M2

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/destination-of-russian-t-90-tank-left-at-truck-stop-comes-into-focus

Used to catch rides with Army UH-1s (yeah, I'm old!) out of Tipton AAF at Ft Meade. They'd regularly get clearance to fly down the Atascosa through DC and northwest past Georgetown along the Potomac to Great Falls with the doors pinned back (if the weather was nice) and below the scenic overlooks along the river. It had a real Apocalypse Now feel to it! 😁

JADE HELM much? I've worked with Federal and local law enforcement agencies since retiring, and they regularly train in commercial facilities. I role played as a Second Amendment nut (not a stretch) and hostage taker during a large regional FBI training event a while back. The exercise controllers were impressed on how well I did talking with their negotiators (a lot of PSYOP on my part) given very little of what I said was scripted. I was also a "mass shooter" named "Angus McAngus" (I had an impressive red beard at the time) during a municipal multi-agency exercise conducted in a business park in west San Antonio many years ago. The SAPD used to use Billy Mitchell Housing on the former Kelly AFB for cadet, PSD, SWAT and EMT tactics training for years (it is owned by the city, and has since been converted to low-budget housing). With the cadet training, if they forgot to lock their patrol vehicles or even worse, leave the keys in them, the FTOs wanted us to "steal" the cars and hide them. There's nothing more hilarious than to see the faces of cadets round the corner of a building only to find their vehicle gone! If they took their keys but still failed to lock them, we'd turn all the lights on, shine the spotlight in their faces, and sing the reggae theme from Cops over the PA. Sure, it was ugly; but it's better they learn such hard lessons during training than out in the real world! The bottom line is such training is very useful as compared to using simulated facilities at local police academies. Most medium and smaller departments don't even have them; and those that do find the students have memorized the layouts and anticipate what is going to occur. Changing the location to one they are not familiar with adds a great deal of realism to the training!

Am I the only one who sees this?!?

And people bitch about not being allowed to wear beards and "males" wearing earrings...

It doesn't stipulate OCPs, just morale shirts in general. Much like ATF rulings, it's all up to "interpretation!" 😎

Authorizes Friday morale shirts with logo on the front and back: This expands the current morale shirt regulation by allowing logos to be worn at a larger diameter on the back of the shirt in addition to having a logo on the left side of the chest not to exceed five inches in diameter. Regardless of the logo, the shirt must be Coyote Brown. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3336524/air-force-releases-102nd-uniform-board-results-for-airmen-guardians/

No. Article 6 ("An armed attack on any party under Article 5 includes an attack on the territory, forces, vessels or aircraft of any party") specifies the agreement considered only European and North American territories "in the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer," otherwise known as the "Tropic of Cancer loophole." According to the language of the treaty, the Soviet Union could have bombed Pearl Harbor without technically invoking Article 5. The same affects Hawaii. Other NATO-allied possessions that fall outside of the alliance's protection include a number of Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico, French Polynesia, Guantanamo Bay, Guam, the Marianas, Samoa, French Guiana and (still) the Falkland Islands. To note, the language of the treaty has been stretched before, given the entry of Turkey into the North Atlantic alliance...

I spent some time at the Ft. Chaffee RTC. While there isn't much in Fort Smith, it's still a relatively nice area (or, in other words, I suspect most of us have been to worse places)!

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Ukrainian shenanigans are cheeky and fun! Russian shenanigans are cruel and tragic, which makes them not really shenanigans at all! Evil shenanigans! 😮 Окупанти вибухають на фронті.mp4

And this, gentlemen, is why BaseOps will always be a valuable resource for the up and coming (STS)....

OK, given other recent "protests" where the government didn't react when they should, I have a tough time considering 6 Jan to be "definitely violent and definitely a riot" or anything close to being an "insurrection." Anyone with a lick of common sense knows it wasn't, and compared to Portland and Seattle is was somewhat tame in comparison; but for some reason those "events" didn't garner a House Select Committee despite doing far more damage. No, 6 Jan was political theater from both sides. Trump is and will remain an asshole for stirring people up to run off like an angry mob of idiotic peasants, but there was a precedence for it being allowed. The Democrats are trying to garner sympathy and support by claiming it was an attempt to overthrow the government, but have no excuse why they didn't respond to Antifa riots. Neither are right, and we all know it! The question is, is there anything to gain through continuing with this nonsense, or like most government initiatives, it is another colossal waste of time and money?!?

If that's all the ATF wanted, then why aren't they letting people register them under trusts for free?!?

So you didn't wait like most are advising? How long did your Form 1 take to be approved? I presume you e-filed...

You're no fun! 🤪🤪🤪

That would be 20AF, famous for this guy...

Tim Colceri. Sent me an autographed poster with "Get Some!" written on it several years back. A really nice guy (Vietnam USMC vet), but the Gunny (who I also met, and have his autograph on a grenade) was made for the role...

We were using Vivarin back in the late 70s/early 80s, haven't heard that name in years! Didn't know they still sold the stuff! This was pretty popular as well...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/pilots-advised-of-large-white-high-altitude-balloon-east-of-hawaii-reports

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/pilots-advised-of-large-white-high-altitude-balloon-east-of-hawaii-reports

WTF?

Isn't the Scott O'Grady Rule to get a confirmed air-to-air kill, the target has to cost more than the missile used to destroy it? Ironically, a quick Google search revealed the O'Grady Rule actually states "a drunken mistake can only be used to (partially) negate mens rea (and only for crimes of specific intent) and not to justify an unreasonable use of force in a plea of self-defence."

Two lucky dudes!