Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

[TerryTeacosy]

It's ANZAC Day here in Oz & NZ.

I haven't attended a dawn service in a long time - 'just can't face it. Not from a lack of balls, just.....something.......I can't explain.

You know what I'm talking about........

Edit: There was footage of an old bloke on the news this evening on the phone to his Mrs. He said "I'm fine & 'caught-up with a few of the old boys. We're off to the pub & gonna get hammered. Expect me when you see me".

That's a WW2 Vet.

 

[BarnBuster]

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"At dawn on 25 April 1915, the first of approximately 70,000 soldiers from the Allies landed at Gallipoli. The objective was to drive through to Istanbul, take Turkey out of the war and to provide supplies to Russia in its fight against Germany. Out of these 70,000 soldiers, more than 20,000 were Australian and New Zealand soldiers. What had been planned as a bold stroke became a stalemate after the invading troops failed to reach their objective on the first day. For the next eight months they clung to the land they had captured, before eventually withdrawing at the end of 1915.

After both sides had suffered heavy casualties, the Allied forces were evacuated. It is estimated that 8,700 Australian and 2,700 New Zealanders were killed. One year later, in 1916, the first anniversary of the landing was observed in Australia, New Zealand and England and by troops in Egypt. That year, 25 April was officially named ‘Anzac Day’ by the Acting Australian Prime Minister, George Pearce.

Today we speak of an ‘Anzac tradition’, meaning the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are still relevant to this day."

 

[TerryTeacosy]

Villers-Bretonneux: ’France and Australia together forever…’ | Sir John Monash Centre

One small village in France will forever remember the sacrifice of the young Australians who saved them from German occupation and potential...

sjmc.gov.au

 

[deerman12]

Hello Veteran friends, I am new here. Old guy, same love America attitude. US Army 1987-1991. Have a great day and take a puff.

 

[BarnBuster]

Navy failing to learn lessons from shipboard fires over the years: GAO - Breaking Defense

Since 2008, the Navy has suffered at least $4 billion in damages form shipboard fires.

breakingdefense.com

 

[doublejj]

 

[go go kid]

Navy failing to learn lessons from shipboard fires over the years: GAO - Breaking Defense

Since 2008, the Navy has suffered at least $4 billion in damages form shipboard fires.

breakingdefense.com

being that safty is parammount if onboard a ship or underwater in a sub, is this a case/cases of deliberate fires to get the ship/sub back to port and away from active duty? terrable thing to think i admit. but theres so many who join up for education and not active duty, and as i said, safty is paramount, ships and subs operate in water, so there for the best part, fireproof as it were.
or is it a case of ships being built so fast, that theres more chance of fire due to hasty work being done, trying to get as many water craft out to sea

 

[wascaptain]

my newist grand daughter.

alittle over 8 lbs and right at 20 inches.

hoping to make a 6 foot WM out of her.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

@raratt - Cool presentation with Maury Rosenberg.

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Three of my fellow attack aviation brothers died Thursday in a mid air collision in Alaska and a fourth is in the hospital. Two Apache helicopter aircraft collided on the way back from a training excercise. The link has more details. We lose more pilots in training than in combat which is tough to handle.

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Sorry for the loss of your brothers.
I need to talk to my Nephew - he flew helo's in the sand box several tours & may need some support as well.

 

[curious2garden]

my newist grand daughter.

alittle over 8 lbs and right at 20 inches.

hoping to make a 6 foot WM out of her.View attachment 5285958

You need that on a T-Shirt for her OCS graduation
Congratulations!

 

[doublejj]

Three of my fellow attack aviation brothers died Thursday in a mid air collision in Alaska and a fourth is in the hospital. Two Apache helicopter aircraft collided on the way back from a training excercise. The link has more details. We lose more pilots in training than in combat which is tough to handle.

MSN

www.msn.com

Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down

Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down

The move is the first such fleet-wide stand down since 2015.

www.armytimes.com

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down

Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down

The move is the first such fleet-wide stand down since 2015.

www.armytimes.com

They did that in 2001 after a couple birds crashed or had hard landings. We had 30 days to replace the transmissions of 20 Longbow Apaches. I slept in the hangar for 20 days and we got 4 hours of crew rest per day. It's going to be rough on everyone as flight ready status is all the brass cares about. I had to recover an aircraft in a foreign country to our south that had a hard landing during operations and it's a mess.

