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** Some WWIII veterans feel this way about the fact that no attempt was made to hit Moscow with nukes, despite Washington DC and New York having been vaporized in the first hours of the war. While the fear of escalation is understood, many say that it would have been "only fair" to glass the Soviet capital as well.
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** National Security Advisor and retired General H.R. [=McMaster=] distinguished himself as a young lieutenant in charge of a scout platoon in the 1st Armored Division.
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* UnusualEuphemism: The "Gold List" of high-value enemy personnel who were to be turned over to "OGA" (read: Central Intelligence Agency); the Marines referred to this document as the [[FunWithAcronyms Special Human Intelligence Target]] List
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** A former OGA operator who assisted the re-formed Wolverines mentions that [[BigBad General Bratchenko]] had been on his "to-do list" before the Eckert brothers took him out.
** A former OGA operator who assisted the re-formed Wolverines mentions that [[BigBad General Bratchenko]] had been on his "to-do list" before the Eckert brothers took him out.
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** The other Wolverine survivor, Danny, is not mentioned by name, but indirectly referenced as having returned to Calumet with several Green Beret advisers to reform the Wolverines as part of Operation Long Arm.
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** ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' author Mark Bowden is embedded with the 7th Light Infantry when they relieve the Siege of Denver. His book ''Mile-High MOUT'' receives the same accolades as the real-life book, hailed as "a masterpiece of modern war."
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* BadassBiker: Most biker gangs end up becoming cavalry regiments. The Hell's Angels are especially famous as the "13th ACR".
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* BadassBiker: Most biker gangs end up becoming volunteering for the Army as light cavalry regiments. The Hell's Angels are especially famous as the "13th ACR".13th Irregular Light Armored Cavalry. They trade in their Harleys for [=LAV-25s=] and gun jeeps, though. They also are known to have [[PayEvilUntoEvil dispensed some biker justice]] to some high-profile ALA members caught trying to sneak back into the general populace at the war’s end, including a particularly vicious, sadistic, and notorious woman known as The Harpy.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: The US Air Force’s 999th Tactical Fighter Squadron (the "Triple Nines") flies Soviet-built aircraft helpfully supplied by the Israeli Mossad—don’t ask how they got their hands on them, especially the brand-new [=Mi-26=] Halo helicopter [[AceCustom with some highly-effective nonstandard ECM gear]]—for a variety of special missions.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The Soviet/Cuban/Nicaraguan invasion bogs down [[IncrediblyLamePun (get it?)]] in the Louisiana swamps, due to impassable terrain and blown bridges. The Cajun Guerillas keep it that way by attracting alligators to the bridge sites. The Soviet combat engineers are said to be too busy being a buffet table for the gators to repair any bridges.
* NobleDemon: A captured Red Air Force fighter pilot named Igor Kantarev formed a network of informers among his fellow [=POWs=] dedicated to exposing Soviet war criminals hiding in captivity to their American captors. Kantarev is described as a true-believing communist and Russian patriot who was determined to see justice done against anyone who "sullied the name of the Soviet armed forces, no matter where the orders came from."
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** From [[Film/RedDawn1984 the original film]], Colonel Ernesto Bella defected to the United States a few months after the events of the movie and testified at various war crimes trials. Likewise, Wolverine veteran Erica Mason serves as a Colorado state senator and is elected Governor in 2010.
** However the other Wolverine, Danny, is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse never mentioned]].
** However the other Wolverine, Danny, is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse never mentioned]].
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** From [[Film/RedDawn1984 the original film]], Colonel Ernesto Bella defected to the United States a few months after the events of the movie and testified at various war crimes trials. Likewise, Wolverine veteran Erica Mason writes a memoir titled ''Red Storm: A Young Guerilla’s View of the Third World War'', serves as a Colorado state senator senator, and is elected Governor in 2010.
