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Scheiss Meister

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  1. Without knowing relative strengths, Russian improvements to their poaitions, and commanders' intentions on both sides, it's hard to say. It looks like a good opportunity to attack at the shoulders of the salient to try to envelope the Russian troops in the salient, but that doesn't always work out, as the Germans found out just a few miles from there in 1943.
  2. Watching that I couldn't help but remember how many sorties and lost planes it took to drop a bridge like that in Vietnam. Now it's lob a few glide bombs at it and it's gone. Amazing change.
  3. Marine Reserve, before I was married. I never deployed. When I tried to reenlist for Desert Storm, they politely told me that they didn't need washed up has beens with dad bods.
  4. Nah, poor guy looks just like me.
  5. I thought that the Army was the First Infantry Division and a million replacements. My son considered the Marine Corps coming out of high school. When the recruiter asked why he decided not to enlist, my son answered that he could get the same or better computer training as a civilian without "the needs of the Corps" sending him to be shot at in Iraq or Afghanistan. I somehow raised a kid smarter than me. I can't tell you how that happened.
  6. I've got some fireworks saved back for that joyful occasion. I don't care if there's a burn ban on, I'm fixing a couple of nice ribeyes with baked potatoes, mushrooms, and asparagus, getting a bottle of the best champagne my poor ass can afford, feasting, then setting the fireworks off. If any of my neighbors don't like it, they can go shit in a hat.
  7. That is correct. An E-4 is a corporal, whether they are infantry, admin., cooks, or aircraft technicians. It's part of the Corps' "Every Marine is a rifleman." ethos. The ranks for E-8 and above split for command (First Sergeant, Sergeant Major) and technical (Master Sergeant, Master Gunnery Sergeant).
  8. Does anyone have a recipe for jerk chicken tikka marsala hot dish? Let's cover all the bases here.
  9. Mocking them makes them "others", and white people can never be "others". Unless, of course, they are not straight, republican males. Then it's bombs away.
  10. NCOs are the backbone of the Corps. JD Vance is the coccyx.
  11. If I was a Russian who surrendered inside Russia, I would very fervently pray that I would not be exchanged. I would imagine that the best possible outcome would be to be sent back into one of the meat waves, where there is at least a slim chance of survival. More likely a bullet to the G-2 unit right after the happy homecoming pictures are taken.
  12. Of course they'll trot those out for Notre Dame, because black uniforms on August 31 is perfectly on brand for aggy.
  13. My wife had a biopsies done on a couple of spots on her neck and shoulder last week. She got the results back today letting her know that there were no problems with either. It got me to thinking that Arnold Schwarzenegger could make some extra coin by selling a recording that dermatologists could use in such cases: "Congratulations! It's not a toomah!"
  14. I may get one of these for my oldest younger brother. He doesn't seem to know that he's alive unless he's bruised, broken, or bleeding (usually all three at once) somewhere.
  15. How are you doing today? Head injuries with loss of consciousness are not to be messed with. If you haven't seen a doctor, you need to do so today. I had a coworker who took a fall (at home) and knocked the hell out of his head. He lost consciousness for about the same amount of time as you, then went about his business. Three days later he was in the hospital getting about a pint of fluid drained from his skull. It damn near killed him, and he still has some tics and twitches, about 20 years later. Don't screw around with your noggin, dude.
  16. Trump wasn't going to pardon them. If he got elected, they are no longer useful to him. Maybe if they rustled up a bunch of money one or two could buy a pardon, but that's the only way.
  17. I want to see Walz and JV debate, for JV to bring up the "stollen valor" shit, and for Walz to respond, "Shut up, corporal!" in his best Sergeant Major voice.
  18. I have got to get me some of THAT! When will either of them next be in Texas? I want to be there for it.
  19. They think that California has a Lemon Law for kids? Dumbasses.
  20. Did VY ever acquire nachos during a play? Advantage aggy!
  21. The whole "Is she black or is she Indian?" stuff reminded me of an awesome takedown I got to witness almost 40 years ago. I was working in deep, deep East Texas, The Land That Time Forgot, when two rednecks in the crew started discussing mixed marriage and bloodlines. One made the argument that even one drop of black blood made one black, no matter how many white ancestors one has. The black member of the crew chuckled about it, irritating the rednecks. One asked him what was so funny, and he answered that he was just amazed at how much more powerful black blood is than white blood, if one drop of black blood negated all of the white blood. I didn't think that those to could get any whiter, but they did. Even their necks turned white. I laughed, which was also not appreciated. They didn't discuss such sensitive topics in front of the rest of the crew anymore.
  22. You'll need Marines to put down mutinies and board the target ships. I'll volunteer for that.
  23. "If you love what you do, be careful not to leave stains."
  24. That turret looks like it shattered instead of just being launched. The hole you see while it's flipping around is much larger than either of the hatches on Russian turrets. That was quite an explosion. The crew probably didn't even know that it happened.
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