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holocaust bloopers posted:
Maybe the debate is cleared up now, but two years ago it was active. It actually came up in that briefing when they were discussing the wet incident, through a line of questioning about whether the pilots put it down too hard (the answer was no, they didn't).
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Godholio posted:
In the space of 30 minutes, that air frame was completely destroyed by big gently caress-off construction equipment. The dome and a bunch of other sensitive/refurbished poo poo had already been removed over the last few months.
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Apr 28, 2013 22:34
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Balls 8 was a piece of poo poo anyway. Jet had serious electrical systems issues on the reg.
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Apr 29, 2013 00:33
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Apr 29, 2013 00:47
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holocaust bloopers posted:Balls 8 was a piece of poo poo anyway. Jet had serious electrical systems issues on the reg. Balls 9 is the worst vehicle I've ever been in. Plane, car, boat, whatever. 7 generators down over Baghdad. They almost put it down at BIAP when the last one fried because it didn't kick off. It continued to have problems and all the generators were replaced twice iirc. Eventually CENTAF had enough of buying new parts for it and sent it home. It lost power on the way and spent like 3 weeks in England. Then it shut down the runway at Langley with a high speed abort after the FE panel started smoking. The crew went to the aft door, popped the slide, and it loving broke free and flew away. The brakes melted and Langley doesn't have a big enough jack so they had to bring one over from Norfolk to get it out of the way and reopen the field. It was stuck there for about two weeks...they flew a crew out commercial to work the Langley airshow and use it as a static, then do a mission on the way home with it. It was actually an awesome TDY.
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Apr 29, 2013 00:49
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If only he had bloused his boots. Thank God we had a CSM who cared enough to enforce uniform standards.
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Apr 29, 2013 00:49
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Something looks.. off in this photo, I can't put my finger on it but something looks.. off. doesn't that blood look... off? Also why are they wearing woodlands w/ their tans? I thought that whole problem was pretty well solved by 2005.. Is this from before or was that issue not fixed and I just never noticed?
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Apr 29, 2013 00:56
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GAS CURES KIKES posted:Something looks.. off in this photo, I can't put my finger on it but something looks.. off. Might be a reserve unit. Although, the answer really is just 'It's the USMC' Our gear is always years behind everyone else 
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Apr 29, 2013 00:58
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I'm guessing the Woodland IBAs and old school desert boots mean it's probably from early OIF?
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Apr 29, 2013 01:04
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Does anybody not see Shia LaBouf in the center?
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Apr 29, 2013 01:07
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DoktorLoken posted:I'm guessing the Woodland IBAs and old school desert boots mean it's probably from early OIF? Probably from around '04 to '05. I'm guessing it's from the Second Battle of Fallujah.
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Apr 29, 2013 01:08
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This is an old picture from what I can tell. The tread on those boots is from the old DCU Style. Nobody wears interceptor vests, anymore. No one in the picture is wearing gloves. Nobody, as far as I know, uses PAQ-4s anymore.
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Apr 29, 2013 01:09
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Vasudus posted:Does anybody not see Shia LaBouf in the center? I see that. Also the floor pattern makes the blood look like strawberry jam in a weird way.
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Apr 29, 2013 01:12
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ripped0ff posted:If only he had bloused his boots. Thank God we had a CSM who cared enough to enforce uniform standards. Probably has white socks on too.
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Apr 29, 2013 01:20
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According to a post on militaryphotos.net (which didn't give a source):quote:Kilo Co. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines continue house to house fighting in Fallujah for a fifth day, in an effort to dislodge insurgents on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. After entering a house to clear it of remaining insurgents, a stand-off lasted for more than an hour, as the Marines struggled to evacuate their casualties under fire. Finally able to exit the building, engineers implemented a 20 lb. satchel charge of C-4 high explosive to demolish the structure. Edit: They've got some pretty interesting photos over there.  
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Apr 29, 2013 01:23
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When could landing a cobra next to a convoy (probably a hot area) possibly be a good idea?
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Apr 29, 2013 01:46
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Rude. posted:When could landing a cobra next to a convoy (probably a hot area) possibly be a good idea? When it was heading to that area anyway, so they threw some supplies on it? I'm just guessing, based on the small stack of poo poo next to it on the left of the pic.
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Apr 29, 2013 01:48
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Wasabi the J posted:When it was heading to that area anyway, so they threw some supplies on it? I'm just guessing, based on the small stack of poo poo next to it on the left of the pic. According to the post I pulled it from, it had just gotten repaired in April 03. I guess they had to do a precautionary landing due to an emergency and that was the best place to land.
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Apr 29, 2013 01:53
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Rude. posted:When could landing a cobra next to a convoy (probably a hot area) possibly be a good idea? Judging by the fact that the convoy isn't herringboned or anything, not that dangerous.