**However the The other Wolverine, Wolverine survivor, Danny, is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse never mentioned]].not mentioned by name, but indirectly referenced as having returned to Calumet with several Green Beret advisers to reform the Wolverines as part of Operation Long Arm.
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* LesCollaborateurs: The ALA (American Liberation Army) is a military/security force raised in the occupied states. It's membership ranges from people who are forcibly conscripted, reluctantly join for free food, criminals looking for a reduced sentence and a lot of power, and of course, true-believers.
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* LesCollaborateurs: The ALA (American Liberation Army) is a military/security force raised in the occupied states. It's membership ranges from people who are forcibly conscripted, reluctantly join for free food, criminals looking for a reduced sentence and a lot of power, and of course, true-believers. While the conscripts are generally pitied, the rest are regarded as beneath contempt. One USAF veteran says that he still thinks it "would be worth ruining a perfectly-good million-dollar J-79 engine just to toss one of those scumbags down the intake."
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* KarmaHoudini: The Cuban general who commanded the infamous Rape of Casper (an atrocity by Cuban and Nicaraguan forces following a major defeat by the US Army in northern Wyoming, likened to the Rape of Nanking) only got “10 years and a plane ticket home” from a war crimes tribunal, thanks to a few technicalities.
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** Several posters note that while it was already old by the mid-80s, the F-4 Phantom still lives up to its reputation as "The Leading Distributor of [=MiG=] Parts."
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** An F-4 pilot recounts hitting a Russian/Cuban armored column retreating from Stillwater, Oklahoma. A reporter later dubs it the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death “Highway of Death”]] in a news story that is evidently sympathetic to the Cubans and Russians. The F-4 pilot says, “Oh yeah? Where the hell was that guy on Invasion Day?”
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*** All three surviving Martin AM Maulers are put back in the air for counterinsurgency missions.
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** Lots of "warbird" aircraft get a chance to see combat one last time. A flight of World War II-vintage TBF Avengers is used in anti-submarine patrols in the Gulf early in the war, while all three surviving Martin Maulers form a flight for counter-insurgency work.
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*** Old-school gunnery duels between warships are a thing, as the Soviet Navy starts the war with 14 operational ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlov-class_cruiser Sverdlov]]''-class cruisers. One of them, ''Admiral Lazarev'', sinks the Chilean light cruiser ARC ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSwMS_Tre_Kronor Almirante Latorre]]''[[note]] Formerly the Swedish HSMS ''Tre Kronor''[[/note]], but is sunk the next day by another Chilean light cruiser, ARC ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brooklyn_(CL-40) O’Higgins]]''[[note]] Formerly the American USS ''Brooklyn''[[/note]]. Another, ''Aleksandr Suvorov'' loses a fight with the reactivated battleship USS ''North Carolina''.
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* RuleOfCool: It's pointed out on occasion that some elements of the scenario (above and beyond the [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief inhererent oddness of the movie's plot]]) are unlikely when looked at with a realistic eye; for instance, the [[CoolBoat reactivated battleships]]. A combination of [[StatusQuoIsGod inertia from having been around in the story so long]] and plain old [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Because It's Cool]] keeps them around despite this.
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* RuleOfCool: It's pointed out on occasion that some elements of the scenario (above and beyond the [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief inhererent oddness of the movie's plot]]) are unlikely when looked at with a realistic eye; for instance, the [[CoolBoat reactivated battleships]].battleships]][[note]] This example is a bit controversial as battleships are able to survive (heavy armor, air purification) and fight (EMP-proof steam engines and analog fire control) in a nuclear environment, cruise missiles have very poor armor-penetration capability, and 16-inch shells, though shorter-ranged than missiles, are ''much'' harder to shoot down—and the ''Iowa''-class is fast enough to catch most Red Fleet surface combatants anyway, so range is less of an issue (which is why the real-life Soviets ''feared'' the fast battleships in the 1980s). Battleships are no longer the all-important centerpieces they once were, but are still very potent, dangerous, and hard-to-kill warships. The only real drawback of the old ''North Carolina'' and ''South Dakota''-class museum ships—other than cost (screw it, we’re at war!)—would be their lower speed[[/note]]. A combination of [[StatusQuoIsGod inertia from having been around in the story so long]] and plain old [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Because It's Cool]] keeps them around despite this.
