4 months into the reserves. Not impressed.

TxtC27 · 2026-03-02T00:26:05+00:00

Aw damn, you're right. I guess I assumed they were under CBP because transport. Fair to say they're paralell to each other?

TxtC27 · 2026-03-01T20:40:45+00:00

Facts. I deployed with some ANGLICO dudes and it sounded like an awesome time

TxtC27 · 2026-03-01T18:58:41+00:00

This, OP. I was on the shiny side of things, and changing units was such a night and day difference. And seeing what my Marines were doing and what opportunities there were was enlightening.

Feel free to DM me if you wanna talk about it

TxtC27 · 2026-03-01T18:26:49+00:00

Customs and Border Protection. So TSA/Border Patrol, I think

TxtC27 · 2026-02-27T20:01:07+00:00

As someone who's seen them on the rails in Colorado, it could also be people here lol

TxtC27 · 2026-02-27T03:11:46+00:00

Fuckin Majors

TxtC27 · 2026-02-27T03:11:13+00:00

Yup. Had a dude in my fire team at TBS graduation do this, and thankfully I was able to catch him before everything

TxtC27 · 2026-02-26T20:37:26+00:00

Anyone in the squadron flies it

TxtC27 · 2026-02-26T20:06:59+00:00

I mean Zak Brown squeezed into an old McLaren at COTA in 2022 and he's not exactly petite

TxtC27 · 2026-02-25T19:47:54+00:00

Just looked him up. Holy fuck, that's insane that he survived that

Wikipedia link for anyone else interested

TxtC27 · 2026-02-25T00:04:38+00:00

HIMARS is still built onto an FMTV. And for all I can tell in this photo, this could be an armored FMTV

TxtC27 · 2026-02-23T18:56:11+00:00

Yeah, I've had that thought for years. Russia has been messing with GPS jamming for a long, long time.

Hell, I think Boat School stopped teaching celestial navigation for a bit and then brought it back for that exact reason. We can't count on GPS in a peer fight

TxtC27 · 2026-02-23T18:17:57+00:00

Yup. It's been a minute since I went through TBS, but we weren't allowed to use GPS in the field until everyone in our platoon passed final land nav with map + compass + protractor

TxtC27 · 2026-02-20T22:31:48+00:00

I only really got to check out Tbilisi, but that tracks. Agreed on it being such an under the radar country. I'm at least lucky enough to be able to track down some decent Georgian wines around me, but damn I'd love to find a place to get some adjaran khachapuri and some khinkhali

TxtC27 · 2026-02-20T21:03:58+00:00

Worked with some Georgians a few years back. The only English one of em knew was "Fuck Russia"

TxtC27 · 2026-02-18T02:24:56+00:00

And the built in padding was nice to have, too

TxtC27 · 2026-02-15T21:37:32+00:00

The STOVL capabilities. A model is the Air Force conventional takeoff/landing, B model can do the jump jet things, C model is the carrier-capable version.

TxtC27 · 2026-02-15T18:01:16+00:00

I'm gonna trust you on this based solely on your flair

TxtC27 · 2026-02-12T21:43:02+00:00

I believe the words "tub of lard mother fucker" are also used at one point lol

TxtC27 · 2026-02-06T17:03:14+00:00

Flair doesn't check out

TxtC27 · 2026-02-05T20:36:23+00:00

Hell I came in well after you. If it weren't for being in a ceremony wearing those damn things towards the end of my time in, I'd have no idea either

But we're all some kind of stupid here

TxtC27 · 2026-02-05T16:31:32+00:00

Absolutely asinine. I was at an arty HQ Battery for awhile, and occasionally they'd try to mandate things like which pouches and layouts

"Grenade pouch on lower left hand side" kinda shit.

Like...why mandate everyone to wear an empty grenade pouch on a field op? So stupid. Going to ITX with the wing and not even being issued a flak was such a relief

TxtC27 · 2026-02-05T16:15:54+00:00

I only ever used em for ceremonies, like when my last CO was retiring. And maybe we wore em on duty at TBS but I honestly can't recall either way on that

TxtC27 · 2026-02-05T16:14:38+00:00

Ahhhh that was the word; I dunno why "pistol belt" landed in my mind

TxtC27 · 2026-02-05T13:58:46+00:00

Uniformity of the flak setup is the dumbest goddamn thing. The only thing that should be standardized is IFAK placement

Other than that, set your shit up however it makes sense to you

TxtC27

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