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Apr 29, 2013 01:56
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So... did that guy live?
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Apr 29, 2013 01:56
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Do any of us, really?
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Apr 29, 2013 02:00
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   I'm surprised this didn't go into full production based on looks alone. Plastic_Gargoyle fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Apr 29, 2013 |
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Apr 29, 2013 02:08
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Raimundus posted:So... did that guy live? 3/1 lost 3 Marines on 13NOV2004, one of which was awarded a bronze star posthumously. So, maybe  RIP 
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Apr 29, 2013 02:15
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GAS CURES KIKES posted:Something looks.. off in this photo, I can't put my finger on it but something looks.. off. Still better than ACUs.
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Apr 29, 2013 02:35
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DCUs were pretty much the best camouflage for Iraq. Hell, even the woodland IBAs and other misc gear didn't really matter. I never really got to see much of the marine patterns in action so I would assume they worked pretty well too, given that they actually brought a desert pattern to the desert.
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Apr 29, 2013 02:43
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God drat, this dude must have felt some wedgies in his day.
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Apr 29, 2013 05:51
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I'm sure he died rich. What's the protocol if/when an enlisted, active-duty woman becomes pregnant? Has it changed since women were allowed in combat?
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Apr 29, 2013 05:57
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She becomes non-deployable during the pregnancy and for a period of time after (I don't know how long). If she's already deployed, she goes home and gets in trouble. She wears preggo versions of uniforms and eventually will probably get to wear athletic shoes instead of boots in uniform.
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Apr 29, 2013 06:17
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Godholio posted:She becomes non-deployable during the pregnancy and for a period of time after (I don't know how long). If she's already deployed, she goes home and gets in trouble. She wears preggo versions of uniforms and eventually will probably get to wear athletic shoes instead of boots in uniform. Don't forget the option to extend non-deployability for breastfeeding (usually approved by commanders in my experience) and the possibility of getting out of the service entirely depending on your career field. In other great news, there may be absolutely no consequences to getting pregnant once you have orders to deploy in hand, even if you openly discuss not taking your contraceptives for this very purpose. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it on more than one occasion.
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Apr 29, 2013 06:21
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Don't forget the free 40 days of leave after birth and all the sick days she gets leading up to the pregnancy. Not to mention the days she gets off when the little angel is sick and no one else can take care of him/her because daycare won't take them sick. "Pink eye takes at least 4 days to go away, right?"
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Apr 29, 2013 06:23
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You guys sound like you're complaining, but do you really want them around all day talking about their loving babies? Edit: V Exactly! Let them sit home and gently caress off on facebook instead of ruining my day. Godholio fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Apr 29, 2013 |
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Apr 29, 2013 06:27
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You say that like they don't do that already.
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Apr 29, 2013 06:29
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I imagine that the feeling of immense satisfaction one experiences after a large or hard fought bowel movement is akin to how women feel after childbirth. I know that I admire the size, shape and color of any truly noteworthy shits and share pictures with friends and family because I assume they're as interested in it as I am.
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Apr 29, 2013 06:33
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Godholio posted:Balls 9 is the worst vehicle I've ever been in. Plane, car, boat, whatever. 7 generators down over Baghdad. They almost put it down at BIAP when the last one fried because it didn't kick off. It continued to have problems and all the generators were replaced twice iirc. Eventually CENTAF had enough of buying new parts for it and sent it home. It lost power on the way and spent like 3 weeks in England. Then it shut down the runway at Langley with a high speed abort after the FE panel started smoking. The crew went to the aft door, popped the slide, and it loving broke free and flew away. The brakes melted and Langley doesn't have a big enough jack so they had to bring one over from Norfolk to get it out of the way and reopen the field. It was stuck there for about two weeks...they flew a crew out commercial to work the Langley airshow and use it as a static, then do a mission on the way home with it. It was actually an awesome TDY. Just flew on balls 9 last week. Now I'm worried.
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Apr 29, 2013 10:29
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Guy posting about Egypt and Brightstar Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntAzkNVgMI Thread Here
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Apr 29, 2013 10:57
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GateheaD posted:Guy posting about Egypt and Brightstar I will never again complain about being behind a cherry jumper. Can't promise I won't switch positions with him so he's behind me.
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Apr 29, 2013 13:44
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Christoff posted:I feel enough time has elapsed to post this again I can't be the only one whose eyes are drawn to the bizarrely-short wheelbase of the truck in the background...
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Apr 29, 2013 13:51
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I guess you could call this a "flame-thrower", but not in the traditional sense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKy33Su-Do
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hazza posted:I can't be the only one whose eyes are drawn to the bizarrely-short wheelbase of the truck in the background... That's a bobtail, which is a very common truck in Air Force maintenance. So yes. Yes, you are the only one.
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