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I have been to al Asad probably 20-30+ times in 2003-2004. This just rips my heart out. I was just wondering if there were any other Freeper vets out there that have been there. Its been 20+ years since I have been there. I feel like an old man hearing about this base attack. And very pissed off.

Its been 56 years and yet just the sound of these birds can get the adrenaline going and the pulse quickening. Slick driversIf you've never sat on the floor of a Huey holding on to the pilot seat frame as your slick was running balls out a hundred feet above the jungle headed into a hot firefight, door guns, mini guns and rocket pods blazing. Well, then at 18 years old you just never experienced one of the most intense adrenaline dumping events in your short life.

The effects of serving in a war zone can linger with veterans long after they end their tour of duty and an emerging health concern is exposure to toxic burn pits. Retired Master Corporal Arjan Grewal, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, told The West Block host Mercedes Stephenson that burn pits were a common part of life on bases during his six tours of duty. “It’s a large bonfire, if you will, that is in the middle of a military base or a forward operating base. And it’s used to incinerate everything, and I mean everything; helicopter carcasses,...

Hello Brother Vets. I get the "The My HealtheVet is temporarily unavailable" quite often, when I try to log in . Should I setup one of those other accounts, or is the site just over loaded? What's your guys experiences with it? Some times it kicks me out when I switch from VA claims and Medical Records... and vis versa. Thanks for any input.

In this episode of Zero Compromise, our hosts Patricia Engler, Rob Webb, and Jessica Jaworski interview Kevin Hadsall who is speaker for Answers in Genesis and aeronautical engineer. We talk about his experience as a Christian in the US Air Force, the spiritual battles he faced, how he stood up against the LGBT movement, and more.

Regards to all you crusty, dusty, Vietnam Vets.

A good look for not so Fonda Jane

Main navigation Home Accident archives Accident pictures Statistics Spotting CRASH OF A DOUGLAS C-124 GLOBEMASTER II NEAR BRIDGEPORT: 15 KILLED Date & Time: Mar 27, 1958 at 1615 LT Type of aircraft: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Operator: Registration: 52-0981 Flight Phase: Flight Flight Type: Military Survivors: No Site: Plain, Valley Schedule: Kelly - Tinker MSN: 43890 YOM: 1952 Location: Bridgeport-Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Texas Country: United States of America Region: North America Crew on board: 10 Crew fatalities: 10 Pax on board: 5 Pax fatalities: 5 Other fatalities: 0 Total fatalities: 15 Circumstances: En route from Kelly AFB to Tinker...

New group will search for U.S. military plane that disappeared over the Yukon in 1950 Group will use drones to access dangerous places CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2022 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 31 The Douglas C-54 Skymaster. On Jan. 26, 1950, the military transport plane left Anchorage, Alaska, with 44 passengers on board. It disappeared after signaling to a small outpost in Snag, Yukon, and has still never been found. (AirHistory.net Photo Archive) 4 comments The search is back on for a U.S. military plane that disappeared in the Yukon decades ago. A recently formed...

1956 B-47 disappearance 1956 B-47 disappearance 10 March 1956 Summary Missing, status unknown Site Mediterranean Sea Aircraft type Boeing B-47E Stratojet Operator United States Air Force Registration 52-534 Flight origin MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, United States Destination Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco Passengers 0 Crew 3 Fatalities Unknown Injuries Unknown Survivors Unknown The 1956 B-47 disappearance occurred on 10 March 1956 over the Mediterranean Sea. Contents 1 Flight 2 Aftermath 3 See also 4 References Flight A Boeing B-47 Stratojet, call-sign Inkspot 59, (306th Bombardment Wing/369th Bomb Squadron) took off from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, in the United...

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Film: Benediction - a relative of Siegfried Sassoon comments Sr Jessica GattyJun 22nd, 2022 A relative of Siegfried Sassoon comments on a new film about him. Sr Jessica Gatty, an Assumption Sister, was his niece. He was married to Hester, her father's sister. He was also Sr Jessica's godfather. The film `Benediction' , portraying the life of Siegfried Sassoon, is admirable in many ways. There is, however, one deep flaw which needs to be exposed; this is that failure and bitterness were not the end of his story, quite the opposite. It is a serious misrepresentation of the truth which...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Rambo (First Blood) one of the greatest action adventure movies of all time, but more than that, the quintessential film about PTSD and its traumatic effects on combat veterans. The film stars Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle and Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and the screenplay was written by Michael Kozoll & William Sackheim and Sylvester Stallone. With the Ghosts of Vietnam haunting America in 1982, the film opens with John Rambo walking down a lonely road in the Pacific...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ground was broken Friday for a new museum in Texas to honor those who have been awarded the nation's highest military honor. The National Medal of Honor Museum will be built in Arlington, just west of Dallas. The museum will tell the stories of the recipients of the medal, which is awarded by Congress for risking life in combat beyond the call of duty.

Fellow veterans and active service you got to check this out !

Just a quick discussion. I've done a lot of scuba diving in the Great Lakes (mostly Huron, some in Superior). Most don't realized it's rich underwater history of many shipwrecks, many very well preserved due to the cold fresh water instead of salt. Before cars and roadways were abundant, people traveled by ship quite often. However there were quite a few large storms in the early 1900's that sent a number of ships to watery graves, some well past the 130' limit most advanced recreational divers would try for. Anyone know where there's a good sub manufacturer that could explore...

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video of the S-70 Okhotnik combat drone testing its weapon. The state-of-the-art UAV dropped a bomb to destroy the target. The video shows the Okhotnik UAV dropping a 500-kilo bomb from the inner compartment. The bomb successfully struck the ground target. In October, the chief designer of the Okhotnik drone, Sergei Bibikov, said that the control system of the UAV was outfitted with artificial intelligence. This enables the S-70 drone to work autonomously in conditions of communication failure with the operator. In July, The National Interest compared the S-70 Okhotnik drone with...

“I’ve seen ‘impossible’ happen so many times, it’s just common to me,” Robert Bailey, Jr. said as he showed me his most prized work: The Freedom Lantern. Robert’s dream is to see the U.S. government gift one of these meticulously crafted pieces to every U.S. veteran. The piece is meant to serve as a “thank you” for their service from a grateful nation and as a physical reminder that “someone cares.” “You know, that’s why we work with these veterans. We really like veterans, and I got to watching this veteran suicide business. It’s disturbing. I’ve been there, and I’ve...

...After he saw our story on the “Chase Wave,” he wanted us to know that something very similar happened to him.... If you remember, we posted a document sent in by a new source who said it was a step-by-step instruction sheet that Scientology’s “registrars” were given, explaining to them how to lie to Chase credit card operators in order to open up new credit card accounts for cash-poor Scientology members, and then max out those cards with Scientology charges in order to saddle members with huge debts. The “Chase Wave” involved opening up a series of different Chase cards...