Vet 0369
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4 hours ago, OBJ said:
Would that be standing looking down drain or up?
I personally wouldn’t be caught dead looking “up” at a toilet (loo to some). I’ve ever been that thirsty!
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3 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
S’ok. I think he left. Like a good missionary he did his gods work and put the time in. And then bailed once Steve took out his banning stick. I am sure he will be back.
I really hope not. I get too stressed with that type of garbage. Definition of stress: “The overwhelming desire to choke the living **** out of some ignorant S.O.B. who really deserves it!”
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On 12/15/2023 at 10:31 AM, FlemFire said:
Average age of Ukrainian soldier is over 40, posted in this topic.
The Russians have a 7:1 drone advantage, posted in this topic.
The Russians have a 20:1 artillery advantage (by tube), posted in this topic.
How is this trolling, exactly? I'm dealing with the same information as everyone else.
How does this have any relevance to anything? Ukraine is in a war for its very existence, and it’s only natural that they recruit and conscript anywho they feel can make a contribution. Case-in point, when I was in Norway on a NATO joint operation, I learned that EVERY Norwegian citizen, from the time they graduated secondary school, was REQUIRED to serve 15 months in the Army, or 24 months in the Air Force/Navy as long as they were physically and mentally qualified. They then served in the Active Reserve until age 45, and then in the Inactive Reserve until age 65! That was in case they were invaded again (this time by the Soviet Union). Your comments about “50-year olds” in Ukraine are nothing more than “Red Herrings.”
You have ONE chance to address this intelligently, before I put you on ignore.
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2 hours ago, sburke said:
Luke.... “You don’t know the power of the dark side.”
THEY HAVE COOKIES!
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16 hours ago, JonS said:
I give you that one, but NOT mist-eating-mist
Welllll, it could be disputed on the argument (here in coastal New England) that “fog” is basically a ground level cloud of 100% saturated air (humidity level and air temperature being equal), and “mist” is a very fine precipitation from a cloud that is falling toward the surface. Two completely different weather conditions!
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4 hours ago, Zeleban said:
As it turned out, this attack also hit the Russian soldiers on the front line. They also used the mobile operator Kyivstar, since Russian operators do not operate in Ukraine.
And this highlights an issue that ii’ve been trying to understand since basically since the First Iraq war.
Why the hell are the Militaries all over the world allowing their members to carry their mobile communications in the field? I seem to remember a term “Signals Intelligence” that could gather a lot of information about units, dispersion, possible intentions, ad nauseam. If I remember correctly, Marines In the field in Vietnam were restricted to carrying only dog tags, Geneva Convention card, and possibly Military ID card (unsure about ID card). You couldn’t carry any money, notebooks, letters, or anything else that could be used for intelligence purposes.
For those of you who are still active or Reserve Military, any country, what are your current restrictions in the field on cell phones and such? To be honest, the answers could really terrify me.
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19 hours ago, Harmon Rabb said:
Thank goodness no one was hurt.
Sad thing is forget the right procedure for clearing a weapon. Some people don't even know that ejecting a magazine is not enough to clear a semi-automatic pistol. I have heard stories of some people killing themselves because of this mistake.
I own a few firearms and I support civilian ownership of firearms, but this all reminds me of how important firearms education is.
Sometimes it isn’t a simple matter of “forgetting.” I must ashamedly admit that even I, a former USMC Rifle Platoon Sgt. and Weapons Section Leader screwed up royally a few years ago when I was on the range at my local Fish and Game Club. I was target shooting with my Ruger Mini-14. I fired a shot and my bolt locked, so I assumed my magazine was empty. At the same time, the “ceasefire”alarm sounded, and we went down-range to inspect our targets. When I got back to my shooting bench, the Range Officer was standing next to my ench and said “Is that your rifle?” I looked down and realized that I had not only left the magazine in the rifle, there were rounds to the magazine because I had a malfunction that locked the bolt back. He said “Never do that again!” I was absolutely mortified! I have been clearing weapons for almost 60 years, and that f..k-up I have ever done in all that time. You can be VERY SURE that it will never happen again.
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On 12/6/2023 at 4:48 PM, Jarran said:
Hi, I have been lurking this thread since the start of the war and would just like to contribute with an exellent video from the Ward Carrol channel on youtube. This video talks about some stuff that has been in the talks lately, especially the air war and F-16. Would also recommend his older videos with Justin Bronk.
Video Name: Justin Bronk on the Fate of the West if Russia Wins in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmMclP8dlI0&t=1081s
// Jarran
Welcome to the thread! As you’ve probably deduced, we’re a cranky, contentious group (myself exempted as I’m a perfect voice of reason, most times) but don’t let that scare you off from commenting! Again, welcome aboard.
