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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:loving history channel it was aliens
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 https://i.imgur.com/1K5Fy58.gifv   https://gfycat.com/EcstaticGlitteringIberianbarbel https://gfycat.com/ScratchyConfusedChimpanzee 
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Feb 4, 2017 21:41
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I've never seen this before. Are these shots from the Soviet tests? The way the ground just kind of lifts up is some weird anime poo poo.
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Feb 4, 2017 21:57
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Mike-o posted:it was aliens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWihNBmupdI
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Feb 4, 2017 21:59
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Deathy McDeath posted:I've never seen this before. Are these shots from the Soviet tests? The way the ground just kind of lifts up is some weird anime poo poo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannikin
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Feb 4, 2017 22:03
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Mike-o posted:I'm a little rusty on my airplane sperging, but I seem to recall that they have such a good wing/lifting area that they can fly balls slow to the point that the Russians would just have dudes jump out of it onto the ground at low level without getting hurt. It's Russia, so the whole "without getting hurt" thing was probably just a happy coincidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwizQfIiBuQ&t=21s
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Feb 4, 2017 22:37
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Dead Reckoning posted:It's Russia, so the whole "without getting hurt" thing was probably just a happy coincidence. If BMPs had tracks Mike Sparks would be jizzing his pants
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Feb 4, 2017 23:01
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Deathy McDeath posted:I've never seen this before. Are these shots from the Soviet tests? The way the ground just kind of lifts up is some weird anime poo poo. Never before seen footage from planet Namek!
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Feb 5, 2017 00:12
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Slim Pickens posted:I was walking through bartells to buy some random stuff and spotted this in the magazine rack. Where were the Ice Road Truckers during this engagement?
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Feb 5, 2017 01:51
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Scratch Monkey posted:If BMPs had tracks Mike Sparks would be jizzing his pants bmps and bmds have tracks.
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Feb 5, 2017 15:47
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:bmps and bmds have tracks. OH GOD  (I was thinking of the BRDM)
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Feb 5, 2017 16:07
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If you're not read on to the army's delta ranger program just lol
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Feb 5, 2017 16:53
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I was just bouncing around on the Delta Force Wikipedia page and was horrified to find out that that they recruit directly from the 75th. I'm just gonna assume that's a typo in there, or that it's a "potential" pipeline.
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Feb 5, 2017 17:01
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If you want dudes who have experience in direct action and wandering around the woods the Rangers aren't the worst to draw from
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Feb 5, 2017 17:13
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The worst in the list, which is basically all of JSOC. My experience with rangers has been them begging and pleading for personnel, people and equipment because they've ruined theirs, and then copping a smug attitude when they then return all your poo poo broken as well. So I'm a little jaded.
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Feb 5, 2017 17:34
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Nobody is worse than the SEALs.
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Feb 5, 2017 18:25
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not caring here posted:The worst in the list, which is basically all of JSOC. where should delta get their guys from then?
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Feb 5, 2017 18:40
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My dad was a career SF officer and even in retirement works as a contractor for SOCOM. Despite being a part of SOCOM he doesn't consider Rangers to really be SOF. He has a pretty low opinion of SEALs as well. He deployed to Afghanistan with a Task Force that was mostly made up of SEALs and Rangers and according to him both units routinely made some pretty dumb decisions. He's obviously biased but he says that the SF group that was also there at the same time was showing them up hardcore. He spent his whole deployment wishing he was with that SF group instead. In my short time in the Army I've been on 2 posts with Rangers and can't say I'm all that impressed either. The SF dudes on post are way more chill to deal with.
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Feb 5, 2017 18:46
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I always like when someone is in a totally non-combat job/unit/whatever and still feels the need to brag about a ranger tab. Like, dude, that's basically as important as the 26.2 sticker on the back of someone's truck at this point.
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Feb 5, 2017 18:48
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:where should delta get their guys from then? the forums
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Feb 5, 2017 19:43
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:where should delta get their guys from then? I think I worded that poorly. What I meant was rangers being the worst pick of what you could dig up at JSOC, not that all of JSOC sucks. But it seems seals get an even worse rap, but I've never met a seal except for dudes whose uncle is totally a seal bro.
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Feb 5, 2017 20:46
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not caring here posted:I think I worded that poorly. What I meant was rangers being the worst pick of what you could dig up at JSOC, not that all of JSOC sucks. All I know about seals is what the green beanies I work with have said, basically nothing good. Seals are notorious in the SOF community for lack of planning abilities, usually having outside organizations or higher HQ make their plans. Additionally US SF was given the option to go on Operation Red Wings and they said "nope, super dangerous with no comms, we'll sit this one out". On the plus side seals are well known for their ability to handle some serious suck thanks to their training pipeline
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Feb 5, 2017 21:31
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facialimpediment posted:Current event (sorta), the USS Gerald Ford is testing its jet catapult by chucking cars into the water. Yay!
