Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

BarnBuster

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doublejj said:
Neither trump or pence attended the Veterans Day observance at Arlington on Veterans Day....smh:?
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"The president explained that he had recently returned from "the American Cemetery in Paris and I really probably assumed that was fine and I was extremely busy because of affairs of state -- doing other things.""

Open 24/7/365 for him. You know his handlers said something about it. He could have gone 10:00 PM that night if he was THAT busy.
 
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Have you been following the sad story of the Argentinian sub lost at sea?

"About 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 15, San Juan’s captain used a satellite phone to alert his Argentine Navy superiors the sub had taken on salt water through the snorkel – used to replenish air to the submerged sub. The water intrusion short-circuited the batteries in the submarine’s forward compartments, sparking either a fire or smoke, according to an Argentine Navy statement first reported by Argentina’s news station A24.

A CNN English translation of the message A24 broadcast is: “Seawater leaked in through the ventilation system into battery system No. 3, causing a short circuit and the early stages of a fire where the batteries were. The batteries on the external bow are out of service. We are currently submerging with a divided circuit. Nothing new to report regarding personnel. Will keep you informed.”

I mean come on now, this can hardly have been a T/S mission :(

https://news.usni.org/2017/11/29/water-entered-missing-argentine-sub-snorkel-detected-explosion?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=8e0e41a961-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-8e0e41a961-231902369&ct=t(USNI_NEWS_DAILY)&mc_cid=8e0e41a961&mc_eid=be4105e310
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U.S. Underwater Mapping Firm Finds Wreckage of Missing Argentine Sub
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/17/u-s-underwater-mapping-firm-finds-wreckage-missing-argentine-sub
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46248970
 
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Olive Drab Green

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BarnBuster said:
U.S. Underwater Mapping Firm Finds Wreckage of Missing Argentine Sub
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/17/u-s-underwater-mapping-firm-finds-wreckage-missing-argentine-sub
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46248970
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That’s exactly the type of shit that made me decide against the Navy altogether. The thought of drowning in the bottom a capsized, sinking ship horrifies me. Then again, so does being trapped in the back of a blown-up, flaming armored vehicle with hydraulic doors that don’t open when the engine is off (or blown up and on fire.) R.I.P. B Co.

I don’t understand who thought building MRAPs that way was a good idea.
 
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43 YEARS LATER, RETIRED VIETNAM VET RECEIVES NAVY CROSS
By Cpl. Michael Parks, Defense Media Activity
VANCOUVER, WA --

It’s the summer of 1968 in Vietnam, a sergeant with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment was forced into a position he never could have imagined. He had to lead his entire company through a deadly enemy ambush after the company commander, platoon commander and senior enlisted leadership were wounded in the fight.

These were the circumstances of retired Marine 1st Sgt. John J. Lord during the battle of Hue City, nearly half a century ago, during the Vietnam War.

Lord was awarded the Navy Cross, the nation’s second highest award for combat bravery, during a ceremony at a Marine Corps Birthday Ball celebration in Vancouver, Washington Nov. 17, 2018. The Navy Cross award was an upgrade from a Bronze Star that Lord received in 1975, seven years after he put himself in the cross-hairs of the North Vietnamese Army when rescuing his fellow Marines who were wounded.

Lord took over command of the entire company and located one of the only working radios and then started directing air support against the enemy.

The day immediately following the battle, now retired Lt. Col. Michael Sweeney began pushing for Lord to be awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism and valor during the fight. Even after the Bronze Star was awarded, Sweeney continued to push for the Navy Cross. Finally, 43 years later, Sweeney’s efforts bore fruit.

According to his citation, Lord’s actions helped turned the tide of the battle. However, he always stayed true to his men and their efforts during the fight.

“Everything on that citation is true except one thing they left off,” Lord said. “They left off the Marines who served with me that day.”

Four of his fellow unit members were in attendance the night of the ceremony, and stood at Lord’s behest to receive a standing ovation from all who were in attendance just like they did for Lord just moments prior.
Lord proclaimed how honored he was to serve with these Marines and how important they are to the mission.

“I can only stand here and say how proud I am to have served with you Marines — and corpsman, I won’t forget you too,” Lord said. “I am honored to call you brothers in arms.”

