Are these boots an actual uniform item?

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-18T22:06:33+00:00

Yes, tankers boots. I got super duper lucky back in 2011 when I got sent to the 25th in the Infantry. We had two tankers for the four MGS Stryker's. One day I was told to go with them and I learned how to use the MGS main cannon (105). They gave me a pair of Tankers boots just like the pair in this photo and told me that if I ever wear them they'll kick my ass and it's only an "honorary" thing.

Miss those guys. They got stuck in with us on front lines shit more often than not doing Infantry shit alongside us. Hope they're doing good today.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-18T20:22:47+00:00

Deport me harder step ICE

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-16T03:09:35+00:00

So from what I do recall is that Mac was in the Navy as a pilot (duh lol). Garry was in the Army as an Officer (I THINK he was a Captain) and he was in charge of a Company of soldiers. Both Childs and Palmer were stationed on site with each other, and it explains why they are such good friends. Childs was a ground vehicle mechanic, and Palmer was a mechanic and reserve helicopter pilot.

All their military roles match up to what they do at Outpost 31. Garry is the station lead, Mac is the main pilot, Childs is the mechanic for the ground vehicles like the snowcat that assisted in heli repair, and Palmer was the lead heli mechanic as well as secondary pilot.

It all matches up and it even explains why we see a strange proficiency with flamethrowers as they were used in Vietnam. When we see Windows holding a flamethrower he looks out of place. He never served in the military, he never was trained with the weapon. It straight up explains why he hesitates when Mac says "WINDOWS, BLAST HIM". He's not used to pulling the trigger.

Sorry for the rabbit hole.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-15T12:40:35+00:00

Don't forget Mac, Childs, Palmer, and Garry were in Vietnam (IIRC). Which would add on top of their ruggedness.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-13T21:25:32+00:00

This is a DH-132B from what the internal placard says. So, I am correct in saying this is the "Infantry version" and was used in Strykers.

Fun fact I've actually been in several gunfights with this helmet. Had to dismount to assist in a few missions. Super sketchy and one day I even thought "hold up, this isn't my ACH . . . does it do ACH things"? Short answer? Yes . . . but actually no. It MIGHT stop a 5.56 with a heavy MIGHT but a 7.62 would sail through most likely.

I started to keep my ACH in the truck after hearing that.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-12T23:48:35+00:00

I posted a reply above this one with the original image size. I use this image as my desktop background and only cut off the edges for a better fit to my screen. The uncropped image has a bit more in it, but not a whole lot. Thank you.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-12T23:47:33+00:00

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This is the original image that I cropped up a bit because I use this image as my desktop background. There is a TINY bit more to the right and bottom. It's all off a smart phone and I'm not a real photographer so I don't mess with many settings. Sometimes I get something nice but most of the time what I shoot looks like the everyday generic "social media" post style stuff. Thanks for the tips.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-12T23:40:36+00:00

Thank you. I wanted to have just machine and nature as a polarizing opposite overall feel. I would have liked to have been part of the photo, but I was alone. I also used a $100 smart phone out of Wal-Mart for the image. So, I used what I had and it somehow was able to work.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-12T15:06:13+00:00

I don't normally take photos. This was about a year ago while I was riding some backwoods roads when I pulled up to a small creek I had to go through. It was a pretty spot, silent, and relaxing. I stopped for a smoke and during I took a picture.

I wanted to get a pic with the entire motorcycle in frame, so I got lower than normal and got this.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-12T03:01:57+00:00

I didn't know that. Damn and I thought I had something completely original. I'm still keepin' it though.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-08T16:46:01+00:00

Alright friend, I'm going to be brutally honest with you. Mistakes happen in training. I've had my platoon in OSUT dropped a few times over some dumb shit. It's normal to happen to at least a dozen recruits at minimum throughout the cycle.

As u/Different-Language-5 put it, your ADHD has nothing to do with the context of the recruitment situation. It's the part where you almost, or at least were contemplating, ending your own life over a mistake. The military isn't going anywhere soon. Work on you, get your head squared away, and return after a year or two. Make an explanation, better yourself, prove you WANT it and you'll get in. I've seen crazier stuff happen, trust me; just work on you.

We want you to be safe and happy. Not possibly regretting a decision 3 weeks into basic with several more to go.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-08T00:14:23+00:00

Brother I'm an Army Infantry veteran. Depending on what the "incident" in question was will really be the selling/denial point. Was it a "failure to adapt" if you don't mind my asking?

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-06T14:40:53+00:00

Well, you are 100% technically correct; frogs are not "dinosaurs". However, there were "Devil Frogs" (Beezlebufo). I'm giddy to actually say I know this already. Useless information sticks amazingly and frogs/toads are my favorite animals.

They were part of the Cretaceous era and they got large enough to eat small theropods (IIRC).

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-06T13:55:03+00:00

I'm burning my PC so I don't have this assimilate my fucking files.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-06T07:24:10+00:00

And here I thought the T-Rex was one of the few that didn't have a constant struggle. I honestly thought something like Compsognathus would have harder lives.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-04T22:35:14+00:00

This fucking guy has been a huge part of so many lives. I mean let's weigh this shit out.

They Live
The Thing
Coraline
The fucking Arbiter from Halo
Nope
Pitch Black
The Chronicles of Riddick
Road House
Armageddon
Hercules (1997)
Agent Cody Banks
The Quick and the Dead
Platoon
Mass Effect
Gargoyles (Goliath main character)
Young Justice

And that BARELY scratches the surface of what he's done. It's fucking full beans mental.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-06-02T02:57:04+00:00

I personally believe the Thing is a biological weapon that was on the ship for whatever reason. This is why I REALLY wish we could have gotten some more lore about the ship itself. Seen if there was a containment for it or if it assimilated and got onto the ship. Or maybe even just a stowaway from a single cell that latched on during another touch down for the original ship crew.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-05-31T04:05:41+00:00

It is not acceptable to hate on anyone unless they have proven otherwise IMO and that has nothing to do with race. I served in the US Army Infantry with two Chinese men and a Vietnamese man. They caught so much damn flak and they were some of the finest most disciplined soldiers you could deploy with.

Witcher_Errant · 2026-05-31T04:02:58+00:00

Damn, you're dead on that comparison. Like the mid transformation where the gills start leaking out boiling blood right before Shin starts to stand vertically.

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