Just saw the movie red one and it was way better than I expected. Although that isn't saying much, because I didn't really have any good expectations to begin with. But either way, it was fun and just thought itd be funny to see if anyone can give a military analysis on E.L.F and M.O.R.A and also determine if they would be considered a military or intelligence organization. Just some holiday bullshitn.

Today is St. Barbara day, mainly known as the patron saint of miners and artillerymen, (as well as armourers, military engineeres, geologists and others who work with explosive).

If you are not familiar with this highly regarded Saint among military personnel and miners wikipedia has a great article about it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara

(Credits for the picture goes to "Gruppo Artiglieria 49" of the Swiss Armed Forces)

Admin please remove if not allowed. I cropped the image aand redacted some to avoid any identifying information.

I'll even go as general as saying a family member of mine was burglarized in the early 2000s and in that burglary lost important family Memorabilia along with most of their military stuff. We searched the pawn shops for years after but the stuff never came up. We don't know what ever happened to it unfortunately.

FFWD to today I am working on getting said missing awards replaced as a gift to surprise them but I am unfamiliar with how to interpret some I formation on their DD214. (See attached).

Can someone explain what all the random "X" marks are?

It wasn’t the typical nightmare scene, I got out f my HMMWV and into a Green Beans coffee hut like we had on the FOB. I don’t remember much except for that music playing in the Green Beans. I remember seeing those CDs of that World Groove music, but never got one when I was there. And now I can’t get the tune out of my head! Anyone have a line on that World Groove music that they played at Green Beans?

im just a civ/noob/casual so bear with me here but i was watching Zero Dark Thirty the other day and it made me think.. were there any significant improvements in the last ~13 years regarding gear tier1 units use? mainly asking about primary weapons and NVG tech

i know about the SIG MCX, but i dont think they would trust that thing yet (or if there are any plans for special forces to adapt them)
maybe some thermal/night vision hybrid nods/sights?

also, do you guys think they ever used the "stealth blackhawk" on any other mission after that?

not a ccp spy pinky promise

Hey guys, I'm 26 and not doing too hot in the civilian world. I won't bore you with the details, but I'm prior service for the Army National Guard out of West Virginia. I have a few opportunities in the civilian world but if those fall through I am considering going active duty in the army, navy or coast guard.

I have spoken to each branch in my interest and I am limited to a job selection list. The Air Force is only open in October but they do have cyber. The navy has cyber, electrician, intelligence, and information systems. Coast guard is the same. And army has 12P or power plant operator. I am open to other options as well.

In conclusion, would any of these jobs or suggestions you have help with civilian crossover? Thank you

I’m a junior in HS and I took the ASVAB like 2 months ago and got an 80 on it. Is that good? My ideal job in the Air Force is to be a firefighter or work on a tanker plane.

Edit: Shoulda specified but I did mean Air Crew rather than maintenance/mechanics!

Imma civvie, writing a fictional work piece - Society of the Damned; The True Revealing. In some sense, i want it to have some factuality. If a global disaster happens, lets say a Shit Hit The Fan scenario like nuclear war, global famine, global unrest & conflict or a raging uncontrollable viral pandemic( a quick mutating airborne pathogen) - lets say even the hypothetical zombie virus. And probably govt structure in your respective countries, is in ruins, probably beyond repair. 1)Can you leave your post? 2)What stops you from leaving post to go tend go family and loved ones? 3)Like those protecting VIP and VVIP? I know that question may be more of a secret service or the VIP protection unit in your country type question. But like US, forgive me if im wrong aren't govt doomsday bunkers military installations - Mt cheyenne complex. With a zombie apocalypse, hypothetical, how is the US military for example preparing for an unknown phenomenom - a virus that doesn't exist yet - with unknown variables? (I know there is a mklitary zombie survival model that has even extended to other disasters)

Which movie or series or book shows a military response done well? And in this hypothetical situation, zombie or no zombie scenarios, what would lead to a collapse, military-wise?

Im asking this because I'm enlisting tommorrow and still undecided on my time there.

Im currently homeless with no education and no benificial experience. My goal is to get where I dont have to be homeless again. Not rich, but comfortable. I want to be able to walk down the street and give $20 to a homeless guy and not worry about if i can afford it or not. If the oppurtunity presents itself, i would like to start an organisation to help the homeless.

I was watching some video where some soldiers exiting a building would shout out "Friendlies coming out."

Couldn't opposing forces also say "Friendlies coming out" when exiting a building and cause one side to drop their guard a bit?

Has anyone seen this? Thoughts? Does it do anything to offset some of the controversy from the Antihero podcast? Would love to hear what everyone else thinks.

So I've been all over the internet looking for the author and the motivation for a publication out of a country that has medical care for all is talking smack about people that gave. Its almost like someone is preemptively testing the waters for cuts.

I love that we are now compared to "welfare queens" btw was a bullshit naritive created by reagans administration.

The article mentions a 25yo posabaly making 2.4 million in benefits over a lifetime thats 48k a year for 50 years. All I've got to say is good for him.

It also goes into how much more inefficient the va is for people that are disabled in that the money we give isnt preventing suicide. How do you draw any comparison to "other" disabled people and a guy thats been blown up and his brain wants only death. God forbid he gets a thousand bucks to blow a month.

I want to know why this rag is hiding an agenda behind anonymity.

After my umpteenth time getting denied for work or being not called back for a job or having to restart the two week hiring processing period. I give up. My bills are taller than I am. I’m becoming a sinking ship only able to be bailed out by the waning finances of my mother. I give up. How soon can I enlist and be shipped off. Is there an emergency procedure? Or do I just y have to wait for the standard procedure.

Sorry if this is obvious but I noticed that some soldiers with Molle has their flash bang out in the open with no pouch, how they do that? Guessing it is riskier than not using a pouch?

• Is it some kind of retention band around the molle hoop and flashbang?
• does the flash bang have a hook and you place it around the molle hoop? (guessing really easy for it to fall off)
• or are they all using some sort of clamp that clamps the top and bottom of the flash bang that I can't see?

And I also notice soldiers from WW2 have thier grenades hanging out as well, how they do that?