Soon enough, the men find other paratroops collected in a captured town. There are several reunions, but there are still many men missing, most noticeably, Easy Company commanding officer, Lieutenant Thomas Meehan. This means that Lieutenant Winters is acting CO. (It turns out in the end that Meehan’s plane was shot down, killing all on board.)
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Some of my fellow Marines went through some training out here in Okinawa. One of the phases of training was O.C. Spray. Here’s a video of their experience.
JimmyDShea
Cpl of USMC
Many more videos to come
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Amazing video directed by Michel Gondry for Bjork’s second solo album - Post. ‘Army of Me’ also featured on the soundtrack for the movie: Tank Girl.
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The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War, also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973 by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war began with a surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. Egypt and Syria crossed the cease-fire lines in the Sinai and Golan Heights, respectively, which had been captured by Israel in 1967 during the Six-Day War.
The Egyptians and Syrians advanced during the first 2448 hours, after which momentum began to swing in Israel’s favor. By the second week of the war, the Syrians had been pushed out of the Golan Heights. In the Sinai to the south, the Israelis struck at the seam between two invading Egyptian armies, crossed the Suez Canal (where the old ceasefire line had been), and cut off the Egyptian Third Army just as a United Nations cease-fire came into effect.
The war had far-reaching implications for many nations. The Arab World, which had been humiliated by the lopsided defeat of the Egyptian-Syrian-Jordanian alliance during the Six-Day War, felt psychologically vindicated by its string of victories early in the conflict. This vindication paved the way for the peace process that followed, as well as liberalizations such as Egypt’s infitah policy. The Camp David Accords, which came soon after, led to normalized relations between Egypt and Israel—the first time any Arab country had recognized the Israeli state. Egypt, which had already been drifting away from the Soviet Union, then left the Soviet sphere of influence entirely.
Source: Wikipedia
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The UN conflict in Korea is known as “The Forgotten War” Meshed in between WWII and Vietnam and being a UN effort these veterans received shameful respect. The casualties were immense for the short duration of the war and the brutal conditions rival any other combat effort in history. This video is for my father and others who preceded him or have yet to go home to the house of our Father in Heaven.
The music is Bach. My interpretation here invokes bittersweet feelings…a haunting melody…like haunting memories. Memories of friendship, laughter, sorrow, joy. Sadness fills your heart, but you are also filled with courage to go forward. The sweet melody haunts you….calling you to find joy in the midst of sorrow.
My father was a musician and managed to find a violin overseas which he played when possible. There is a news article about him playing the violin against a backdrop of combat and the horror of war. I draw inspiration from that.
Those opportunities to play were rare in the year he served in Korea. He shared both good and bad stories about combat, even humorous ones. For the most part though these men endured viscious combat in brutal cold with diminished supplies, sometimes nothing left at all.
It never bothered him to speak about what he witnessed. He mentioned on a few occasions a hill where the searchlights revealed hundreds of Chinese troops and being significantly outnumbered. He also mentioned hand to hand combat…unlike other stories, these were passing comments and I ume unfinshed to keep us from hearing about the brutality.
Throw out your political views and support young men and women who serve our country.
If you are a veteran of any war please leave a comment. Dad can’t answer right now but he’ll be reading your thoughts and I suspect looking forward to greeting you one day
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM8_rifle
*THIS IS NOT ME PLAYING*
You can only get this gun by using a Promo code or buying Premium and unfortunately I can’t do either so I had to FRAPS some guy using it.
Comparing it to the G36 (IMO):
Looks like it has a much faster rate of fire and accuracy, the damage looks about the same.
Leave comments on what you think, I’ll try and get a Promo for this weapon and test it in the future.
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks to press outside No 10 following announcement of Argentine surrender in Falklands conflict as crowds sing ‘Rule Britannia’, Downing Street; 15 Jun 82
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The Tank Cartridge, 120mm, Canister, XM1028, is a tank round comprised of 1150 (est.) tungsten balls, which are expelled upon muzzle exit. There is no fuse on this round. While the dispersion pattern increases with range as the velocity of the balls decreases, the dense tungsten balls are used to minimize the velocity fall-off. This program responds to the USFK urgency of need signed by the CINC in Dec ‘99. RAPT Initiative Funding to be used for 6.0M in FY02 to accelerate development by one year earlier than previously planned.
This round meets urgent CINC, USFK requirements to provide effective rapid lethal reaction against massed aulting infantry armed with hand held anti-tank and automatic weapons at close range (500 meters or less) thereby improving survivability. Additionally, this round will significantly increase the tank’s lethality and enhance the tank crew’s survivability. This additional capability will give the Abrams Tank the ability to survive RPG ambushes and to fully support friendly infantry aults.
The M1028 Integrated Product Team achieved type classification standard of the canister round on 24 June 2005. The achievement followed closely their urgent release action, with rounds from early lots already headed to where they will do the most good. The earlier significant accomplishment happened in 2004 when the IPT successfully reached its milestone C, Type Classification for Low Rate Production Review, and the recommendation for urgent release to deployed forces by the Materiel Release Acceptance Board.
The 120mm M1028 Canister, formerly the XM1028, product and core team were honored as being one of the top 10 Army inventions of 2004. By 07 December 2004, the M1028 documentation and performance had been reviewed by the staff of the Program Executive Officer for Ammunition. Then, the program’s executive officer, Brig. Gen. Paul S. Izzo, was briefed by Frank Altamura, the Office of the Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition System’s item manager, and key staff. Izzo then signed the milestone decision authority documentation, which granted authority for the program to move forward into low-rate initial production.
Shortly after milestone C was approved, two urgent fielding requests were received by OPM-MAS in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. One request came from the Marine Corps. The second request came from Coalition Forces Land Component Command. The Coalition Forces UFR, approved by the G-3, was processed to respond to a request from the 1st Cavalry Division that was deployed to Iraq. The entire low-rate initial production lot was going to Iraq to support the current conflict.
In order to meet the urgent fielding requirement, the team was fortunate to have several existing components tested and available from other 120mm family of cartridges. The primer train, combustible cartridge case and reclaimed propellant all went ‘into the mix.’
The M1028 is the first 120mm tank round to be fully insensitive-munitions compliant as certified by the Army Insensitive Munitions Board. The M1028 has also demonstrated effectiveness against other targets. The cartridge has been successfully tested against vehicles, structure walls and for obstacle reduction capabilities. Lethality has even been demonstrated on targets behind these structures. The M1028 adds a really powerful tool for tank crews and the troops they support.
The Marine Corps had the opportunity to fire a handful of the M1028 rounds during their gunnery training exercise in February 2005 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., in preparation for re-deployment to Iraq. Feedback was that the rounds impressed the tankers as well as a battalion commander from the 2nd Marine Division and the commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division beyond their expectations.
While industry was generating the first lots of low-rate production, partners at Fort Knox, Ky. and the ranges sped to develop the training, tactics and procedures needed to quickly field the M1028 to where it’s needed. The ammunition support teams have gone into the area of responsibility to investigate what Soldiers need most. Soldiers and their leaders were very excited about being able to add canister to their inventories - the quicker the better.
Information from: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/m1028.htm
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Oh god, it got weapons! D: