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PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 (edited) 9 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: What that doesn’t say is that it could be done in a week Edited May 8 by PowderRiverCowboy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Likely, given the ties the population has with your country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Given what is going on North of the line I figure , we would get a bunch of help CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alpo Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Sorry about that. I thought I was on the Friday humor thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 1 hour ago, Alpo said: Sorry about that. I thought I was on the Friday humor thread. There you go thinking again 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ozark Huckleberry Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 5 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: Am I seeing that right? An E-4 DI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 hours ago, Ozark Huckleberry said: Am I seeing that right? An E-4 DI? No, that is a staff sergeant. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 1 hour ago, Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 said: No, that is a staff sergeant. AKA E5 for real branch's 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 I have a couple of questions about that meme. Bear with me. Boot camp? Air Force? Boot camp is Navy. Marines are navy also, so they go to boot camp. But I thought the Army went to basic training and since the Air Force used to be the army I assumed they also went to basic training. Boot camp? Then the comment. DI. In the Air Force? Again, the Navy has drill instructors. If you can believe Forrest Gump (the scene where he's tearing his rifle down then putting it back together in basic. "You taught me drill sergeant."), the Army has drill sergeants. I don't know what the Air Force has but drill instructor doesn't sound right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 said: No, that is a staff sergeant. Thanks. I had forgotten Air Force E-1 is slick arm. But even so, really not much better. Edited May 10 by Ozark Huckleberry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 26 minutes ago, Alpo said: I don't know what the Air Force has but drill instructor doesn't sound right. It didn’t feel right typing it either. Somehow ‘activities coordinator’ sounds more reasonable. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 On 5/8/2024 at 7:03 AM, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: There were a lot of plans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_color-coded_war_plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 44 minutes ago, Alpo said: I have a couple of questions about that meme. Bear with me. Boot camp? Air Force? Boot camp is Navy. Marines are navy also, so they go to boot camp. But I thought the Army went to basic training and since the Air Force used to be the army I assumed they also went to basic training. Boot camp? Then the comment. DI. In the Air Force? Again, the Navy has drill instructors. If you can believe Forrest Gump (the scene where he's tearing his rifle down then putting it back together in basic. "You taught me drill sergeant."), the Army has drill sergeants. I don't know what the Air Force has but drill instructor doesn't sound right. The Only "Boot Camp " is the Marines and they use Drill Instructors except for Air Farce I believe they use Unicorn Activities Coordinator . The rest use "Basic Training" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 The Navy doesn't have boot camp anymore? Because they certainly used to. My father went to boot camp in 1940. My cousin went to boot camp - somewhere in Central Florida. Orlando? - in the '80s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 12 minutes ago, Alpo said: The Navy doesn't have boot camp anymore? Because they certainly used to. My father went to boot camp in 1940. My cousin went to boot camp - somewhere in Central Florida. Orlando? - in the '80s. Navy did and still goes both ways , and take that anyway you wish One sentence they call it Basic the next is boot camp , naps are still optional . chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.navy.com/sites/default/files/2018-03/bootcamp-brochure_0.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cactus Jack Calder Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) In the 60’s I went to Boot Camp @ the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. The facility was a Training Center, the activity was Boot Camp. Lots of fun and games. I almost shot a small arms instructor in the leg at rifle training. We were handed 22’s with a magazine design, only no mag. Just a wooden block with ?# of cartridges in holes. Firing from the prone position we were to take one cartridge out of the block, hand feed it into the chamber, close the bolt, aim and fire at will. The city boy down the line kept dropping them through the opening for the magazine. They would roll across the firing line and he would reach out and grab it. The instructor yelled at him twice. The third time he jerked the city boy to his feet and marched down the line two feet in front of the firing line. There was no “cease fire “ just a kaki clad leg in front of my sight as I was applying pressure to the trigger. I’m glad I managed to avoid completing the pull. There are things in your life you never forget, some are very significant, some are just random incidents that could have gone differently. CJ Yeah, yeah, I know. “Who was Will”? Never met him just tried to scared him by seeing how close I could come without hitting him. Edited May 10 by Cactus Jack Calder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 hours ago, Cactus Jack Calder said: In the 60’s I went to Boot Camp @ the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. The facility was a Training Center, the activity was Boot Camp. Lots of fun and games. I almost shot a small arms instructor in the leg at rifle training. We were handed 22’s with a magazine design, only no mag. Just a wooden block with ?# of cartridges in holes. Firing from the prone position we were to take one cartridge out of the block, hand feed it into the chamber, close the bolt, aim and fire at will. The city boy down the line kept dropping them through the opening for the magazine. They would roll across the firing line and he would reach out and grab it. The instructor yelled at him twice. The third time he jerked the city boy to his feet and marched down the line two feet in front of the firing line. There was no “cease fire “ just a kaki clad leg in front of my sight as I was applying pressure to the trigger. I’m glad I managed to avoid completing the pull. There are things in your life you never forget, some are very significant, some are just random incidents that could have gone differently. CJ Yeah, yeah, I know. “Who was Will”? Never met him just tried to scared him by seeing how close I could come without hitting him. Did your rifle look like this? This is my Mossberg .22 made for military training. That’s a 6-round detachable mag just ahead of the trigger guard 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 5 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Did your rifle look like this? This is my Mossberg .22 made for military training. That’s a 6-round detachable mag just ahead of the trigger guard That is probably the one. It had a sling and we were taught to use it as a brace. The shooting instructor, who I remember as being a Marine, grabbed the city boy’s sling to haul him along. As I said, pure luck I didn’t shoot that trouser leg. CJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 On 5/10/2024 at 10:58 PM, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 4 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: WOW!! I think I'm more impressed by Lt. Bill Overstreet, who flew a P-51 Mustang, called "Berlin Express" under the tower in pursuit of a Bf-109. The 109 didn't escape. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-bill-overstreets-p-51b-berlin-express-the-mustang-that-flew-under-the-eiffel-tower-in-hot-pursuit-of-a-luftwaffe-messerschmitt-bf-109/ 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocWard Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Do you know why people say "drink and swear like a sailor?" Because paratroopers hadn't been invented yet! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, DocWard said: Do you know why people say "drink and swear like a sailor?" Because paratroopers hadn't been invented yet! Nope. It's because they're too scared of The Marines. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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