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I have a Stag, and it seems to be good to go, but I've only put 500 or so round through it. It does not have M4 feeds ramps and it's only a 1/9 rifle rifling pattern. A lot of AR-15 snobs go on about gas key staking, and will tell you that anything other than the Colt method is bogus. Looking at my rifle and the way Stag staked the gas key, I can't imagine it coming loose ever, but whatever.

Whoever gets to "deploy" to Souda, you suck and I hate you. That said, Kandahar is actually pretty good as far as desert bases go. We were basically shunned by big blue there, and did our own thing. There are so many various nationalities there that you can get away with just about anything and the food was pretty good (06 time frame). Yes, they mortared us frequently, but the upside was that we got left alone, no sock nazis, no reflective belts and no visits by O-6+ with nothing better to do. We wore civilian hiking boots, two piece flight suits (after big blue had already told us no) and ball caps and no one cared. Nothing like being able to do the mission without being hassled.

No matter who wins this election, there will be funding cuts to the DoD. We have a huge deficit, and both want to reduce it. Politically, it's not possible to cut entitlement programs, the easy kill is reducing military spending. However, they both want to increase the size of the ground troops, so expect them to get some AF money. One of the major expenditures for personnel is medical costs, so I could imagine more out of pocket costs, tricare, etc. I'm just thinking out loud.

Yes, 13 well trained shooters can dish out some pain, but enough to have strategic impacts? And ones that require a four hour delivery time versus 12?

Thread Revival, looks like another year or so of delay... I give up, can we at least fix the Hawk then? CSAR-X Delay

Seventh page is mine!!!!!!!!

We need to start a good grassroots effort to allow us to paint nose art on the back. Obviously, there's no way in hell they'll let us put anything racy on the back and wear it in uniform. BUT, as an example what would be wrong with all HH-60 folks being allowed to paint the standard Jolly Green Patch on the back. I'm thinking if every community came together and came up with a design that paid tribute to heritage, and was totally PC and optional, what would be that problem with authorizing it? I think we might actually have a shot at getting that passed. Am I smoking crack?

I've heard similar unused wire claims from crew chiefs, mostly they thought it was due to clipping old problem wires and running new ones without removing the old ones. That and TO changes to the way things like AHHS are wired.

Not the Deid, but I got the distinct impression from my last desert right start that it wasn't for the fliers in the room. We were only present to act as a talking point for the boss to the support types in the room.

Ace, the drop pod idea was actually starship troopers

Did I miss something? Since when did a lack of the ability to launch Marines into low earth orbit have anything to do with not catching Bin Laden?

Be very careful dc58, what you're describing sounds suspiciously like a straw man purchase. If he lives in Cali, he can get an AR they just look ridiculous.

If I were you, I'd buy one of the scary black guns. If Obama gets into office, I wouldn't be surprised at all about a renewed assault weapons ban. That's what I did.

filthy, bravo.... let's hope that more of our kind can weasel our way into positions of authority, and hopefully un-fuck our Air Force.

I'd throw the damned ADF in the trash if they'd let me. Hell, MX doesn't even bother to keep them functional.

So how many pounds of unused wiring are in these things? Not counting 718 that is.

I'm sick and fvcking tired of this "woe is me" bullsh*t. It goes both ways buddy. We all know you're bummed at the prospect of the dreamed for fighter slipping away, you guys tell us about it over and over and over. Go have a beer instead of moping, you'll feel better.

The latest AFTimes has an article about the new "ABS-G." Looks like the whole kit will also include AF specific body armor instead of the interceptor set up currently used. Overall it looks decent, if you ignore the stupid camo pattern used.

The common thread to the quoted section above is a strong implication that sporting uses are the only appropriate use of firearms.

The morse code connection is currently competing with the long entrenched semaphore community.

The Comet based design of the Nimrod has some problems, like bursting into flames after air refueling and breaking up in flight.

I think what Bender was getting at is that flying a modern aircraft is pretty easy. It's the tactical employment that's hard.

M2, I still fail to see how being able to run a marathon automatically means she must be lying about PTSD. I am NOT saying she's telling the truth, I think she's full of shit. I know plenty of runners, I was one in high school. I can totally see how returning to the things you loved before a traumatic event and re-attacking them would be a step in recovery. If you're attacking the 100% disability aspect, I agree, but to claim she's obviously lying since she ran a marathon, well I disagree.

In the case of a rescue squadron, your beer light should be a set of green feet, period dot.

If you really like running, and PTSD is what caused your retirement, wouldn't running a marathon be therapeutic in a way? That said, I think she's a liar. I just don't see the connection to the marathon.