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** A {{NSA}} hacker named [[Literature/{{Neuromancer}} Henry Dorsett Case]] is mentioned as being on a Soviet hit list.
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* EliteMooks: A KGB unit ends up holding off a Marine regiment for two days at an airport, the worst possible terrain for defense. Then again, they ''were'' guarding the [[MoscowCentre TVD Amerika]] [[UsefulNotes/FromRussiaWithNukes nuclear weapons stockpile]].[[note]] A veteran of the fight compares them to the Spartans. Their commander was named, fittingly enough, Leonidias.[[/note]]
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* EliteMooks: A KGB unit ends up holding off a Marine regiment for two days at an airport, the worst possible terrain for defense. Then again, they ''were'' guarding the [[MoscowCentre [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre TVD Amerika]] [[UsefulNotes/FromRussiaWithNukes nuclear weapons stockpile]].[[note]] A veteran of the fight compares them to the Spartans. Their commander was named, fittingly enough, Leonidias.[[/note]]
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** The captain of a Soviet "Sierra" class submarine is the son of [[Film/TheHuntForRedOctober Admiral Yuri Padorin]], while [[Literature/RedStormRising Chairman Kosov]] heads [[MoscowCentre the KGB]] late in the war.
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** The captain of a Soviet "Sierra" class submarine is the son of [[Film/TheHuntForRedOctober Admiral Yuri Padorin]], while [[Literature/RedStormRising Chairman Kosov]] heads [[MoscowCentre [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre the KGB]] late in the war.
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* EliteMooks: A KGB unit ends up holding off a Marine regiment for two days at an airport, the worst possible terrain for defense. Then again, they ''were'' guarding the [[MoscowCentre TVD Amerika]] [[MnogoNukes nuclear weapons stockpile]].[[note]] A veteran of the fight compares them to the Spartans. Their commander was named, fittingly enough, Leonidias.[[/note]]
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* EliteMooks: A KGB unit ends up holding off a Marine regiment for two days at an airport, the worst possible terrain for defense. Then again, they ''were'' guarding the [[MoscowCentre TVD Amerika]] [[MnogoNukes [[UsefulNotes/FromRussiaWithNukes nuclear weapons stockpile]].[[note]] A veteran of the fight compares them to the Spartans. Their commander was named, fittingly enough, Leonidias.[[/note]]
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** TruthInTelevision: In the 1980s, some teenage punks decided to go over to a mostly-WW2-era VFW post with the avowed purpose of "beating up the geezers." The punks ended up in the hospital with broken limbs, missing teeth, and one eye gouged out...by some guys who were collecting Social Security.
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** TruthInTelevision: In the 1980s, some teenage punks decided to go over to a mostly-WW2-era mostly-[=WW2=]-era VFW post with the avowed purpose of "beating up the geezers." The punks ended up in the hospital with broken limbs, missing teeth, and one eye gouged out...by some guys who were collecting Social Security.
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* AcePilot: Several tell their stories, including one who enlisted with the Canadians as a teenager lying about his age, got found out after scoring several kills, joined the Marines (where they didn't care how old you were as long as you could fly), shot down quite a few more Commies, then, after turning 18, joined the Kentucky Air National Guard to score still ''more'' kills flying with the Kentucky ANG...winding up with a confirmed score of 70.
