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brabus

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Everything posted by brabus

  1. Meh, the 401k is going to be taxed at a 96.9% rate by the time I retire. Might as well spend more money now on shit that is way more useful and life enriching - not stressing over not quite making a max. Dying with millions in the bank isn’t my jam…but leaving 5 airplanes and an undisclosed amount of guns and knives to my kids is!
  2. brabus replied to herkbum's topic in Squadron Bar
    Third option - carry a multitude of gun options in an IWB holster behind your hip…t shirt, jacket, who gives a shit. As long as it’s not a crop top and your not trying to pack a full size frame, you’ll be fine.
  3. You will fly a lot less compared to an AF squadron and will be low priority (as stated above). When you do fly, it’ll predominantly be 4 ships at best. Bro who occasionally flies with Beaufort will literally fly single ship with other single ships in the same airspace…because, risk, or something? Your AF bros will be flying way more challenging stuff on a regular basis that the Marines only sniff in an AF exercise or weapons school. They’re great dudes who are smart and capable. And I’m sure there are cool memories to be made, but don’t go in with any high expectations regarding flying. Also, one B-model EP sim was enough for me to never want to fly that thing over an A or C.
  4. Absolutely it’s purposeful and calculated. By retarded I mean they lack the ability to have rational and logical thoughts.
  5. What’s interesting is I remember guys going through UPT with 300-900 civ hrs, and aside from one, the rest were average to slightly below average. My guess is it had to do with how different the “mil way” is vs. the “civ way.” I fly a lot of GA, including in the commercial world, and it’s just different…plenty of competent civ guys that would epically fail in mil flying without going through a mil-specific course ran and taught by mil pilots. To be fair, I know a lot of mil guys who would kill themselves (or get violated) rapidly in GA without specific training.
  6. brabus replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar
    I’m not sure what the best fix is, but this kind of shit has happened way too much in the past several years. I almost certainly would be a victim of it if they fucked up and got the wrong house. I understand allowing no knocks (easy to say you’re against them until you’re an LEO at the door), but perhaps they should only be allowed for extremely dangerous situations (e.g. not just one guy), and if you’re complicit in selecting the wrong house/someone innocent gets killed, you get charged with murder and spend the rest of your life in prison…that’ll at least better incentivize not fucking that up.
  7. I hadn’t thought about those guys, but man you’re right, I don’t know what those poor bastards are going to do. I’ve heard of some decent jobs in the civ world, but how many? Direct man-in-the-loop RPA ops as we know it (at least in the mil) doesn’t have a long life ahead of it.
  8. brabus replied to herkbum's topic in Squadron Bar
    That’s epic. How does one find that amount delivered without joining @Biff_T on the dark web?
  9. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/major-columbia-protest-organizers-have-ties-to-left-wing-donors/ar-AA1nuWZW Here’s a very surface level snapshot. Do some digging/reading and you’ll see this is all funded/organized by similar actors as BLM in 2020. Same big pic goals with a different label. First learn who CUAD is and what groups are under its “umbrella,” then learn where those various groups get their funding from.
  10. brabus replied to herkbum's topic in Squadron Bar
    Reloading…my bulk may not be all assembled at once, but I assure you it’s a sizable bulk. Come at me zombie bros!
  11. brabus replied to herkbum's topic in Squadron Bar
    I have a Crossbreed Supertuck IWB. Carry just behind hip. I can wear this thing for 12 hrs, including siting, driving, etc. and almost forget it’s there. Make sure you have a real gun belt to go with it.
  12. Simple, arrest them all as they are breaking laws. But, that’s not happening because academia at large is comprised of the most retarded, weak, and worthless people our society has to offer.
  13. brabus replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar
    That’s the best idea I’ve heard in years!
  14. brabus replied to herkbum's topic in Squadron Bar
    G48 with a vortex defender is my carry gun. Put a better trigger on it to really up the awesomeness. I’ve also had good luck with Shield Arms S15 mags…31 rds on me at all times, even in shorts and t-shirt.
  15. brabus replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar
    It’s not surprising, each of their communities did what anyone would do - expel the garbage to somewhere else ASAP. And smartly they sent them to AU where they can have the least impact. Related note, I’m still undecided who’s the most useless - AU or the ATF.
  16. brabus replied to herkbum's topic in Squadron Bar
    One more thing to snag on clothing or dig into your body, especially considering many carry with the hammer back. My opinion is simple is better, especially in high stress situations, which is why striker fired is generally better suited for most people. But, all training and personal pref as you said, so totally support people carrying whatever they want - just train and maintain proficiency.
  17. brabus replied to herkbum's topic in Squadron Bar
    Try to at least hold and dry fire a few types. Buy the one that feels most comfortable/gives you the most control - that’s the one you’ll shoot best. If you get a super compact where your pinkie isn’t even on the grip, it feels like you’re holding a gun made for kid hands, etc…that’s not the best choice for you personally. Can’t really go wrong with Glock, Sig, S&W.
  18. brabus replied to VL-16's topic in Squadron Bar
    I could get on board with that, if we can go back to the 1800s where it was pretty easy to simply execute violent criminals, whether through official or unofficial means. But we’re not in the 1800s, so if you get out of prison after violently raping a woman (or man if you’re BQZip’s mom), conducting armed robbery/assault, carjacking, etc. then fuck you, you gave up your right when you acted like a total POS who would have simply been put down in days bygone. Above answer is directly related to background checks. I only support them to verify you are in fact not a felon.
  19. brabus replied to VL-16's topic in Squadron Bar
    Until the moment one is convicted of a crime (and therefore legal to own firearms up to that point), an individual should be able to own whatever they want, including homemade firearms. That also means the NFA is a significant violation of the constitution and should be fully repealed. Any additional roadblocks to ownership/use such as firearms/ammo specific taxes, insurance requirements, banning of whatever, etc. are unconstitutional. I support restrictions for felons and I’m fine with background checks for purchased firearms (without any arbitrary waiting period), but anything beyond that is unconstitutional and illogical. The anti-gun crowd doesn’t give a fuck about safety or “saving lives,” they care about disarming the public to gain control of the plebes, pure and simple. Your average suburban dipshit who’s anti-gun just doesn’t realize they are simple pawns in said goal, despite whatever hollow, altruistic goals they claim to personally have.
  20. Don’t. (Yeah, that should do it…)
  21. brabus replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar
    Awards/medals are embarrassing compared to the days of old. Even bronze stars and to some extent, DFCs, are handed out for simple baseline-doing-your-job. Everyone gets a trophy for just breathing and doing average shit. Ridiculous.
  22. I haven’t watched it yet, but definitely want to. Balls of steel, all of them.
  23. I said I know a lot of guys who have shot down 5x UAVs with no offensive capability. Point is, I could shoot down 5 PRC CMs (or UAVs) tomorrow and save the CSG or Taiwan, and while satisfied with my work, not 0.1% of me would think about ace status. And anyone who said I was I’d tell them to get fucked. And that is how 99% of modern day fighter pilots feel about it. I of course have to account for the 1% super douche who thinks they should stand along side the likes of Dick Bong. Go kill some J-20s, etc. and you’ve earned it. Again, this line of discussion takes zero away from the massively awesome and well executed actions over the last several months (by the way, US fighters have been shooting shit down in the region for over a year, this occurrence is just notable due to the number). Sure, that is something that can actually kill you.
  24. Personally I don’t think so. If we’re counting shit that isn’t capable of shooting back at you, then I know a lot of aces!
  25. If it doesn’t have an active capacity to kill you, it doesn’t count. That is not at all to take away from the solid work done yesterday.

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