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On 12/6/2023 at 3:40 PM, dan/california said:
I just wrote and called both Senators and my Congressman about getting Ukraine funding done. Every single reader of this board who is a U.S. Citizen should do the same.
LOL, while I understand and sympathize with you, I live in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Massachusetts, so ALL of our Federal Representatives and Senators, and most of our State Representatives and State Senators are Democrats, and I refuse to associate with any of them since Ted Kennedy left the Senate. He at least would reach across the aisle and negotiate with the Republicans “for the good of the country” as would the Republicans of that era. Today, EVERYONE’s philosophy is “my way or the highway.” In both parties!
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On 12/6/2023 at 10:30 AM, Haiduk said:
Likely successfull assasination by GUR/SBU
Deputy of LPR "parliament" Oleg Popov, tied with LPR intelligence was blew up in own car in Luhansk and later died in hospital. Though, some Russian milblogger claim this can be inner showdowns, because Popov belonged to group of Igor Kornet, former "minister of internal affairs" of LPR, who had a prob;lems woth Russian Investigatin Committee and was blown up and heavy wounded in May 2023 in Luhansk.
Also by unconfirmed information of several Russian TGs, former Ukrainian deputy Ilya Kiva, who fled to Russia, known with own crazy Zhyrinovskity-style statements, was found murdered today in Moscow oblst on territory of hotel. According one info he was shot dead, by other killed likely with stiletto blow to the temple
Ok, at the risk of sounding really ignorant after 3071 pages of this thread, is the GUR/SBU Russian or Ukraine?
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13 hours ago, Ultradave said:
Used to subscribe, but won't even read it anymore after their Editorial Board article opining that step one to reducing the deficit is cutting back on veteran's benefits. Nope.
The gist of their opinion being that veterans are getting partial disability but still able to work. Well, duh. It's not JUST about work. It's about life. What if the partial disability was that they lost a hand or lower arm and can no longer play piano, or they lost almost all of their hearing, or they were a marathon runner and lost a lower leg, or two.... I could go on, but it's about compensation for life altering injuries caused by being sent into combat. Sure, in *all* of those examples, the veteran can work, at some job, even good jobs, maybe even the job they were in before the service. But life overall has become different now, with great loss to the important things in life. It's not *just about work. As a former chief engineer who was our group leader told me once (and one of the smartest guys I ever knew), "You work to live, not live to work."
Sorry for the off-topic but this is a huge sore spot with me. The WaPo got slaughtered in the comments for that editorial but they did not retract it or comment in any way. Someone pointed out that no one who wrote that garbage ever served. Not surprised.
We return you now to your regular warfare news.
To make an on-topic post, for myself, being essentially a Cold Warrior (although things in the 82d could occasionally get "interesting"), I would have *loved* to have the technology that is available for today's artillery. Watching all the videos of using drones to call and adjust artillery fire. These are real game changers in supporting fire. Imagine the savings in ammunition there has been because of the ability to see the enemy so much better, or to see him AT ALL, even when out of sight of any forward observer. And even at that, both sides burn through artillery ammo at a staggering rate. Coolest thing we had were the very first laser target designators and we thought that was Star Wars level stuff at the time.
Dave
PS - I subscribe to the NYT and the Times of London, so if anyone wants an article gifted from those, let me know
Unfortunately, this concept isn’t new. My Father was severely injured while in the U.S.M.C. during WWII. His left leg was crushed from the hip to the ankle when a vehicle he was driving rolled over to the left, which threw his leg out and under it. My Grandparents received the telegram “We regret to inform you ….” He spent two years in the hospital, where they get him addicted to Morphine, which he had to kick. The U.S.M.C. discharged him on a medical discharge as a “Ruptured Duck” because his left leg was put back together with rods, pins, plates, and screws, and was 1 and 1/2 inches shorter than his right leg. He continued to work for the rest of his life as a fisherman, lobsterman, automotive body repair, and a Master Plumber. When he tried to get the U.S.M.C. to up his pension from 60 or 70% disabled to 100% disabled, they refused stating that they would up it when he couldn’t work anymore.
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2 hours ago, The_Capt said:
For Asia, maybe. So “meh China”, except of course when we want to discuss security? So which is it? China is just another upstart power with no real attributes. Or China rise is a clear and present threat to western way of life and we need to invest trillions in defence in order to thwart them. You can see how the narrative appears muddled. Also, we didn’t take Japan seriously and it took an A-bomb to bring them down…so maybe we should be a little more respectful this time?
Ain’t gonna happen. In my opinion, most westerners still view both China and Japan as “little yellow people who just copy every thing and can’t design or manufacture anything of any importance. I believe that I, and other westerners who know that that is only prejudice and completely untrue are in the vast minority.
