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http://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/d5240_1_r.pdf Chapters 2 and 3. At least for DoD. Law enforcement and FBI fall under different USC Titles and have different authorities.

Keep sucking down that State owned news channel narrative that Moscow has created. I would love to hear your thoughts on all of the Russian soldiers dying in 'training' exercises along the Ukraine border or the ones that are dying without any explanation to their families.

I too am interested to see the scope in which Obama intends to use the military to assist. Agreed on the difficulty to educate people who live in superstition and mythology. Further anecdotal evidence that religion can blind you to simple facts.

Eh, I think the education of HIV/AIDs prevention is easier than Ebola. HIV/AIDs you can educate through safe practices, material support, abstinance, etc. Not to mention there have been significant medical advancements in HIV/AIDS treatments over the last 20?ish years. Also, your chances of contracting HIV/AIDS simply by hanging around a person, or touching them (the no-pants dance aside) are astronomically low. Ebola patients, on the other hand, can transmit through sweat (symptom of fever), saliva, blood, physical contact. People, when sick, require care and treatement. In home care by family and loved ones, one could argue, is the most prevalent form of treatment in that part of the world. In home care that lacks in sterilization and probably involves a lot of contact with the infected. You would literally be asking family members to abandoned loved ones in times of need which many would and do find difficult. Hence, why ebola is spreading the way it is.

Napalm...lots of napalm. Iago, a quarantine was enacted a while back but armed, uneducated, and pissed off militias broke through to release family and friends. I'll have to dig around for the reporting. Education and enlightenment are the keys to containment and future prevention of wide spread outbreaks...or napalm.

Thanks! Probably won't look to the tunnel until mid-Feb.

Just because the author of the article uses the word 'drone' to describe it in every paragraph does not mean it was refered to as a 'drone' by the people using them at the time. 'Venice is to be bombarded by balloons...' "flying bomb" "aerial torpedo" The only real reference I see to it being called a drone is the targeting 'drones' for anti aircraft gunners. Any reference to a UAS with some sort of reconnaissance or offensive capability is referenced as a UAV/UAS. https://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-national-security/should-we-call-them-drones-or-uavs "When my colleague Catherine Crump and I were writing our drones report in 2011, we talked over what terminology we should use, and decided that since our job was to communicate, we should use the term that people would most clearly and directly understand. That word is “drones." Drone proponents would prefer that everyone use the term “UAV,” for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or “UAS,” for Unmanned Aerial System (“system” in order to encompass the entirety of the vehicle that flies, the ground-based controller, and the communications connection that connects the two)." 'Drone' is used because the public readily recognizes it but as we all know, the public can be and often time is lacking of a true understanding.

Does anyone frequent here or have experience at the tunnel in Bottrop? I plan on putting a few hours in over the winter honing my RW skills and eventually transition to FF. Experiences, recommendations for coaches, eateries, etc. are most welcome. Thanks

From your wiki link. "The birth of U.S. UAVs (called RPVs at the time) began in 1959 when United States Air Force (USAF) officers, concerned about losing pilots over hostile territory...The 2 and 4 August 1964, clash in the Tonkin Gulf between naval units of the U.S. and North Vietnamese Navy initiated America's highly classified UAVs into their first combat missions of the Vietnam War." I would also encourage a visit to the Military Intelligence Museum at Ft. Huachuca if you ever find yourself in Arizona. Lot's of good information there about the UAVs and you can probably catch a glimpse of the ones they use to train operators with flying around down there. It's about 1.5 hours south of Skydive AZ.

Incorrect, the first UAVs date back to Vietnam and they have been calling them UAVs for a long time. With equipment upgrades and integration of targeting/missile packages they swapped V for an S. Not saying that people in uniform have never referred to them as drones but the nomenclature is and has been UAV. Like I said, drone is a 'dirty' word for the manufacturers, operators, and maintainers.

The word 'drone' makes a large number of military people cringe actually. The term is Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or more recently Unmanned Aerial System (UAS...system used because of the capabilities in addition to the airframe). Without going into the existentialism of a UAS platform, drone would imply that it is mindless or absent of thought and therefore flying about conducting reconnassiance, missile strikes, etc. mindlessly when it is in fact controlled remotely by someone capable of thought and decision making. Drone was picked up in the media and the world has kind of stuck with it. I can't really speak to the implications of using the word 'drone' to describe civilian stuff.

