The Rat posted:

Genocide Tendency posted:

70s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUdlaLWSVM

80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKhsTXoKCI

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

never oversell your bait

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

uh yea i think youre in denial about how old we all are. gramps

Willy Pete posted:

Wood.

Reminds me of my friends mom who I jerked off about a few times

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Like I said, my dad is 60 and I'm still in my twenties. GiP's median age has been creeping towards 30 for a while now.

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

your special forces could beat up our special forces

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Victoria Cross[edit]
Citation[edit]
Apiata (then a lance corporal) was part of a New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) Troop in Afghanistan in 2004 that was attacked by about 20 enemy fighters while holed-up for the night in a rocky rural area. Enemy rocket propelled grenades destroyed one of the troop's vehicles and immobilised another. This was followed by sustained machine gun and automatic rifle fire from close range.

A grenade explosion blew Apiata off the bonnet of his vehicle, where he had been sleeping. Two other soldiers in or near the vehicle were wounded by shrapnel, one of them seriously (Corporal D). After finding cover, it was seen that Corporal D had life-threatening arterial bleeding and was deteriorating rapidly.

Apiata assumed command of the situation, deciding all three would need to rejoin the troop which was about 70 metres to the rear. Apiata decided his only option was to carry Corporal D to safety, and none of the three were hit during the retreat. After getting Corporal D to shelter, Apiata rejoined the firefight.

He became one of the very few living holders of the Victoria Cross.[12] In part the citation reads:[13]

"In total disregard of his own safety, Lance Corporal Apiata stood up and lifted his comrade bodily. He then carried him across the seventy metres of broken, rocky and fire swept ground, fully exposed in the glare of battle to heavy enemy fire and into the face of returning fire from the main Troop position. That neither he nor his colleague were hit is scarcely possible. Having delivered his wounded companion to relative shelter with the remainder of the patrol, Lance Corporal Apiata re-armed himself and rejoined the fight in counter-attack."

Three other SAS soldiers also received bravery awards for actions during the same mission. Two received the New Zealand Gallantry Decoration and one the New Zealand Gallantry Medal.[14]

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Citation

War Office, 14th October, 1941.

The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of awards of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned: —

Second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt Upham (8077), New Zealand Military Forces.

During the operations in Crete this officer performed a series of remarkable exploits, showing outstanding leadership, tactical skill and utter indifference to danger.
He commanded a forward platoon in the attack on Maleme on 22nd May and fought his way forward for over 3,000 yards unsupported by any other arms and against a defence strongly organised in depth. During this operation his platoon destroyed numerous enemy posts but on three occasions sections were temporarily held up.
In the first case, under a heavy fire from a machine gun nest he advanced to close quarters with pistol and grenades, so demoralizing the occupants that his section was able to "mop up" with ease.
Another of his sections was then held up by two machine guns in a house. He went in and placed a grenade through a window, destroying the crew of one machine gun and several others, the other machine gun being silenced by the fire of his sections.
In the third case he crawled to within 15 yards of an M.G. post and killed the gunners with a grenade.
When his Company withdrew from Maleme he helped to carry a wounded man out under fire, and together with another officer rallied more men together to carry other wounded men out.
He was then sent to bring in a company which had become isolated. With a Corporal he went through enemy territory over 600 yards, killing two Germans on the way, found the company, and brought it back to the Battalion's new position. But for this action it would have been completely cut off.
During the following two days his platoon occupied an exposed position on forward slopes and was continuously under fire. Second Lieutenant Upham was blown over by one mortar shell, and painfully wounded by a piece of shrapnel behind the left shoulder, by another. He disregarded this wound and remained on duty. He also received a bullet in the foot which he later removed in Egypt.
At Galatas on 25th May his platoon was heavily engaged and came under severe mortar and machine-gun fire. While his platoon stopped under cover of a ridge Second-Lieutenant Upham went forward, observed the enemy and brought the platoon forward when the Germans advanced. They killed over 40 with fire and grenades and forced the remainder to fall back.
When his platoon was ordered to retire he sent it back under the platoon Sergeant and he went back to warn other troops that they were being cut off. When he came out himself he was fired on by two Germans. He fell and shammed dead, then crawled into a position and having the use of only one arm rested his rifle in the fork of a tree and as the Germans came forward he killed them both. The second to fall actually hit the muzzle of the rifle as he fell.
On 30th May at Sphakia his platoon was ordered to deal with a party of the enemy which had advanced down a ravine to near Force Headquarters. Though in an exhausted condition he climbed the steep hill to the west of the ravine, placed his men in positions on the slope overlooking the ravine and himself went to the top with a Bren Gun and two riflemen. By clever tactics he induced the enemy party to expose itself and then at a range of 500 yards shot 22 and caused the remainder to disperse in panic.
During the whole of the operations he suffered from dysentery and was able to eat very little, in addition to being wounded and bruised.

He showed superb coolness, great skill and dash and complete disregard of danger. His conduct and leadership inspired his whole platoon to fight magnificently throughout, and in fact was an inspiration to the Battalion.
—London Gazette, 14 October 1941[8]

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Citation

War Office, 26th September, 1945.

The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of a Bar to the VICTORIA CROSS to: —

Captain Charles Hazlitt UPHAM, V.C. (8077), New Zealand Military Forces.

