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drmarkbailey wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 3:37 am Tell me some cavalry unit in TLW has an F Troop...



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2nd and 3rd ACR did in @.

So would a lot of cavalry squadrons that were the second of something.

That’s totally a reasonable mix of emotions. You have to put family first, and do what you have to do to take care of them. But it’s also reasonable to feel this is a least bad of available options and not an exciting new professional opportunity. It’s also entirely reasonable to feel a mix of sadne...

jemhouston wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 7:53 pm

Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 4:42 pm

Micael wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 4:40 pm

There’s a very annoying activist group that is trying to achieve that already, mostly by blocking traffic through sit down protests.

It’s scary when one’s sarcasm is confirmed by real life.

What happens if it's not sarcasm, but prophecy?

File it under “do not give them ideas.”

Sounds like a great opportunity to get the enviros to support wetlands expansion….. There’s a very annoying activist group that is trying to achieve that already, mostly by blocking traffic through sit down protests. It’s scary when one’s sarcasm is confirmed by real life. 🤦‍♂️ These are Heinlein’s...

It is a natural development, but may come with some consequences perhaps not given enough consideration. In Sweden the drying out of wetlands (in combination with better living conditions and access to medical treatment) led to the local eradication of malaria in the 1930’s. Once again expanding th...

It is a natural development, but may come with some consequences perhaps not given enough consideration. In Sweden the drying out of wetlands (in combination with better living conditions and access to medical treatment) led to the local eradication of malaria in the 1930’s. Once again expanding th...

I was surprised that 1.1 billion years ago one of the largest lava flow, the Greenstone Flow, in Earth's history started from what became Lake Superior. The flow to the southwest reached Kansas and to the south east Ohio. Some spots it was 450 meter thick. Earth has its moments today but was bada$$...

People don't realizae that there are volcanoes all over Europe. There is even an 'active' area in the Eifel in Germany. Last eruption may have been 13,000+ years ago and Mt Pinatubo sized. There is still outgassing, earthquakes, and inflation (in millimeters per year). Pele is letting everyone know...

After two stints over as many days the church has completed the five kilometer trip. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gyy9TGYWcAAflPY?format=jpg&name=large It will still need to be installed on its new foundations and the bell tower will follow in a bit over a week but it seems to have gone well. I ...

Thanks for all the kind comments, gents. They are appreciated. The PRC has its reasons for putting pressure on the USSR. Remember, their leadership tends to be better at long termism than the West and Soviet Union. With regards to MAC and the Pacific Air Bridge, it's hard to plan for something that...

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 5:27 am There's been a couple of Bermuda Triangle books out since the early 2000s that mention this. One author notes that no one in the boarding party, or on the destroyer that found the Koni, could speak "Cat" and thus find out what happened.

But did they file a salvage claim?

Or use existing two seater fighters with tanker support. It will virtually attrit fighters and tankers, but that’s your fastest response. Those don't exactly grow in trees. But, the consolidated survivors of the Unites States' two F-14D squadrons do form a squadron(-) in Alaska. Short term, they ri...

Or use existing two seater fighters with tanker support. It will virtually attrit fighters and tankers, but that’s your fastest response. SAC is probably more amenable to making Sov airfields go away through excessive use of high explosives than the more defensive minded long range escorts. But hone...

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered a recall of radioactive shrimp from Walmart: https://abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns-public-eat-possibly-radioactive-shrimp-sold/story?id=124780934 This doesn't happen in normal countries. Mike Yeah, most recalls are for chemical or biological contamination.

This is a second video that appears to show the actual ejection: https://x.com/weaponoutfitter/status/1956605668032417886?s=46 ....All humor aside, the pax was fortunate in another way - there have been serious issues and at least one death due to substandard/counterfeit parts issues in the ACES II...

Early warning that drones are surprisingly hard targets... snark: I'm surprised didn't get to stage of back-seater opening canopy and letting fly with service pistol... / After=action report: "Guys, can we re-fit those old gun-pods ??" Nik, The Scorpion was originally designed for a uniqu...

If true, a bit gauche. Two Chinese flags on each bridge wing will do.

kdahm wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:25 pm Given that it's China, which ship captain gets an invitation to interview, sans tea or jaffa cake, and which one will skip the interview and go straight to re-education?

Excedrin headache number 357 for making the boss look bad.

Oh, the memes are just getting good:

jemhouston wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:25 pm

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 7:37 pm Were there any USN officers on a liaison tour? Asking for a frenemy.

Mean, and very, very funny

Shame is a good motivator.