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Who works in restaurants on military bases overseas? If Kandahar Airfield has a TGI Fridays, who are the employees? Troops? Civilians with special clearance to work overseas?
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A bunch of Indians or Pakistanis who run it like they would a street meat market in Dehli or Peshawar along with all the health code violations.
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Sep 3, 2015 20:18
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Also you can be absolutely certain that the contractor employing said Indians/Pakistanis/Nepalis is cheerfully exploiting the poo poo out of them thanks to lax oversight and non-existant local laws.
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Sep 3, 2015 20:21
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No poo poo, everything on the boardwalk at KAF (except for the smoothie place and the pizza kebab place) got shut down for a couple weeks after COMKAF ordered the military inspectors to conduct a health check...the military folks normally only regularly inspected the DFACs since the boardwalk was ~independent contractors~ or something. Among the things they found: - rat poo poo all over everything - Buttloads of expired/rotten food products - Turning off refrigeration at night to save on electricity....this was in the middle of the summer where it's still 95+ degrees after the sun goes down. I suspect that a fair portion of the rotten food products had to do with sitting in non-refrigerated storage crates for 8-12 hours a day. All this was disseminated to everyone on KAF, via like 5 different methods (email, CC calls, flyers, etc)...People still ate there when they opened back up
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Sep 5, 2015 19:34
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Dead Reckoning posted:Also you can be absolutely certain that the contractor employing said Indians/Pakistanis/Nepalis is cheerfully exploiting the poo poo out of them thanks to lax oversight and non-existant local laws. Well, "exploiting" is a relative term. They're probably better off than they would be as indentured laborers in the Gulf states.
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I'll never forget the Seabees inside the air conditioned place drinking beer while the local nationals slaved away laying asphalt in the grueling heat. I never actually saw them work. Occasionally one had a clipboard and was pointing at things and sometimes I saw them driving heavy equipment around Come to think of it I don't think they ever actually work. They're too busy pretending to be combat arms and talking about the prestige of being a seabee or some poo poo. Nice dudes tho
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Sep 5, 2015 19:40
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A little off topic, but I think LEO/military would be able to give the best answer. What brand should I be looking at for a self defense pepper spray? Looking for one that has a stream rather than fog and comes in around 2oz size. Primary use will be for aggressive animals including loose dogs that don't otherwise respond (bike touring through lovely rural areas) and the otherwise "standard" human issues. Halt is commonly marketed for animal defense, but some of the reviews I've seen are that it's way too weak and doesn't always work on larger dogs which kind of defeats the whole purpose. So far I'm looking at Fox Labs 2% OC but I want to see if there are any other suggestions. (Yes, it's legal in my state)
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Sentient Data posted:A little off topic, but I think LEO/military would be able to give the best answer. What brand should I be looking at for a self defense pepper spray? buy a whole bunch and then test them on yourself. only way to know for sure
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Sep 22, 2015 03:34
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or friends/family whose opinion you trust. dont rely on the word of strangers
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Sep 22, 2015 03:35
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What no nonsense USB CAC card reader should I order for my laptop so I can do all that AKO iPerms ALMS stuff at home?
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Oct 20, 2015 08:09
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This is the one I bought, because it's the same one I have at work.
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Oct 20, 2015 15:29
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http://www.amazon.com/Micro-Systems...+folding+reader I've got two of these laying around home.
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Oct 20, 2015 15:57
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stop bringing work home with you just kidding thats impossible some leadership needs to realize that being a "soldier 24/7" isnt the same as "on duty 24/7" but whatever
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Crazy Mike posted:What no nonsense USB CAC card reader should I order for my laptop so I can do all that AKO iPerms ALMS stuff at home? Why are you buying one when you can just ask your unit for an extra? If you're Guard or Reserve, most units will give you one for home use. Hell, you could probably look in a random supply closet and find a couple dozen lying around.
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Oct 21, 2015 02:10
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Welp, it's finally that time. Anyone know a good place to buy a silver dollar coin for my first salute?
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Oct 29, 2015 13:52
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Either a local coin/bullion shop (I got mine in a mall), or online. APMEX is a decent site.