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* AcePilot: Several tell their stories, including one who enlisted with the Canadians as a teenager lying about his age, got found out after scoring several kills, joined the Marines (where they didn't care how old you were as long as you could fly), shot down quite a few more Commies, then, after turning 18, joined the Kentucky Air National Guard to score still ''more'' kills flying with the Kentucky ANG... winding up with a confirmed score of 70.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When a Marine unit shoots the hell out of an ALA[[note]]American Liberation Army, i.e., US citizens who fight on the side of the Soviets; see ''Les Collaberateurs'', below[[/note]] unit that committed an atrocity, one of the members of that unit gets arrested on charges of treason, murder, arson, unlawful destruction of personal and real property, violation of civil rights under color of law...and ''violating the Clean Air Act of 1970.'' (Those Soviet combat vehicles do NOT meet federal emissions regulations, particularly after they brew up.)[[note]]This was after the platoon corpsman talked the Marine making the arrest out of shooting the guy out of hand. [[FateWorseThanDeath Shooting him might have been merciful compared to siccing the EPA attorneys on him]].[[/note]]
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When a Marine unit shoots the hell out of an ALA[[note]]American Liberation Army, i.e., US citizens who fight on the side of the Soviets; see ''Les Collaberateurs'', below[[/note]] unit that committed an atrocity, one of the members of that unit gets arrested on charges of treason, murder, arson, unlawful destruction of personal and real property, violation of civil rights under color of law... and ''violating the Clean Air Act of 1970.'' (Those Soviet combat vehicles do NOT meet federal emissions regulations, particularly after they brew up.)[[note]]This was after the platoon corpsman talked the Marine making the arrest out of shooting the guy out of hand. [[FateWorseThanDeath Shooting him might have been merciful compared to siccing the EPA attorneys on him]].[[/note]]
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* DeadlyGas: Chemical weapons are used on occasion by the combatants; one infamous example given is where a TV reporter, taking a firm grasp on the IdiotBall, dismasked to prove that it was all just propaganda and there were no chemical weapons being used...as the unit she was embedded with ''was being nerve gassed''. The [[SemperFi Marines]] with her were frozen with shock, then horror at the act and its results, some of ''them'' becoming casualties when they had to [[NauseaFuel dismask to vomit]], and after the first few seconds the video of the event [[GoryDiscretionShot is classified at the highest level]] as too horrific to be viewed.
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* DeadlyGas: Chemical weapons are used on occasion by the combatants; one infamous example given is where a TV reporter, taking a firm grasp on the IdiotBall, dismasked to prove that it was all just propaganda and there were no chemical weapons being used... as the unit she was embedded with ''was being nerve gassed''. The [[SemperFi Marines]] with her were frozen with shock, then horror at the act and its results, some of ''them'' becoming casualties when they had to [[NauseaFuel dismask to vomit]], and after the first few seconds the video of the event [[GoryDiscretionShot is classified at the highest level]] as too horrific to be viewed.
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* FullFrontalAssault: A female soldier chases down and captures a Cuban soldier who took her encampment by surprise while she's wearing combat boots...and ''only'' combat boots.
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* MacrossMissileMassacre: A Soviet air raid on Los Angeles makes the fatal mistake of crossing the Port of Long Beach, where the missile testing ship USS ''Norton Sound'', testing the AEGIS radar and vertical-launch SM-2 missile system, was docked...and the officer in command of the ship put the system in 'Special Auto'. [[RocksFallEveryoneDies Missiles flew, every plane died]].
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* MacrossMissileMassacre: A Soviet air raid on Los Angeles makes the fatal mistake of crossing the Port of Long Beach, where the missile testing ship USS ''Norton Sound'', testing the AEGIS radar and vertical-launch SM-2 missile system, was docked... and the officer in command of the ship put the system in 'Special Auto'. [[RocksFallEveryoneDies Missiles flew, every plane died]].
