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LOL, there is actually alot of truth to that. Dont forget to wipe the computer of various pictures-documents

Technically just becouse they are ina combat brgade does not automatically make them a combat force. In all of your large units you also have service support and combat support soldiers. Though I would be willing to bet that a large portion of the advise and assist forces do come from combat roles, however their mission is not combat operations anymore. It can be spun either way.

Ive actually heard quite a few people in the military make this argument LOL. although it may be a contributing factor I dont think it is quite that simple. But it does go along with the old saying guys sometines use before going to a bar "By the end of the night I'll either be fighting or fu****g)

I could not agree more.

Initially I did not look at the advertisment and was only aware of the personal scanners. Larger long distance scanners I still believe would be safe but in truth I dont truly know. From my limited understanding the Iris scan is still basically just a picture with the scaner using both visible and near-infrared light to better contrast the iris. On that note I do not see this technolgy being widely used anytime soon.

I have to admit, I am getting tired of all of the anti muslim posting. I just got back from my 5th combat tour. I have been to both Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention Kuwait and Saudia Arabia for non combat operations. In my work I spend more time with the locals then I do with American forces. The problem is not the relgion, yes the religion has been manipulated or used as an excuse but it is not the relgion itself. Anyways, just my two cents but I can asure you I have spent more time around muslims then the large majority of the posters on this forum and I have no issues with the relgion itself.

This is fairly typical military stuff. Organized unit fun days designed to either provide some sort of entertainment, stress release or unit cohesiveness. With these events it is usually mandatory to attend as a way to show support towards the rest of your unit not necessarly showing support to the event itslef. Also in the article it says ***"Smith, 21, was stationed in Virginia for nearly seven months for helicopter electrician training"*** This leads me to believe he was still in his basic training phase of the military. During this phase there is absolutly no real free time and if his chain of command did decide to organize something like this Any non attenders would of course be assigned to the barracks and ordered to clean something.

I do not believe that there is any risk to eye injury. I have had my Iris scanned a few times and have scanned othere irises several times. Although I am not famuliar with all the scanners out there the ones I have used required they eye to be within a 1-3 inches to even work and caused absolutly no discomfort. In fact it would be more disturbing to look directly at your standard beedroom light for a couple seconds than the scanners I have used.

Ill second that one, spen 4 years with the 82nd doing Static Line jumps. All of our jumps were no higher then 800ft AGL and my ruck sack would often weigh 70-80 lbs. Nothing like a night Mastac with 400+ jumpers in the air at the same time. I have since then moved onto better things still at Ft Bragg but on a HALO team. Our HALO jumps count towards static line currency and I have jumped a round in over 6 years. I will be happy if I never jump one again. Those big old 365 MFF canopys land nice and soft LOL

I do think it was justified and I alos agree with another poster that it was not just about ending the war with Japan but also as a deterence to the Soviet Union. I do find the article disturbing though, yes the Japanese were very brutal during and prior to WW2 but from what I have seen they do not seem to try to protray themselves as the victems, in fact from what I have experenced many apear to be some what ashamed of the past, or at least do not want to go back to the same dominate mindset that they had durning the early 20th century. My wife was born and raised in Japan (her family is originally from Hiroshima) and of the several times I have visited Japan and peace park (location of the Atomic bombing) I never noticed any vibe or person trying to play the victem card.

Started out doing static line jumps for the military then started to work towards my Civ. skydiveing lincence. Did about 12 jumps before haveing to deploy, came back and went to military free fall school and used that to complete my Civ. lincence. So I guess you can say I learned thru both

If he shot the dogs on his property and espically after prior warnings than I dont see the problem. Its done every year with coyotes and other wild dogs. I probably wouldnt have done it myself just becouse it probably isint worth the extra trouble but if its on your property and you feel it to protect your family or envestments (bunines can be a envestment) then oh well.

Why cary a taser when you can put 230 grains of lead through his/her chest completly eliminating the chance of him/her becomeing any more of a drain on society.

Labs are by far my favorite dog. Being a hunter they are natural water lovers and good bird dogs. But besides that the are extremly intelligant and gentle. From what I have seen the are very good around children (both tolerant and playful). They seem to be protective but not overly, for example they dont bark at every stranger but if some one get physical than they will always react. As a kid when I would wrestle with my brothers/sister my lab would always protect either my sister or the youngest brother (this was always in a playful maner though) Id love to have a Lab now, unfortunatly I spend several months each year out of country and would have no reliable way to care for it while gone. Get the dog.

common sense would tell anyone that we are still at war, it prety obvious. As for a declariton of victory or whatever might have been said Ive never really cared whats been said,I dont need any morale boost and can see formyslef when the mission has been acomplished. The staytment was probably directed towards defeating the established millitary/government of Iraq. In many ways our millitary still looks at things in a WW2/conventional style warfare stand point. Iraq is not, and really never was a conventional war. Trying to treat it like on creates additional problems.. On a second note recieving combat pay dosent really mean to much, I have been deployed to Saudia arabia and Kuwait in the mid 90s. During these times we were not conducting any combat operations (just security of american bases-never left the base) and were never attacked but we still recieved combat pay. Just my opnion.