The Military Thread

[shorebird]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/23/obama-s-korea-stage-military-exercises/

A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group set off for Korean waters Wednesday after President Obama pledged America would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea and stage joint military exercises in response to what the White House branded a provocative, outrageous attack by North Korea on its neighbor.

The nuclear-powered USS George Washington carrier strike group, which carries 75 warplanes and has a crew of over 6,000, left a naval base south of Tokyo and will join exercises with South Korea from Sunday to the following Wednesday, U.S. officials in Seoul told Reuters.

[Munson]

Can someone in the military or with better understanding it tell me what exactly "military exercises" are? In my mind I just view it as "look how big our cocks I mean boats are" where they just sail around in view of the enemy.

[SD]

If it's in reference to a ship at sea it means launching aircraft (for carriers etc.), navigation, firing weapons, doing drills at sea like GQ (firefighting/flooding/damage control), seamanship stuff like rigging and underway replenishment etc.

When I was on an LHA military excercises for Marines was them riding LCACs and LCU's to land and doing ops in the field.

[shorebird]

Defiant North Korea fires artillery warning shots

A defiant flash of North Korean artillery within sight of the island that it attacked this week sent a warning signal to Seoul and Washington: The North is not backing down.

[shorebird]

Can someone in the military or with better understanding it tell me what exactly "military exercises" are? In my mind I just view it as "look how big our cocks I mean boats are" where they just sail around in view of the enemy.

Lol!

[Munson]

Forreal. It's the mental image I get every time I hear the phrase. Like taking a piss in the urinal and knowing your cock is so huge that you stand back enough so other dudes can catch a glimpse of what they'll never have.


But for serious, this shtein seems to be escalating. The good news is China has been relatively silent on the matter. Good news only because usually they're like "farg off, America." They seem to be getting a little impatient with North Korea, finally.

[shorebird]

Forreal. It's the mental image I get every time I hear the phrase. Like taking a piss in the urinal and knowing your cock is so huge that you stand back enough so other dudes can catch a glimpse of what they'll never have.

I've never had to worry about that...

But for serious, this shtein seems to be escalating. The good news is China has been relatively silent on the matter. Good news only because usually they're like "farg off, America." They seem to be getting a little impatient with North Korea, finally.

China worries me also.

It won't end with Kim Jong Il either. His son, Kim Jong Un, is Jong Il's successor and said to be exactly like his father, a big drinker who never admits defeat.

[Tomahawk]

Forreal. It's the mental image I get every time I hear the phrase. Like taking a piss in the urinal and knowing your cock is so huge that you stand back enough so other dudes can catch a glimpse of what they'll never have.

I've never had to worry about that...

But for serious, this shtein seems to be escalating. The good news is China has been relatively silent on the matter. Good news only because usually they're like "farg off, America." They seem to be getting a little impatient with North Korea, finally.

China worries me also.

It won't end with Kim Jong Il either. His son, Kim Jong Un, is Jong Il's successor and said to be exactly like his father, a big drinker who never admits defeat.

Sounds like me

Completely unrelated....

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/03/saving-ryans-privates/?test=faces

[shorebird]

59 years ago today...



In less than nine minutes the USS Arizona sank with 1,177 of her crew who are still today entombed insider her hull. All in all, there were over 3,000 casualties that resulted from the Japanease attack.

[Tomahawk]

In remembrance of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, I'll be shooting down kamikazes after work

[SD]

I'm gonna bang a Japanese chick

[Sgt PSN]

I'm gonna play Battleship.

[ice grillin you]

im gonna build a computer out of a watch

[Tomahawk]

I'm gonna play Battleship.

That's one of the most offensive and insensitive things I've ever read

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I'm gonna play Battleship.

That's one of the most offensive and insensitive things I've ever read

If that's the case, I would say you don't read enough.