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  1. Tip I got from my chiropractor (Former SEAL):

    Document things that happen to you any time the military made you be there, that time you rolled down a hill at unit mandatory fun, that time you tweaked your groin jumping down off an aircraft… just everything that could have contributed to the condition you find yourself in as you are older.

    In that documentation name possible witnesses, dates and times, and then digitally sign the document. Stow it away in your personal email.

    If you find yourself in a fight with the VA to review your final total these documents effectively serve as evidence to force them to reevaluate your number, and you can hand them one at a time and force multiple reinvestigations of your condition.

    This is what he had to do because all of his injuries are heavily redacted from his time as a SEAL, only his career ender made it into the normal medical records. All those times he rolled an ankle in a place he couldn’t go to sick call or “fell” off a roof/truck/etc… that stuff was never covered. He just successfully got his rating up to 100% so no more property tax in the state.


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  2. The guy said Fox3?! Wow, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve worked with some awesome 64 guys, but I also have been surprised at some of the mouth breathers flying them.

    No, just making the point of having guys with an Acitve RF missile designed to kill tanks but “hey look it works on drones” isn’t a solution anybody wants. The prox fuse was put there for the FIAC mission over the Gulf. Air Defense of force isn’t in the METL, and nobody wants it there (except maybe Warren, but we all agree that guy is crazy).

    The fact they did it surprised everybody. It wasn’t planned for that either, there was desire to have something in the back pocket since the KA-52s had started carrying Archers. That ECAB commander was… special.


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  3. Also it may be the only jet flying that has turbofans buried in the wings! (At least in the US, I’m not sure if the British still fly the Nimrod)

    Gone and I think that means the last flying Comet (granted variant) went with them.

    Brits bought P8s to replace them.


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  4. Well if we’re counting UAS as shoot downs, guess I’m damn near an ace! (/sarcasm)

    If hovering Helicopters hit with a bomb count yes we would like something done about the 1 way low cost cruise missiles. Plus historically V-1s counted.

    Seriously, as I alluded too in another thread you do not want the Army working out its own solutions to this problem. Hearing some knucklehead yelling “Fox 3” over FH-secure should scare the hell out of all of us.


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    Agreed.

    This is one of those “well that sucks” things to happen, but then again so is a freak Hurricane or a good size industrial fire in a port handling facility or other.

    Shit happens, but we’ve got deep enough alternatives and contingency mitigations to make this a small bump to the system.


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    Damnit [mention=14192]Biff_T[/mention] if you’d stayed in, flying helos, you could’ve been an ace!!  3 or 4 times over, I’m guessing. 

    There are currently 2x US Apache pilots with air to air engagements against a type 3/4 UAS.

    That would be 1 more kill than a lot of guys flying things with pointy noses.


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  7. I cannot see base commanders being O-5s in the USAF. That would eliminate FSS/MSG O-6 billets. But I guess it could work somehow.

    I had a US Army Infantry Company as my Security Forces at CADJ. I definitely agree with your sentiment—they were squared away (at least the team I got) and any/all issues were handled swiftly.

    What we will need is to develop our officers to take that on. Flight Command will need to be a no kidding command with a big change to how discipline is run.

    It’s going to be an interesting couple of years!


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    Important note, a Company commander in a regular aviation line company is a Captain usually about mid way through the rank TIG.

    A company in Infantry/SF/etc is a Major.

    The only place you will find O4 commanders at the company level are the Medevac or UAS Company or in SOF. That is due to field grade being the required authority in the Army for risk mitigation in just about any solo isolated operations.

    And whatever you’ve seen in Iraq or other places the last twenty years forget it. That is a COIN task force model. LSCO we fight as a brigade, as an enabling brigade of the Division.


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  8. You're kind of missing the boat here. By allowing for a claim of self-defense, based specifically on warning shots, the Ohio court has taken the first step towards changing the precedent.
     
    A whole lot of people recommend a whole lot of things, and many of those things are based on what will and won't be easier to defend in court. That doesn't make anything that goes against that recommendation illegal.
     
    There's a very big difference between arguing what is legally allowable (or what is becoming legally allowable, in the case of Ohio) and what is the best response. The ladder is also an opinion.

    Again, do you want to be the first person to attempt to cross that threshold or for that matter know whoever gets to be that test dummy? Until someone successfully does that there is no codified standard for every single other court Ohio or otherwise to use in consideration of bringing charges against somebody for firing a warning shot. Even when there is, it will be case by case to classify what is a legal warning and what is reckless mishandling of a firearm, and civil penalty will still apply state to state which is its own nightmare.