 

[TerryTeacosy]

Three of my fellow attack aviation brothers died Thursday in a mid air collision in Alaska and a fourth is in the hospital. Two Apache helicopter aircraft collided on the way back from a training excercise. The link has more details. We lose more pilots in training than in combat which is tough to handle.

MSN

www.msn.com

I feel for you, mate. Losing comrades to combat is going to be somewhat expected inevitably. Losing them in a peace-time training accident is really fucking hard to deal with.
I raise a glass to lost mates every 12th of June.

25 years on Townsville’s Black Hawk disaster continues to haunt the nation

On the evening of 12 June 1996, two Black Hawk helicopters collided mid-air and crashed during a counter-terrorism training...

www.australianveterannews.com

 

[BarnBuster]

He Bombed the Nazis. 75 Years Later, the Nightmares Began. (Published 2023)

Like most of his generation, John Wenzel returned from World War II with no interest in sharing memories. Just shy of his 100th birthday, he found he could no longer ignore the past.

www.nytimes.com

 

[BarnBuster]

Spread out over more than half a mile, 18 KC-135 Stratotankers lined up on the runway at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., on April 26—the sixth Air Force elephant nationwide in the past six weeks. The event was part of MacDill’s Operation Violent Storm, an exercise designed to force units to work together to rapidly mobilize the fleet. More than 700 Airmen contributed to ready the KC-135s in less than six hours.


Forty-nine F-16 Vipers and MQ-9 Reapers assigned to the 49th Wing line up on the runway during an elephant walk at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 21, 2023. Hollomans use of the Reaper marks the first time an MQ-9 participated in a display of airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Antonio Salfran​

 

[BarnBuster]

Link(s) to past issues

National Defense Digital September 2024

digital.nationaldefensemagazine.org

All Issues

The U.S. Naval Institute provides an independent forum for those who seek to advance and strengthen the naval profession.

www.usni.org

Magazine Issues Archive | Air & Space Forces Magazine

www.airandspaceforces.com

Leatherneck Issues - MCA

Leatherneck Issues Archive - MCA

mca-marines.org

Studies in Intelligence - CSI

www.cia.gov

Military Strategy Magazine - Allissues

Volume 8, Issue 3 - Military Strategy Magazine

www.militarystrategymagazine.com

Complete Collection of Army History Magazine - U.S Army Center of Military History

history.army.mil

Featured - Military Watch Magazine

The latest Featured Articles from Military Watch Magazine.

militarywatchmagazine.com

Proceedings - Archives - 2010s

www.dco.uscg.mil

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary - Public Affairs

Public and Members Website for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's Public Affairs

wow.uscgaux.info

USCG Reserve

2022

www.reserve.uscg.mil

Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Safety Magazine(s) (Approach, Mech and Ground Warrior)

navalsafetycommand Publisher Publications - Issuu

The Naval Safety Command is U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps' safety advocate. The mission is to preserve warfighting capability and combat lethality by identifying hazards and reducing risk to people and resources.

issuu.com

USCG

LONG BLUE LINE

Quarterly United States Coast Guard magazine covering Coast Guard related current events and history from the all branches of the service.

www.longblueline.org

Navy Retirees

Shift Colors Archives

 

[doublejj]

There's a mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

California Governor James Rolph Jr., Former US President Herbert Hoover, and San Francisco Mayor Angelo Joseph Rossi stand in front of the Admiral's residence on Yerba Buena Island during the San Francisco Bay Bridge ground breaking on July 9, 1933.

After World War II, Quarters 1’s most famous occupant moved in: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz was appointed to take command of the Pacific fleet days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. His exploits in the Pacific Theater made him a household name around the world

There's a mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

The eastern span of the Bay Bridge goes right over Nimitz House, one of the most storied residences in San Francisco history.

www.sfgate.com

 

[raratt]

3 level tool kit.