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That third photie would be good reason to never take cover in a concrete bunker. Seeing as how that whole bunker seems to be going airborne after just one bomb hit it.
I am not sure exactly what it is hitting. The caption in the Wikipedia page for the bunker buster
just says that it is a guided bomb hitting a target.
I tried to be artful with that one, I did. Being awake for near of twenty hours on a third day of my Archive Binge on The Salvation War makes my mind do strange things.
In rare moments on really nice days, when there are important people on base, we get the bikes out of mobility storage and do bike patrol. There's even a special SF uniform for doing it that involves cargo shorts and a polo shirt.
Never done bike patrol myself, but my buddy always volunteers when it comes up, I slink into the shadows and say I'd rather walk.
@Barkey - I see. I would like to see a trooper bike patroling. It gives me an amusing image.
@Tam - Oh, it's just that you mentioning The Salvation War reminded me of Tiberium Wars. I keep hearing about both of them, especially for their care in military details and sheer amount of awesome moments.
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.I didn't read Tiberium Wars because I'm not familiar with the subject material, but I am familiar with the author. I followed him on Gunblade Saga, Legacy of the Chimera, and an aborted novelization of Halo 2 before he got into Tiberium Wars and his Firefly thing. The man is a fucking masterful author.
And he doesn't even have any kind of military background. He fucking does his research.
Honestly we look like your average civilian bike cop in a beach town when we're on bike patrol. Polo shirt, cargo shorts, and a duty belt with our tools. Doesn't look like anything special or hilarious really, only by contrast when they are standing next to a guy in cammies with a tac vest and an M4.
Lee Child is an example of a kickass author when it comes to a civilian doing his research.
He gets a few things wrong in the Reacher novels, and some of them are highly implausible, but for not even being an American(he's a brit) he does a pretty outstanding job. When it comes to the tactical portions of the story, he does great. It's more the main characters career that raises lots of eyebrows to me.
edited 25th May '12 9:17:26 AM by Barkey
That sounds like just my favor of story. I just can't tolerate the incompetent portrayal of military in popular media nowadays.
I mean, I just remembered American version of Godzilla. Fighting off a skyscraper-sized monster with light infantry? Seriously?
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