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5 hours ago, Yet said:
Read your article: "70 additional soldiers"
which means there was already crew that could use it properly.
Um, no, it says “now the Ukrainian Military ….” If they meant it to be referring to just those particular soldiers, it would say something like “now they …” or “now those Ukrainian Military ….” The way the original was worded implied that the Ukrainian Military had not been able to operate those systems before the soldiers were trained. How many soldiers are needed to man the systems that Ukraine now has?
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1 hour ago, kimbosbread said:
Yeah I made so much fun of my Chinese acquaintances over this. They agreed and were pretty butthurt about it.
My one coworker (one of the smartest guys I’ve ever met) went to Vietnam with his Korean wife, and the wife made him pretend to be Korean the whole time. He was like “Wow I had no idea the Vietnamese hate us this much”.
This doesn’t surprise me at all. During the Vietnam Conflict, the “Tail-gunner Joe” idiots convinced the U.S. political and military leaders that North Vietnam would ask the Chinese to help them. Unfortunately, the closed minded fools never bothered to consider the history of the region. The Vietnamese had relatively recently (about 100 years earlier) evicted China from Indochina after about 1,000 years of Chinese domination. Within just a few years after the U.S. withdrew its forces, China began hostilities on Vietnam’s northern border.
Really powerful and influential positions and military who failed to learn the history of the region.
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On 12/2/2023 at 12:26 PM, Harmon Rabb said:
“The Ukrainian military will now be able to use this complex on its own”
Very interesting statement since we’ve already seen reports of Patriots being used in Ukraine a few times now, so the question is WHO HAS BEEN USING IT?
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On 11/29/2023 at 5:44 PM, NamEndedAllen said:
Point of personal privilege
and friendly amendment. In the event of a Trump second term, the federal criminal and state civil and criminal prosecutions will indeed be a sordid mess. No matter the outcomes. However…
Because of the nature of the judicial system and the ability to appeal, any criminal conviction is unlikely to occur until well AFTER the election and inauguration , even in the unlikely event the federal cases were to go forward. But a Trump Justice Dept. 2.0 is quite likely to immediately drop all of its own Trump federal prosecutions on Inauguration Day 1/20/2024. The prosecutor for the Georgia state charges has recently suggested that her trial may well drag on into 2025. And the hopes of some that State prosecutions are out of federal jurisdiction are effectively vapor. The Justice Department's current policy disallows criminal prosecution of a sitting President due to the disruptions of the Commander In Chief to carry out his duties….national security etc. And rest assured the right wing Supreme Court will backstop such decisions. Nor will a Republican Senate and House impeach Trump.
https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/sitting-president’s-amenability-indictment-and-criminal-prosecution
Maybe Nikki Haley will surpass Trump? More likely Trump would select her as VP. Because of the Republican primary schedule and its “Super Tuesday”, Trump will have the nomination locked up before the first trial might even start. Never dismiss outright a bizarre turn of events. But those who hope trials in and of themselves will derail a Trump election will likely be disappointed.I’m getting really tired of folks parroting what they are told by the media and political groups. First of all, Trump is not under incitement by the Federal Government. He is however under indictment by a State Government for violating Georgia election laws, so, based on Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, “and he shall have power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” Too bad the charges he faces are violations of State laws. Article IV, Section 1 states “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the Public Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings of every other State.”
So yes, it would end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. However, I must disagree with your characterization that the Court is Political. This Court rules on what the text of the Constitution actually says, verses what previous Courts wanted it to say.
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On 11/29/2023 at 5:10 PM, Letter from Prague said:
I meant Trump and similar voices in EU, not you.
And Donald and similar probably are the best advertisement for "spend money on defense and don't rely on US", just not necessarily the way they think they are.
Anyway, it's a bit offtopic.
How about we look at it on a contractual basis. Each member of NATO agreed to use a specific percentage of their budget (I don’t remember if it was GDP, Defense, or something else), and a number of NATO members reneged on that contractural agreement for decades. Now be it known that I wouldn’t vote for Trump if he was running for Dogcatcher against Putin or Xi, but I supported his effort against supposed allies which failed to carry their fair share of the load, whether they purchased their arms from the U.S. USSR/Russia, India, China, or South Africa, and whether they maintained their fighting forces from their own populations, or with Mercenaries from Sudan. The bottom line is that those NATO members who did not follow through with the obligations to which they had committed, violated the Accord and broke their contract. They deserved to be threatened by Trump.
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On 11/29/2023 at 2:23 PM, The_Capt said:
Ya, I gotta agree. His track record would make him one helluva deep plant if we is working Russian side.
