Military/Veterans (General/Chat)
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Family members have identified one of the Marines missing following a U.S. military aircraft crash off the coast of Australia as Ruben Velasco of Southern California. Velasco’s parents said uniformed officers came to their home over the weekend to inform them the search for their son was being called off and was now considered a recovery. ... Velasco had celebrated his 19th birthday only a few days before the crash, according to the post. The wreckage of the MV-22 aircraft, which crashed off Australia’s east coast on Saturday, was located Monday, CNN reported. “The aircraft involved in the mishap had...
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U.S. Army weapon officials just opened a competition for a new 7.62mm Interim Service Combat Rifle to arm infantry units with a weapon potent enough to penetrate enemy body armor. "The Army has identified a potential gap in the capability of ground forces and infantry to penetrate body armor using existing ammunition. To address this operational need, the Army is looking for an Interim Combat Service Rifle (ICSR) that is capable of defeating emerging threats," according to an Aug. 4 solicitation posted on FedBizOpps.gov. The service plans to initially award up to eight contracts, procuring seven types of weapons from...
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Pigboats, dreadnoughts, and a presidential yacht. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8i2xJA_b2k
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https://vimeo.com/73759775">Like A Rolling Stone (in Monterey) Air Force veteran, Jimi Hendrix.
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For those who enjoy laughing at everything. With all the Desert Storm news videos I've been putting up, this just seemed appropriate.
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The 50th Anniversary documentary of Pearl Harbor is hosted by Edward Woodward. The Desert Storm documentary was an A&E production. Both are from 1991.
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This is the Soviet soldier found alive 30 years after dying in Afghanistan By Blake Stilwell Aug. 03, 11:08 AM Shortly after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the Russian 101st Motorized Rifles were caught in a firefight with the Mujahideen near the city of Herat. A young soldier, 20-year-old Bakhretdin Khakimov, was wounded in the fighting, lost on the battlefield, and presumed dead. Until now. Bakhretdin Khakimov in 1980 and now. Khakimov was a draftee from Samarkand who had only been in the Red Army a short time when he was injured in Herat Province, near Shindand. Some 30 years...
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Check out @maxseddon's Tweet: https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/892706233937010688?s=09
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President Trump unveils the new VA Telehealth system to allow Vets to get help from anywhere at anytime using their phones and computers. Includes portable medical units like what is used by government NP's can take to the vets' homes.
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Gettysburg might well be a movie that couldn't be made today. It tells an emotional story of the toll on both sides and lets each side explain their position without prejudice. This music video summarizes the movie, while a webpage gives an in-depth description of what is happening during the scenes. http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/misc/gettysburg.htm#details
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Day 5 afternoon (July 13, 1987) of the Oliver North Hearings, edited to questions and answers and minimal senatorial statements.
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If history has taught us anything, it has taught us that failure to deal with dictators early in their existence only ensures that we must deal with them later, at a much higher price. For example, Hitler’s orders to his troops during what amounted to Germany’s invasion of Austria was that they were to retreat and return to Germany at the slightest effective resistance. However, Austria (and the rest of Europe) tried to appease Hitler, and the 10 years was a glaring example of the history referenced above. This is the situation we are currently facing regarding North Korea and...
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/being my translation Preparing for Sino-Indian war? China sends large amount of blood to Tibet [Breaking/Comprehensive report] Since this July, China started to raise the supply of blood (for transfusion) in Tibet which can reportedly meet the need for 6,000 surgeries. On July 27, Jiangsu Province sent 100,000 ml of blood aid to Tibet, which is suspected to be a preparation for Sino-Indian war. Comprehensive media reports that the meeting was recently held in Lhasa on the blood supply, which decided to meet the need for Tibet, and since the beginning of this month, they are increasing the quota of...
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"Please don't mention my son," he asked the Marine Corps officer introducing him. Four days earlier, 2nd Lt. Robert M. Kelly , 29, had stepped on a land mine while leading a platoon of Marines in southern Afghanistan. He was killed instantly. At 6:10 a.m. on Nov. 9, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., one of Kelly's oldest and dearest friends, rang the doorbell at his home in the Washington Navy Yard. The instant Kelly saw Dunford, dressed in his service uniform, he knew Robert was dead. His wife, Karen, was still asleep. "I then did the most difficult thing I've...
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Cersei Lannister needs some anti-dragon air defenses. This past week on Game of Thrones, the self-appointed Queen of Westeros asks her cryptic right-hand man, Qyburn, to reveal his secret dragon-killer because Daenerys Targaryen and her trio of fire-breathers might be knocking on the door of King's Landing any day now. What he comes up with is this double-bowed monstrosity. He even tests it on an ancient dragon skull (which would be like firing an AR-15 through King Tut's sarcophagus, but whatever).
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“Out of an abundance of caution, the Marine Corps took the prudent action not to fly our KC-130T aircraft in the wake of the mishap on July 10 until further notice,” ... The crash remains under investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration reported it lost contact with the plane when it was flying at an estimated altitude of 20,000 feet. Andy Jones, a witness to the crash, described the moments before the plane struck the ground. “At first it looked like an acrobatic plane, like a stunt plane, blowing the smoke out the back,” Jones said. “Then all of a sudden...
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American troops entering Baghdad, though unnoticed by Baghdad Bob. Multiple news networks.
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Infamous military whistleblower and transgender activist (Bradley)Chelsea Manning responded on Wednesday to President Trump's Twitter announcement that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve in the U.S. armed forces.
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The May 2, 2003 landing of President Bush on the aircraft carrier. The speech will be up and available on this same link half an hour from this topic posting.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has some interesting videos on a range of topics but some of their videos on nuclear deterrence and war fighting are good. Enjoy watching China's Strategy and US Nuclear Weapons.
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