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holocaust bloopers posted:This is an A-10 landing on the autobahn. A cursory google search shows this to be something that was practiced during NATO exercises back in the good old days. Fun fact, the main ramp at Ramstein was originally a section of autobahn during WW2. It wasn't being used as a highway because the bridge at Mannheim wasn't done yet. The Germans used it as an airfield, the Americans took it over when they came through there, and after the war we had the French build the airbase there. (North side was Ramstein AB, south side was Landstuhl AB) When they finally completed the A6, they curved it to the south of the airbase. If you look at the map today, you can see the old autobahn making up the west and east approaches to the base gates as well as the line going straight through the main ramp. http://goo.gl/maps/wAH0o
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hannibal posted:Fun fact, the main ramp at Ramstein was originally a section of autobahn during WW2. It wasn't being used as a highway because the bridge at Mannheim wasn't done yet. The Germans used it as an airfield, the Americans took it over when they came through there, and after the war we had the French build the airbase there. (North side was Ramstein AB, south side was Landstuhl AB) When they finally completed the A6, they curved it to the south of the airbase. If you look at the map today, you can see the old autobahn making up the west and east approaches to the base gates as well as the line going straight through the main ramp. http://goo.gl/maps/wAH0o This part? And then the long taxiway? https://maps.google.com/maps?q=rams...e,+Germany&z=17
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that thing is cool as heck lookin belongs in a bond movie imo
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As a 25S, I'm loving fascinated with shipborne systems. I cannot begin to imagine how much of a bitch it would be trying to receive LEO satcomms (which move) on water (which moves), on analog equipment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmonaut_Yuri_Gagarin
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Jun 27, 2013 02:28
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"All this and we still can't find a show worth watching"
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GateheaD posted:Remember that ad with a dude in full dress blues turns into a knight then slays a maths problem? I used to work at the CG studio that did some of those commercials back in the day [ie. that dragon one]. We had a poster made up of it, it's framed someone at the studio still I'd imagine. If so it's sitting on a wall in a black office building in El Segundo that used to be CSC, wedged in-between the Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Boeing campus's. The cafeteria we had sucked so we crossed the street and used the Northrop one which was sorta open to the public. We used to get the employee discount too until they figured out the wierdo hippie digital artists were coming from across the street and not to accept their ID badges for a discount  Defense contractors have bitchin' cafeterias... Big K of Justice fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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Jun 27, 2013 17:00
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mokhtar belmokhtar posted:that thing is cool as heck lookin Wasn't that...or something similar, in the movie Virus. It kind of looks like the USS General Harry Taylor.
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Wasabi the J posted:As a 25S, I'm loving fascinated with shipborne systems. I cannot begin to imagine how much of a bitch it would be trying to receive LEO satcomms (which move) on water (which moves), on analog equipment. They use gryos and inertial navigation systems to automatically keep the dishes aligned last I heard.
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Jun 27, 2013 21:20
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Here's Yuanwang, performs a similar function. Took this myself probably almost ten years ago now pulling into Shanghai.
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Jun 27, 2013 21:35
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildahRqe0ZA This is part 1 of a 10 part doc about joining the French Foreign Legion. Pretty interesting. All 10 parts are on YT. It's mostly subtitled, with the exception being one American kid going out for it.
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grover posted:This part? And then the long taxiway? Yeah. That square-ish C-130 ramp just to the west of your link is relatively new, it was built with the second runway around 2006-7. If you go to the west, and follow the taxiway and main ramp to the west (which is the original base ramp), you come across the large ramp that holds cargo aircraft and has the main pax terminal and cargo terminal (added mid 2000's). Just west of their is the west gate of the base, and you can follow that road all the way to the SW where it crosses L363. Past that it's not a main road anymore even though it's very wide, there's an AF construction training unit down there and they actually use the end of the road to practice making road cuts, plus we used the long stretch for PT tests. At the end there you can see where it merges back into the A6, at the crossing with A62.
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shyduck posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildahRqe0ZA Close your mouth Lim. LIM CLOSE YOUR loving MOUTH. Make it through this thing dog. On behalf of all us Americans you gotta show you can be a French mercenary.
