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Nice. At this point the best I could do is offer a pig, a cord of wood and a draft choice to be named later. :rolleyes:

Used to watch these birds at Graf spot for fast movers dropping 500 pounders. They'd use rockets to mark the targets.

The Marines had OV-10 Broncos self deploy from the US West Coast across the Pacific, Hawaii, Philippines, etc. to Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield. If you have the stops planned and the logistics many types of aircraft can self deploy. So I don't understand the big deal of the V-280 being able...

As a civilian I accompanied patrols doing the weapons and ammo storage site inspections. As an amateur historian they were appreciative of my knowledge of IDing WWII US 76mm and 90mm ammo for their M18 Hellcats and M36 Jackson tank destroyers. You might have seen them, too.

It's funny you mention kind of a sandwich effect. I was born and raised in WA and the Californians coming north in the 60s and 70s debating weather to stop in OR or WA were basically told in OR to keep moving north. The first thing to get wrecked in WA was the housing market. After making a...

Good ole' Rolling Stone bemoaning a condition they helped glorify for decades. I wish it would shut its pie hole. Thank goodness I visited and went to school in these West Coast poop holes before they imploded. My solution would never be adopted which is return to city states. Other than...

I haven't flown since Dec 2017. Ironically, the best airlines IMO are from places where they don't promote our typical freedoms and cultural norms, such as Qatari, Emirates, Saudia, Etihad, etc. An honorable mention goes to British Airways because at the time, they were still flying 747s which...

Yeah, similar to the armorer on the set of Rust.

Yup. Post Gulf War I was assigned with a man who was the ops officer of one of the 105mm M1 battalions. He told me after the cease fire they towed three relatively intact T-72s at 1000m, 2000m and 3000m from the M1 and all presenting the front slope. At 1000m the 105 had an in-out; through...

And that same Islamic ..er..whatever is host to a B-1B base. And yes the future AF 1 goes to the AF, not Trump personally. It goes to Kelly in San Antonio for refit and upgrades.

And the reason we got the M1A2 in sufficient numbers a few years after the Gulf War is because the Saudis and Kuwaitis bought them. Originally, the US was going to make only 62 to validate the production line and to equip the training base. Similar situation as with the F-15. During the Gulf...

Not just a Our helo pilots had them also, and if we worked a deal, ground guys would have them. I inherited my FIL and it was almost in brand new condition.

As the author mentions, timing is critical. The offensive began on 16 December, and now Pz Bde 150 makes its attack five days later when everyone is alert for German attacks. They should have gone in first.

"Machine guns are atypical weapons not protected by the Second Amendment because a reasonable person would not expect them to be used in militia service,..." I find this statement nonsensical. Why would it be unreasonable? I remember a quote from my favorite political satirist from long ago...

I agree, not a direct reference. Case previously represented the US Gov't in the southern district in US vs. The City of Jackson, MS over unsafe drinking water on behalf of the EPA. No one jumps on this 2A case unless it's perceived that the district US attorney or higher up (Bondi) will look...

Let's examine this further in the original Wa Times article: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/25/trump-administration-says-machine-guns-arent-protected-second/ First, according to the article from two weeks ago, gun groups did react as we would expect. I.e, the Trump admin took...

Side note: Nauru, now the Republic of Nauru had rich deposits of phosphate and mining started in the 1800s. The Brits basically whittled down an entire mountain in the center of the island and this prevented rain clouds piling up the slopes and cooling enough to rain. Hence the water supply...

"...and more to gun culture than democracy-destroying right-wing politics." Umm, OK, thanks for your premise. Next..

I was a MADM asst. OIC if it would ever be deployed in our AO in the day. These were for large autobahn bridges or collapsing choke points along the enemy's advance. Unfortunately, the idea of the SF SADM later ballooned to the infamous suitcase nuke threat post-911 and led to a lot of hand...

I had a love-hate relationship with the vehicle. I served on it for two years before I transferred to regimental HQ. It was great to go where the heavies couldn't and it was fast as heck. I mentioned before that on the automotive side of the house it was pretty reliable if the driver knew...