|
spacetoaster posted:I still find it really hard to believe though. I spent two years in a combat zone and never saw someone shot in the front of the head that was canoed. Unless they just emptied a magazine into his face. And that brings up another point, I've been around special forces guys, they are crazy professional. That's how they get the job. I can't comprehend one of those guys destroying such a high value target's face for the lols (after being told specifically not to).
|
#
?
Dec 11, 2018 20:09
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 23, 2024 20:54 |
|
|
SerthVarnee posted:I'd suggest reading "The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War" by Peter Englund if you want to read about how loving different those 4 years could turn out in terms of experiences and hardships depending on where you were in the world during the war. The book follows 20 people through their journal entries going through the war (all of them in different places and spread out across all the major/minor players of the war). My fav part is the lady who comes back to her house and soldiers have emptied out all her preserves and poo poo in the jars and put them back. Troops never change.
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 14:32
|
|
|
Kemper Boyd posted:My fav part is the lady who comes back to her house and soldiers have emptied out all her preserves and poo poo in the jars and put them back. On the ground or ate them and put back the glassware?
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 16:11
|
|
|
LingcodKilla posted:On the ground or ate them and put back the glassware? They poo poo in the jars
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 16:16
|
|
|
Wasabi the J posted:They poo poo in the jars Lol I read that as “preserves and poo poo”. Not the implied “preserves and then left poo poo”. Well at least they didn’t smash the glass.
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 16:57
|
|
|
LingcodKilla posted:Lol I read that as “preserves and poo poo”. Not the implied “preserves and then left poo poo”. "Preserve zeez nutz!"
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 17:00
|
|
|
A lot of stately homes in the UK were taken over by the British armed forces in both world wars and utterly trashed, to the extent that they were almost unlivable and required massive renovation.
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 17:27
|
|
|
Burt posted:A lot of stately homes in the UK were taken over by the British armed forces in both world wars and utterly trashed, to the extent that they were almost unlivable and required massive renovation. good
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 17:28
|
|
|
Most were owned by the National Trust, so it wasn't some bunch of rich families, it was the people who wanted to protect the countries history and heritage so, yeah whatever.
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 17:34
|
|
|
OK so not good then my bad
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 17:35
|
|
|
I saw They Shall Not Grow Old last night. It's a really good narrative with lots of actual veterans talking, probably from the BBC oral history archives. The footage is great and well chosen to support the theme of "this is what it was like for the poor SOBs on the front line". The restoration job they did to fix the frame rate, colorize, and make it 3D was amazing. Just as the story gets to the trenches for the first time it switches from scratchy, sepia-toned footage to full color 3D and the transition is breathtaking. It's a nice bit of history, but an impressive technical achievement. Mark my words, this will win awards.
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 17:43
|
|
|
mllaneza posted:I saw They Shall Not Grow Old last night. It's a really good narrative with lots of actual veterans talking, probably from the BBC oral history archives. The footage is great and well chosen to support the theme of "this is what it was like for the poor SOBs on the front line". The thing I still cannot get over from this was just how many said, "Yeah, it was hell on Earth but I wouldn't have missed it for the world."
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 18:02
|
|
|
Burt posted:A lot of stately homes in the UK were taken over by the British armed forces in both world wars and utterly trashed, to the extent that they were almost unlivable and required massive renovation. From Masters of the Air, about getting the 8th Air Force bomber command settled into England. quote:Harris was helpful in procuring a permanent headquarters for Eaker and his staff, which was growing by the week. Returning from one of their scouting missions through the Chiltern Hills, Eaker’s aides reported that they had found the perfect spot, the Wycombe Abbey School for Girls, a crenellated manor house on a parklike campus, its walkways lined with linden trees. With Harris’s and Eaker’s insistent lobbying, the Air Ministry was pressured to remove the students to Oxford and hand over the school to the Eighth Air Force. On the April day that Eaker and twenty other American officers moved in, they laid out a softball diamond and set up volleyball nets. That night, the duty officer heard bells begin suddenly ringing all over the manor house. Some checking revealed that beside each bed was a bell labeled, “If you need a mistress in the night, ring twice.”
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2018 18:29
|
|
|
canyoneer posted:From Masters of the Air, about getting the 8th Air Force bomber command settled into England. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-8l3V38Ps
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 00:02
|
|
|
Burt posted:The thing I still cannot get over from this was just how many said, "Yeah, it was hell on Earth but I wouldn't have missed it for the world." That's kinda PTSDs whole deal, though: You normalize the trauma and everything else feels dull in comparison. I know I'm shooting off the hip in the mil goon forum but still. Some dudes romanticize the trauma as glory, others die to opioids and alcoholism.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 20:33
|
|
|
Didn’t you get heavily stigmatized by not serving?
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 20:35
|
|
|
Yeah, check this poo poo out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_feather
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 20:39
|
|
|
In World War II, 10% of conscripted Englishmen (as well as some volunteers) were assigned as coal miners instead, nicknamed Bevin Boys. They weren't issued any kind of badge or uniform, so it was common for them to be harassed by the police who mistook them for draft dodgers. They were also subject to mockery and taunting with suggestions that they had become coal miners to try and shirk their duty to their country. All of this on top of the hazards of coal mining. Jimmy Savile was one of them!
