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Godholio posted:For the AF at least, it's a subset of PA. The AF guy for Transformers 2 was an O-5. Really want to see his OPR from that year now. If he pulled a DP after that atrocity we've an open-and-shut case for eliminating a whole AFSC.
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The Navy PAO that was working on Battleship was a woman O-4 with only a handful of ribbons and no warfare device. When she was coming onboard one day, she showed her ID and was saluted by my friend. The POOW walked up to him and said "sir, what are you doing? She isn't real. You don't have to salute here! She doesn't even have a pin!"
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Military public affairs is a loving travesty and if the branches actually gave a poo poo about appearances they'd make it possible for the subject matter experts to be the advisors rather than people who write press releases all day. I'm so bitter about having to fight an uphill battle to get someone to give a poo poo about launching a NASA mission and do a press release and authorize interviews.
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=727_1333443408 Some insurgents getting lit up in Baghdad.
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oredun posted:http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=727_1333443408
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 Can anyone identify the bottom two patches? They're from an Army SF team in Afghanistan in 2012, not sure of the provenance otherwise.
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I dunno why but NASA fighter jets are fuckin rad.
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FIDEL CASHFLOW posted:I dunno why but NASA fighter jets are fuckin rad. They're the closest organization to a real-life Ace Combat nation.
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oredun posted:http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=727_1333443408 This reminded me how lovely Iraq looked and how I 100% do not miss driving through its streets full of loud noises and stupid kids always trying to get candy from me. Get the gently caress outta here kids! I'm trying to pull security all tough in case that photographer gets me in the frame.
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Paper Mac posted:Can anyone identify the bottom two patches? They're from an Army SF team in Afghanistan in 2012, not sure of the provenance otherwise. Shot in the dark, ODA 3124. 
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That wall had a known link to terrorists
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Shot in the dark, ODA 3124. Many thanks, that does indeed look like an ODA patch.
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Wasabi the J posted:
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Oxford Comma posted:Reddit. Thanks, it makes sense now. I keep forgetting that imgur is reddit's image host. Was there a thread on it?
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Wasabi the J posted:Thanks, it makes sense now. I keep forgetting that imgur is reddit's image host. Was there a thread on it? http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1n4ful/as_a_former_crew_chief_i_feel_there_is_much/
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Too bad it wasn't the Saving Private Ryan version, with the FSA Barry Pepper chanting Koran passages and popping the sniper's head. Sucks to be that guy.
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Brown Moses posted:Here's the Syrian army recreating the sniper scene from the end of Full Metal Jacket for real in Syria Jesus. Any idea of what they're saying?
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FIDEL CASHFLOW posted:I dunno why but NASA fighter jets are fuckin rad. holocaust bloopers posted:They're the closest organization to a real-life Ace Combat nation. Yup:  Have some more X-31 because that plane is awesome:   Also X-29 because that plane is also awesome:  (click for huge with all those)
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Mortabis posted:Is that an F-106 in the upper right? Yup. Here's a bunch of pictures. Make sure to check out the lightning research one. iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Brown Moses posted:Here's the Syrian army recreating the sniper scene from the end of Full Metal Jacket for real in Syria Jesus Christ. That guys voice at the end. 
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I don't wanna make light of a dude dying, but that guy diving head first into the hole in the wall was loving epic.
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Branis posted:I don't wanna make light of a dude dying, but that guy diving head first into the hole in the wall was loving epic. That's the guy at 1:15 for anyone looking. Any chance anyone recognise this mortar system? Seems out of place for Syria, wondering if it's from a foreign friend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUO52sUkWY
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Brown Moses posted:That's the guy at 1:15 for anyone looking. It does look to be foreign. The mortar bombs resemble the Iranian pattern for 81mm and 122mm bombs, so it's possible their 60mm projectiles look similar. It's a tiny little mortar, so maybe a Hadid 60mm? http://www.uskowioniran.com/2008/05/iranian-mortars.html http://thearkenstone.blogspot.com/2010/06/francop-iranian-arms-intercepted.html http://www.pmulcahy.com/mortars/iranian_mortars.html
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Bacarruda posted:It does look to be foreign. The mortar bombs resemble the Iranian pattern for 81mm and 122mm bombs, so it's possible their 60mm projectiles look similar. It's a tiny little mortar, so maybe a Hadid 60mm? This page has images of some Iranian 60mm mortars, doesn't look like a match to these http://thearkenstone.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/francop-iranian-arms-intercepted.html
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I think I saw one of those at Phantom Fireworks
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My guess: http://www.hirtenberger.at/hds/ Edit: Or maybe this one?  Austrian 60mms. Edit: Also check out these Bulgarian mortars, see if anything looks similar: http://arsenal-bg.com/mortars.html Google tells me this company manufactures the Hirtenbergers as well, but I wouldn't call that evidence. BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Omi-Polari posted:My guess: Even if that's the case it doesn't mean they came directly from Europe, I'm sure Prince Moneybags in Saudi Arabia or Qatar could have easily bought a bunch no-questions-asked and shipped them in from Turkey. Or even in over the Iraq border, Iranian colony or not it sure as hell isn't in any position to be guarding a giant loving border drawn across the middle of nowhere.
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Yeah who knows. Also worth noting that both the M6H (special forces version) and the standard M6 come in various barrel lengths. Rounds: The HE-TNT one? BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Figuring out how they are packed would be a great help, there's more packaging material in that video than anything else.
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Brown Moses posted:Here's the Syrian army recreating the sniper scene from the end of Full Metal Jacket for real in Syria There's an incredible series of pictures of I think US marines in Iraq with something similar happening Edit: found it  
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Brown Moses posted:Figuring out how they are packed would be a great help, there's more packaging material in that video than anything else. I've done some searching around. The British Army bought some Hirtenberger M6-895s for use in Afghanistan. Here's a pic of some soldiers firing (what I think is) a M6-895 in the handheld mode with a clear shot of the packaging material. (The 895 refers to the "ballistic length" of 895 millimeters. There are three versions of the M6: the 640, 895 and 1000. I'd guess your mortar is a 640 if it's a Hirtenberger.)  Photo source and higher res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73614187@N03/6647943705/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Reference to the British Army's use of M6-895s: http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/285986_ARMY_VEHICLESEQUIPMENT_V12.PDF_web.pdf I dunno. Still nothing conclusive but I think it's a strong candidate. BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Omi-Polari posted:My guess: Those bipods don't appear to have any kind of fine-adjust nut on the leg that you can see him manipulating between shots to level out the bubbles on the sight (the eye-piece of which he doesn't appear to be using as there's a wall preventing direct lay and no obvious stakes/markers appear to be out- although there are lots of cuts between rounds so it's not impossible.)
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