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This reeks like the Darfur crap that was all the rage when I was in college. A lot of feel good "awareness raising" but what good did that do? All we need is a couple of gunships down there to lay waste to everything that moves in a burning village. The UN has unarmed "observers" who see this crap happen every day, why not do something about it? Even if it's a few contractors ala this guy, seeing a few of your buddies turned to pink mist make be enough of a deterrence to keep them from brazzenly killing and raping at every chance. http://astore.amazon.com/ferjun-20/detail/1612000703

It was an okay movie. The actual acting was terrible, but fortunately 95% of the movie was nothing but the SEALs doing what they do best. They use damn near every cliche in the book but what the heck there's still some entertainment value to be had.

That's great to hear, I can't wait until we shit can the entire department. Let me get this straight, if a terrorist can elude the military, the FBI, the CIA and every other 3 letter agency a freaking mall cop with a metal detecting wand is supposed to stop him? DHS didn't help with the shoe bomber. The underwear bomber also made it through no problem. Hell this year alone a pax was allowed to board a plane with a loaded .38 and another guy managed to bring a brick of C4 on a flight accidentally, but don't worry he was caught when he tried to board the return flight. The airlines aren't any better, here we are over 10 years later and now some airlines at one or two airports are starting to allow customers who have flown for hundreds of thousands of miles to skip one or two of the BS rules in the security line? We honestly couldn't come up with some way to speed up the process in the decade since? How much tax money have these clowns wasted? I would bet we have wasted more tax money with these buffoons than we lost on 9/11, several times over. I don't even want to know the potential cost of all those man hours from the poor saps who wait in line until it's their turn to be freedom searched. But hey, as long as we kept pulling people aside grandmas, children, and those folks with higher security clearances than the TSA monkeys instead of the people who fit the actual terrorist profile like El Al does I'm sure we'll be perfectly safe and that tax money will be well spent.

There's a really interesting book called The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War by David Livingstone Smith. He does an excellent job at breaking down the psychology, evolutionary biology and history of war that writes stuff like this off to human nature which many people in combat with no diagnosed or known psychological or mental disorders doing far worse than this. Even Chimpanzees are documented to have absolutely obliterated and desecrated former band (herd?) mates that they grew up with until their groups split up and moved away. There's a lot of pretty disturbing stuff in there, and it can be a little dense on the science, but overall it's a really good read. That doesn't make this right or okay, but it isn't the first time it has happened and it won't be the last.

http://aviationintel.com/2012/01/10/f-35c-cannot-land-on-a-carrier/ Looks like they made the tailhook a bit too short. What a cluster######.

CNN is calling it a "human operation". Not sure if that's pentagon speak for giving the UAV pilot/intel folks more credit or a fast mover, but doesn't Pakistan have some pretty restrictive laws about foreign militarizes operating on their soil?

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A great school? You realize ITT Tech has a higher graduation rate than Boise State does right? Its Phoenix University with an athletic department. A good AD for sure, but when you only have to get up for 3 games all year you lose a lot of credibility. I'd love to see them take on a couple of ranked teams in one month and see how it goes.

A lot of those "legal" drugs are simply chemicals like ecstasy with an extra oxygen atom tacked on to the molecule. Same effects, but since it's a different compund its perfectly legal. After we got briefed on it I checked out a documentary on it online. A lot of the fake pot products are actually twice as powerful as pot or almost identical to banned drugs like cocaine and x, but there is absolutely zero FDA/health office oversight and no clue about what the long term risks are. Interesting stuff.

3 dead, 1 missing http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/12/georgia.military.aircraft.down/index.html?hpt=T2

Per NATOPS "Antiexposyure suits- The latest available type...shall be provided for flight personnel of naval aircraft when in the event of a mishap there would be a significant risk of water entry and when any of the following conditions prevail: 1- The water temp is 50F or below 2- The air temp is below 32F 3- If the water temp is between 50-60F and the commanding officer of the unit concerned must determine whether antiexposure suits are neccessary based on SAR factors as follows A-assess max probable rescue time B- Determine the lowest water temp in the mission area during the time period of flight. 4- When antiexpsure suits are not req'd and water temp is below 60F, flight equipment shall include aramid undergarments. Per CNN the search is suspended until tomorrow morning, hopefully they're holed up on shore with a nice fire going. Expected survival time in 50 degree water is 6 hrs, but with training and protection I'd imagine it could be fairly longer than that.

Hopefully they find the second person. Another article mentioned that there was a report that both pilots were out and clinging to the side of the plane before it sank. 50 degree air temp and 50 degree water at the time of the crash, hopefully they find the other pilot soon. T-34 from NAS Whiting Field crashes in Lake Pontchartrain January 24, 2010 1:35 PM A T-34C Turbomentor went down in Lake Pontchartrain at approximately 7:00 p.m. Saturday. There were two pilots aboard the aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing Five based out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla. The Coast Guard has recovered one of the pilots, who suffered minor injuries, and is currently conducting a search for the second pilot. The aircraft was conducting a routine cross-country training mission. An investigation has convened to investigate the cause of the mishap.

Recruiting thugs who win two national championships > recruiting players who can't read or put away Jacksonville State

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Aren't there some at Eglin/Hurlburt field?

I never was much of a fan of college baseball, mostly because my school didn't have one. But a few weeks back I was on my way to P-Cola and I stopped in Baton Rouge to see death valley. Security was tight and shot me down, but game 2 of the Rice-Lsu super regional series was starting so I stayed and watched about half before I had to hit the road, man it was a blast. Way better than the pro game, thats for sure. Poor UNC, how many straight years have they blown a routine play in an otherwise great game in Omaha? If you ever get a chance, watch a game its great!