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 20:58
|
|
|
So last night I was having a nice sexy dream about being ridden cowgirl style and delivering some savage rear end smacks and then I woke up mid-swing and slapped the poo poo out of my nuts IRL
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 21:39
|
|
|
shame on an IGA posted:So last night I was having a nice sexy dream about being ridden cowgirl style and delivering some savage rear end smacks and then I woke up mid-swing and slapped the poo poo out of my nuts IRL 
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 21:47
|
|
|
The Rat posted:Yeah, check this poo poo out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_feather there was a movie called Four Feathers about an officer resigning his commission to try to bang Kate Hudson his friends all gave him white feathers to signify what a chickenshit they thought he was, and then he goes on an adventure to redeem himself edit: I thought it was pretty good flick
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 22:53
|
|
|
DownByTheWooter posted:there was a movie called Four Feathers about an officer resigning his commission to try to bang Kate Hudson Yeah, adventuring in 1880s Sudan :wot: There was a promotional flash game made for the movie that was actually really fun. It was an asymmetrical tactical game with a hex board and turn-based movement and combat.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2018 23:02
|
|
|
 Why is it only people who own those tiny rat dogs that think their dogs are people
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 06:35
|
|
|
I wanna know what kind of poo poo their ~mommy~ did.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 06:55
|
|
|
All I know is that she was an Army major.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 07:04
|
|
|
AGGGGH BEES posted:
If this was a kid in fourth grade trying to get out of trouble, I'd think it was cute, but still weird for a kid that old to have their puppies "talk" for them. This is just sad.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 07:45
|
|
|
AGGGGH BEES posted:
Please tell me MG in the "ATTN:" line is actually a goddamned 2 star. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 07:51
|
|
|
Maybe it was that Major who misappropriated base funding to build a dog park across the street from her quarters?
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 08:08
|
|
|
Kidnapping mascots is a tradition, someone should get on that.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 08:24
|
|
|
CainFortea posted:Maybe it was that Major who misappropriated base funding to build a dog park across the street from her quarters? The letter is dated November 2013. I don't remember when that happened, but I feel like it was way more recent. Edit: yeah it was.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 19:02
|
|
|
Man, what's the point of being a colonel if you can't even get your minions to build you a dog park. That's got to be one of the lamest reasons to get fired. "I had an affair with a married junior enlisted member." "I accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes." "I sold national secrets to China." "I really, really wanted a dog park next to my house."
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 19:15
|
|
|
Wingnut Ninja posted:Man, what's the point of being a colonel if you can't even get your minions to build you a dog park. That's got to be one of the lamest reasons to get fired. Former captain of mine (and three to four other goons) got fired from his O-6 major command in large part because he let the crew of the ship keep a live goat onboard for a San Diego to Hawaii transit.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 19:34
|
|
|
Mr. Nice! posted:Former captain of mine (and three to four other goons) got fired from his O-6 major command in large part because he let the crew of the ship keep a live goat onboard for a San Diego to Hawaii transit. ??? As a civvy it feels like this wouldn’t be a good idea but I’m not seeing how it is a fireable offense.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 20:01
|
|
|
Mr. Nice! posted:Former captain of mine (and three to four other goons) got fired from his O-6 major command in large part because he let the crew of the ship keep a live goat onboard for a San Diego to Hawaii transit. I'm sure even the Navy frowns upon bestiality.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 20:01
|
|
|
BigDave posted:I'm sure even the Navy frowns upon bestiality. There’s a fine tradition going back hundreds of years of Navy bestiality and I don’t see any reason to stop it now. Hell the person reporting it got the goat for their mess. The dude would be hanged but at least the goat didn’t got to waste.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 20:36
|
|
|
Late but my favorite WWI fact is that Italy and Austria-Hungary fought 9 Battles of the Isonzo, none of which really accomplished anything.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 21:25
|
|
|
LingcodKilla posted:There’s a fine tradition going back hundreds of years of Navy bestiality and I don’t see any reason to stop it now. Hell the person reporting it got the goat for their mess. This reminded me of this show: https://youtu.be/hdatYO_cqL8?t=25s As Nero Danced fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Dec 15, 2018 |
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 21:33
|
|
|
God can you imagine how gross that battlefield would have been by the third time.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 21:43
|
|
|
LingcodKilla posted:God can you imagine how gross that battlefield would have been by the third time. If its anything like the battles in France, it was so muddy most of the corpses sank into the dirt churned into mud by artillery.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 21:52
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 23, 2024 20:54 |
|
|
CommieGIR posted:If its anything like the battles in France, it was so muddy most of the corpses sank into the dirt churned into mud by artillery. I remember hearing or reading (probably hardcore history's bit on Passchendaele) that people would slip and fall into the artillery craters but couldn't climb out and would drown in the mud. Imagine falling into one of those and finding three other poor bastards who stepped in the wrong place a week or month before you.
|
|
#
?
Dec 15, 2018 21:58
|
|