Casimir Radon posted:

Somebody should do a photo analysis that shows that there couldn't possibly be 1,000 burgers in that pile. It would be like the inauguration all over again. Give him something besides the wall to freak out about.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Shows how much Trump respects real winners

hobbesmaster posted:

Well yeah, you wouldn't put them all out at once!

300 sandwiches seems like it'd be a little light; a FBS team has 85 scholarships, there are also walk ons in addition to that and coaches and other support staff and additional guests were clearly there as well so they were feeding well over 150 people at my guess?

Trump would skimp of course though

psydude posted:

He should have gotten meal boxes from Taco Bell instead.

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

I’m alarmed by the number of people who don’t understand marginal tax brackets.

As Nero Danced posted:

A big mac carton is 110mm deep by 72mm high by 120mm wide. A line of 50 big mac cartons is 236 inches long, or just over 19 and a a half feet long. Stack 20 of those lines on top of each other and you get a wall of big macs about 56 inches tall, almost 4.75 feet tall.

Let's kill two birds with one stone. Build the border wall out of big macs.

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

I’m alarmed by the number of people who don’t understand marginal tax brackets.

As Nero Danced posted:

Let's kill two birds with one stone. Build the border wall out of big macs.

facialimpediment posted:

Dunker-in-chief

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1085245511324581889?s=19

mlmp08 posted:

Is it Filets-O-Fish like editors-in-chief or Filet-O-Fishes like a proper noun or Filet-O-Fish with fish as plural of fish?

Wildcard: Filet-Os-Fish

mlmp08 posted:

Is it Filets-O-Fish like editors-in-chief or Filet-O-Fishes like a proper noun or Filet-O-Fish with fish as plural of fish?

Wildcard: Filet-Os-Fish

Hot Karl Marx posted:

quote:

U.S. Army Maritime capabilities will be radically reduced this year as the service deactivates and divests itself of numerous vessels, watercraft equipment, watercraft systems, Soldiers, and Units. At least eighteen (18) of its 35 Landing Craft Utility (LCU) will be sold off or transferred to the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO). Landing Craft Utility (LCU), a versatile 174- foot landing craft capable of carrying 500 tons of cargo, personnel and containers, is the workhorse of the Army Watercraft field.

Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS), a combined service capability to ensure US Military units are able to offload personnel, supplies, equipment, fuel, and water in austere environments, depends heavily on Army LCUs and the US Army’s Watercraft command and control capability. Army Harbormasters, LSVs, LTs, LCMS, and its dedicated Watercraft Soldiers, specifically trained as mariners, are essential to the functioning of JLOTS for both military and humanitarian missions.

Eight Army Reserve Watercraft Units and their civilian maintenance facilities are listed for closing. These Units represent hundreds of AGR (Active Reserve), TPU (Reserve), and Civilians. These units presently support, train, and deploy Army Watercraft Soldiers throughout the world, and maintain dozens of watercraft, from 70 ft. Small Tugs to 315 foot LSVs and Barge Derrick Cranes.

As stated in the Army’s Memo initiating this decision, “Army Watercraft Transformation Through Divestment of Capability and Force Structure by Inactivation of Units”, the intent is to “eliminate all United States Army Reserve and National Guard Bureau AWS (Army Watercraft Systems) capabilities and/or supporting structure”.

There appears to be no discussion on how the US Army plans to support their present maritime operations, and possible future commitments while eliminating nearly 80% of its present force, which resides in the US Army Reserve. Soldiers who are now in the Maritime field, and who have spent their careers training to be Army Mariners, will be “assessed into units where they can best serve the needs of the Army Reserve whiles also being gainfully employed”.

Army officials are also removing Watercraft positions within the assignment system, to ensure Soldiers in the future cannot be assigned to maritime duties, indicating there is no plan by the Army to reconsider their actions, or bring back a watercraft capability should the world situation change. A final line in the Army’s plan to eliminate watercraft is the instruction to “Remove all markings prior to turning in systems and vessels to DRMO”. A sad ending to a capability, which has existed since World War I.

Our questions include asking how the Army now plans to respond to military and humanitarian aid in remote and austere locations, where ports and harbor infrastructure do not exist?

Torrannor posted:

Even the dumbest dictator manages to pay his troops on time.

psydude posted:

Speaking of boats, the Army is eliminating its maritime units:

https://gcaptain.com/u-s-army-to-di...HwHAEiCf8lNxgbg

hobbesmaster posted:

Hasn't Russia done this in recent memory or am I just thinking of stuff from the early 90s?


I guess that means the marines are getting bigger?

DoktorLoken posted:

Does the Navy have much overlap in these capabilities with the Army?

e: Brexit vote just went down in flames.

DoktorLoken posted:

Does the Navy have much overlap in these capabilities with the Army?

psydude posted:

Really sucks for all of the boat guys, because it was one of the least Army jobs you could have. Warrants commanded all of the vessels and there were a lot of neat TDY assignments and deployments you could pick up as a reservist.

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

what happens to PM May now