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There was a a/t thread by some American goon who joined the FFL a few years ago. IIRC he did a few years and then had some sort of family emergency or something, they have him poo poo about extending his leave, and he was technically a deserter, so he just said gently caress it and never went back. Edit: here it is http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2726455 Edit: apparently he "deserted" because a girl stole his passport 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBRXfPaoUXQ&feature=player_embedded lol. Guy hurt his ankle in military prep school and wants to be considered a disabled vet for business purposes. Get smacked by a woman with larger balls.
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Jun 29, 2013 01:15
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That is fantastic. That guy must feel like such a dope.
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shyduck posted:That is fantastic. That guy must feel like such a dope. Not unless someone makes him give the money back.
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 Either way, LTC Duckworth is loving awesome.
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shyduck posted:That is fantastic. That guy must feel like such a dope. He has no shame. He still has the disabled vet and honorable service blurb on his bio on his website.
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Nillerz posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBRXfPaoUXQ&feature=player_embedded The missing part of this story is that he was given no-bid contracts by the Deputy Director if the IRS, who happens to be a close personal friend of his. The disabled vet part wasn't to get the contract, it was to get it without competition. The IRS guy pleaded the 5th when asked about it. Total post-sequester potential value of the contracts exceeds half a billion dollars. The disabled vet part is the tiniest part of the mess.
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I want to know who the gently caress at the VA decided that a high school loving football injury rates a VA disability.
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Stultus Maximus posted:I want to know who the gently caress at the VA decided that a high school loving football injury rates a VA disability. Yeah I don't understand how exactly he was rated if he never actually served a day but was in a mil prep high school or w/e
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Stultus Maximus posted:I want to know who the gently caress at the VA decided that a high school loving football injury rates a VA disability. What they don't know won't show up in the paperwork until there is a hearing!  From what I read he did serve, but was retarded and admitted that it was a pre-existing condition. Unless somehow West Point is "Enlisted Military Service."
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West Point prep school From his website before he takes it down: 
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haha thats weird what a douche though
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mokhtar belmokhtar posted:Yeah I don't understand how exactly he was rated if he never actually served a day but was in a mil prep high school or w/e If he attended MAPS, he was Army enlisted, he was as much active-duty as some guy who wins the MoH in Afghanistan. He was in uniform, drawing the pay of his grade, subject to UCMJ, etc. For all the corruption, this guy was following the rules. His shell company address is in Chinatown, designated a government hubzone, so he gets even more bonus points when he bids for a contract. It's the rules that are corrupt and full of poo poo, not him.
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Phanatic posted:If he attended MAPS, he was Army enlisted, he was as much active-duty as some guy who wins the MoH in Afghanistan. He was in uniform, drawing the pay of his grade, subject to UCMJ, etc. From what I got from that video, some doctor years later diagnosed the pain and suggested he get VA disability from it. It's still pretty shady. OTOH, this guy also went to USMAPS and dropped out.  
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ0kUJmVT9g
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We doing recruitment videos now? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b5c_1338214669
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What the hell is that thing, other than a deathtrap?
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Those are so loving cool what are they?
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Jun 29, 2013 23:57
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Modern german tankettes, basically. The newer ones are a bit larger, but not much.
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Armored against small arms only, less than an MRAP. Still cool.
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My back hurts just looking at that thing and I've never even been in a tank.
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Androies posted:My back hurts just looking at that thing and I've never even been in a tank. I don't even know how the gently caress three people even fit in the bottom one, much less all that poo poo and all the tank-innards.
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hailthefish posted:I don't even know how the gently caress three people even fit in the bottom one, much less all that poo poo and all the tank-innards. I will guess that the top one is that the driver is forward with the rear man in the turret. Second pic is driver forward and rear two guys side by side.
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It's an airliftable tracked jeep with some very light armor used by german paratroopers to give anti-tank capability. From the numbers on wikipedia, it's about the same weight as a hummvee. Looks like the seats are just for "comfort" and the guys in the back have to stand up to use the TOW. Ton of interior photos on this page: http://www.primeportal.net/apc/dieter_krause/wiesel_1_tow/ Click for big:  
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Cool. I assume from the photos that the engine is mounted in the front, left of the driver, and turns that front sprocket. Looks like Afghanistan deployment?
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