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* MassOhCrap: A quadruple missile launcher salvaged from a Soviet cruiser sunk in the [[NoodleIncident Battle of Puget Sound]] was mounted in front of an American Legion post in Washington state. Several years after the war, it was opened up for refurbishment...and [[OhCrap found to still be loaded]]. A U.S. Navy [[BombDisposal EOD]] squad is called in...and discovers the loading is ''nuclear''. Cue [[DefconFive SPAZCON ONE]].
* TheMutiny: ThePoliticalOfficer of ''K-236'' decides to incite a mutiny at the end of the war against the...less-politically-enthusiastic...officers. [[spoiler: He winds up being [[ThrownOutTheAirlock shot out of a torpedo tube]].]]
* TheMutiny: ThePoliticalOfficer of ''K-236'' decides to incite a mutiny at the end of the war against the...less-politically-enthusiastic...officers. [[spoiler: He winds up being [[ThrownOutTheAirlock shot out of a torpedo tube]].]]
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* MassOhCrap: A quadruple missile launcher salvaged from a Soviet cruiser sunk in the [[NoodleIncident Battle of Puget Sound]] was mounted in front of an American Legion post in Washington state. Several years after the war, it was opened up for refurbishment... and [[OhCrap found to still be loaded]]. A U.S. Navy [[BombDisposal EOD]] squad is called in... and discovers the loading is ''nuclear''. Cue [[DefconFive SPAZCON ONE]].
* TheMutiny: ThePoliticalOfficer of ''K-236'' decides to incite a mutiny at the end of the war against the...less-politically-enthusiastic... less-politically-enthusiastic... officers. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He winds up being [[ThrownOutTheAirlock shot out of a torpedo tube]].]]
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* LaResistance: Quite a few. Some were [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified heroic]], some [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized weren't]].
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When a Marine unit shoots the hell out of an ALA[[note]]American Liberation Army, i.e., US citizens who fight on the side of the Soviets; see ''La Resistance'', below[[/note]] unit that committed an atrocity, one of the members of that unit gets arrested on charges of treason, murder, arson, unlawful destruction of personal and real property, violation of civil rights under color of law...and ''violating the Clean Air Act of 1970.'' (Those Soviet combat vehicles do NOT meet federal emissions regulations, particularly after they brew up.)[[note]]This was after the platoon corpsman talked the Marine making the arrest out of shooting the guy out of hand. [[FateWorseThanDeath Shooting him might have been merciful compared to siccing the EPA attorneys on him]].[[/note]]
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** Former musician, record producer, and Lieutenant Governor of California Mike Curb is mentioned; he served as an appointed Senator from 1985-1989, and played a USO-recruited has-been singer in the remake of [[KellysHeroes Kelly's Heroes]].
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** A pilot of KC-135s and B-52s in Strategic Air Command happens to be named [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Somers]]. (The title of her autobiography" ''[=BUFFy=] the Communist Slayer'').
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** [[Series/{{JAG}} Vice Admiral Chegwidden]] is in charge of the JAG office after the war, investigating a Marine general's misconduct, with assistance from [[Series/{{NCIS}} Jethro Gibbs]] and company. [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Hetty Lange}}]] also shows up. In World War III, Mike Franks and Leon Vance also turn up.
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"brew up" is actually the correct term for an armored vehicle explosion. Don't look at me, the British coined it.
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* PunnyName: After the invasion, Congress passes a Selective Service law that uses student loan data to find EVERYBODY of military age (including the ones who didn't--or, in the case of women, didn't have to--register for Selective Service. It's known as the [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Act]].
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* DeadlyGas: Chemical weapons are used on occasion by the combatants; one infamous example given is where a TV reporter, taking a firm grasp on the IdiotBall, dismasked to prove there were no chemical weapons being used...as the unit she was embedded with ''was being nerve gassed''. The [[SemperFi Marines]] with her were frozen with shock, then horror at the act and its results, some of ''them'' becoming casualties when they had to [[NauseaFuel dismask to vomit]], and after the first few seconds the video of the event [[GoryDiscretionShot is classified at the highest level]] as too horrific to be viewed.
