Memento posted:

Have a read

https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/1372946122646433793

CommieGIR posted:

"Whatever, put your safety on, moron"

evil_bunnY posted:

quote:

However, for the Delta Force soldiers who were assigned to Task Force Ranger, their safety rules were a bit different, Hooten explained.

“So, we clear our weapons, we drop the hammer, and once you drop the hammer on the weapon, it won’t go on safe. That way I know if I pick a weapon up in the middle of the night, and I try to manipulate the safety on it, if it goes on safe I’m not quite sure whether it’s loaded or not. But if it won’t go on safe, I know that gun’s clear.

But when he tried to explain this to the Ranger captain, “he didn’t understand that,” Hooten said. “I’m not a big fan of that guy, but it was not a big deal. I just said ‘hey, I got it on safe. I’ve got my gun, you’ve got your gun. You worry about yours, I’ll worry about mine.’

Weka posted:

"Reduced heat transfer. Composite case insulates the chamber and bolt face from heat transfer, reducing wear and tear on weapon system."

Isn't reduced heat transfer undesirable?

Platystemon posted:

Remember the hot take that went “if you’ve never had an unintended discharge, you are afraid of guns and will not be ready to use one in a crisis”?

Good times.

CMD598 posted:

This is some poo poo someone made up to make some kind of sense of it.

Baja trucks look like this:



Not this:

Icon Of Sin posted:

His name is Karl Gustav? Like the recoilless rifle? lmao

Ghost Leviathan posted:

A lot makes sense when you remember the set workers are on strike and the people handling the prop guns are random scabs.

not caring here posted:

But apparently there were stray rounds just lying around, so good go, I guess.

cult_hero posted:

Likely he had a passenger, jumped over some rural area, second pilot popped up "oh, let's just restart the engine".

pantslesswithwolves posted:

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/plane-crash-video-sparks-online-backlash/

canyoneer posted:

I like how the eagle is flexing and showing off his big beefy arms

Scratch Monkey posted:

I've seen a lot of Russian stuff with a Z recognition mark. What's the significance?

Platystemon posted:

Then they got hepatitis.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Supposedly a big part was that she refused to learn to use a smartphone or move on from her Blackberry.

Vahakyla posted:

I'd like to be charitable and read this as her attempt to cover her rear end if she is already inside a secure area or something when she sees the gummy or something.
I think anyone who puts their government friends into danger like that is also a loving idiot. It's not my personal opinion of drugs, it's my opinion about my career.

boop the snoot posted:

What scenario are you picturing in your head?

Like if you drop your phone under your seat and find a weed gummy in your car while fishing for your phone, your solution is to throw your significant other’s sibling under the bus?

Jesus Christ Karen just throw it away.

Guest2553 posted:

conduct after capture CBT

Kith posted:

They are, it's a toy replica.

Like I said, "supposedly".

IMO it's still weird to grenade some kids in a goofy playtime thing in your house.

bulletsponge13 posted:

Nah, gently caress that. You ain't a General outside of your stupid green jammies. Eat poo poo, Steve- er, General Steve. A cocky PHD is a million times less insufferable than a General who uses his rank.

I would refer to him as the wrong rank every single chance.

FrozenVent posted:

This guy is a phD so not a real doctor.

FrozenVent posted:

Yeah because the advice when a guy is pissing blood translates to “go get taught” :

goatsestretchgoals posted:

Can you get demoted for hygiene? Like he got busted back to E2 because he smelled really bad and refused to take a shower for months?

E: The “brawl” was everyone he had to share a room with hauling him into the shower.

quote:

It was not “a fascist recruiting server,” he told The Post.

FreshFeesh posted:

An anecdote taken from these here very forums

A.o.D. posted:

There's always a non-zero chance that there are guards waiting behind the wall on either side of the gate ready to abduct someone that tries that.

EvenWorseOpinions posted:

I keep getting texts from ssg armyguy telling me they're allowing more waivers now and I might be able to get in now, I text back and ask if they can guarantee me into flight school and I don't hear anything back. Must not be that bad yet

Moon Slayer posted:

If you had asked me before the war in Ukraine, I would have argued that maybe they had a point; like maybe having a fleet of aircraft that need 20 hours of maintenance for every five minutes flown to the point they can't be moved before a hurricane hits is a bad thing, actually.

But now the Ukrainians have gone and shown the world that actually yes, having a bunch of fancy toys actually does make a difference.

Flikken posted:

I mean yeah Ukraine is showing fancy stuff matters, but didn't the air war in the Gulf War and over Bosnia/Kosovo prove the same?

Scratch Monkey posted:

Has anyone made edible crayon shaped treats for marines to make videos with?

Groda posted:

Hey, so Sweden decided to do the same Saving Private Ryan bullshit with our dress uniform.

Still not happy about the loving beret, and now they spring this on us.

SerthVarnee posted:

Has anyone ever tried to answer in the affirmative when he ask the obligatory "do you think Chesty Puller walked around with his hands in his pockets?". Considering that one of the more famous pictures of Chesty is this.

Handsome Ralph posted:

Yeah I could have sworn I've seen this story a few months back. New copy pasta at this point.

bulletsponge13 posted:

I read a book that was every MoH citation from Vietnam. A suspicious number of Privates jumped on grenades. I wonder how many were pushed.

This also lead me to reading about the VC, and learned of Lloyd Triggs, an ANZAC flyer who sunk a surfaced U-Boat on a suicide run so impressive, the U-Boat Captain submitted him for award, saying something to the effect of "he would receive the highest honor in our service". He's the only VC awarded solely on enemy accounts.

Steezo posted:

Get in the goddamn robot private.

Platystemon posted:

quote:

Shinji, get in the loving robot for just one weekend a month and two weeks of the summer!

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/qopkCgg.mp4

bulletsponge13 posted:

I'm probably wrong, but I assume she wandered off and died.

The best case scenario is still really bad for long term health.

DOD is even looking into limiting heavy weapons (50, MK19, rocket launchers) because they cause microtraumas that damage soft tissues, sinuses, and even with hear protection, damage to the inner ear. That's not even getting into the Cannon Cockers and bigger guys.