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darnon posted:Would a parachute deploy fast enough after you just ejected out of the bottom of a plane at something like 100 ft? No, not if you ejected out of the bottom. I'm sure there is a documented minimum AGL for those two positions.
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Plinkey posted:If it's anything like the B1 that's a nav/weather/bombing radar control. The guy on the left seems to be studying tactical diagrams of breakfast.
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Psion posted:The guy on the left seems to be studying tactical diagrams of breakfast. I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought he was eating his in-flight meal upon first glance.
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Tremblay posted:No, not if you ejected out of the bottom. I'm sure there is a documented minimum AGL for those two positions.
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Slim Pickens recitations aside, what does one get to stay alive when you punch out of your burning B52 over the middle of Siberia?
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Oxford Comma posted:Slim Pickens recitations aside It was a Stanley Kubrick movie, dude was loving obsessed about the details. Are you implying that Slim's inventory wasn't real?
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:It was a Stanley Kubrick movie, dude was loving obsessed about the details. Are you implying that Slim's inventory wasn't real? Why the heck would an airman in the middle of nowhere need prophylactics? 
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Oxford Comma posted:Slim Pickens recitations aside, what does one get to stay alive when you punch out of your burning B52 over the middle of Siberia? Sidearm, radio, mirror, IR strobe, blood chit, (empty) water bladder, survival knife, tyvek map, compass, camo paint compact, plus whatever else life support can cram into a vest and the crew is wearing on their person. There's a crew bag with extra batteries, first aid supplies, spare mags, water filter, signaling devices, and such but there's no guarantee of it surviving. That's more for controlled hard landing scenarios where you have time to grab it. But yeah, condoms are super useful. They can carry water, tie off injuries, and you can do things like stuff your electronics or spare mags into them so they're a bit more water repellent.
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Propagandalf posted:But yeah, condoms are super useful. They can carry water, tie off injuries, and you can do things like stuff your electronics or spare mags into them so they're a bit more water repellent... ...keeping airmen from leaving DNA evidence.
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madeintaipei posted:...keeping airmen from leaving DNA evidence. Why does it matter? A General would just overturn the conviction.
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Flikken posted:Why does it matter? A General would just overturn the conviction. 
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The condom is so they can't steal your precious bodily fluids.
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FrozenVent posted:The condom is so they can't steal your precious bodily fluids. We kept them on the submarine to capture small radioactive coolant leaks. And yeah, they're good for all sorts of first aid.
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Snowdens Secret posted:We kept them on the submarine to capture small radioactive coolant leaks. This is what happens when everyone cheats on tests.
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Snowdens Secret posted:We kept them on the submarine to capture small radioactive coolant leaks. Tampons are great for first aid.
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jaegerx posted:Tampons are great for first aid. You know, I hear this but I would like to see some empirical evidence stating that shoving a tampon into your buddy's gunshot wound is beneficial. 
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Oxford Comma posted:You know, I hear this but I would like to see some empirical evidence stating that shoving a tampon into your buddy's gunshot wound is beneficial. Well they've been in use that way since at least 1885. Not exactly empirical evidence stating it's more beneficial than some other dressing, but as far as 'compact absorbent material that's readily available' it's not a bad option. Cheap, too.
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Oxford Comma posted:You know, I hear this but I would like to see some empirical evidence stating that shoving a tampon into your buddy's gunshot wound is beneficial. http://www.snopes.com/military/tampon.asp quote:...an April 2003 news story about odd uses soldiers stationed in Iraq were finding for non-military items said, "In the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, many soldiers carry tampons to plug bullet holes in case they are shot." (That same article announced of those men, "They stick condoms on the muzzles of .50-caliber machine guns to keep out dust, and shoot right through the latex when the time comes to fire.")
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Oxford Comma posted:You know, I hear this but I would like to see some empirical evidence stating that shoving a tampon into your buddy's gunshot wound is beneficial. No real man would die with a tampon in him. That's why DADT was a thing, don't you know?
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Apparently Tampons are descended from WW1 bandages.
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Oxford Comma posted:You know, I hear this but I would like to see some empirical evidence stating that shoving a tampon into your buddy's gunshot wound is beneficial. Check the emt thread. I don't think you'll find one of them without a tampon on him.
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Tampons are excellent fire starters. Always dry, compact, burn long.
