Radical 90s Wizard posted:

"Rescue"

sharknado slashfic posted:

Anyone remember car phones

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

My fav part

Like that Marine commercial of them storming a beach full kit and the vehicles all say AID

Flying_Crab posted:

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1189601417469841409?s=21

Chichevache posted:

This looks like a photoshop.

Flying_Crab posted:

🍿

Flying_Crab posted:

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1189601417469841409?s=21

Vasudus posted:

That’s because it is.

Internet Wizard posted:

It’s like with the Nixon impeachment, theres gonna be a bunch of republicans trying their best to distance themselves from this so they’re still standing afterwards and can ride the wave of an energized voter base straight into the next Reagan administration.

A Bad Poster posted:

I want to know who the actual MoH recipient is who was photoshopped out of that picture, and exactly how furious they are.

Because if it isn't "marching up to the White House and demanding an explanation" furious, then they're a moron.

quote:

On 13 May, McCloughan's company air assaulted into a landing zone near Tam Kỳ and Nui Yon Hill, coming under small arms and machine gun fire from defending North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces. Two helicopters were downed over the landing zone, one of which crashed around 100 meters (110 yards) from Company C's positions. A rescue helicopter was prevented from landing due to fierce enemy fire, and a squad was sent out to rescue the pilot and crew. Upon reaching the crash site, they saw a badly wounded soldier sprawled on the ground, and McCloughan ran 100 meters (110 yards) to him through an open field, dodging the fire of his unit and a charging NVA platoon. After reaching the wounded soldier, McCloughan carried him over his shoulder and ran back to Company C, thus saving the man from capture or death.[2]

Later that afternoon, the company's 2nd Platoon was ambushed by a large NVA unit, suffering heavy casualties, while conducting reconnaissance near Nui Yon Hill. As airstrikes were attacking nearby NVA, McCloughan entered a trench and saw two unarmed American soldiers huddling near a bush. He handed his gun to another soldier, jumped over the trench's berm, and ran close to the ground towards the two soldiers, whom he pulled back into the trench despite being hit with shrapnel from the explosion of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). Ignoring an order to remain in the trench, he rescued wounded soldiers from the kill zone four more times during a NVA assault. Bleeding heavily, McCloughan treated the wounded and prepared them for evacuation, refusing evacuation even though the NVA heavily outnumbered the American troops.[2]

On 14 May, the 1st Platoon was ambushed while advancing on Nui Yon Hill, and its medic Daniel J. Shea, was killed in the fighting, which left McCloughan as the company's sole medic. While treating two soldiers in an open rice paddy, he was wounded a second time by small arms fire and RPG shrapnel. In the closing phases of the attack, two NVA companies and 700 VC attacked the company's position from three sides. With complete disregard for his own safety, he braved enemy fire numerous times to bring out wounded soldiers, simultaneously fighting the enemy. After supplies ran low, McCloughan volunteered to hold a blinking light in an exposed position to mark a location for a night resupply drop, remaining steadfast in the enemy fire.[2]

In the predawn darkness of 15 May, McCloughan used a grenade to disable the enemy RPG position, and continued to fight and eliminate enemy soldiers, while treating multiple casualties. During the night, he kept two critically wounded soldiers alive before organizing the dead and wounded for daylight evacuation. McCloughan was credited with saving the lives of ten soldiers from his company during the actions of 13–15 May. He received two Purple Hearts for his two wounds.[2]

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

Internet Wizard posted:

It’s like with the Nixon impeachment, theres gonna be a bunch of republicans trying their best to distance themselves from this so they’re still standing afterwards and can ride the wave of an energized voter base straight into the next Reagan administration.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Who is the once and future king of the GOP they got lined up anyway

That Works posted:

Fitting that bonespurs would photoshop out a Vietnam vet.

https://www.wgvunews.org/post/veterans-stories-west-michigan-medal-honor-recipient-specialist-five-james-c-mccloughan



e: an Obama awardee I guess.

Untagged posted:

FWIW Jupiter, along with a few other Florida Police/Fire Departments, do actually use those things as rescue vehicles during coastal and hurricane high water flooding events. The ones that have them will routinely send them around the region to assist places that need it.

pantslesswithwolves posted:

https://tannerite.com/product/gender-reveal-boom-box-with-color-blaze/

Come for the gender reveal party, stay for the pruning of the tree of life

quote:

Box contains Color Blaze's pink or blue colored powder and a one pound Tannerite® brand target.  Directions are printed on the box and on the target.

Caution:  Cornstarch and dye used in gender reveal powder is flammable when exposed to friction.  This can cause an unwanted fire if used with energetic targets of any kind.  PLEASE be very careful to place your target in a location that does not have anything flammable nearby that could catch fire, such as dry brush or grass.  Please plan accordingly and follow all local fire codes.  You don’t want the wrong kind of surprise at a special time in life.

EBB posted:

Then paint the thing something highly visible and friendly, like white and orange and blue. Kids like fire trucks because they're big and red. If these things look like big rescue vehicles coming down the street, they'll be more palatable than the grey/OD/black oppressionmobiles they look like now.

Vasudus posted:

Rescue vehicles are the opposite of nature.

The good stuff is highly visible, the bad stuff is subdued colors.

That Works posted:

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Internet Wizard posted:

It’s like with the Nixon impeachment, theres gonna be a bunch of republicans trying their best to distance themselves from this so they’re still standing afterwards and can ride the wave of an energized voter base straight into the next Reagan administration.

Nostalgia4Dogges posted: