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Guest2553 posted:
He claims, among other things, that the Vanguard-class have a maximum safe depth of 65 meters. It's entirely possible that he's totally full of poo poo.
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Phanatic posted:He claims, among other things, that the Vanguard-class have a maximum safe depth of 65 meters. It's entirely possible that he's totally full of poo poo. It's more likely that he's the typical boot who thinks that they know everything and are the only sane person holding the entire organization together.
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ManMythLegend posted:It's more likely that he's the typical boot who thinks that they know everything and are the only sane person holding the entire organization together.
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This is a story that belongs in this thread. tl;dr - Airborne SGT comes back from Afghanistan wounded, on the way to meet his fiance and parents get surprised at his hometown airport by the media, the VFW, and the American Legion for a "heroes welcome." Turns out said SGT isn't a SGT, he's a SPC, he's never been to jump school, he wasn't wounded, and he has a wife back at his home station (not the "fiance"). loving lol e: story is 5 years old, don't care, still hilarious iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 07:14 on May 22, 2015 |
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Victor Vermis fucked around with this message at 07:41 on May 23, 2015 |
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Phanatic posted:He claims, among other things, that the Vanguard-class have a maximum safe depth of 65 meters. It's entirely possible that he's totally full of poo poo. Probably mistook it for the safe depth for missile launch or something.  He also claimed the extent of the damage to Vanguard after the sumberged collision with Le Triomphant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_and_Le_Triomphant_submarine_collision) on patrol in 2009 is being "hushed up". I remember reading about that in the newspapers at the time. One of the stories felt it was relevant to mention "bad weather and poor visibility in the area". I'm not a submariner, but I don't think surfance weather matters much for two submerged subs on deterrence patrols... It is a cool story about just how silent these boats are though, that they can litterally run into each other with no clue that the other is even there. the wiki page posted:Hervé Morin, France's Minister of Defence, said that they "face an extremely simple technological problem, which is that these submarines are not detectable". Caconym fucked around with this message at 09:43 on May 22, 2015 |
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May 22, 2015 09:22
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Caconym posted:
It depends on the depth of the sub.
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ded posted:It depends on the depth of the sub. Yes, but I somehow doubt cruising depth for a boomer on deterrence patrol is at periscope depth.
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ManMythLegend posted:It's more likely that he's the typical boot who thinks that they know everything and are the only sane person holding the entire organization together. he outright says so at one point, when he disagrees with a procedure and says 'WELL I THINK this is a much bigger threat than that'
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http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california/Pilot-Forced-to-Eject-in-Coronado-Landing-304761211.html How to turn a jet into a submarine
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canyoneer posted:http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california/Pilot-Forced-to-Eject-in-Coronado-Landing-304761211.html Someone's going to be an ATC
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canyoneer posted:http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california/Pilot-Forced-to-Eject-in-Coronado-Landing-304761211.html Those wily Naval Air Forces pilots, always getting into shenanigans. loving "journalists..."
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/politics/live-anthrax-us-military-sent-inadvertently/ "It's OK to send this anthrax via Fed Ex. They're inert, after all"
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canyoneer posted:http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/politics/live-anthrax-us-military-sent-inadvertently/ Those shots were totally worth it now.
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"sargent my gun dont work"
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Guest2553 posted:"sargent my gun dont work" Please tell me the mechanism just broke.
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Affi posted:Please tell me the mechanism just broke. Looking at how dinged up that brass is, I'm guessing it's just someone loving around for a dumb picture. BUT REMEMBER HOW DUMB JOE IS HURF DURF.
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 Probably STDH.txt, but funny anyway. I imagine it's not as simple for someone to adjust the course on a ship, but idk cause I'm no sailor.
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A Man With A Plan posted:
My rear end in a top hat first CO would scream his head off at the bridge team if we lost the TV satellite due to stupid reasons like not wanting to collide with another ship.
