tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post2735454478726506891..comments2024-03-28T05:23:48.416-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Told Ya SoAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-28658945882358118942018-02-17T10:50:35.350-08:002018-02-17T10:50:35.350-08:00On a positive note, these are the snowflakes the s...On a positive note, these are the snowflakes the socialist progressives will be sending to put down any uprising from those who won't willingly give up their arms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-15330929617415852852018-02-17T07:05:11.898-08:002018-02-17T07:05:11.898-08:00My experience is one of the corset brigade threw t...My experience is one of the corset brigade threw the live grenade 10 feet up, it hit the top of the protection wall and luckily bounced on the other side. The drill sergeant tossed her into the safety pit and jumped on top of her to save her ass. The stream of yelling and cussing that came out of him when he got her back into the bunker was epic, deserved and awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-61503822760560496562018-02-17T06:07:50.013-08:002018-02-17T06:07:50.013-08:00Jeebers in '69 that little ball was a qualifyi...Jeebers in '69 that little ball was a qualifying station in the 5-event PCPT. And no LandNav? Someone should ask anyone from the 507th Maint Co how that worked out...<br />Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05728311767575235395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-17164569071606976312018-02-17T05:58:57.576-08:002018-02-17T05:58:57.576-08:00Aesop, can't find it and will keep looking. I...Aesop, can't find it and will keep looking. It was a short blurb in a newsletter type e-mail (Jane's or Air Force Association possibly) in the last month or so, looking at the combined capability of their demonstrated LEO ASAT capability with the heir Geosynchronous launch capability.RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-24014689043411670002018-02-17T01:40:32.377-08:002018-02-17T01:40:32.377-08:00Hi Aesop,
This thing about "body bags!!"...Hi Aesop,<br />This thing about "body bags!!"... don't laugh!! 'Bitch is, ..every one I ever saw or carried one it had a dead United States Marine in it, Killed in Combat!! So be careful where you tred!!<br />skybill<br /><br />skybillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386847670843842715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-68618474937843865342018-02-16T21:56:51.906-08:002018-02-16T21:56:51.906-08:00When I was young, I could throw a rock so high up ...When I was young, I could throw a rock so high up that you would lose sight of it. MMinWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791810228821770464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-37712338647413989612018-02-16T21:05:46.739-08:002018-02-16T21:05:46.739-08:00Fuck I'm legitimately crippled and my shoulder...Fuck I'm legitimately crippled and my shoulder sounds like a cement mixer when I try to throw a ball these days but even I think I could even pass the grenade toss. Hell, I might just put sand in a couple of inert grenade bodies this weekend and try. Seriously. If a legitimate cripple with a torn up shoulder can hurl a grenade per army requirements anyone should be able to.<br /><br />As for land navigation we were doing that stuff in boy scouts before we had pubes. It's not that hard. To this day I never use satnav in a car or GPS when I'm trail riding. It wrecks your internal compass and terrain/landmark awareness. I occasionally use GPS for some mapping, coordinate notations and as a backup but never rely on it. It dulls the navigation abilities in your brain.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-81290454482799202052018-02-16T19:36:07.444-08:002018-02-16T19:36:07.444-08:00@Randy:
If you have a link, I'd like to take a...@Randy:<br />If you have a link, I'd like to take a look.<br /><br />And James,<br />If the training was "Aaaaaaaaaarmy Training!" in your best Bill Murray/<i>Stripes</i> voice back in our day (and I did drill on the same Ft. Knox grinder Bill & Co. did), how much worse is it now, trying to get Pvt. Cupcake through it, when TPTB are more worried about not making her mascara run than they are about making <i>her</i> run?<br /><br />The point of the story was that rather than admitting an obvious mistake, they're hamstringing <i>every soldier</i> going forward, in perpetuity. That's doubling down on max stupid, and it's going to fill those body bags.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-61570729821110892632018-02-16T18:38:28.054-08:002018-02-16T18:38:28.054-08:00You don't think so at the time, but "Army...You don't think so at the time, but "Army Training, Sir" has been a joke for some time. I trained in Reagan's military myself, and looking back a LOT of it was a joke, only good for filling uniforms with warm bodies. Good for racking up the body count. I don't doubt it is far worse with Bitches Lib, but let's not delude ourselves too much with selective memory. Glad I served, really glad I didn't make it a career. If I made it through the tainted shots from Storm, they'd probably have Stop Lossed me at the eighteen to twenty year mark. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-13560876925892268852018-02-16T17:27:24.665-08:002018-02-16T17:27:24.665-08:00PS before Pedantic Nerds Are Us rolls in on the la...PS before Pedantic Nerds Are Us rolls in on the last comment; I know SATNAVs aren't in Geostationary orbits. But if you can get up there, hitting the other stuff is a lot easier.RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-60305502888524213502018-02-16T17:25:10.288-08:002018-02-16T17:25:10.288-08:00Hey, they don't need Land Nav classes. They&...Hey, they don't need Land Nav classes. They'll have GPS's!<br /><br />Not to change the subject, but did you see the recent story about the PRC working towards enhanced ASAT capability up to the Geostationary Orbit region? RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-59601860386766115042018-02-16T17:12:36.213-08:002018-02-16T17:12:36.213-08:00After thinking about no more basic training in gre...After thinking about no more basic training in grenade-throwing and map navigation, here are some classic war movie sequels:<br /><br />"A Bridge at Ramagen? Where's Ramagen?"<br /><br />"The Bridge Over Some River in the Jungle"<br /><br />"The Longest Daycare Center"<br /><br />"Thiry Seconds Over Some Place in Japan"<br /><br />"The Flirty Dozen"<br /><br />"The Cute Little Bed-and-Breakfast of Navarone"<br /><br />"Ice Station Zebra Print"<br /><br />"Von Ryan's Espresso"<br /><br />"Where Eagles Dare to Go Braless"<br /><br />"Shaving Ryan's Privates"<br /><br />O.K. I'm done.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />billrlahttp://www.convergentmanagement.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-85347013036115070392018-02-16T15:59:44.120-08:002018-02-16T15:59:44.120-08:00Second-place Combat Award, aye.
It has now been fa...Second-place Combat Award, aye.<br />It has now been far too long (Jesus, going on forty-five years!!!)since I was a Recruit at Parris Island but I'm pretty sure I have the strength to pass that grenade course. It might take a couple times through to get the accuracy, though. As noted it's been a long while since I threw a grenade and I'm unable to practice, though I'd gladly take possession of a couple of cases of frags.<br />I DO still shoot regularly<br />Boat GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com