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Oct 29, 2015 15:16
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Red Crown posted:Welp, it's finally that time. Anyone know a good place to buy a silver dollar coin for my first salute? Antique shops also usually will have some decently priced ones.
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Oct 29, 2015 16:56
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gently caress that, the first time an NCO salutes you, pull out a moist, folded one dollar bill and slide it into the elastic of his underwear while maintaining eye contact.
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Oct 31, 2015 04:52
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I've been in for almost 15 years and never knew that silver dollar thing. Does the Air Force play along with that?
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Nov 2, 2015 10:47
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nullscan posted:I've been in for almost 15 years and never knew that silver dollar thing. Does the Air Force play along with that? It's probably been banned as a hazing practice
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Nov 2, 2015 15:41
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nullscan posted:I've been in for almost 15 years and never knew that silver dollar thing. Does the Air Force play along with that? It was a thing at OTS.
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Nov 2, 2015 16:15
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Long time listener, first time caller. I guess I'm just curious why would anyone join in peace time
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Godholio posted:It was a thing at OTS. They've recently phased it out at Navy OCS, now you're supposed to give it to your first salute at a real base. Booblord Zagats posted:Long time listener, first time caller. I guess I'm just curious why would anyone join in peace time I've got faith I can get in on this "Era of persistent conflict" thing if I really want to.
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Nov 2, 2015 16:51
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Booblord Zagats posted:Long time listener, first time caller. I guess I'm just curious why would anyone join in peace time This is the United States of America. We're never at peace, we're just reloading.
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Nov 2, 2015 17:04
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We have a refractory period between conflicts. Uncle Sam just needs a sandwich.
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Nov 2, 2015 17:32
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For whatever reason colonels and generals love to talk to officer candidates and LTs and nearly all of them mention that they think the US will find itself in some kind conflict in the next few years and they offer that opinion unprompted. Basically the gist of what they say is that the world is pretty unstable and it's just a matter of when rather than if the US goes to war again in the next few years.
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Nov 2, 2015 18:03
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We'd already be at war if we had a Republican President tbh. It has taken an absurd amount of isolationism from Obama to keep things as toned down as they currently are, but pretty much whoever wins out of Hillary or the Republican is going to be more hawkish than O was.
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Nov 2, 2015 18:36
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Volkerball posted:We'd already be at war if we had a Republican President tbh. It has taken an absurd amount of isolationism from Obama to keep things as toned down as they currently are, but pretty much whoever wins out of Hillary or the Republican is going to be more hawkish than O was. Yeah we've dumped thousands of tons of bombs on Iraq and Syria and are putting boots on the ground. I hate to break the news to you, but...
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Nov 3, 2015 00:33
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Booblord Zagats posted:Long time listener, first time caller. I guess I'm just curious why would anyone join in peace time I signed up for ROTC pre-9/11 on the theory that I'd spend 4 years getting paid to cruise around the world drinking in every country. These days? No idea.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:38
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Godholio posted:Yeah we've dumped thousands of tons of bombs on Iraq and Syria and are putting boots on the ground. I hate to break the news to you, but... On ISIS. Hillary and the Republicans talk about Assad as well, which is an infinitely more complicated situation than a cosmetic bombing campaign. Being a catalyst for regime change is something Obama has opposed all along relative to his peers. And SOCOM has been involved all along with the fight against ISIS, so there's no real escalation there.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:49
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Putting it in the news a couple of weeks after Russia makes a similar announcement is a loving escalation.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:53
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We're not going to war with Russia. There's been several points where we could've gone to war with Assad though, and under different administrations, we very well might have.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:55
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The good thing about going to war with russia is that it would finally be the end of the world probably.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:56
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Volkerball posted:We're not going to war with Russia. There's been several points where we could've gone to war with Assad though, and under different administrations, we very well might have. That doesn't mean we're not loving with each other.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:58
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Godholio posted:That doesn't mean we're not loving with each other. Ok but the whole premise of this conversation is whether a war will kick off soon. I explained why it's quite possible after Obama leaves office.
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Nov 5, 2015 01:02
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:The good thing about going to war with russia is that it would finally be the end of the world probably. I hope so. gently caress this gay Earth
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Please refer to new thread on this subject: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3750679 V/R Nostalgia4Infinity
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