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Aparently, back in Dubya-Dubya-Two they trainned the gun crews of bombers by handing them a shotgun, putting them in the back of a pickup, and hightailing it down a dirt road. Off to one side, guys hiding behind piles of dirt would launch clays.
I don't care who you are, that sounds like a fun weekend! "I embarked from the CONUS for a DHS USCG MOS with DNIF. I became an Admin Warefare Specialist, YN3 FYI. At the HAWC in HA, I was just another haole. I processed P&R for TRICARE, with an awful lot of PGI. SOP was to send the DRUNKS to a SAC, PDQ." God, I love acronyms! |
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Feb 14 2007, 02:07 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Even in milspeak you're FUBAR. Reminds me of the first lieutenant that thought CYA stood for Catholic Youth Association.
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Feb 14 2007, 02:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 15-January 07 Member No.: 10,652 |
To be fair, it has been a long while. I'm learning Lawyerese now, which has the whole "subject-noun-verb" section of my brain completely rewired.
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Feb 14 2007, 03:19 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Hooah.
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Feb 14 2007, 05:04 PM
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Believe it. Though we never actually did it that way, our qual was about roughly the same in principle. The only thing more surreal than watching it was, of course, actually doing it. |
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Feb 14 2007, 10:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 15-January 07 Member No.: 10,652 |
I get the feeling, that for some reason, the Navy doesn't need to worry about pistols much.
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Feb 15 2007, 01:01 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 24-January 07 Member No.: 10,756 |
They also have these
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Feb 15 2007, 01:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 941 Joined: 25-January 07 Member No.: 10,765 |
I can tell by scrolling over the link that you are talking about battleships. Might I remind you of the fact that it has since been proven that battleships are dead when confronted by crop dusters and rowboats armed with antiship missles?
One of your own proved that... |
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Feb 15 2007, 11:00 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 8,081 |
It has been proven shortly after WW I, and it only took a few decades until everyone got the message. Like it has been proven that aircraft carriers are too vulnerable, but I think it will also need a few decades...
Todays anti ship missiles couldn't sink a battleship. This Statement is true and at the same time utterly useless :D. If there were battleships around, there would also be missiles around that could harm them. It's similar to the russian submarines known as alfa class, when they were built they could outrun every torpedo in the western arsenal. Of course, it didn't took that long to build faster torpedos. |
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Feb 15 2007, 01:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 15-January 07 Member No.: 10,652 |
Yes, battleships have their weaknesses... what doesn't?
Nonetheless, big honkin' guns going Boom! are always fun. |
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Feb 15 2007, 03:39 PM
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...great pic. Love the shockwave on the water beneath the guns. Had the "Mo" put in an appearance here in Portland back in the early 90s for Rose Festival "Fleet Week". Definitely most impressive to see one of these battlewagons up close & personal. |
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Feb 15 2007, 10:52 PM
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Yeah, they've got the WWII-era Alambama down near my (late) grandparents place on the gulf coast. Much of the place is closed off to tourists, but you can still crawl around a pretty fair portion of her. Good times.
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