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* DeadlyGas: Chemical weapons are used on occasion by the combatants; one infamous example given is where a TV reporter, taking a firm grasp on the IdiotBall, dismasked to prove that it was all just propaganda and there were no chemical weapons being used...as the unit she was embedded with ''was being nerve gassed''. The [[SemperFi Marines]] with her were frozen with shock, then horror at the act and its results, some of ''them'' becoming casualties when they had to [[NauseaFuel dismask to vomit]], and after the first few seconds the video of the event [[GoryDiscretionShot is classified at the highest level]] as too horrific to be viewed.
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* UnfortunateNames: the [[AlternateHistoryDotCom AH.com thread mentions]] a Soviet general by the name of "Yuri Jurkov." 'Nuff said.
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* UnfortunateNames: the [[AlternateHistoryDotCom [[Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom AH.com thread mentions]] a Soviet general by the name of "Yuri Jurkov." 'Nuff said.
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* NorthKoreansWithNodongs:...Fight with the same tenacity as the Imperial Japanese in WorldWarII.
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** A pilot of KC-135s and B-52s in Strategic Air Command happens to be named [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Somers]]. The title of her autobiography is ''[=BUFFy=] the Communist Slayer''.
** After the invasion, Congress passes a Selective Service law that uses student loan data to find EVERYBODY of military age (including the ones who didn't--or, in the case of women, didn't have to--register for Selective Service. It's known as the [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Act]].
** A pilot of KC-135s and B-52s in Strategic Air Command happens to be named [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Somers]]. The title of her autobiography is ''[=BUFFy=] the Communist Slayer''.
** After the invasion, Congress passes a Selective Service law that uses student loan data to find EVERYBODY of military age (including the ones who didn't--or, in the case of women, didn't have to--register for Selective Service. It's known as the [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Act]].
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** [[Series/{{JAG}} Vice Admiral Chegwidden]] is in charge of the JAG office after the war, investigating a Marine general's misconduct, with assistance from [[Series/{{NCIS}} Jethro Gibbs]] and company. [[Series/{{NCIS: Los Angeles Hetty Lange}}]] also shows up. In World War III, Mike Franks and Leon Vance also turn up.
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** [[Series/{{JAG}} Vice Admiral Chegwidden]] is in charge of the JAG office after the war, investigating a Marine general's misconduct, with assistance from [[Series/{{NCIS}} Jethro Gibbs]] and company. [[Series/{{NCIS: Los Angeles [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Hetty Lange}}]] also shows up. In World War III, Mike Franks and Leon Vance also turn up.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When a Marine unit shoots the hell out of an ALA unit that committed an atrocity, one of the members of that unit gets arrested on charges of treason, murder, arson, unlawful destruction of personal and real property, violation of civil rights under color of law...and ''violating the Clean Air Act of 1970.'' (Those Soviet combat vehicles do NOT meet federal emissions regulations, particularly after they brew up.)[[note]]This was after the platoon corpsman talked the Marine making the arrest out of shooting the guy out of hand. Shooting him might have been merciful compared to siccing the EPA attorneys on him.[[/note]]
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When a Marine unit shoots the hell out of an ALA unit that committed an atrocity, one of the members of that unit gets arrested on charges of treason, murder, arson, unlawful destruction of personal and real property, violation of civil rights under color of law...and ''violating the Clean Air Act of 1970.'' (Those Soviet combat vehicles do NOT meet federal emissions regulations, particularly after they brew blew up.)[[note]]This was after the platoon corpsman talked the Marine making the arrest out of shooting the guy out of hand. [[FateWorseThanDeath Shooting him might have been merciful compared to siccing the EPA attorneys on him.him]].[[/note]]
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** Creator/SandraBullock served in World War III, flying F-15s and scoring 22 kills. Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/AnnaKendrick have made cameos as Air Force Reserve officers.