    Ohio didn’t do anything of substance to actually allow somebody to be so stupid as to use a warning shot and expect anything but an extremely painful and taxing outcome. The people applauding this or the “legal experts” in places like Glocktalk or SAF circles are giving terribly short sighted advice based largely off a poor understanding of how the prosecutorial process is evaluated and executed. You’ll notice the actual charges are mentioned, that’s because that charges would allow for the affirmative defense of “acting in self defense” and it helped widen that potential umbrella but in this case the judge denied that incorrectly and the lawyer didn’t do his job. And an affirmative defense is not the same as guilty until proven innocent, you now place the obligation for preponderance of evidence on the defendant.

    Had the prosecutor gone after this guy for say reckless endangerment and he had been the first person to cross the threat threshold from say strong words to an active posture, an affirmative defense wouldn’t have been allowed in the courtroom and the judges instructions to deny such consideration by the jury would have been proper. You can read in the amicus brief on the actual case one of the reasons the court wanted a an affirmative self defense to be allowed (again one of the reasons for overturn but not nearly as much as ineffective council) was that it didn’t allow the jury consider whether Wilson had legal standing to fear for his safety and then be allowed to use the force continuum at all in his defense. Had he not warning shot or lethal aimed kill shot wouldn’t have mattered because the initial top charge wasn’t felonious assault.

    This case is not the sudden “warning shots are ok now” that some barracks lawyers are trying to argue it as. And until it’s successfully used to overturn a conviction when there are states with case law going the other way leading to an eventual federal appeals process no, you’re not suddenly covered under self defense with this ruling or any of the previous ones that exist on the books. For the love of god don’t use that term ever when discussing a post firearm related incident in a statement. It will go nowhere good.


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  9. Yeah, why would courts in Ohio care about what the majority opinion of their Supreme Court was regarding this issue?
    Also, please tell me exactly where I said that giving a warning shot is a good idea?

    No you’re saying that the Ohio Supreme Court ruled warning shots legal, which is not at all what they did, but it’s a headline and you won’t let it go.

    What they said is that because of the charge the prosecution brought against this particular defendant he should have been allowed and was denied the ability to use an affirmative defense which a jury would have then been instructed to consider and later rule on. None of that was allowed, and the court said you have to essentially offer the opportunity for a defendant to use an affirmative defense in the case of what you are classifying as a “warning shot.” It did not in any way suddenly declare them legal. You will have to under the affirmative threshold convince a jury to then allow for such action to be deemed legal and that would only be under a statue that allows for self defense to be an affirmative defense (you couldn’t just say that for example if you were needlessly/recklessly driving a car through a crowd of people to say you feared for your life).

    Because it was a conviction overturned, by legal definition nobody has effectively made an argument that warning shots were legal to use as a codified example of self defense then therefor allowing somebody else to use that as codified justification of their own actions. Until such time as that survives the legal process a warning shot is just as illegal today as it was 2 or 20 years ago, and all you’re now allowed by this ruling is the opportunity to be the first guy to successfully be charged and survive. F’ing great odds.


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  10. Funny…here’s another article where this was written:
    In the Court’s lead opinion, Justice Melody Stewart stated that the Ohio self-defense law does not require an intent to harm or kill another, just the “intent to repel or escape force.” Shooting toward another with the intent to stop an aggressor is sufficient to justify a self-defense jury instruction, she concluded.
    https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2024/SCO/0307/221482.asp

    Yes if there is anything Lawyers use in their arguments it’s public statements in media you can google and not legal briefs or scholarly articles.

    Again, the fact you are trying to use this singular example to defend the idea of warning shot, which still lacks any form of definition in the courts majority opinion, and the original discussion that took us down this rabbit hole was a guy firing a firearm in the air to stop people on his property engaged in no form of assault, they were cutting down trees.

    Try finding somebody reputable in any self defense legal circles recommending warning shots… please I dare you.


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  11. Ummm, I’m not an attorney, but if the Ohio Supreme Court deemed him firing a warning shot was indeed self defense, then this is how the rest of the state courts are expected to rule in similar cases.  As for whether I agree or disagree that warning shots are a good idea had nothing to do with my post.
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/stare_decisis#:~:text=Stare decisis is the doctrine,precedent in making their decisions.

    No you’re not a lawyer and that’s not what the court ruled in its opinion.

