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Are you serious? Please be serious...I need the amusement...

FYI: that tradition has not died. Gangs still meet out in the parking lot after 10pm btw (I think thats going to be my driving motivation to get a CCW).

Nice to always have solid proof of the media bias. I know tons of people that think Fox is biased but all the other services aren't.

Or we could just solve the problem and have a FUNCTIONAL uniform... And I am a firm believer that there is no ONE universal uniform. The Marines were right. There is no magical uniform that will have good concelability properties in both the desert and the jungle/woods. As much as we love saving $ look at what this uniform fiasco is doing? Costing more money!

How the hell do they think that thing is going to get 540 KIAS?! That has to be a joke. Currently the record holder for "The fastest single engine turboprop" is the XA2D Shyshark and is well over40 KIAS slower...(500 mph). So throwing up a giant BS flag.

Wow yea...200 miles huh? That means Taiwan is inside the Chinese "exclusive economic zone." We better move that island... Thats outside their "exclusive economic zone!" But I bet it was still our fault... Okay this incident still seriously pisses me off. Our surveillance P-3 didn't collide with the Chinese fighter. The Chinese fighter collided with our P-3!!! Four engine turboprop flying straight and level or a fighter jet doing high speed passes...who do you think is at fault?!

Megan Fox to save this thread from the 2nd page: You're all welcome.

Disagree with you here. My best friend is Ranger qual in the 101st so I get this info first hand. The ACU is crap. Sure its light weight, but its concealment is majorly lacking. Also, the velcro ends up trapping sand and becomes useless, the zippers are crap, and once you stain it you might as well throw them away. While some if this is might just be bitching I think the concealment portion is kind of a big deal. They are doing dismounted patrols in Afghanistan and blending in certainly helps. Yes the black beret for everyone was stupid (I agree). But generally the Army likes to incorporate things SOF is doing because they are doing it for a reason: It works! Not because it looks cool, but because its functional. I participated in an Army FTX (as OPFOR) in a woodland environment and it was painfully easy to spot them trying to be sneaky doing a recon while in ACUs.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/08/army_camo_081709w/ So looks like the Army is going to be ditching the ACU pattern ASAP. What are we going to do? It takes us like 5x longer to implement a uniform than they do (and we still screw it up). So we going to stick with a useless pattern or pull the plug?

Sniper scene from Black Hawk Down. 100% true American heroes.

I don't want to know what I would do if some SrA went off on me...let alone one in TIB. It would get ugly fast...

Bought it complete.

That's funny. That's basically the exact AR I own. Except I got Daniel Defense rails and a Superior Arm's Lower. I LOVE IT!!! Mine was a little less expensive than that because I got it when prices were a bit lower (less demand). But with the DD rails it came out to about ~$1200.

Or just keep operating Vipers and we can avoid all this. Hell we have enough Vipers in the grave yard we could probably bring up to Block 52 spec easily and cheaply enough.

Block 60's cost more than Super Hornets? Seriously how is that possible. The Super Bug has two engines and is bigger...how did they manage to make it less expensive than the newest Viper? Hats off to Boeing if they did... Edit: Might have mis-read that...Your saying Block 60's cost too much over a 52 to make them a valid option? Not Block 60s vs an -18E/F right?

I know you have been beaten to death but feel compelled to add this little snippet I just finished reading...lets compare the "logistics coordination" needed to get the "mission done." TIP vs Real world of course. Here is my real world example: I will await your TIP example that comes within .01% of worthiness...if even that.

What ever happened to the JCA/C-27J shenanigans?

Nice little "so to speak" in there too.

https://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/CockyCockney/1214698946031.gif ^FULL FRONTAL NUDITY!!!! NWS!!! https://pimpandhost.com/media/simple/22438/dff18001e39e.gif ^FULL FRONTAL NUDITY!!!! NWS!!! (MS JULY 1989 btw)

2. Anyone know over what time span that was condensed from? Seems like he was over Germany at one point, then France, then getting cleared direct to Holloman? If he is over FL600 then why does he need to talk to anyone? Is that just a PC thing when flying over other countries?