at the county courthouse (county clerk). It wasn't mandatory, though. That one WILL have alot of goodies.

If I think of much else, I'll add another comment.

No they're Iraqi. ISIS is operating in both countries. The big reason they're defeating the Iraqi armor is because they raided the Syria army depots. The Syrian army was set to fight American tanks and as such, had a shit load of anti tank weapons. Those weapons are now in Iraq.

The only thing I could find on the second set of pictures is here: http://justpaste.it/frcw The tank looks like its at a resupply point. The long tubes in the background are for holding the 120 rounds an Abrams carries.

Also the pictures are out of order. The picture with the big explosion obscuring the tank is actually the tank firing(99% sure). You can see the round and the sabot petals. I'm curious because it looks like 4 petals and American ammo only has 3 (that I've experienced).

So you enjoy Programming and want to learn more? My advice would be to find a programmers subreddit around here, ask them about the program at UofM and see what they have to say.

As for the whole distance learning thing, you said you aren't great at self teaching? So I take it you want a brick and mortar school to go to right? But right now you don't have any idea where your next 4 years is going to be correct? If that is the case can you wait to file a decision until you actually get to your next duty station?

Another option is to think about doing two years at a local community college, you could get all kinds of real experience and an associates, then if you still have two years left at that station, you transfer to the local four year school and do your last two years there to get your BA/BS/BSCS or whatever.

One word of caution I think I should point out here is that if you plan on doing a full 20 and you are just starting, if you do you college now, you need to make sure to keep current with certs. and the new programs that evolve over time. Because when you get out and want to parlay that degree, and your logistics experience into a job, and you haven’t touched the programming stuff much for like 15 years, you will look like a dinosaur to them.

Just for your own personal interest, have you ever seen this site? It's like Khan Academy only for programming.....

http://www.codecademy.com/

Also, I know self teaching isn’t exactly your thing but IF you do wind up needing more flexibility, western Governors University may be an option. http://www.wgu.edu/online_it_degrees/programs

They are reasonably priced, and ACTUALLY acreddited, they also aren’t perceived as degree mills like Phoenix and Virginia College and all that lot.

Amazon.

Etsy.