    It ruled that the individual client was incorrectly disallowed to engage in an affirmative defense (self defense) by the judges instruction when the prosecution brought a charge of felonious assault. They overturned the conviction on those grounds.

    What they didn’t do was classify warning shot or codify its intent beyond saying that there is no defined distinction of aim proximity for a shot to be classified as self defense, but that only the person needs to be engaged in an active attempt to stop or otherwise impair force being used against them. You’ll notice they didn’t say for example you could fire a warning shot to stop a fight where force that was or wasn’t directly threatening you. They stated the state bringing charges of assault (vs say public menacing or reckless endangerment) they by default allowed the defendant to use self defense to cover the entire incident.

    You CAN however use existing Ohio rulings to cover yourself from prosecution in that case would an overzealous DA choose to pursue brandishing or public menacing charges to somebody that for instance pulled a gun to break up a fight. Fire a warning shot in those same circumstances though, you open yourself up to a host of negligence based charges where self defense won’t be allowed to be applied unless you get something like the general immunity protections of the initiating violator bearing culpability.



    Now do you just wanna maybe let this one go and stop trying to make warning shots some hill to die on, particularly in a state where one of us practiced actual law enforcement.

    And to the wider group, do not for the love of god use the phrase “I fired a warning shot” in an official statement without council present. For the love of Christ just don’t be that guy. Shut up, explain you are waiting for council and give your statement through the guy that gets paid to protect you should you ever have to defend yourself or another.


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  12. Overturning a conviction based largely on ineffective council and deliberate instruction to the jury is not the same as ruling an action legal. Ohio in particular (where I worked) made great efforts with bill 357 and others to expand CCW and actions covered under it to include things like brandishing as a form of protected force escalation. They deliberately didnt move to expand actions with a firearm that actually involved firing it though.


    Again, warning shots are a terrible idea, and will probably net you charges somewhere in the area of criminal menacing to reckless public endangerment which depending on where it happens can get additional mandatory sentencing tagged on usually in the range of years extra because you used a firearm to do it (way to think backing that that one ahead NRA).


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  13. The landowner shot his gun in the air and got arrested.   If it is against the law to shoot where he lives then I expect cops to show up.  Arresting the landowner is just funny.  He explained that the illegals were cutting down trees on his property and nobody was doing anything to remedy that.  He shot his gun in the air to warn them and then he was arrested.   It seems like they arrested the wrong people.  
     
    Afterthought: I was probably ed up when I posted the original.  

    Ok just so we are all on the same page here, if you meet anyone recommending warning shots just know that person has no idea what they are talking about legally. They are illegal regardless of where you do them.

    Anybody teaching a self defense firearms handling course etc would absolutely tell you warning shots are a good way to get arrested regardless of who started what, they exist nowhere in the escalation of force continuum for personal self defense. If some jackdoodle says otherwise, get your money back and find another class.


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    They cant arrest me if I shoot the cops too.  They aren't allowed on your property without a warrant.   I'm  for real, government overreach is happening and the only way to stop it is by force.   If you’re a cop, don't be a mindless drone for the government.   You have to say "bullshit" when you're overstepping the law.  
    Same with us military folk.  

    I’m sorry to thread jack this if it happens, but do you think gunfire is not exigent circumstances?

    The exact reference you are responding to involved that.


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  15. And for some reason, everything is tied down with rope and there are loose chickens running about.  

    If it was Good enough for Indiana Jones than it’s good enough for the rest of us gawd dammit… now stop your bitching and help me wipe down this “seat” we made with the spare wood and potato bags.


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  16. Bro, I got enough going on in my life that I don't need to also be contemplating my desire to a bunch of cartoon Japanese/American hybrids wearing Bavarian attire.
     
     
    Anyways... Dibs on the redhead.

    As the Waifu pillow crowd grows with enlistments that’s where this thread is heading…


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  17. Got that same experience back in OIF.  Also had one of our crews watch one fly directly into a mountainside near Bagram.  Apparently ATC told them there was co-altitude terrain and they responded "we see everything" shortly before merging with said terrain.  That's why US troops were never allowed to fly on them.

    Welcome travelers with great big hug and salutation. You travel today on back bone of Soviet air transport fleet IL-76. IL-76 is unique airplane... only plane run on coal.

    For tonight’s inflight entertainment we have tetanus shot followed by soggy brown bag lunch and vodka. Please after finish meal and vodka keep bottle for make pee in.

    I encourage to avoid direct contact with Misha the 3rd officer and plane dog. This is same person. Misha has fleas and also short temper particularly when performing fuel consumption check.

    If at any time you feel unsafe during flight we encourage you take short nap. It will all be over soon.


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  18. They will pretend to be outraged at the Jewish "atrocities" but they don't like the Palestinians much more than Israel does.  I would bet they are relatively unconcerned about the chutes not opening as long as they can pretend they're helping.

    I’m honestly surprised they even wasted the chutes and didn’t just Yeet the stuff off the ramp like candy at a 4th of July parade.


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  19. Good stuff, not the right system then but the idea, a relatively cheap per shot system matched with a Hail Mary short range system (DE, guided AAA, suicide drone)

    DE and Microwave are really the sustainment friendly solution to all things kinetic. The next step down is a cheap attack dog drone that goes out there to kill the incoming (ie Coyote). It only needs to have just enough performance to do that, which is why adapting SAMs to this is in a lot of ways a terrible exchange of overkill.

    This is attritional exchange of bombardment methods. The problem is the disparity of cost when you compare a drone built by 3 guys with a high-school education using parts from Amazon. Meanwhile if you’re a western military you’re using IRIS-T or some other tech that needs 7 graduate degrees to design and 6 more guys to build it because it has to be able to kill everything in the way of target sets, and we can manufacture 19 a month or something.

    The danger that comes with DE or Microwave though is those systems have some severe constraints as far as blue on blue effects. EW can be dangerous enough to your operations just through the bleed over effect, now you’re firing hard kill systems that may do things like cook the brains of those GMLRs in the AHA or fry the CPs radio stacks, maybe trash all the antenna cabling for a division STT…

    Part of this problem isn’t simply munition, it’s going from kill chain to kill web with some form of AI to protect us from ourselves while we try to protect everybody.


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  20. Love listening to the service that would play quite literally no role in a China/Taiwan conflict calling the Air Force irrelevant. Army is welcome back at the big boy table the any time they figure out how to field a weapon with a range relevant to anything happening in the pacific. 
     
    As for the drone issue, the army could quit bitching and just buy a few thousand off-the-shelf RF jammers to embed with their troops. But sadly, countering literal RC toys whose RF frequencies are a quick google search away seems to be too complicated for them. 

    Because we didn’t see that exact sort of single minded thinking happen with the Duke system only to be told to turn our stuff off whenever in vicinity of a heavy communications area…

    Sure let’s give Joe some high power microwave/DEWs to protect himself with… what could go wrong.


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  21. Air to ground news
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ar-BB1jFMjO
     
    Could you adapt a Stinger (or similar type missile) to provide a short range defense to these stand off weapons?  
    Considering these are relatively inexpensive and deployed in decent numbers you would need a defense against them similar in cost to avoid an economic exchange imbalance

    Nowhere near enough thermal energy to grant any sort of reliable track. Time from standby to active and searching the the right direction would require a magic level of situational awareness. Also not enough range to permit a reliable distance of intercept.

    I know people brief like a manpads is like a little ~5km wide 10k foot threat bubble just sitting on the battlefield, but they aren’t nearly as effective as the video games make them seem. I like to send pilots out to observe the ADA guys from their perspective. It’s mostly a tool of attrition to kill people dumb enough to hang around close, or a system to ambush predictable targets on established air corridors.


    Now a system like Coyote? Probably better suited as this is exactly what it is designed to be, an expendable suicidal drone. But you still need donors and command and control architecture that may or may not be available at scale for them.


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  22. From what I have read and seen mentioned here is the type of 'rigs' used in this drop were throw-away chutes and have a high failure rate.  

    It’s ok, the Palestinian Health Authority will still report them as “Killed by Zionist Aggression.”


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  23. OTS? I guess I could see that, but OTS has always been the worst way to get to flying from a probability of success  perspective. Any other route to flying isn’t going to care.  

    It’s the same for the Army.

    If you go to OTS without things like a specific completed flight phys, a current SIFT, a letter from Jesus etc, there is no way to select it. Even if it’s available people go to OCS only to watch it pass by and end up a chemo or something. That often times a reason you meet warrants with college degrees that directly assessed. They didn’t want to end up in the quartermaster corps as a 2Lt.

    For the regular line officers it’s West Point > ROTC > OCS if your stated goal is to end up in aviation. In fact the only people I’ve met that didn’t really want aviation but got it were West Pointers.


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