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/19/50-years-later-marine-vietnam-vet-receives-navy-cross-combat-leadership
 
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Today in Military History
November 23, 1943 – On Tarawa Atoll, the battle ends by noon​

"After 76 hours of fighting, the battle for Betio was over. The final casualty figures for the 2d Marine Division in Operation GALVANIC were 997 Marines and 30 sailors (organic medical personnel) dead; 88 Marines missing and presumed dead; and 2,233 Marines and 59 sailors wounded. Total casualties: 3,407. Of the roughly 4,800 Japanese defenders, about 97% were thought to have been killed. Only 146 prisoners were captured — all but 17 of them Korean laborers. More casualties would come in operations on surrounding islands.

The intense bloodshed on Tarawa, documented by war correspondents who were close to the fighting, sparked outcry in the US. Many criticized the strategy and tactics at Tarawa, but the Navy and Marine Corps drew lessons from the battle and applied them throughout the war, and Betio's airfield supported operations against other vital positions in the Pacific.

"The capture of Tarawa knocked down the front door to the Japanese defenses in the Central Pacific," said Admiral Chester Nimitz, the commander in chief of the Pacific fleet.

In the words of military historians Jeter Isely and Philip Crowl, “The capture of Tarawa, in spite of defects in execution, conclusively demonstrated that American amphibious doctrine was valid, that even the strongest island fortress could be seized.”

The costs of the forcible seizure of Tarawa were two-fold: the loss of Marines in the assault itself, followed by the shock and despair of the nation upon hearing the reports of the battle. The gains at first seemed small in return, the "stinking little island" of Betio, 8,000 miles from Tokyo. In time, the practical lessons learned in the complex art of amphibious assault began to outweigh the initial adverse publicity.

Four Medals of Honor were earned at Tarawa, one of them posthumously. Thirty-four Navy Crosses, the Navy’s second-highest award for valor, were issued along with some 250 Silver Stars."

https://www.businessinsider.com/battle-of-tarawa-in-wwii-the-toughest-battle-in-marine-corps-history-2017-11
https://www.mca-marines.org/mcaf-blog/2011/05/23/why-tarawa
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Tarawa/index.html
 
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doublejj

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BarnBuster said:
Today in Military History
November 23, 1943 – On Tarawa Atoll, the battle ends by noon​

"After 76 hours of fighting, the battle for Betio was over. The final casualty figures for the 2d Marine Division in Operation GALVANIC were 997 Marines and 30 sailors (organic medical personnel) dead; 88 Marines missing and presumed dead; and 2,233 Marines and 59 sailors wounded. Total casualties: 3,407. Of the roughly 4,800 Japanese defenders, about 97% were thought to have been killed. Only 146 prisoners were captured — all but 17 of them Korean laborers. More casualties would come in operations on surrounding islands.

The intense bloodshed on Tarawa, documented by war correspondents who were close to the fighting, sparked outcry in the US. Many criticized the strategy and tactics at Tarawa, but the Navy and Marine Corps drew lessons from the battle and applied them throughout the war, and Betio's airfield supported operations against other vital positions in the Pacific.

"The capture of Tarawa knocked down the front door to the Japanese defenses in the Central Pacific," said Admiral Chester Nimitz, the commander in chief of the Pacific fleet.

In the words of military historians Jeter Isely and Philip Crowl, “The capture of Tarawa, in spite of defects in execution, conclusively demonstrated that American amphibious doctrine was valid, that even the strongest island fortress could be seized.”

The costs of the forcible seizure of Tarawa were two-fold: the loss of Marines in the assault itself, followed by the shock and despair of the nation upon hearing the reports of the battle. The gains at first seemed small in return, the "stinking little island" of Betio, 8,000 miles from Tokyo. In time, the practical lessons learned in the complex art of amphibious assault began to outweigh the initial adverse publicity.

Four Medals of Honor were earned at Tarawa, one of them posthumously. Thirty-four Navy Crosses, the Navy’s second-highest award for valor, were issued along with some 250 Silver Stars."

https://www.businessinsider.com/battle-of-tarawa-in-wwii-the-toughest-battle-in-marine-corps-history-2017-11
https://www.mca-marines.org/mcaf-blog/2011/05/23/why-tarawa
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Tarawa/index.html
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The Japanese made their biggest mistake of WWII at Pearl Harbor. Of all the possible targets for their 100's of planes they failed to hit the massive fuel storage tanks. It would have taken the us 2-3 years to replenish that fuel and would have limited the US ability to wage war in the pacific for many years. The Japanese would have ruled all of the pacific by then....
 
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