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A Man With A Plan posted:
it probably happened, course corrections have been made for dumber reasons
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A Man With A Plan posted:
krispykremessuck posted:it probably happened, course corrections have been made for dumber reasons  I'm dying.
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A Man With A Plan posted:
Not for these exact reasons, but I have totally done this before.
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I don't even remember seeing any portholes on the ship I did my deployment on. And the officer's mess, chief's mess, and the regular galley were all pretty much middle of the ship with the berthings being the closest things to the skin. There were tiny windows in some of the outermost hatches but that was about it. What kind of ship was this guy on you figure?
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Blackchamber posted:I don't even remember seeing any portholes on the ship I did my deployment on. And the officer's mess, chief's mess, and the regular galley were all pretty much middle of the ship with the berthings being the closest things to the skin. There were tiny windows in some of the outermost hatches but that was about it. What kind of ship was this guy on you figure? Probably a submarine.
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Blackchamber posted:I don't even remember seeing any portholes on the ship I did my deployment on. And the officer's mess, chief's mess, and the regular galley were all pretty much middle of the ship with the berthings being the closest things to the skin. There were tiny windows in some of the outermost hatches but that was about it. What kind of ship was this guy on you figure? Frigates and cruisers both have portholes in the wardroom. They're the only ships I can think of that have them though. Edit: based on the layout of the tables, and placement of the phones in the spaces I figure the story took place on a cruiser or, if it's a pretty old story, a SPRUANCE class destroyer since they have pretty much the same layout as a cruiser from the 01 level down. ManMythLegend fucked around with this message at 06:56 on May 31, 2015 |
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Or it's fake.
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I remember one time I was sitting at my desk doing office stuff and the sun was in my eyes so I called the front desk and had them rotate the entire building. Then I winked at the camera and said "that's all folks!"
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Nostalgia4Murder posted:Or it's fake. Don't care; laughed.
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Nostalgia4Murder posted:Or it's fake. It could be, but honestly it's incredibly plausible.
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For real, U.S. naval officers are definitely the types that would pull that.
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ManMythLegend posted:It could be, but honestly it's incredibly plausible. My favorite part is the implication that the guy on the other end of the line knew what he was asking for before he finished asking for it, which means they've done it at least once before, and more likely, repeatedly. 
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Thump! posted:For real, U.S. naval officers are definitely the types that would pull that. 
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the wardroom on the last ship I was on had both portholes and a cordless phone that was velcroed to the table, and we frequently ran north/south barpats for amio/drug interdiction poo poo so on it's face it's not only plausible, but believable. also, if we ran due east on our course the mast would block the inmarsat poo poo or w/e so no internet. I've seen captains stand on the stern to adjust the helm for schools of fish, the ops boss doing it because the sun was in his eyes is completely believable and probably happened
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krispykremessuck posted:the wardroom on the last ship I was on had both portholes and a cordless phone that was velcroed to the table, and we frequently ran north/south barpats for amio/drug interdiction poo poo so on it's face it's not only plausible, but believable. also, if we ran due east on our course the mast would block the inmarsat poo poo or w/e so no internet. I've seen captains stand on the stern to adjust the helm for schools of fish, the ops boss doing it because the sun was in his eyes is completely believable and probably happened I've never been happier to be wrong about claiming stdh than with this.
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Terrorist ‘moron’ reveals ISIS HQ in online selfie; U.S. Air Force promptly destroys compound Just gotta get those facebook likes.
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It's about as moronic to reveal the source tbh.
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I too get my news from the Moonies.
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evil_bunnY posted:It's about as moronic to reveal the source tbh.
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evil_bunnY posted:It's about as moronic to reveal the source tbh. Propaganda victory? ISIS has got to be leaking like a sieve, I doubt they're giving anything away by publishing this. Iran is also heavily pushing the "ISIS is a Three Stooges shitshow" line.
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And hell, this could be the cover story.
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