Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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BarnBuster
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The Battle of Rorke’s Drift took place in South Africa on this day in 1879 and is remembered as one of the world’s most remarkable military engagements. Eleven Victoria Cross' (Britain’s MOH) were awarded to the defenders of Rorke's Drift – the most ever received in a single action by one regiment.
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The Battle of Rorke’s Drift (and for those who need coffee)
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The Battle of Rorke’s Drift (and for those who need coffee)
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raratt
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FYI Missileers.
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Military probing whether cancers linked to nuclear silo work
Nine military officers who had worked decades ago at a nuclear missile base in Montana have been diagnosed with blood cancer and there are “indications” the disease may be linked to their service, according to military briefing slides obtained by The Associated Press. All of the officers, known...
If you start looking at base closures in the 1990s you'll find many closures were at facilities that were also toxic waste sites. Unfortunately the groundwater at many bases is/was contaminated and can cause many illnesses, Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, many other cancers and other issues, such as dental loss, hearing loss and mental illness.FYI Missileers.
Military probing whether cancers linked to nuclear silo work
Nine military officers who had worked decades ago at a nuclear missile base in Montana have been diagnosed with blood cancer and there are “indications” the disease may be linked to their service, according to military briefing slides obtained by The Associated Press. All of the officers, known...
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injinji
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JP5 was cool to drink though, right? It is in no way connected to my crazy. Whenever the Saipan had been out to sea for a while, the drinking water always tasted like jet fuel. We drank the milk as long as it lasted, but in the end you had to drink water. (anyway, the engine rooms ran on coffee, and I'm pretty sure it had water in it)
raratt
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The SR-71's leaked like a sieve once they cooled down. When they launched one out the fire department would hose out the hangar into the dirt behind the hangars. It was JP-7 so it wasn't really flammable unless it was in the engines. Flash point was really high. After awhile they figured out that was probably not a good idea and put up a curb and drains to catch it, don't know where the drains went to. They had been hosing them out for decades by then though.
Exactly my husband was fueled by coffee and worked at the source of the groundwater plume. He kept denying any exposure to the doctors. I finally asked, in front of a doctor, what he made his coffee with........
BarnBuster
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Robot dogs arrive at Tyndall AFB
The robot dogs, designed by Ghost Robotics and Immersive Wisdom, are the first of their kind to be integrated onto a military installation and one of many innovation-based initiatives to begin at
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Seaman Apprentice William R. Flores
Coast Guard presents its highest service medal to a Hispanic heroA Coast Guard hero who died while saving the lives of many of his shipmates when his cutter sank will receive the Coast Guard’s highest
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Bravo Zulu Shipmate!
fatboyOGOF
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i was stationed at beale, a SAC base. i got to see the SRs take off once in awhile. i can still see them, nose up and gunning it.
raratt
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When?
fatboyOGOF
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1972 to 74 when i finally got stationed at udorn thani, thailand. i was working in the engine shop just across the street from the SR hanger. i got orders one month after my commanding officer found me in his house, drinking his beer and smoking one of his cigars. i had no idea it was his house. that's a whole nother story.
raratt
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Hope his wife wasn't on your lap at the time.1972 to 74 when i finally got stationed at udorn thani, thailand. i was working in the engine shop just across the street from the SR hanger. i got orders one month after my commanding officer found me in his house, drinking his beer and smoking one of his cigars. i had no idea it was his house. that's a whole nother story.
fatboyOGOF
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ha! nope. his daughter was my girl friends best friend. we drove her home, she invited me in, handed me a beer and a cigar. then all hell broke loose.Hope his wife wasn't on your lap at the time.
fatboyOGOF
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that sounds like a great career. those things were a sight to behold.
i used to love wandering off into the surrounding countryside on that huge base. i'd start right behind the movie theater and wander. bring a couple of joints, find a meadow surrounded by trees or a big pond. loved it there.
one day i was walking out to my favorite spot and BOOM! a fucking pheasant broke out of hiding about a foot from me. my high was gone in a nanosecond. the next day i learned that the officers had a pheasant raising and hunting club. by the way, i hate officers but i love that we sent our officers to die instead of the backbone of the force! the enlisted!
doublejj
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US ARMY enters the chat.....