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I keep some in the kit bag for rugby games. Great for a busted nose
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Chew-Een_Lee http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/us/major-lee-marines/ quote:During the Korean War, he became commander of a machine gun platoon, to the shock of his men who had never before seen a person of Chinese ancestry. Some even questioned his loyalty as U.S. forces were battling Chinese forces, which had joined the conflict on the side of North Koreans. Having met with people who knew him personally, I have been told that the documentaries on him have been essentially.... um, family friendly. I was told that he essentially was the biggest badass motherfucker, having fought his way INTO Chosin (not the other way around) while still suffering from an earlier gunshot wound. So with his arm in a cast he fought uphill with an M1 carbine, reloading with one hand using double taped magazines, shooting from the hip and basically being unstoppable. All the while being in extreme pain, screaming at the enemy Chinese in their own language that he was going to come gently caress their moms or something equally obscene. Apparently he got shot a second time in Chosin, then did the same thing again while charging uphill in a blizzard. Then he did it a third time or some similar feat and was hit by a machine gun and finally only then did they pull him out. The Asian American heroes you never hear about. I wish I had more oral history on the guy, but I'm an Asian-American WWII historian, not a Korean War one. Sad to see people like these pass away and fade into history.
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That's the best version of the "I had to walk uphill to school both ways in a blizzard" story I've ever heard.
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I try to collect books on minorities in our wars in general but never came across him. Thanks.
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LingcodKilla posted:I try to collect books on minorities in our wars in general but never came across him. Thanks. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0252072634
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Insane Totoro posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Chew-Een_Lee Wasn't there an American-Japanese unit in WW2 that was one of the most decorated units in the war. I've seen it mentioned, but can't recall if it was in the Air Force or another branch.
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Cardiac posted:Wasn't there an American-Japanese unit in WW2 that was one of the most decorated units in the war. I've seen it mentioned, but can't recall if it was in the Air Force or another branch. Is the 442nd Infantry Regiment what you're thinking of? e: You know, I thought I'd heard the name Chew-Een Lee before. The book, "Colder Than Hell", by Joseph R. Owen makes more than a passing mention of the man. He even made an amendment to a review of said book on Amazon! madeintaipei fucked around with this message at 11:09 on Mar 10, 2014 |
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Cardiac posted:Wasn't there an American-Japanese unit in WW2 that was one of the most decorated units in the war. I've seen it mentioned, but can't recall if it was in the Air Force or another branch. Yes the 442nd. Other units of note to historians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/761st_Tank_Battalion_(United_States) (AKA the Black Panthers) http://www.cbi-history.com/part_vi_14th_asg.html (the 14th Air Service Group, an all-Chinese unit) Edit: Aaaaaaaand more heroes passing into time today, Bill Guarnere: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/09/us/band-of-brothers-veteran-dies/
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Another passing. He had a good run though for all the hell he walked through. The book on the black panthers is a pretty good if not sad read. They got some pretty shirty assignment.
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Integrated or black units serving under poo poo white South West African leadership. 32nd 31st or 201bn. 33rd or 701bn. 34th or 202bn, 35th or 101bn. QRF 36th or 203bn. 37th or 102bn. 41st or 901bn Swingforce. 61st RRF 911bn Reserves Logistics Brigade SWA Military School 1st SWA Specialist Unit at Otavi Other Field Artillery
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Building on that - http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/how-simple-new-invention-seals-gunshot-wound-15-seconds
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Not the only time someone's interviewed an A-10 pilot, but this was a nice read: http://www.simhq.com/air-combat/air-combat-interviews/warthog-pilot-interview.html
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Didn't know where else to put this. If you haven't seen, China released a spy satellite photo of a target that could be the missing Malaysian 777. It's just an indistinct blob and some experts have already said that it doesn't fit the profile for what to expect from floating wreckage from that particular plane. My question is, if China is saying, "Hey, look at this, you might want to go check it out," what are the odds that they would send the search in that direction without knowing for sure because they have much better imagery that they don't want to release?
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If they wanted to tip someone off, they wouldn't need to release the imagery at all. There's enough plausible deniability in simply saying 'we have reason to believe it's here-ish'. There's no reason to doubt the Chinese at their word, it's not like they're Uganda claiming to have a NIIRS 11-capable GaySat for spotting random acts of sodomy. I'm guessing it's not actual spy satellite footage, but a commercial imagery bird that the government can task on demand through state-owned entities. :e Like this. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQ3a-aB19zqIxHHTuyh5H4Tql0-Q?docId=c5e7ec45-81b5-4125-a368-56fe63199a33 Propagandalf fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Mar 13, 2014 |
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Propagandalf posted:There's no reason to doubt the Chinese at their word, it's not like they're Uganda claiming to have a NIIRS 11-capable GaySat for spotting random acts of sodomy. I laughed way too hard at this. And then I imagined Michelle Bachman pointing to your post and asking someone if we could build one.
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Propagandalf posted:it's not like they're Uganda claiming to have a NIIRS 11-capable GaySat for spotting random acts of sodomy. PotM right here. I suppose everyone and their dog can get their hands on decent-ish IMINT. In peacetime, and with a bit of a delay.
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