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Feb 5, 2017 21:33
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Buca di Bepis posted:the forums What would an all goon SF unit be like?
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Feb 5, 2017 22:04
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my kinda ape posted:What would an all goon SF unit be like? Heavily overweight.
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Feb 5, 2017 22:05
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my kinda ape posted:What would an all goon SF unit be like? Figured out the unit motto: Pacem per superiora Autism Peace Through Superior Autism
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Feb 5, 2017 22:14
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Ad Anime Per Asperger.
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Feb 5, 2017 22:17
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Who Dares, Chins
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Feb 5, 2017 22:40
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https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/828378314725289986
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Feb 6, 2017 01:21
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-Anders posted:Heavily overweight. So, Larry Vickers?
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Feb 6, 2017 03:15
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Was wondering when that would happen again. It was pretty effective on the Cole and there's plenty of videos of people using RPGs and missiles on these ships to no effect.
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Feb 6, 2017 03:39
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When I was in, rip cadre said something like 97% of dudes in Delta were former Rangers. That might include dudes that went sf along the way, I dunno. We probably attract more dudes capable of making it through the physical part of selection, not to say sf is weak, but there's some next level meat heads in battalionnot caring here posted:I think I worded that poorly. What I meant was rangers being the worst pick of what you could dig up at JSOC, not that all of JSOC sucks. They don't pull from jsoc for the most part, they pull from the army. Rangers are a perfectly capable direct action unit, but I don't envy anyone that has to deal with their washouts. And uh, how much can actually be said about red wings at this point?
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Feb 6, 2017 03:54
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Number I heard was 60-70% of delta come from ranger and all but about 1-2% of the rest coming from SF. A squad leader from my first platoon had someone from the Coast Guard or something weird like that in his selection class. Rangers in regiment have a lot of DA experience and are generally pretty good in firefights. You get a good number of stupid people in regiment but most of them don't make it to delta. The guys I knew that were making the jump mostly didn't seem like idiots. You still get some idiots in delta anyway though.
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Feb 6, 2017 08:42
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Buca di Bepis posted:Was wondering when that would happen again. It was pretty effective on the Cole and there's plenty of videos of people using RPGs and missiles on these ships to no effect. I guess it comes down to "saudis lol", but it's really bizarre that they weren't prepared for something like this considering the enviroment they operate in.
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Feb 6, 2017 13:10
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What's even funnier is we just sent the Cole back to patrol off the coast of Yemen. I'm guessing the ROE are going to be a bit less restrictive this time.
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Feb 6, 2017 15:52
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subterfudge posted:Number I heard was 60-70% of delta come from ranger and all but about 1-2% of the rest coming from SF. A squad leader from my first platoon had someone from the Coast Guard or something weird like that in his selection class. Rangers in regiment have a lot of DA experience and are generally pretty good in firefights. You get a good number of stupid people in regiment but most of them don't make it to delta. The guys I knew that were making the jump mostly didn't seem like idiots. You still get some idiots in delta anyway though. The coast guard thing is kinda weird. Do they let just anyone attend a selection class? Like, if you were a high speed admin guy in an SF group who really liked crossfit, could you walk down the road and sign up to be a shooter?
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Feb 6, 2017 16:09
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Deathy McDeath posted:The coast guard thing is kinda weird. Do they let just anyone attend a selection class? Like, if you were a high speed admin guy in an SF group who really liked crossfit, could you walk down the road and sign up to be a shooter? I'd expect you'd at least need to be combat arms, that's the way it was for CSOR. You could be the most HSLD clerk or driver and you can apply for the CSOR support group, but not as a shooter. Needed to be infantry, armor, artillery or engineer.
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Feb 6, 2017 16:28
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MA-Horus posted:I'd expect you'd at least need to be combat arms, that's the way it was for CSOR. You could be the most HSLD clerk or driver and you can apply for the CSOR support group, but not as a shooter. Needed to be infantry, armor, artillery or engineer. Maybe it used to be, but that isn't the case anymore: http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-special-forces/csor-faqs.page
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Feb 6, 2017 20:20
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I think you can be almost any MOS that they have some need for since they do have support units. They have an interview anyway where they try to figure what type of person you are, why you went for selection, etc... Even for the guys from Regiment, they like you to have at least two years of leadership experience at squad level or higher. So you could go to selection as an E-4 and make it through and they'd tell you that they like you and you're welcome back so come back and do the whole course again in a few years.
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Delta needs and hires support guys, too. The selection isn't nearly as rigorous as the one for operators, naturally, but you can get in the unit. And guys trying to be operators don't bother going to selection until they've already had a few years of being a squad leader under their belts. It doesn't matter if you crush the land nav portion, if you don't have enough leadership experience they'll ask you to come back and try again when you do.
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