Doug, which unit did you jump with in Panama?

Interesting fact: The acceptable margin of error on a C-130 altimeter is 125ft. Training jumps are usually conducted at 800-1200ft. At 800ft the jumper (assuming a good 4-Thousand count) has approximately 1.6 seconds to identify he has a malfunction and activate the MERPS reserve to achieve full inflation before hitting the ground. Training jump altitudes tend to favor towards the 1200ft, especially if jumping special items of equipment; in particular, stinger missile jump packs (SMJP) or the Womack jump pack (Womack is the Army Medical Center injured jumpers are transported to at Ft. Bragg). The stinger missile jump pack is notorious for causing injuries. Training jumps that are 'hollywood' (main and reserve only...no equipment) are usually planned for the 800ft mark. The planning altitude for a combat jump is 600ft (don't forget that margin of error). As mentioned earlier, most of your line troops are jumping T-10Ds or T-11s. MC-1, MC-4, MC-6, SF-10 are for specialized units (Civial Affairs, Special Forces, Pathfinders, LRRS, etc.) When you put 1100 paratroopers in the air in under 8 minutes you want them all drifting with the wind in the same direction. It makes it easier to assemble on the drop zone and mitigates mid-air collisions. Running across the top of your buddy's round is a piss yourself experience. The MC-6 is a steerable round but you are not going to compete in any accuracy competitions with it. Again, it is designed for small units to exit the aircraft and steer generally in the same area. Turn into the wind and hopefully have a softer landing. Also, I've never heard of the MC-6 being used specifically by general officers as the article states. Also a complete failure of the jumpmaster team not to conduct sustained airborne training or scratch them from the manifest. Regardless of rank, the jumpmaster team members are deities until the Safety conducts his final clear to the rear.

It also doesn't help that his approval ratings in Russia are astronomical.

Agreed this movie was a terrible waste of time, money, and potential. I had high hopes from the previews but the entire movie felt forced. Especially, the car 'chase'. There was a lot of potential and the ball was undoubtedly dropped.

Can't remember where I saw it but also saw an article discussing the IO war in Gaza. Hamas was doing great work distributing photos of dead children which were later revealed to be old photos of casualties associated with the Syrian conflict rather than the current situation in Gaze.

Last time I checked, Israel conducted a unilateral withdrawal of Gaza in 2005 and turned everything over to Hamas. The abandoned settlements and the IDF evicted and forced a number of Israelis out of the area. Rather than spending money on infrastructure, education, and social programs they stockpiled caches of rockets, built tunnels, and planned... Israel is one of the last countries in the world, I believe, that has a don't give a fuck attitude. You bring a bat, I bring a knife. You bring a knife, I bring a gun. When the rockets first started falling Israel deployed the Iron Dome. When the rocket fire intensified, they conducted airstrikes against military targets. After 2 weeks of attempting to de-escalate through escalated measures (yes I know that sounds contradictory) they threw out the fuck it card and went to town. Darius, I'm not a fan of personal attacks, but you must simply stop drinking the Kool-Aid my friend. Your posts in addition to your choice to ignore history prior to the 1930s is laughable. To think that this conflict is not rooted in ancient history is to ignore the very foundation of the problem. Sure, the geopolitical fabrics of today can be more directly linked to the 1930s-present, but in fact this conflict will continue because it is a difference of beliiefs at at the very center of two cultures. Abraham, Issac, Jacov and the covenant vs the decendants of Ishmael...

