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‘Malicious and commercially motivated’: Ben Roberts-Smith blasts Nine (Victoria Cross recipient)
news.com.au ^ | 7th October 2019

Posted on 10/06/2019 6:50:35 PM PDT by naturalman1975

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To: Mark17

Now what specialized training is he going to get?

Fighter planes?

Bombers??

Cargo???


21 posted on 10/08/2019 5:22:05 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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Some VERY specialized training, none that you mention, however. 😁👍
22 posted on 10/08/2019 5:33:00 AM PDT by Mark17 (Once saved, always saved. I do not care if some do not like that. It will NEVER be my problem)
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USAF retired, here...

Aim High, Oo-aaa, get some!


23 posted on 10/08/2019 5:58:26 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: naturalman1975

Just for the Tanks here on Free Republic mate, he was with the Special Air Service Regiment, which is the Australian SAS, not the British.

Having served in Australia, I think the SASR is better than the UK SAS, but don’t point me out to any UK SAS and tell them I said that, ok?


24 posted on 10/08/2019 6:02:13 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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USAF retired, here...

Same here. I was a Msgt when only Seniors and Chiefs had stripes above. I never liked the change. I told my son to get a commission, since USAF Officers get a lot of respect. 👍 At his commissioning ceremony, they had a B-52 flyover, and as they threw their flight caps in the air, two F-16s did a flyover.

25 posted on 10/08/2019 6:34:47 AM PDT by Mark17 (Once saved, always saved. I do not care if some do not like that. It will NEVER be my problem)
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I hope you got pictures!

Nothing like seeing a BUFF in the raw.

I miss my early days of screaming F-4’s at O-dark 30, BUFF takeoffs and the smell of JP-4.


26 posted on 10/08/2019 7:14:15 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: Mark17

Congratulations to your son (and to you).

A great achievement - and the best is yet to come.


27 posted on 10/08/2019 7:45:19 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Having served in Australia, I think the SASR is better than the UK SAS, but don’t point me out to any UK SAS and tell them I said that, ok?

Sure, but if you hadn't said it, the Aussies would be after you.

And the Kiwis want a word too...

28 posted on 10/08/2019 7:46:44 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Alas Babylon!
I hope you got pictures!

Nothing like seeing a BUFF in the raw.

Someone got pictures of the B-52 flyover, but missed the F-16 fly over. This was at Maxwell, where he went to OTS.

29 posted on 10/08/2019 10:02:54 AM PDT by Mark17 (Once saved, always saved. I do not care if some do not like that. It will NEVER be my problem)
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To: naturalman1975
Thank you kindly. 😁👍
30 posted on 10/08/2019 10:03:58 AM PDT by Mark17 (Once saved, always saved. I do not care if some do not like that. It will NEVER be my problem)
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Maxwell! Wish I knew. I retired from there (42nd Comm Sqdn) and still live 30 miles or so away!


31 posted on 10/08/2019 11:40:38 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: naturalman1975

LOL!

Well, I’m an old man now. Left Woomera Jan 84.

35 long but also quick years ago...

Hopefully, they won’t hurt the elderly!


32 posted on 10/08/2019 11:43:04 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: naturalman1975

Hi.

“claims he handcuffed and kicked an Afghan prisoner named Ali Jan off a cliff during a military operation in Afghanistan in 2012. The prisoner was then allegedly shot dead by another soldier.”

What’s the problem? Everything seems to have worked out fine.

5.56mm


33 posted on 10/08/2019 11:50:56 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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Maxwell! Wish I knew. I retired from there (42nd Comm Sqdn) and still live 30 miles or so away!

I retired from Travis.

34 posted on 10/08/2019 3:56:10 PM PDT by Mark17 (Once saved, always saved. I do not care if some do not like that. It will NEVER be my problem)
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