The Military Thread

[Drunkmasterflex]

MRAP is a generic term really.  From my experience and I was on a route clearance team pretty much what these vehicles are designed for the RG 31 is the best vehicle to be in.  The Buffalo is the safest, but I hated it they don't typically have weapons systems. 

[Seabiscuit36]

MRAP is a generic term really.  From my experience and I was on a route clearance team pretty much what these vehicles are designed for the RG 31 is the best vehicle to be in.  The Buffalo is the safest, but I hated it they don't typically have weapons systems. 

i saw a few on FutureWeapons, they were doing testing down the road at APG, and these things were impressive.  6 Wheeled armored with some good weaponry to protect, and others just blastproof carriers. 

[Sgt PSN]

So tomorrow I'm boarding this boat...



and heading down to Peru.  Interesting that they'd name a ship after New Orleans.  You'd think a sub would make more sense since it too can only be found below sea level.  Zinger!

Be back in about 6 weeks.  Peace bitches.

BTW.......

Now the Navy has a new uniform that has a digital pattern like the the ones the Marines started wearing about 6 years ago.  Here's what I don't get though.....



It's blue.  Why the farg would you wear blue camouflage on a farging ship in the middle of the ocean?  More specifically, why the farg would you want to wear something that is going to make you harder to find in the ocean should you happen to fall off the farging boat?  Stupid farging squids. 

[General_Failure]

Because you'd go blind looking at 100 men with orange camo pants around their ankles working over 100 other guys with orange pants around their ankles?

[SD]

It's blue.  Why the farg would you wear blue camouflage on a farging ship in the middle of the ocean?  More specifically, why the farg would you want to wear something that is going to make you harder to find in the ocean should you happen to fall off the farging boat?  Stupid farging squids. 

It's funny you mention this because my room mate and I were saying the exact same thing the other day. I personally liked the dungarees and coveralls we wore when I was on active duty. Camouflage should be saved for people who actually need it. I guess they changed the working blues and khaki's too.

Have a nice vacation and make sure you stay in your berthing if they call away GQ

[shorebird]

The Brits know aviation. The 2010 Eurofighter Typhoon is one great aircraft. At the cost of 69 mil euro dollars, it's around half the cost of a 150 milliion dollar F-22 Raptor. They are selling the crap outta' them to Austria, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Saudi Arabia, as well as the United Kingdom. A great tried and true design of a delta wing, with a twist. Two kenard wings at the nose of the aircraft give it supermanuveralbility. The F-22 is a great aircraft, but the cost has bogged down it's funding. On 28 October 2009, President Barack Obama signed a defense bill that terminated some weapons projects and expanded war efforts for the current conflicts. The bill terminates production of the F-22 jet fighter program. He had the Dod  prepare a report on the costs and feasibility for an F-22 export variant and another report on the impact of F-22 export sales on the U.S. aerospace industry. But know the whole program looks done.

http://www.youtube.com/v/sg3R6vJWWuc&feature=related

[shorebird]

This is the jet the United States will most likely continue funding for. The F-35 joint strike fighter. At 89 million per it's a lot more affordable, and even though it has a top speed of Mach 1.7, it's powered by a single engine design, which is much more mantainable. It's stealthy, and has a variant in production with vertical takeoff capability. It's able to carry more armament than any other aircraft in the world, and any weapon that the U.S. has, even cruise missles. And it's being exported to the friendlys.

http://www.youtube.com/v/xTSRbXTh-_A&feature=related

[ice grillin you]

this is especially important because of all the dog fights we get into

[shorebird]

The F-35 B is the variant with STOVL (short takeoff and vertical landing) capability. It's going to be exported the the RAF to replace the Harrier jump jet. The U.S. Marines oredered 140 of them to replace their entire inventory of F-18's and Harriers. It's the first STOVL aircraft since the Harrier. It can take off from a carrer with a full load and  not need a catapult on the Royal Navy's Invincible class carriers that have ramps on them. It's an amazing aircraft.

http://www.youtube.com/v/LPy7FuA0Z6A

[PhillyPhreak54]

this is especially important because of all the dog fights we get into

Goose and Maverick fart in your general direction!

[Diomedes]

this is especially important because of all the dog fights we get into

lol

the military is the biggest welfare project going.  then corporations.  then you get to actual individual citizens. 

[Sgt PSN]

And of those individual citizens, about 50,000 are men and women in the military who are currently receiving food stamps and other forms of gov't aid. 

[Seabiscuit36]

I agree, use our military superiority to fight off the bottom feeders

[shorebird]

How bout we just get rid of the military all together? Save money by eliminating the biggest welfare project ever.

[shorebird]

USS McCampbell (DDG 85) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) steam in formation through the Western Pacific Ocean before taking part in a live-fire exercise. Curtis Wilbur and McCampbell are assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, part of the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed naval forces which are currently underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean


USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 85) fires an MK-45 five-inch gun during a live-fire exercise. The MK 45 five inch gun is a fully-automatic naval gun capable of providing accurate naval gunfire against fast, highly-maneuverable surface targets, air threats and shore batteries. Curtis Wilbur is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, part of the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed naval forces which is currently underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean.