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Yeah, sorry about that. Back on topic... My Lai, in my opinion, was a failure at many levels. When I went through Marine boot camp, we were taught that you not only have an obligation/duty to obey lawful orders, but also to NOT obey unlawful orders. That training may have been a result of lessons learned from My Lai, but I'm fairly certain that unlawful vs lawful orders have been a known thing since well before Vietnam. Edited to add: The courage that it took for Hugh Thompson to do what he did is incredible.

Ah, the old Sherpa pilots. I think they do have some warrants that fly Sherpas, at least the last time I was around the Army, which was about 10 years ago. My buddy's son, after graduating college, he went to OCS and then flight school at Fort Rucker. Not sure what they call units at the platoon level in Army Aviation, but he was either a "platoon" commander or company XO and also a pilot. I think he was flying a Kiowa at the time. I think those are out of service now, but he's flying something.

I'm not sure what you mean by "few other Army aviators", but there are many helicopter pilots in the Army that are neither Warrant Officers nor Academy grads. Buddy of mine, his son is an A&M grad and is a company commander within a CAB and helicopter pilot. Maybe that's what you meant by "few".

Yeah, Matz was disappointing yesterday. I don't want to read too much into pitching just yet. They take a bit longer to hit their stride, especially starting pitchers. Early season coupled with a very abbreviated spring training makes me want to give it a little more time.

As I was watching that, in my mind I heard them yelling "God dammit, Carl!"

Oh, they couldn't give two shits whether you show up. Just send the gifts/cash.

Well, that makes me want to believe.

You summed up my feelings perfectly.

I hope that no one on here would approve of us doing that to the parents of one of our killed enemies. We sure as fuck wouldn't approve of our enemies doing it to us. No way what that dude did should be acceptable.

So the woman that finished 9th is not an All-American. I'd like to get her take on this.

Fair enough. I probably misread/misunderstood the original post. We do have a long history of armed conflict and we do romanticize it to strong degree, which is how I understood the original post.

Um... I hate to admit it, but we ain't much different, are we?

Thanks for starting this. I now have a place to virtual hand-wring. I'm more than a little concerned with Flaherty's shoulder. Hope it turns out to be nothing.

The stock is tiny. If using the optic, the shooter's eye is going to get an ocular shocker.

Fuck off. UTC rules!

1. Port-o-Potty in Baghdad. Summer was BRUTAL. 2. Wooden outhouse shitter in Pohang, Korea at Marine Expeditionary Camp - Pohang (MECP). Wooden outhouse with 55 gallon drum underneath to catch the goodies. Some wannabe engineer Marine decided that a toilet seat screwed to the hole was a good idea (and it probably was). Unfortunately, some logistician (possibly a Russian given the news of today) didn't think to contract a shit sucker until after we got there. After just a few days, the shit was piled up above the toilet seat. Once it got to that point, I was not utilizing the facilities. I found it curious how someone did it at that point, though. It was obviously a hovering aerial bombardment, but holy cow that would be brutal. 3. Guantamano Bay in the early 90's. The Air Force brought in portable shitters and showers and they were not climate controlled. They rolled the window flaps up on the tents and the toilets were elevated. It wasn't that it was a bad place to shit, but you kind of felt like you were on stage taking care of business as people were walking by outside and could see you through the window flaps. Korea was in the late 80's. My understanding is that MECP has been built up quite a bit since then. I'm fairly certain that they have indoor plumbing now, but back then it wasn't too posh. I have taken a shit in which most people would consider undesirable places, but the relief far outweighed the bad atmosphere.

If this passes, Arizona will probably start springing forward and falling back just to continue with their contrarian bullshit.

I hope you posted that on Nextdoor to warn your neighbors.

I saw that yesterday and my heart skipped a beat when I heard the first explosion in the distance.

It must be Wagyu.

First MRE in the field I was sure to eat the peanut butter. I think it was made with parepectolin, or instant cork.

Agreed 100%. I'm sure that there are continuity plans in place, but ideally he would leave when that time comes. Unfortunately, I don't think that he will.

I don't think Zenelsky will willingly leave Ukraine.