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McCain seemed to share the same sentiment. And from my understanding of it, the cost ballooning is related to the additional comm equipment requested for the second batch not present on our current fleet. The program's not just about "fixing a problem" as in the F-15 spars or airfame age but...

Feral Cats on base?

Motion sensor, so the view pans with his head movement. Kind of like having a wii nunchuk taped to your forehead.

I wouldn't put it past them.

A military operation which is dwindling in size and influence over the shape of events in Iraq. Putting a military man in charge of diplomacy will set the wrong tone when our relationship is becoming less and less predicated on our military presence. Mr. Hill has a strong track record from the...

Columbia gouge moved again Ok, after marinegouge died, you can now find the ASTB gouge at www.grafitto.com/~mark/astb

You know, for all the crap laid on Schumer, he did push heavily for Kristen Gillibrand to take Hillary's senate seat. Gillibrand has an "A" rating and a 100% voting record from the NRA. Guess gun control's just not a party priority right now.

A bunch of aviation fans built and flew new Me 262's with modern engines.

you can still get most of the marinegouge on the google cache. search for the page you want (i.e. "marinegouge astb"), and hit the "cached" link below the search result

I thought the new deal was you'd stay where you are initially(i.e. Corpus to VT-35, Whiting to the HT's), instead of PCS'ing the Whiting guys out and back as they'd done before.

Given that she's from Phoenix, I'm pretty sure she went to the B&M campus.

One that a few LT's I know are doing is the University of Maryland online program. I would definitely recommend finding the online component of a brick and mortar campus if it's the prestige you're concerned about.

Show me someone outside the military who's that successful with a Phoenix Online degree and I'll buy it. The pedigree of your masters matters very little in the military, and the OP noted he wanted the degree to help him on the outside. I'm working on my masters at AMU for the education, but I...

My roommate and I are finishing primary and about to vacate this house, and my landlord is seeking new tenants. Nice place, I'll vouch for it. Description: Two-story townhome with 1-car garage on the island. Downstairs is a living room, ½ bath, laundry/storage room. Kitchen/dining or family...

So how many of the 3 does he rent?

Look up dowry.

That problem is not unique to Israel and the answer is not "don't worry if the women and children get hit".

Derek S. Reveron (prof at Navy War College) at Foreign Policy: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4626 Executive Summary: Piracy is making a comeback: It never went away Pirates are Terrorists: Not yet Armed Merchant Ships are the answer: Wrong If captured, pirates could...

How is a pistol LEO only?

What a petty, immature sentiment. The rest of the world would laugh at us as we became a second-rate nation and economy, unable to fund a military that could **ck** anything.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/us/politics/13gitmo.html?_r=1&hp Summary: Executive Order expected immediately, execution expected to take months, maybe as long as a year.

One of the complaints of the SAW is that an open weapon is believed to be unsuitable for room clearing. The LWRC entry is closed-bolt from semi and open from auto. The other entries, IIRC (and definitely the Colt) are open-bolt though, so that was probably not a key requirement.

Well, one of the appeals of the M60 is that it's balanced for offhand firing. I'm skeptical about how accurate it is from the shoulder, but you can realistically fire it. The M240, as reliable as it is......not so much.

Funny, the earlier report has him saying: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090111/pl_politico/17317 and says closing it in the first 100 days will be "a challenge"

Sounds like this is Flash on AW:

If only these folks were that stupid. When coalition ships show up, these folks toss the weapons overboard or simply protest innocence, and unless we catch them in the act weapons on board ship aren't much evidence, especially if shippers start hiring armed guards as many here would suggest...

Thanks for throwing the bell curve for the rest of us.

From the other thread on this subject: The IAR specified a loaded weight under 10lbs with a barrel designed for sustained fire.

Just lay your cover on the bar and find out if the O-club's really hoppin.

I caught it on Universal HD a while back and it was indeed amazing.

I never got this....why doesn't a 2ndLt rate an ENS's parking spot? (yes I see D_Rob has beaten me to the punch). I went there a lot for lunch when I worked on base, and it was pretty good (esp compared to the NASCC O-club), but admittedly, it never occurred to me as a place to go for a drink.

AF Times - History Declassified - profiles Steve Davies' book on Constant Peg http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/01/airforce_redeagles_intro_010409/

Shouldn't we merge this with the "holdout IP's insist T-34 is better than the T-6" thread?"

What I was taught in ground school (before I get stomped on by winged aviators).... is that they're for tactical aircraft (jets) to rapidly descend from cruising altitude to an approach to conserve fuel by not twiddling around at intermediate altitudes. You wouldn't want to penetrate with...

Well, are they expecting the T-34's to last forever, or Beechcraft to make more of them?

But then the IP's wouldn't have any privacy back there to do.....whatever it is they do back there (or up there for RI flights)

Doesn't it also lack a TACAN?

Absolutely good to go. It's tailored for Iraq, it'd be foolish to base a future vehicle of it. Actually, the speed over water was required to enable the launching ships to stay further offshore, outside the threat rings of anti-ship missiles. We won't exactly be maneuvering tracks over the open...

Open bolt is generally more suitable for sustained fire as it doesn't build up heat as quickly and is less susceptible to cook-off, hence its use in MG's (except, most notably for the M2). LWRC had an entry that fired from closed bolt on semi and open on auto. As for the IAR? It's been a...

I got a 5 for general knowledge for briefing a system "like an engineer". ....Never mind that I have a B.A.......

Better armor, better groundspeed, better armament in a stabilized turret that allows firing on the move. It's a modern IFV, albeit with a ridiculous constraint of a humongous engine block in the center of the cabin due to buoyancy constraints that makes loading/unloading a pain in the ass. The...

The problem is political, not military. If we were "weapons-free", the problem would be over in hours, as would most shipping through that region. The problem is deeper than manning enough ships to cover every inch of ocean continuously. International shipping is important, but not worth that...

I meant rumor and speculation about the final choice, despite the OP and the other post claiming MSNBC verified Garcia's nomination.

His sexuality is only an issue if you make it one. I think it's clear we're still in the rumor and assumption phase (about the nomination).

Seems a bit of a jump, no?

Actually, as phrog hinted at, it is a manufacturer diff, I suppose - Vanguard at (this) NEX vs my Officer's Equipment Company butterbars. As a result of poking around, apparently the army bars are different - they're beveled, instead of rounded.

Went to pick up collar insignia for 1stLt today, and the NEX only has the JG devices, which are a bit smaller than ours. Are they interchangeable or do I need to hunt down a set of Marine devices.

I think you're both getting afield of Lind's point (which, once in a while, he does have). One doesn't need an engineering or even technical degree to learn to utilize GPS - we're the end-user, not the creator of this technology. In fact, there are very few MOS's where your college degree plays...

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The blind leading the blind.......