No, I think we got a guy who is just wrung out and really tired of being tired, and scared all the time. I mean from his viewpoint maybe it is all doom and gloom. We do need to keep trying to use and source facts though. This cannot simply become an opinion pulpit. In fact if he has corroboration I would very much like to see it. We do need to accept that if Russia has a breaking point then Ukraine has one too. I am not seeing it but he definitely is - I am just not sure how he got there.
I have to agree 100% with this. There is a condition that is commonly known as “War Weary” if you haven’t walked a mile in his shoes. You have absolutely no right to judge!
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On 11/29/2023 at 2:13 PM, Battlefront.com said:
The US, in particular, has built up a capacity to fight and win wars from the air and sea without having to commit ground troops. How effective this is depends on the specific circumstances, of course. The biggest factor is how sophisticated the opponent's economy and military are. Bombing Serbia worked, bombing Afghanistan never would.
Russia and China are complex economies and militaries. They are highly vulnerable to air and naval interdiction. There would be no need to commit ground forces except in defense. And on defense, my money is that the US military would clean the clock of anybody trying to gain ground from it. The war in Ukraine makes that very clear to me.
In short, Russia and China present exactly the type of war that the US is most ready to fight and best suited to win. It better be after all those trillions of Dollars in defense spending
Steve
Um, excuse me Steve, but exactly which wars has the U.S. won in the last 100 years without committing ground troops? Perhaps I’m being particularly ignorant today, but I honestly don’t remember any, and I’ve been present for almost three-fourths of that time period.
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17 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
As a citizen of Canada who has been in the military for over 35 years and has worked all levels of tactical, operational, strategic and political. I can definitely say that any defence of LLF is not supported by my nation.
LOL, YOU TWO SHOULD JUST GET A ROOM!
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On 11/26/2023 at 4:34 PM, Haiduk said:
So, natural right of nation to defend own culture and don't turn into "multicultural Babylon" to be gradually "swallowed" by newcomers is a sign of nazism? As for me this is a sign of nation health.
You have wrong opinion about Ukrainians, I should say. We never will greeting hordes of non-european culture migrants here. Some Muslim communities live here historically, but they are minor, and they are more "secular Muslims", so they don't make problems for us
With so many comments and reply’s regarding the illegal immigration issues, as far as I’m concerned, I think the angst her is directed primarily to “illegal immigrants”, not the legal ones.
That said, perhaps you all need to put a cork in it and stop distracting the rest of us from the main purpose of this forum, which is to discuss the illegal war of Russia in Ukraine.
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On 11/26/2023 at 3:04 PM, Letter from Prague said:
What are you working out, if you have no flesh?
His mind. He is doing mental exercises!
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On 11/26/2023 at 2:13 PM, Haiduk said:
Again about sanctions and bypassing...
But, but, but, …. If Germany clamps down on these sales, some other manufacturer, in some other country, will make all that money! We can’t allow that to happen.
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On 11/26/2023 at 7:55 AM, The_Capt said:
Wow we moved onto US Bashing Day fast.
As a Citizen of the U.S., and one who has worked in the Military/Industrial field and the Private (non Military/Industrial fields, including more than 20-years in Government Service (USMC, USMCR, and FAA), I must agree with LLF’s assessment of the Executive and Legislative Branches of the U.S. Government. I don’t view his statements as “U.S. bashing.”
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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So, again you are advocating taking one-third of the entire USMC Infantry force and basically placing them in “garrison”? What would that do to the U.S. ability to respond to “other world hotspots? Think about it, who are referred to as “The President’s Own” due to the fact that the President can deploy a USMC rapid deployment force at a moment’s notice? While it is an honor that you consider the USMC to be such an amazing force, we do have human frailties. The USMC this three active Infantry divisions ( MARDIV) and three active air wings (MAW) that support each MARDIV. In addition we have one active reserve MARDIV and one MAW. Marine infantry basically trust only Marine or Navy Air for Close Air Support, so they will have one of them everywhere they are deployed. The concept of deploying a MARDIV and MAW on Taiwan as a deterrent is totally unnecessary and a waste of a deterrent force. Marines are basically able to deploy to any location in the World within 72 hours. Case in point, when I was a Reservist in the 4th MARDIV in 1980, just after the abortive hostage rescue mission in Iran, I received a phone call at home (just north of Boston) on Wednesday evening ordering me to report for duty in Chicopee, Ma (about 120 miles from home) by 1500 on the next Friday. I reported in and by 1900, we were on Air Force C-141s and on route to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. When we landed a few hours later, we landed with the rest of the ENTIRE Regiment, in clouding Armor, Artillery, and Transport. And that was an Active Reserve Regiment.Think about what an active MARDIV can do today.
Please stop that type of silly “wish” talk.