Captain C. H. Upham, V.C., was commanding a Company of New Zealand troops in the Western Desert during the operations which culminated in the attack on El Ruweisat Ridge on the night of 14th–15th July, 1942.

In spite of being twice wounded, once when crossing open ground swept by enemy fire to inspect his forward sections guarding our mine-fields and again when he completely destroyed an entire truck load of German soldiers with hand grenades, Captain Upham insisted on remaining with his men to take part in the final assault.

During the opening stages of the attack on the ridge Captain Upham's Company formed part of the reserve battalion, but, when communications with the forward troops broke down and he was instructed to send up an officer to report on the progress of the attack, he went out himself armed with a Spandau gun and, after several sharp encounters with enemy machine gun posts, succeeded in bringing back the required information.

Just before dawn the reserve battalion was ordered forward, but, when it had almost reached its objective, very heavy fire was encountered from a strongly defended enemy locality, consisting of four machine gun posts and a number of tanks.

Captain Upham, without hesitation, at once led his Company in a determined attack on the two nearest strongpoints on the left flank of the sector. His voice could be heard above the din of battle cheering on his men and, in spite of the fierce resistance of the enemy and the heavy casualties on both sides, the objective was captured.

Captain Upham, during the engagement, himself destroyed a German tank and several guns and vehicles with grenades and although he was shot through the elbow by a machine gun bullet and had his arm broken, he went on again to a forward position and brought back some of his men who had become isolated. He continued to dominate the situation until his men had beaten off a violent enemy counter-attack and consolidated the vital position which they had won under his inspiring leadership.

Exhausted by pain from his wound and weak from loss of blood Captain Upham was then removed to the Regimental Aid Post but immediately his wound had been dressed he returned to his men, remaining with them all day long under heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire, until he was again severely wounded and being now unable to move fell into the hands of the enemy when, his gallant Company having been reduced to only six survivors, his position was finally overrun by superior enemy forces, in spite of the outstanding gallantry and magnificent leadership shown by Captain Upham.

The Victoria Cross was conferred on Captain Upham for conspicuous bravery during the operations in Crete in May, 1941, and the award was announced in the London Gazette dated 14th October, 1941.
—London Gazette, 26 September 1945[9]

Mike-o posted:

Who is John Galt?

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

lmao what was that dumb movie with jake gynelhall whatever the gently caress when Mexico so graciously lets us go south into their land because of the apocalyptic weather or w/e

Booblord Zagats posted:

Booblord Zagats posted:

What exact word is "Fierce" code for now?

Mike-o posted:

Untagged posted:

"Would".

Whip Slagcheek posted:

Godholio posted:

I had CRM refresher one lovely day. The instructor showed up about 5 minutes late, and he'd obviously just been crying his loving eyes out. His parakeet had died at like age 5. Apparently these things usually live more like 10-15 years. They often let it roam around the house, when he got home from work it would literally fly to greet him, etc. Dude was wrecked over the loss.

Edit: I work with a self-described "ferret lady." She has 6 or 7 of them, they all have names, and they don't all get along. She has to rotate them around so they can interact with the "correct" ones. Some of them have health problems. This is a great source of stress and workday discussion.

Booblord Zagats posted:

Please change my name to "Horse Gays"

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

I'm not googling that word. I get the joke that they're pedophiles, but are they some kinda special snowflake pedo? Like do they only kiddie diddle wearing a Nixon face mask and robins egg blue stockings and a Cubs hat?? Because seriously- I'm not googling that. Tired of answering my waifus questions about my browser history or it's obvious gaps in coverage.

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

owns









http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pluto-new-horizons-whats-next-20150713-story.html

Dead Reckoning posted:

She's a comedian. I liked her stand-up specials. Now that she's getting her own series, someone went back through her early material and discovered that she made some racist jokes. The usual suspects have lined up on each side of the "she shouldn't be allowed to make those jokes" argument.

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

poo poo I'd gently caress her for the pillow talk.

Fart Sandwiches posted:

Man I was gonna get drunk tonight but the ac went and poo poo the bed. Unit is only 4 years old. Some crackhead probably stole the copper or something. Can't get a guy out till 11pm.

gently caress it gonna drink anyway

Fart Sandwiches posted:

No I mean I shouldn't drink cause gotta wait for ac guy. Temp is 80 right now. gently caress you guys I'm a delicate flower

80 f you kiwi gently caress

Genocide Tendency posted:

you filthy Brit. We use the standard unit here in America.

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

Haha what? It's not winter dude, it's fuckin' July. IDGAF what you tell me: Jesus h. _{(H. As in H.W(As in the president (The good one(Married to Barb, not the one who kills people with her car (That'd be W'.s wife not H.W. But for real W. Did a lot of cokeand if you've come this far down the rabbit hole I'ma tell it like it is(George bush hates black people was the 4th most true thing Kante ever said (gently caress I forgot how far nested these are six? ( Nope, loving..8..))))))))} Christ was white and spoke English not espanol and it's not goddamn winter in July even in upside down land next to Australia's taint.


Turtles all the way down.

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

there once was a poster named shim
who went off on rants on a whim
but he pissed off a mod who favors the rod
and now he must pay for his sin

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Victor Vermis posted:

It's not awesome.

But yeah it probably is the best thing on TV right now.

TV sucks right now.

Booblord Zagats posted:

Kevin Smith interview they do in the special features is really funny/insightful