History, Politics And Current Affairs

Beetle was a little before her time, she graduated high school in 1983. By then almost all of the Beetles in the typical Southern California student lot were Baja Bugs and were usually driven by male students with a C- or lower GPA. The typical domestic shitbox compacts were Pintos, Vegas, and Chev...

Only six Wedgetails per year?

Salt Lake City had considered trying to do an "all-in" package of both the Winter Olympics of 2034 and the Summer Games of 2036, but organizers decided against that, and only did the Winter games. Word has it Seattle is trying to do that for the 2036 and 2038 games...

Not a horrible decision, and probably a good name for a ship.

The CAT competitions were totally unrealistic and a lot of countries cheated. Yes, in Richard Kent’s Challenger 1 book he delves into that. U.S. Army team was caught taking pictures and videos of the range, etc. Or was it an unofficial competition in the area of scouting/reconnaissance missions? Be...

Poohbah wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 12:29 pm Why do they always ask how many runs?

Hope springs eternal...

By this time... the LGOPs are raising hell. And 82 years ago, on this day, Richard Fleming would be KIA at Midway, receiving only the Medal of Honor awarded for valor during that battle. https://www.historynet.com/richard-fleming-midway/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/battle-of-midway...

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 5:29 pm

clancyphile wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 9:48 am Suggested names for R10:
Duke of York

After the KGV-class BB (which took down Scharnhorst).

Suggested names for R10:
Duke of York
Duke of Edinburgh
Courageous
Eagle

Another great addition, thank you Matt and James! I'm very curious about the BMP and M-84 units: are the Kuwaiti managed to get spares straight from USSR and SFRY during the years between 1989 and 2005 or had they obtained by third-party suppliers? Hmm, good question. If I had to guess, I'd say M-8...

Can't believe I missed the anniversary of this... https://cache.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/secret_history/index5.shtml Can't defend the CO of I Company losing his cool the way he did... but wasn't really good form to go after the GI who counted on their CO to know what was going on (yeah, I'l...

Can't believe I missed the anniversary of this... https://cache.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/secret_history/index5.shtml Can't defend the CO of I Company losing his cool the way he did... but wasn't really good form to go after the GI who counted on their CO to know what was going on (yeah, I'l...

Can't believe I missed the anniversary of this... https://cache.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/secret_history/index5.shtml Can't defend the CO of I Company losing his cool the way he did... but wasn't really good form to go after the GI who counted on their CO to know what was going on (yeah, I'll...

The company took Checkpoint Alpha in a short, sharp engagement that left the Grenztruppen dead, or prisoner.

Added a couple of extra words there?

IC/Jeb Pruitt: Is it just me, or are people starting to lose concentration a bit? We just had a colleague of mine introduce a resolution to commend soldiers from I Company, 3-157th Infantry, 45th Infantry Division for their role in the liberation of Dachau - which specifically excluding 1LT William ...

From Naval News: American submarines will further extend their advantage in the undersea domain. In the first of a kind, the U.S. Navy has fitted a new form of propulsion, magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD), to a Virginia class submarine. This promises to make the submarine virtually undetectable, the ...

And the Venezuelans are screaming about it… when is that lunatic in Caracas going to just shut up? As long as he screams and not decides to do a Falklands 2.0 on the Netherlands Antilles i ignore him. If he does do a Falklands on the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao), what can be done? They...

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:44 am He will be greatly missed. Never met him prewar, but I did meet him on a few occasions after-especially when he was running the VA.

He was passionate about turning it around after those "separate waiting lists" were discovered.

IC/Jeb Pruitt:

Hey, folks. Got some bad news today. Chappy Sinclair passed away last night. He was one hell of a mentor for me, Matt, and Doug Masters. No word on the funeral, but there are plans for a fly-by of F-16s and F-20s - including the missing man formation.

COL/BGEN Pete Frazier is the one who really needs to be on the hot seat. Cartwright goes under the principle of command responsibility, but Frazier's the guy who really messed up.

The B-1 crew was just following orders.