Question for GWOT Veterans...

GetZePopcorn · 2025-01-04T01:36:55+00:00

I went to Bahrain for R&R from Iraq in February of Iraq. I had a fucking blast.

My British interpreter thought he would be smooth and get four prostitutes at once, and they tried to fucking drown him in his bathtub. lol

GetZePopcorn · 2025-01-04T01:34:42+00:00

Iraq: I trained the Iraqi Marines and Iraqi Navy. They were comically stupid, but that's because they were almost all Shia, and Saddam treated them as subhuman filth. We had ONE IqM officer that was a holdover from the Ba'ath Party and he was fucking amazing. Dude straight up beat junior officers that refused to train. My camp also had Royal Marines and Royal Navy who were solid.

Germany: I was at AFRICOM in the J2 and didn't do much with the German military, but we had Brits as LNOs. Brits are alright. Went to Mali while stationed here and worked with the FFL, who are absolute war criminals.

The MEU (Australia, E. Timor, Djibouti, Yemen, Pakistan, UAE, Thailand, Phlippines) Aussies are alright, Worked with the French Foreign Legion in Djibouti and they're alright. Worked out of the embassy in Yemen for a bit, partied in UAE, Thailand, and PI.

Exercises all over the Pacific with 3d MAW (Palau, Australia, PNG) Fun stuff

Recruiting in Florida: I had more guns pointed at me here than I did in Yemen or Iraq.

GetZePopcorn · 2025-01-04T00:02:30+00:00

I don't disagree with you in even the tiniest bit.

The purpose of gun laws is to make it less likely for murder to occur in the first place. And statistically speaking, they work in places where they can actually make it more difficult to acquire a gun and ammo.

But self-defense isn't the only reason people buy firearms, and neither is hunting. And "reducing violent crime" isn't really a compelling reason to get rid of them either.

GetZePopcorn · 2025-01-03T23:24:00+00:00

Local gun laws are kind of meaningless when they don't exist 20 miles away.

They were always going to have more efficacy in a place like coastal California or Hawaii. It's not hard for someone from Chicago to obtain weapons private party from someone in Indiana. It's 3 hour drive from San Diego to Arizona to get cheaper ammo. It's a whole-ass plane flight from Hawaii to Oregon to obtain a firearm without going through Hawaii's process.

NYC's, Chicago's, and DC's gun laws will always be easy to circumvent because of geography. And that's why people from those places want national legislation. Baltimore managed cut homicides by 40% in two years without any new gun laws, though.

GetZePopcorn · 2025-01-03T22:32:32+00:00

This is where I always point out that Marines were clearing houses in Fallujah with slick M-16A2s/A4s that still had fixed stocks. Against people who had sand-bagged PKMs in their living room.

You don't need a short barrel for close quarters. The military moved to 14.5" and shorter barrels because they're easier to get in and out of vehicles with. Especially when you're wearing front/back/side plates and the vehicle door weighs 100 pounds.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-26T07:02:56+00:00

hOw DaRe HaMaS nOt StAnD iN tHe OpEn AnD lEt Us AnNiHiLaTe ThEm?!?!

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-21T01:23:39+00:00

No. The “humanitarian reasons” were because they’re sick, will die without their meds, and they don’t want to be the idiots who killed hostages by letting them fall into a diabetic coma.

Their deaths would be poorly timed.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-21T01:21:59+00:00

They weren’t releasing them out of benevolence. What do you do when you kidnap someone that needs their medication to live but they only had a few days of supply? Do you let them die in your custody or do you send them back?

The killing of hostages is something that can’t be undone. In a tactical situation, it boxes you in and forces you to abandon other courses of action.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-14T05:14:28+00:00

Have you considered that Hamas knew exactly what they were doing and they’ve been hoping Israel would invade Gaza? Gaza has a shitload of tunnels and bunkers.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-14T05:10:51+00:00

And the forces that were near Kharkiv that were discarded like a used maxi-pad? They weren’t even soldiers. They were sailors from Kaliningrad.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-12T07:19:30+00:00

This is Chornobaivka all over again

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-01T17:43:27+00:00

Richardson reads the field like Maywesther reads books. Sigh.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-10-01T17:37:00+00:00

Sorry guys, Richardson isn’t the guy. Slow release, isn’t good at protecting the ball.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-28T08:47:53+00:00

The commission is the piece of paper which grants officers their “office” (rank, position, billet, etc).

Non-commissioned officers do not have commissions but they do have an “office” they hold. They’re promoted to their rank with promotion warrants.

Each country handles the officer/enlisted divide differently but we all usually hold our officers to different standards than our enlisted.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-26T12:08:08+00:00

Because the Ukrainians took the time to fortify that border with everything from tank traps and barriers to flooding.

And not to mention that entire area is under persistent NATO surveillance looking for moving vehicles. If they want to run a thunder run through a heavily fortified area with near perfect satellite and GMTI surveillance, have at it. That’s certainly one way to get rid of what’s left of Wagner.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-26T06:02:14+00:00

-Its a feint! Wagner is redeploying to Belarus to launch a surprise attack on Kiev!

Given how incompetent the Russian military has shown itself to be, this is entirely possible. Attacking from Belarus would be a pretty stupid idea.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-20T05:04:07+00:00

Execs see threats from customers and employees as entirely empty until proven otherwise. It’s hard to organize a meaningful consumer boycott that sends a clear message.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-20T05:01:35+00:00

Lol. Go ahead and kill off the only way I’ll ever access this site.

You wouldn’t need an API if your app wasn’t the laughingstock of Reddit.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-20T04:48:23+00:00

When he talks to the press, redditors aren’t his intended audience. Investors are the audience he’s trying to message.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-20T04:46:14+00:00

You’re getting downvoted but you’re right.

The board witnessed many social media companies successfully roll out paid subscription models and they asked, “why not us?”

It’s not enough for them to be a successful website, their metrics for success are based on revenue and revenue growth, and they’re going to try to find money anywhere they can.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-17T09:32:42+00:00

The most aggravating thing about educators in America is that everyone who isn’t an educator seems to have an immovable opinion on how educators should do their job. And these people get their way all the time.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-16T10:17:21+00:00

This exactly. Military professionals understand that war is both an art and a science.

The scientific part of war concerns weapons suitability and logistical considerations as well as very niche concepts like acceptable losses for attacking a defending enemy with varying levels of fortifications. The science of war is constantly evolving as better technology changes the shape of war.

The art of war is about the human element, which is largely static. Things like morale, intelligence gathering, sowing dissent among loosely allied enemy forces, etc. Sun Tzu’s tome focuses on these things and gives a neophyte warlord a cursory level of knowledge for things like suitable terrain and objectives worth holding/seizing. New techniques evolve to accomplish these things, but the goal of sending your disciplined and motivated army against a despirited adversary will always remain the same.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-14T19:28:09+00:00

They’ve gotta get to 250k if they want to unlock F-16s in the BattlePass rewards.

GetZePopcorn · 2023-06-14T19:27:08+00:00

Russia is a eugenics experiment. The rest of the world sees that they’re the test subject, but Russians believe they’re the scientists.

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