Dude...chill...seriously. You'll give yourself a stroke before your 200 year. Remember boy scouts? That is what ROTC is like. Do your best, work hard, stay out of trouble but most importantly HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF ROTC. The rest will fall into place.

Our cadre say, if the school does something, they don't care because thats not going to pop up on a background check. But they were referring to parking tickets, either way I wouldn't worry about it if you were drinking. But if they do find out about it you could get into trouble for not reporting it, I don't know what your det commander is like.

It depends on the situation Expenditure Disaster [ 19. June 2006, 02:04: Message edited by: pintail21 ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su-25_Frogfoot General characteristics Crew: one pilot Length: 15.53 m (50 ft 11) Wingspan: 14.36 m (47 ft 1 in) Height: 4.80 m (15 ft 9 in) Wing area: 30.1 m² (324 ft²) Empty weight: 9,185 kg (20,250 lb) Loaded weight: 14,600 kg (32,190 lb) Maximum Take-Off Weight: 17,600 kg (38,800 lb) Powerplant: 2× Tumansky R-195 turbojets, 44.18 kN (9,932 lbf) each Performance Maximum speed: 975 km/h (606 mph) Combat radius: 375 km (235 mi) Ferry range: 1,950 km (1,210 mi) Service ceiling: 10,000 m (32,800 ft) Rate of climb: 58 m/s (11,400 ft/min) Wing loading: 584 kg/m² (119 lb/ft²) Thrust/weight: 0.51 Armament 1× GSh-30-2 30mm cannon with 250 rounds 11 hardpoints for up to 4,400 kg (9,700 lb) of disposable ordnance, including rails for two R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid') or other air-to-air missiles for self-defence and a wide variety of general-purpose bombs, cluster bombs, gun pods, rocket pods, laser-guided bombs, and air-to-surface missiles A-10 General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 53 ft 4 in (16.26 m) Wingspan: 57 ft 6 in (17.53 m) Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) Wing area: 506 ft² (47.0 m²) Airfoil: NACA 6716 root, NACA 6713 tip Empty weight: 24,959 lb (11,321 kg) Loaded weight: Standard: 30,384 lb (13,782 kg) On CAS mission: 47,094 lb (21,361 kg) On anti-armor mission: 42,071 lb (19,083 kg)) Maximum Take-Off Weight: 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) Powerplant: 2× General Electric TF34-GE-100A turbofans, 9,065 lbf (40.32 kN) each Performance Never exceed speed: 450 knots (520 mph, 830 km/h) Maximum speed: 380 knots (438 mph, 704 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m) with 6 Mk 82 bombs Cruise speed: 300 knots (340 mph, 560 km/h) Combat radius: On CAS mission: 250 nm (290 mi, 460 km) at 1.88 hour single-engine loiter at 5,000 ft (1,500 m), 10 min combat On anti-armor mission: 252 nm (166 mi, 267 km), 40 nm (45 mi, 75 km) sea-level penetration and exit, 30 min combat GAU-8 AvengerFerry range: 2,240 nm (2,580 mi, 4,150 km) with 50 knot (55 mph, 90 km/h) headwinds, 20 minutes reserve Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,700 m) Rate of climb: 6,000 ft/min (30 m/s) Wing loading: 99 lb/ft² (482 kg/m²) Thrust/weight: 0.36 Armament Guns: 1× 30 mm (1.18 in) GAU-8/A Avenger gatling gun with 1,350 rounds Hardpoints: 8× underwing and 3× under-fuselage pylon stations holding up to 16,000 lb (7,200 kg) and accommodating: Mark 82, Mark 83, and Mark 84 general-purpose bombs or Mk 77 incendiary bombs or BLU-1, BLU-27/B Rockeye II, BL755 and CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97 cluster bombs or GBU-10 Paveway II, GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-16 Paveway II and GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bombs or AGM-65 Maverick and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles or LAU-68 Hydra 70 mm (2.76 in) and 127 mm (5.0 in) rocket pods or Illumination flares, ECM and chaff pods or ALQ-131 ECM pod ------------------------------------------------- from http://www.enemyforces.com/aircraft/su25.htm It is intended to support ground forces, destroy heavy armored vehicles, fortifications and other targets. The Su-25 "Frogfoot" is some kind of competitor to the US A-10 "Thunderbolt" attack aircraft. Comparing them "Frogfoot" is significantly smaller, lighter but features more powerful armament and speed. Also the Su-25 has lighter protection than the "Thunderbolt". It is explained that US designers paid more attention to develop aircraft with good survivability while soviet designers developed smaller aircraft with better maneuverability that is harder to hit. Furthermore Su-25 "Frogfoot" was completed with more powerful turbojet engines instead of turboprop on the A-10. Of course, that turboprop comment sends any credibility that site had in flames...but take it for what its worth :rolleyes:

Forever a soldier is a good one, its not focused on aviation or any war in particular, but its a collection of stories from the library of congress veterans project, the only problem is the stories are only a few pages long. But very interesting none the less.

In the Battle of Britian germans used radio signals in straight lines to steer bombers to their target, a warning signal that saidx minutes till release, then another line that told them when to release. Then of course the british found ways to replicate these signals to confuse the aircrews into bombign the wrong areas

Don't be a dousche and take ROTC too seriously, stay focused and work hard, but be sure to lighten up too. Relax, have some fun, keep your ears open, don't back stab another cadet and stay active in the corps somehow.

Somewhere green peace is having a stroke right about now. Just out of curiosity, why would you need to dump all that fuel? Was it weighing down the plane too much???