Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

raratt · Nov 10, 2020

Air Force A-10 pilot earns prestigious award for pulling off an 'extraordinary' belly landing with no cockpit canopy and damaged landing gear

A gun failure caused an explosion that sent his cockpit canopy flying as he tore through the air at 400 mph. It also wrecked part of the landing gear.

www.businessinsider.com

BarnBuster · Nov 10, 2020

Veterans, Gold Star Families get free entrance to national parks, refuges, other public lands - VA News

Veterans and Gold Star Families will be granted free access to national parks, wildlife refuges and other Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior starting on Veterans Day this year and every day onward.

www.blogs.va.gov

Veterans And Gold Star Families Granted Lifetime Passes To National Parks

Former service members and families of those killed on active duty will have "free access to the iconic and treasured lands they fought to protect."

www.npr.org

raratt · Nov 10, 2020

Hey, Wanna Buy a Real, Flyable F-4 Phantom?

This legendary test jet set the low-altitude speed record in 1961. Now it can be all yours.

www.popularmechanics.com

BarnBuster · Nov 11, 2020

DarkWeb · Nov 11, 2020

Thank you all

BarnBuster · Nov 14, 2020

Israeli agents killed al-Qaeda’s No. 2 on Iran street, at behest of US: NY Times

Abu Muhammad al-Masri said gunned down in August; he allegedly orchestrated 1998 US African embassy bombings, 2002 attack on Israeli-owned Kenyan hotel, in which over 200 killed

www.timesofisrael.com

raratt · Nov 19, 2020

BarnBuster · Nov 25, 2020

cannabineer · Nov 30, 2020

I figured here was a good place. Neighbors did this.

In person it looks very nice with the brilliant colors.

GreatwhiteNorth · Dec 1, 2020

cannabineer said:
I figured here was a good place. Neighbors did this.

In person it looks very nice with the brilliant colors.

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What does it say?

cannabineer · Dec 1, 2020

GreatwhiteNorth said:
What does it say?

God Bless R Troops

BarnBuster · Dec 3, 2020

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The remains of a pair of brothers who died aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified.

DOD identifies remains of Indiana brothers who died aboard USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor

Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Harold F. Trapp, who died at age 24, and Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class William H. Trapp, 23 at the time of his death, were officially accounted for Nov. 24, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced.

www.stripes.com

https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/casualty/Documents/POW%20MIA/USS%20OKLAHOMA%20(BB-37).pdf

https://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge342/Salvage%20of%20USS%20Oklahoma.pdf

raratt · Dec 4, 2020

BarnBuster · Dec 7, 2020

BarnBuster · Dec 8, 2020

BarnBuster · Dec 8, 2020

A woman will take command of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the first time in US Navy history

The Navy has selected Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt as the first woman to command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

taskandpurpose.com

curious2garden · Dec 8, 2020

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Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97 (Published 2020)

A World War II fighter ace and Air Force general, he was, according to Tom Wolfe, “the most righteous of all the possessors of the right stuff.”

www.nytimes.com

curious2garden · Dec 8, 2020

We salute the Marine scout sniper who snuck up on an enemy completely naked except for a pair of boots

An expert sniper can sneak up on an enemy naked as the day he was born. It's not particularly advised, but one top sharpshooter did exactly that just to prove a point, Marine snipers told Insider

taskandpurpose.com

BarnBuster · Dec 8, 2020

curious2garden said:
We salute the Marine scout sniper who snuck up on an enemy completely naked except for a pair of boots

An expert sniper can sneak up on an enemy naked as the day he was born. It's not particularly advised, but one top sharpshooter did exactly that just to prove a point, Marine snipers told Insider

taskandpurpose.com

Gives all new meaning to the name Hathcock!

GreatwhiteNorth · Dec 8, 2020

BarnBuster said:
Gives all new meaning to the name Hathcock!

Carlos was a Bad Ass no mater the category.

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