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ded posted:People may poo poo on Carter but the sub named after him does some seriously spooky poo poo. Any open source stuff on that? Despite being an infantryman the world of submarines has always interested me deeply. Must say besides "Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green", "Blind Man's Bluff" was my favorite closing out Iraq deployment read.
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BaconAndBullets posted:Any open source stuff on that? Despite being an infantryman the world of submarines has always interested me deeply. Must say besides "Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green", "Blind Man's Bluff" was my favorite closing out Iraq deployment read. This is the best I got for you Beyond that, all I know is that the Carter is the Special Operations boat, and anyone I've asked about it has just said "we don't talk about that", even if it isn't necessarily classified.
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May 17, 2013 01:11
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Golden Alzheimer posted:Current paint job on the USS Freedom is a half-assed dazzle, I think. This is probably the dumbest and most useless combat ship in the entire US Navy mokhtar belmokhtar posted:still better than politicians or city names And this thing is hands down the coolest Even if it was named after a failed president who was terrified of rabbits
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May 17, 2013 01:19
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BaconAndBullets posted:Any open source stuff on that? Despite being an infantryman the world of submarines has always interested me deeply. Must say besides "Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green", "Blind Man's Bluff" was my favorite closing out Iraq deployment read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter_(SSN-23) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Parche_(SSN-683) The Jimmy Carter is the replacement boat for the Parche.
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May 17, 2013 01:27
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I forgot about this USMC ad and how freakin adorable it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRMHNlL0StI
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May 17, 2013 01:57
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:I forgot about this USMC ad and how freakin adorable it is. Psshhhh that Santa Claus isn't even a paratrooper. Now these guys are Santa Claus    ...Or Paratroopers who want Foreign Jump Wings. I did it in 2010 and got Latvian Jump Wings, then 2012 donated and got scratched, but gently caress it some kid got a toy outta it. Edit: sorry left out you Air Force Guys 
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May 17, 2013 02:13
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front wing flexing posted:That sub is single handed one our most valuable strategic assets and has been worth every penny. Seriously. I know literally nothing about any of that poo poo and I still feel confident in saying that her and the Parche could've been the only US nuke fast attacks to every do anything and they still probably would've justified the cost of the entire fleet. On the subject of RN ship names, they have a boomer named Vengeance.  While we're on the subject of British ballistic subs, I love the fact that their entire nuclear war continuity plan is PM-->Dude the PM designates-->sub CO's open sealed handwritten letters of last resort and carry out whatever orders the PM stated in the letter. Who needs continuity of government, line of succession, or airborne command posts? I guess it makes sense (at least in the Cold War) given the small size and relative proximity of Britain to the Soviets made any government surviving a full blown attack unlikely, but it still amuses me.
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May 17, 2013 02:17
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Both the Brits and the French have a boomer called Vigilant, which is funny because... Maybe those two can have another go.
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May 17, 2013 02:43
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Tremblay posted:Have a higher res version handy? Nope, sorry. Pulled it off Gizmodo. Maybe reverse image search?
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May 17, 2013 03:07
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onezero posted:Nope, sorry. Pulled it off Gizmodo. Maybe reverse image search? This is the biggest I could find and it's not significantly bigger: 
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May 17, 2013 03:11
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nGHSQf5CXc
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May 17, 2013 03:52
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RN subs also fly the Jolly Roger every time they sink something.Wiki'P posted:Following the introduction of submarines in several navies, Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, the First Sea Lord of the British Royal Navy, stated that submarines were "underhanded, unfair, and damned un-English", and that he would convince the British Admiralty to have the crews of enemy submarines captured during wartime be hanged as pirates.    
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May 17, 2013 04:14
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Snowdens Secret posted:And this thing is hands down the coolest I wonder if they realized the irony of naming a nuclear submarine after Carter, of all people.
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May 17, 2013 04:20
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How is it ironic other than Carter being a submariner during the Rickover days? I need to read Blind Man's Bluff again, I have the paperback floating around my house somewhere.
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May 17, 2013 04:28
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BaconAndBullets posted:Psshhhh that Santa Claus isn't even a paratrooper. That guy's got jump wings you dildo. PS for the dude wondering about the Goa movie, it's called The Sea Wolves.
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May 17, 2013 05:22
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Well I don't know Devil Douche chest racks but even then what's his currency? In all honesty I kid, I feel that inter-branch rivalry is a good thing, so let's keep it going.
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May 17, 2013 05:29
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iyaayas01 posted:I know literally nothing about any of that poo poo and I still feel confident in saying that her and the Parche could've been the only US nuke fast attacks to every do anything and they still probably would've justified the cost of the entire fleet. Not to mention this: quote:the process by which a Trident submarine would determine if the British government continues to function includes, amongst other checks, establishing whether BBC Radio 4 continues broadcasting. 