Preventative care such as colonoscopies and mammograms are now free under any insurance policy, it's part of the ACA. I've had the same insurance for 10 years, and like the vast majority of the previously insured, my plan has only changed in my favor. The reason your father could not keep his prior plan was due to it being garbage, and Obama feels that people should carry a minimum level of insurance so they do not become a burden to society. Thinking that perhaps the procedure was a component of my "new" insurance, and not knowing that preventive care is free for everyone who is insured, disqualifies you from talking shit, like most opponents of the ACA, you appear to know very little about the ACA. The BCBS plan that my father carried as a small business owner was far from garbage and covered our family well. The $400,000 spine reconstruction surgery that my brother underwent cost him 6K out of pocket. One example of numerous vastly expensive medical procedures made possible by a damn good insurance plan. However, BCBS no longer offers this plan it because it did not meet certain provisions of the ACA (someone else made a previous posting about this on page 3 perhaps so I won't rehash it). After using the Exchange and re-applying for health care (since he was no longer covered as a result of ACA) he has acquired virtually the exact same plan and coverage with the exception of a $500 increase to his deductible under a different carrier. The primary difference is the ~$175 increase to his premium. Make any argument you wish regarding ACA but the result for some end users are increased premiums with little or no change in coverage. Preventative care may NOW be free under ANY insurance policy but there were plenty of plans PRIOR to ACA that had similar coverage if you were willing to pay for it. I'm happy that your plan has changed in your favor but that has not been the case for everyone. Know little about ACA you say?...smh...I don't claim to be as well versed as LawRocket or some of the others that have made outstanding arguments (both for and against) but I know enough to have formulated my own opinions and will continue to watch this thing implode upon itself or become an unmanageable financial burden (whichever happens first). But I'm glad you're content with the short term effects and the immediate gratification of what is in front of you rather than be concerned with the long term as indicated by your earlier post.

Is it truly a product of Obama Care or is it simply a product of your new insurance plan? My father's insurance would have covered this prior to ACA when he was paying ~$300/mo instead of now when he is paying ~$475/mo. The details of his plan have not changed extensively but he was unable to keep his insurance plan that he had prior to ACA despite all of Mr. Obama's promises. Just goes to show that some people actually enjoy having Obama shove shit up their ass and then turn around and thank him for it. I'm sorry, ACA is still one of the stupidiest pieces of legislation since the Patriot Act.

ubercrhis - Your post should have an education center. That should be your first stop. They deal with these types of questions everyday and would be able to point you in the right direction.

I think another part of this is self awareness. For me, the more I jump the more I become aware of minor mistakes (or happy little accidents as Bob Ross would say) and tend to beat myelf up about them. You're recognizing some of your errors, which is good, but until you put more time in the air or in the tunnel its going to be difficult to fix them and commit them to muscle memory. as somone previously stated, less that 20 minutes in the air and taking a month off are not the best combination for confidence and flawless dives. 3 deep breaths and smiling before you approach the door and leave will physiologically force your body to relax. I like to shake my arms about to loosen up before i get in the door. You can never go wrong with tunnel time. Its a great way to hone in those skills.

Do we need to pre-register or can I register day of? I'm going to be out of town for the week of Christmas but will be back on the 28th for the 4 Way Skills Camp and boogie beer :) Are there minimum requirements for the ballon and biplane jumps?

Depending on the size of your deer it might be worth looking at a Ruger .270 or any .270 caliber (roughly 6.8mm, .277 is the exact caliber of the 6.8) Extremely flat shooting round with plenty of terminal velocity for smaller game that won't blow out the shoulder and waste meat.

definitely some sort of irrational rage. Not sure why it was necessary to introduce anti americanism into the thread anyway. Though Giap was an opposing general, it's possible to acknowledge his accomplishments objectively. It's much more likely that he was great than three major powers all sucked. +1 +2 +5

While Giap was a brilliant tactician in most regards and I value him as a military mind more so that Westmoreland, Giap continuously failed to instill faith at higher echelons of North Vietnamese leadership. It's been a few years since I wrote a thesis paper on Giap but he was almost removed as the leader of the NVA following Tet '68. Wait a minute...Tet you say? But Tet was disastrous for the Americans. It was, on a political level because US leaders both civilian and military had spent an enormous amount of effort convincing the American public that victory was near and then BAM, NVA launched a major offensive throughout major population centers country wide. How did they do this if they were on the brink of defeat? American public support wained heavily. However, the NVA lost tactically sustaining an estimated 20-30k casualties crippling the ability of the 304, 306, 308 (3 of the most elite light infantry units in the world at the time) to conduct follow operations. Giap was seen as a failure by his superiors for inability to achieve the NVA objectives. Clearly he stayed the HNIC for a while and ultimately succeed due to numerous factors as the war waged on into the 70s. Still a great military mind and a successful one for the Vietnamese.