Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372
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3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
Starship Troopers" is an excellent novel, and got turned into a movie even worse than "Dune."
It's a very rare movie that is better than the book.
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The folks in Bavaria can't understand hochdeutsch either..
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Have fun, cat people!
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Jim Downing (the gun engraver) has done scrimshaw in the past as well. Not sure if he still does it based on how busy he is with engraving.
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In the 80's, I was with a Pershing II unit in Germany. We'd drive thru towns and throw MRE stuff to the kids. When the next unit drove thru the same town, the German kids would throw the MRE stuff back at the GIs.
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17 minutes ago, Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680 said:
This is an expensive way to thumb your nose at somebody. I grew up in the deep south and I never understood why the military would name their bases after men they swore to defend against. I also never understood why people would believe the politicians who told them why they should be fighting a civil war, but just look at all the dumb stuff people on both sides will believe now.
Those men you mention all fought for the US at one point. At that time, most Americans identified with their state long before they considered being US. And, after the war, all those Confederate soldiers were pardoned and given US veterans status. Both sides worked very hard to paper over what happened and make the country whole again.
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It has to be since I won't be watching the super bowl...
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2 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:
I have never heard of “clay eaters”. I have lived all through the south and the west and been through the north. Born in PA in Appalachia, as some call it and I have encountered so much BS over time in regards to what people think of those “damn (fill in the blank)”
Heck, I encounter it here in WV. Guy told me I was a Damn Yankee. I smiled and responded “West Virginia ceded from Virginia in 1863 and supported the Union. Does that make you a damned Yankee too?”
The look on his face got a rousing bunch of laughter from all the guys in the .22 shack at the range.
I overheard someone say “Gotta be a damned Yankee. He’s edumacated.” Pointing at me.
Taught ROTC at a small baptist college in the Appalachians in Kentucky during the mid 80s. The students were always yakking about their southern heritage. I had a great time pointing out that a Union regiment was formed in the area we were at so they were all Yankees. Didn't hear much about the Civil War after that..
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42 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:
Baked beans with sunny side up eggs...an odd combination.
Full English breakfast. The only thing missing in Kellogg Corn Flakes (no, not the frosted ones...).
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Always use one, maybe with a hat. Carried one when seeing my surgeon and he remarked that he couldn't remember the last time he had seen anyone carry an umbrella.
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1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said:
It's 8° here right now!
Run away.....
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Monument Valley
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Idiots.
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6 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
In a pig's ass.
We are busy fighting and preparing to fight and use the Navy for some long range artillery jobs and other fire support. They also perform certain admin functions, mass supply, and medical and religious services. They do that because real Marines and some corpsmen and ladies face the tiger on his own turf and often by the tiger's rules.
Remember that every Marine is a rifleman...and ever shall that be.
Semper fi, Marines.
Just love to stir up Marines about living in the Department of the Navy,,,,,
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51 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Owned by the Navy. Yikes!
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3 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:
Graf could be a hoot at times
One foot in mud, one foot in snow, and dust blowing in your face. Graf. My first landlord in West Germany was a member of Rommel's Africa Corp. He trained at the same places in Graf we did - with the same wonderful experiences...
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7 hours ago, Caprock Kid said:
Had an “hog” incident at Graf up on the Forward Observation Post. One soldier was being a pain in the “fourth point of contact” all day. That night someone apparently smeared peanut butter on the foot of his fart sack and left the flap of the tent open just a hair. Middle of the night you hear him screaming “they’re eating me!” Hogs had drug him out of the tent and were shredding his bed roll. It was February so he was zipped up tight and couldn’t get out. We eventually ran them off but he had to sleep in a ventilated sleeping bag the rest of the field problem. Funny, he was a model soldier after that.
I was walking the gunline at Graf late one night and went back to the messline to check on the cleanup detail. Came around the back of the 5 ton and found my detail up in the truck, hiding. There was a hog in the messline. It had knocked over the table and was crushing C ration cans to ease out what was inside and drinking out of the mermite container. Never signed the mess log..
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Misguided attempt to look "cool." Totally worthless otherwise.
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1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said:
BTDT more times than I can count or even remotely remember.
I can remember running behind the battery as the XO, and almost getting drunk from the fumes coming off the members of the unit.
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6 hours ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said:
In Ranger School it was, "Drive on with Darvon."
Motrin fixed everything when I was in.
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7 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
Lots of changes since I left the Army.
First was the embarrassing "new" emblem, that stupid kindergarten white star on the black back background. I never served one second under that POS thing. I wanted a new veteran's cap and couldn't find one with the "coat-of-arms" style so I found a patch and had one made.
Next is the dress uniforms, both blues and greens, that have nothing to recommend them, no personality at all.
Finally, if this cartoon is an example, they turned the enlisted stripes upside down...... again.
British, not US....
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12 Inch Gun
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That's basically how all our breech mechanisms worked but instead of a soldier grinding away to open and close it, there is a track the breech is attached to that automatically opens the breech when it fires. It also will spin the breech closed when ready.