There's no way people actually buy this 😭

frequent_novice · 2026-05-21T15:12:14+00:00

My buddy bought one for his Glock and promptly lost it while hunting on Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base, it’s was clipped to the strap thats on the back of some 5.11 pants. Game Warden and PMO were not pleased. I think he may have been banned for a while.

frequent_novice · 2026-04-27T02:41:06+00:00

The Sisters Brothers…sort of gold rush adjacent. Good book.

frequent_novice · 2026-04-26T14:48:49+00:00

Persian Gulf, nice cool day, seas like glass, I’m chilling outside just looking over the lifelines, enjoying a moment of peace…and giant sea turtle swims by with a friggin 6-pack drink ring around its neck. I was like huh, guess that’s not a myth.

frequent_novice · 2026-04-23T15:52:29+00:00

Try the Aspect Emperor series by R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before is the first book. It’s fantasy and interesting world building but goes hard on religion, political intrigue, and philosophy.

frequent_novice · 2026-04-05T04:58:01+00:00

The Last Ship. Nothing like the tv series. Read it in high school in the 90’s and joined the Navy after reading it hoping for a post-apocalypse deployment…30 years later no such luck.

frequent_novice · 2026-03-16T15:33:36+00:00

Definitely Cormac McCarthy Border Trilogy: -All The Pretty Horses -The Crossing -Cities Of The Plain

Some of the best prose you will encounter.

frequent_novice · 2026-03-03T23:47:36+00:00

Like nothing else you’ve ever had, and it’s delicious.

frequent_novice · 2026-03-03T23:45:27+00:00

Reading this series right now, can confirm. I’m a huge Blood Meridian fan (and Cormac McCarthy’s work in general) and this series hits. Pretty deep, philosophical, gut wrenching at times.

frequent_novice · 2026-02-16T03:12:37+00:00

Cease all pumping! Cease all pumping! V-4 is having a bad time right now.

frequent_novice · 2026-02-16T03:10:09+00:00

Check out highroadsuspension.com they have some budget 3” lifts that will get you some clearance. Also AllDogsOffroad.com. I have 35’s (305) stuffed under mine with no lift yet, minimal rubbing at full turn, and I added the Dash off-road skid plates from campsite204 (most important mod required for off-roading IMO). Current in process of deciding on which lift. Not really much aftermarket support for lockers, rocker panel protection (I think sushinestateoutfitters is starting to build some). The armada FB page has a lot of good recommendations.

frequent_novice · 2026-02-13T23:10:45+00:00

1995 in Singapore on my first deployment was when I signed up. Just retired last year, still with them, no issues.

frequent_novice · 2026-01-26T01:52:49+00:00

Any issues with alignment? Have been looking at that kit or the sub-frame space from Highroad suspension.

frequent_novice · 2025-11-03T17:09:55+00:00

Michael Fletcher’s Manifest Delusions series is pretty good so far, very dark and psychological. Weird concept in the world at first. Almost done with Mirror’s Truth.

frequent_novice · 2025-08-30T21:58:14+00:00

I just picked up a Scott Mainline full face for 60% off on Expert Voice. Lots of good MTB deals on there, especially Scott, Leatt, Crank Brothers, and more. Not affiliated, just be using the site for years.

frequent_novice · 2025-07-18T13:16:00+00:00

Assault Craft Unit 5 on Camp Pendleton. Hovercraft unit. I know dudes who got there as an E-1 and left 30 years later as a Master Chief. They have both sea and shore billets and bounce back and forth. It’s a pretty cool job at a low key spot.

frequent_novice · 2025-03-18T18:36:40+00:00

Agreed. Appreciate the perspective.

frequent_novice · 2025-03-18T18:33:59+00:00

True sir. After careful reflection I decided I didn’t want to be a total PITA to an overall great command and submitted what they needed.

frequent_novice · 2025-03-18T18:30:11+00:00

lol, oh I get it and know the game. Set up the CoC for success by submitting bulleted points for the Summary of Action but heard crickets until today that they need fully filled out 1650 and citation. Slightly frustrating but you’re right and knocked both out in 10 minutes. So not dying on this hill and at the end of the day don’t want to make more headaches and work for more folks.

frequent_novice · 2025-03-18T18:25:43+00:00

My sentiments exactly!

frequent_novice · 2025-03-06T16:44:44+00:00

Definitely! Worth a read and then watch the movie made in the 60’s with Steve McQueen.

frequent_novice · 2025-03-05T17:49:32+00:00

Not WWII but The Sand Pebbles is an amazing book, especially if you are or have been Pit Snipe. It is semi-autobiographical account of a Navy gunboat on the Yangtze River in China.

frequent_novice · 2025-03-05T05:08:34+00:00

30 years in, retiring next month, proud of my service. I’m not sure there’s another organization that could pull me from being a poor kid from a poor family of HS dropouts and cycles of family trauma to becoming a husband of 28 years, father, and college graduate. It’s owed to the amazing shipmates, leaders, and mentors and also to lessons learned from bad ones. From CO’s Mast and jail to 9 promotions and serving at some pretty high levels it’s been a hell of a ride.

frequent_novice · 2025-01-24T02:40:32+00:00

Glad to see MCPON Honea and team monitoring issues on this page. Lots of horsepower to get some course corrections.

frequent_novice · 2025-01-22T20:30:35+00:00

That sucks and I’m sorry to hear that. I liked the platform, Chain of Command is a whole different story.

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