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May 17, 2013 09:30
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hailthefish posted:This is the biggest I could find and it's not significantly bigger: Larger version here: http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18nuscyxvkh81jpg/original.jpg
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May 17, 2013 09:55
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The letter of last resort written by Margret Thatcher was meant to be just 2 words "Strike back".
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May 17, 2013 09:55
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I can only hope that some of the PM's have requested the sub commanders not to retaliate (I doubt it though). One thing we can be pretty much be certain of is the words on Thatchers letter.
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May 17, 2013 11:59
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I think this might be the single best headline juxtaposition I have ever seen
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May 17, 2013 15:05
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one of the reasons i love my job is i get to watch things like this happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMHdvD7f-sU
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May 17, 2013 15:22
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mokhtar belmokhtar posted:Gay Viking is approximately 26.5 times funnier than that imo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_class_fast_patrol_boat God bless the British. Also this is wonderful  Landing craft "Felchen"  SS Beaverburn  SS Lesbian  USS Snatch  HMS Spanker
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May 17, 2013 16:11
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DoktorLoken posted:How is it ironic other than Carter being a submariner during the Rickover days? Carter hosed over the US's nuclear reprocessing program because he was scared of the fuel ending up in the wrong hands. Stultus Maximus posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_class_fast_patrol_boat Powerboatem'
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May 17, 2013 17:14
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Here's the Syrian air force killing some civilians in an effective manner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1iiM4u23lU But because their not chemical weapons no-one gives a poo poo.
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May 17, 2013 17:58
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Tremblay posted:Have a higher res version handy? efb 3709px x 2473px of that cool C-17 refueling picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/39955793@N07/8740657359/sizes/o/in/photostream/ The whole DoD photostream on flickr has some interesting pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39955793@N07/ 
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Brown Moses posted:Here's the Syrian air force killing some civilians in an effective manner Why are they using air-inflatables from such a high altitude drop? Kind of defeats the purpose
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May 17, 2013 18:16
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Brown Moses posted:Here's the Syrian air force killing some civilians in an effective manner They sure do like yelling about god a lot.
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May 17, 2013 18:39
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-Anders posted:They sure do like yelling about god a lot. Anytime I see a video title/description in arabic I immediately loving mute it because the escalating volume of allah ackbars gets so loving old.
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May 17, 2013 19:24
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Holy poo poo what an idiot. He's going to be their favorite recruit for the entire loving cycle, why didn't anyone warn him. -Anders posted:They sure do like yelling about god a lot. Tell me you wouldn't be screaming "Oh my god Oh my god loving poo poo oh my god holy gently caress!" if you watched a bunch of parachute bombs slow motion into your neighborhood. OBi fucked around with this message at 21:56 on May 17, 2013 |
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May 17, 2013 21:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwjOURuvz70
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OBi posted:Tell me you wouldn't be screaming "Oh my god Oh my god loving poo poo oh my god holy gently caress!" if you watched a bunch of parachute bombs slow motion into your neighborhood. I've seen enough videos of people watching planes crashing right in front of them going "gently caress." and getting all quiet to know it isn't quite equivalent. There's no equivalency with western cultures, them dudes are just all about yelling Allahu Ackbar a lot. It's not a big deal.
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May 18, 2013 01:02
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Cool video, but odd tagline. "We will find a way" ..to what? Let the US do it?
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May 18, 2013 01:11
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This is like a highlight reel of Act of Valor. Actually someone should do that.
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May 18, 2013 01:33
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So you can use Allahu Ackbar when it's both something terrible and something you perceive as good? It's just interchangeable? "Yeah just killed some dude, Allahu Ackbar!" "gently caress a bunch of civilians died, Allahu Ackbar!" - ^ god drat that video is motivating as gently caress. But I'm not falling for that poo poo again. Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 02:31 on May 18, 2013 |
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May 18, 2013 02:27
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Heh I remember getting smoked by that dude in boot camp (2006), he was some other platoons DI as a SSgt I think.
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Christoff posted:So you can use Allahu Ackbar when it's both something terrible and something you perceive as good? It's just interchangeable? Yes, it's used in a wide variety of ways. The fun part gets to be when a bunch of dudes in the street start screaming it. Are they about to turn themselves into human paste or are they rooting for a soccer game? YOU DECIDE.
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May 18, 2013 04:03
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Nice unsalty cammies. Also god, when is the Marine Corps going to realize that unrolled sleeves look like dogshit?
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May 18, 2013 04:13
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Allah Ackbar, they killed kenny! Allah Ackbar!
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Admiral Bosch posted:Nice unsalty cammies. Also god, when is the Marine Corps going to realize that unrolled sleeves look like dogshit? Its weird they cant roll their sleeves up because every marine I saw had that poo poo rolled perfectly whereas us navy shitbags just rolled them however(except MAs because they were ultra cool operators)
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