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Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View PostAgain this wasn't the state of art aircraft that we are used to today. After the A-10 as mention the other aircraft is the C-130 in being able to survive...My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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Originally posted by Panther Al View PostFor what its worth, there are those pics out there showing an IDF F15 landing with one wing missing.I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons...First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes
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Group,
Does this count as a stupid GI trick, or just wacky?
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/...bs&Qis=XL#qdig
Of course, air cavalry is nothing crazy! Just a fanciful application of the concept, circa 1956.
Check out the comments! Priceless.
TonyLast edited by helbent4; 12-20-2010, 03:21 AM.
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Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View PostOuch. So was this E-6 a Drill Sergeant or just technical instructor? Either way what a way to lose rank and pay drop...The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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Originally posted by Adm.Lee View PostThe C-47/DC-3 might rank up there, too. At least one lost a few feet off a wing to one of the Himalaya Mountains, and flew home. Another was rammed by a Japanese fighter and survived to come home. All this, and there are some still flying today, 70+ years after the design was first built.
Watching those old b&w films can show some pretty amazing stuff.The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostHe was a tech instructor....or should I say a former tech instructor!
I know at Benning, there were member of the the 29th Infantry that would do more detail instructions of the various weapons system beyond the basic upkeep of the M16.
I also realize a lot depending from training unit to training unit on how much support they would get from various support units assigned to the various Training Brigades.
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Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostDon't forget the B-17 that got rammed by a Fw 190, cutting all but the keel and a couple of feet right behind the waist guns, the Flying Fortress made it back to England, landed and then the tail dropped off.
Watching those old b&w films can show some pretty amazing stuff.
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Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View PostOuch. Yeah I had to ask because the way it was written. So do the Drill Sergeants at Fort Knox do any of the tank gunnery instructions or is this done by a support unit that specializes in giving these instruction to units as they rotate through their Basic Training/Advance Individual Training cycles.
I know at Benning, there were member of the the 29th Infantry that would do more detail instructions of the various weapons system beyond the basic upkeep of the M16.
I also realize a lot depending from training unit to training unit on how much support they would get from various support units assigned to the various Training Brigades.
When I went to Germany for my 2nd tour I was assigned as a Section Sergeant and I always made it a point to ask if the new personal had acting corporals, that told just how much retraining I had to do to get the kids qualified.The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostWhen I was stationed at Knox, the Armor School used instructors rather than using the DIs. The problem was that they had to rotate through the instructor's course in order to pick up the Hotel identifier, so you would see a 19K30H running a section. The problem was that the school had a eleven-month backlog when I was there so a lot of instructors were E-5/6s pulled from various bases or, and this is what I hated, they would pull the best students and make them "acting corporals" and use them as instructors.
When I went to Germany for my 2nd tour I was assigned as a Section Sergeant and I always made it a point to ask if the new personal had acting corporals, that told just how much retraining I had to do to get the kids qualified.
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Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View PostOuch "acting Corporals"... So what was harder, retraining an "Acting Corporal" or their students...
Three guesses?
And if you say both then you win a a real life John Wayne Bar! (You do have dental insurance?)The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostAnd if you say both then you win a a real life John Wayne Bar! (You do have dental insurance?)I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons...First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes
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Originally posted by pmulcahy11b View PostI didn't like John Wayne Bars -- they made me fart.
John Wayne bars were epoxyed to the front slope of the tank...damned things increased your armor protection by a factor of 150!!!!!
You could also use them as deadly ninja throwing stars and cut trees down with them!!!
And if you were really, truely darn-near starving, then you could hit the grizzily over the head with one and eat the grizzily! LOL!
The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostTsk, Tsk, Tsk, Paul....you've forgotten the essential truths of John Wayne bars:
John Wayne bars were epoxyed to the front slope of the tank...damned things increased your armor protection by a factor of 150!!!!!
You could also use them as deadly ninja throwing stars and cut trees down with them!!!
And if you were really, truely darn-near starving, then you could hit the grizzily over the head with one and eat the grizzily! LOL!
Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.
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