The Military Thread

The US ARMY still teaches how to dig foxholes, fighting positions and hasties (a shallow trench to hide yourself in). Armpit deep to the tallest soldier, so of course my 5 nothing self got paired with the 5'10'' amazon. At least the drill sergeant gave us proper tools to dig in the hard, hard, hard South Carolina clay.

Sandbags, the Army has a machine to fill them, it's called "Hey private, fill those sandbags".

Finland says it is nearing security deal with US amid concerns over Russia. An article in English on the subject.

Finland has recently also changed posture regarding Kurd training activities in Iraq. As said some time ago most of the time Finns have been training security forces (police, soldiers etc.), but now it will be switched to include an Advice and Assist role in the area of operations.

edited 25th Aug '16 10:49:57 PM by TerminusEst

Sort of pointless, IMO.

If Russia was dumb enough to attack Sweden or Finland, I'm pretty sure some of that fighting is gonna spill over into a NATO country, accidentally, or not. And if not, Russia's economy would be sanctioned harder than Iran or NK.

The only reason for Russia to invade Finland is flank-securing when a war with NATO is already going on. Then Finland either quietly lets them through making a small profit from food and souvenirs, or goes full 1939 with the only difference being actual help from Europe. Maybe.

Oh silly rabbits, Russia won't invade Finland, they'll just shoot up their planes, harassing their ships and try to carve out a piece of it for MOTHER RUSSIA.

Imperial Russia, Soviet Russia, Kleptocracy Russia - they loves them some bulling the neighbors and loves taking stuff.

It's not about rolling tanks in Helsinki, it's about 50 Shades of Cold War: Putin is Christian and Finland as Anastasia....

edited 26th Aug '16 9:50:54 PM by TairaMai

Russia isn't going to mess with Finland. They aren't pushovers nor are they actively antagonistic toward Moscow. That Russia buzzes airspace is a thing they do to everyone.

I was reading up on this a few days ago LOL.

The rivers and the Pripet Marshes became the basis of any defensive line (except for the big cities like Warsaw). Or any retreat, as has happened when the Poles were able to outflank the Soviets...lol

(Cross-posted from the Navy Thread)

Some recent video analysis suggests that a Navy SEAL team may have left a wounded Air Force combat controller behind during a fierce firefight at Takur Ghar in 2002

The airman, Technical Sergeant John Chapman, was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, but now the Air Force is requesting that the award be upgraded to the Medal of Honor in light of evidence that he may have continued fighting for another hour and a half, potentially providing covering fire for reinforcements which arrived later before being further wounded and dying. During the initial firefight, the SEALs only left without Chapman because they thought he was dead, not being able to see him breathing or get a pulse.

As it is, the analysis is based on some new software which tracks specific patterns of pixels to identify and distinguish people in low-resolution videos, even if the camera temporarily loses visual contact with them. Not everybody is confident that the software does what it's claimed to do.

Wow. That looks an awful lot like a (very grainy) masterclass in how to SEAL when accidentally left behind.

I think the upgrade is warranted. And, an extra round of drinks, wings and Taps in memory.

Combat Controllers are basically Badass Tier airmen, along with PJs.

Basically, if you see an Airman wearing any beret that's not blue or light-blue, he's almost certainly a certified BAMF.

I saw a Special Forces Weatherman once (pewter beret). None of my buddies believed me.

Dude combat weather are just as bonkers as Controllers and PJ

???

Combatweatherman?

Immy: Special Forces Weathermen. They are a very real thing. They are basically special forces weather and environmental intel specialists who tend to operate with Spec Ops so the terrain and weather patterns can be taken into account for operations. Basically they are the USAF's bad ass meteorologists.

edited 27th Aug '16 3:46:55 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Isn't a lot of stuff about the Weathermen classified or am I wrong?

It's cause DARPA doesn't want us to know about the weather dominator.

Oh god, now you've reminded me of the HAARP conspiracy theories.

Nah Garcon is right.

The combat weathermen have a direct link to HAARP, there classified because they dont predect the weather, they control it!

...Well about that weather manipulation. In Vietnam the US used Operation Popeye to that effect against the Ho Chi Minh trail.

What I don't get is that we spend all this money on weather dominators but we still can't figure out where Tupac is.

I met this guy at the bar who says that Tupac and Biggie are working for DARPA. He said that he used to be a high ranking CIA agent, so I see no reason not to trust him.

I believe it

Is... is Tupac a Special Forces Weatherman?

Explains reincarnation through hardlight and atmospherics...

edited 27th Aug '16 8:51:18 PM by AngelusNox

For kicks and giggles, mix and match characters from different works to form your military movie dream team.

I'll start with Master Sergeant Apone as the senior NCO.