Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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6ohMax said:
Yeah, I want to get me an AR15..basically an M4
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Build one. Check out palmetto state armory. If you buy a striped lower and then look on PSA website and look for specials you can get good deals. I got less than 400$ in mine. That's hammer forged barrel chrome lined chamber and full auto bolt carrier group. Same thing as top of the line colt.
There are only a few companies that make ar parts. It all the same. Hell even colt buys barrels from Mossberg when they are low. Just don't fall for the hype and you can build one on the cheap.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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ttystikk said:
AND MARINES, damn straight;

Did you guys hear about the two Marines who caught a would be terrorist on a French bullet train today?

No bullshit, they heard the motherfucker loading his weapons in the bathroom and confronted him when he came out- armed to the teeth!

One of them got knifed and the other got SHOT- and they STILL 'subdued' the shitstain until the train stopped and the police showed up.

HOOOO-RAAA! Lives saved, bad guy in jail. That's what I call making a good impression!
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As more details have emerged, the jobs of the two American servicemen have changed; one is a National Guardsman and the other is in the USAF, rank unspecified.

Apologies for the error, reporters don't always get the details right the first time around.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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ttystikk said:
As more details have emerged, the jobs of the two American servicemen have changed; one is a National Guardsman and the other is in the USAF, rank unspecified.

Apologies for the error, reporters don't always get the details right the first time around.
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I too liked visualizing the take down in the fashion it was first reported, but I figured I'd wait a couple of days for the media story/translation to get straightened out.
 
ttystikk

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I too liked visualizing the take down in the fashion it was first reported, but I figured I'd wait a couple of days for the media story/translation to get straightened out.
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They might not be Marines, but they stopped the attacker and subdued him, even after being seriously wounded.

They have already been praised by the President of France, he met with them this morning, I believe the report said.

I'm betting they get a few more pieces of shiny stuff for their uniforms when they get home, too, above and beyond the Purple Heart. And a promotion. And a free 'name your next posting' card.

That's what they gave my brother for helping get all American personnel out of the embassy in Sana'a without a scratch a few months back. These two deserve nothing less.
 
doublejj

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The French :roll:
Here's a quote from a train passenger ... "We heard other passengers shouting in English, 'He's firing, he's firing. He has a Kalashnikov.'" He said he saw train personnel running down the corridor to take refuge in their work car, and claimed they locked the door and refused to answer desperate knocks."
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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doublejj said:
The French :roll:
Here's a quote from a train passenger ... "We heard other passengers shouting in English, 'He's firing, he's firing. He has a Kalashnikov.'" He said he saw train personnel running down the corridor to take refuge in their work car, and claimed they locked the door and refused to answer desperate knocks."
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There is a certain brutal logic to this; they're securing the train itself so the gunman can't take it over... even if it means mass casualties. Train operators aren't trained to stop terrorists.
 
MediaBud

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I get in this situation it was an airman, soldier and civilian, but it emphasizes why we should be glad the Marines moved toward teaching a mastery of martial arts about 15 years ago, so they can use their training in public defense, too. Most of the fighting I learned in the Marines was of the kill-or-be-killed variety... like showing a man his nuts before sweeping him for a heal to his nose... they said if we got caught trying to use this fighting in public, we'd face severe criminal charges :shock:
 
HolyGhost23

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im not sure what the us is like i never played around with the Yankees much. mostly Germans, British and sometimes Russians..but then Again. I was in a league that's a little above the average soldiers pay grade..my unit is the equal to delta force i suppose?.. we get taught krav maga in most cases with Israeli forces
 
doublejj

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HolyGhost23 said:
im not sure what the us is like i never played around with the Yankees much. mostly Germans, British and sometimes Russians..but then Again. I was in a league that's a little above the average soldiers pay grade..my unit is the equal to delta force i suppose?.. we get taught krav maga in most cases with Israeli forces
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Yeah & I survived a year in the jungles of Vietnam & lived to be an old guy...
 
MediaBud

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doublejj said:
Yeah & I survived a year in the jungles of Vietnam & lived to be an old guy...
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I spent s couple of months in that jungle, digging up KIAs. It was insanely hot and humid, but we worked everyday knowing the monsoon was coming and would ruin our excavation progress. Our rule with snakes: black worms aren't worms, and run when the locals run. Also... don't make fun of the guy getting bit by ants; 'cause without others looking out for you, you're next. We always looked forward to a cold case bah-bah-bah (333) at end of the day. I cannot imagine fighting in that place. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to find a couple of our warriors, and get them home and properly buried...
 
doublejj

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MediaBud said:
I spent s couple of months in that jungle, digging up KIAs. It was insanely hot and humid, but we worked everyday knowing the monsoon was coming and would ruin our excavation progress. Our rule with snakes: black worms aren't worms, and run when the locals run. Also... don't make fun of the guy getting bit by ants; 'cause without others looking out for you, you're next. We always looked forward to a cold case bah-bah-bah (333) at end of the day. I cannot imagine fighting in that place. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to find a couple of our warriors, and get them home and properly buried...
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Thank you my friend, I would give you a big hug & buy you a cold one if I could. You are doing a great service...respect
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P.S. I was with the 9th Division down on the Mekong Delta south of Saigon. We would spend 3 days out on search & destroy missions & never get out of ankle deep water. The leeches went straight for your crotch....:shock:
 
HolyGhost23

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my total career Ive been to Nepal,Brazil,Afghanistan, the Sudan,Russia,China and turkey. sometimes not combat related. one case we went to the amazon jungle to look for some stupid old artifact.. also while in Afghanistan troops were farting around dealing with the locals and their opium farms, I was in the kush mountains looking for ancient scripts..of course im not supposed to say shit.. but meh.. not like anyone is gonna believe me anyway..
 
MediaBud

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HolyGhost23 said:
my total career Ive been to Nepal,Brazil,Afghanistan, the Sudan,Russia,China and turkey. sometimes not combat related. one case we went to the amazon jungle to look for some stupid old artifact.. also while in Afghanistan troops were farting around dealing with the locals and their opium farms, I was in the kush mountains looking for ancient scripts..of course im not supposed to say shit.. but meh.. not like anyone is gonna believe me anyway..
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It's crazy how many minerals are in those mountains -- according to CENTCOM, roughly $1 trillion -- and the half billion of our tax dollars that tried to get the market started, only to watch it flop amid the usual political corruption and skill deficits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/opinion/afghan-minerals-another-failure.html
 
MediaBud

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doublejj said:
P.S. I was with the 9th Division down on the Mekong Delta south of Saigon. We would spend 3 days out on search & destroy missions & never get out of ankle deep water. The leeches went straight for your crotch....:shock:
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We dug up a base that was about an hour helo ride out of DaNang, toward Kham Duc. We drove up the Ho Chi Minh Trail everyday to a hilltop post that the locals hadn't touched in 30 years... they thought it haunted, or something... they had retrieved their dead right away. The trail was paved with huge boulders; the drive was nauseating. It was interesting to see all the water box houses -- and how we could get a loaf of bread to eat with our cold baked beans for basically a penny. Whenever our van got washed out, we had to get out and push it. The Air Force linguist always cowered in the back, but one of our teammates popped for Malaria after we got back to Hawaii... so maybe the airman was justified in being such a wuss :roll:
 
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