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Quote of the Day
August 10, 2010 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 1:22pm | 24 Comments
I just hope they don't make Ray Odierno Chief of Staff of the Army. We can't afford to get rid of the Army.
-- LTG (Ret.) David Barno, to me, outside the CNAS kitchen just now, in reference to Ray Odierno's habit of being the last man to hold a given position.
P.S. @chrisalbon is a genius.
**Ghotst of Harry Truman**
**Ghotst of Harry Truman** "Ray, I think you'd make a good Commandant for the Marine Corps....**Ghost of Harry Truman**
This is crying for a contest. Which government program/agency should Gen Odierno go to next?
**Ghost of Harry Truman**
**Ghost of Harry Truman** "Ray, I think you'd make a good Commandant of the Marine Corps"**Ghost of Harry Truman**
This is crying for a contest. Which government agency/program gets Gen Odierno next?
Belly laugh.... Thanks Ex.
Belly laugh.... Thanks Ex. Needed it.
People who speak of
People who speak of themselves in the 3rd, worry me.
Here's a better quote of the
Here's a better quote of the day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w (Three things you don't know about Islam)
http://i.imgur.com/0B7l8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0B7l8.jpg
When's the last time you did an amphibious beach landing Ex?
You might want to save your poster for the next Marine Intern at CNAS.
hey, ass munch, havent you
hey, ass munch, havent you seen "saving private ryan"? those are rangers getting off in normandie.
can you remember your first
can you remember your first one?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1502728&galle...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4012524/Lieutenant-Timothy-O-Donnell-lai...
For those of you in the
For those of you in the service profession.
If somebody hits you, that's assault. Get your witnesses and get that person arrested. Don't slide down from a plane, only to be arrested.
@LCpl Martine: Odierno
@LCpl Martine: Odierno punched someone in the face before punching out?
Also, caption for the following picture (http://www.armytimes.com/xml/news/2008/09/ap_odierno_091408/091408_odier...)
"I see you f*ckers at abu muqawama talking shit again."
JFCOM is just a warm-up.
JFCOM is just a warm-up.
good
good grief.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1969/12/the-point-of-no-retu...
6 months to allout war.
oh, and
oh, and this.
http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2010/08/attacking-ira...
@ Derp He's speaking of the
@ Derp
He's speaking of the Jet Blue flight attendant.
Also, caption for the
Also, caption for the following picture (http://www.armytimes.com/xml/news/2008/09/ap_odierno_091408/091408_odier...)
Why's he have that green under his middle star?
Hey hoowaaaaaaa on August
Hey hoowaaaaaaa on August 11, 2010 - 2:02am
Good point and by the way, ever read about Colonel William O. Darby's Ranger Task Force?
http://www.ww2incolor.com/dramatic/p012969.jpg.html
Why do you think Rangers don't do amphibious operations or glider insertions anymore?
Don't bust too many synapse while you're pondering that information.
Marines are specialized in amphibious operations...for a reason... If you ever read a little book called Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia, written by a brilliant (and alcoholic) General by the name of John Archer Lejeune, you would know why the U.S. Army got out of the business of amphibious operations.
Buy, I digress. Go play in the woods, climb mountains or secure an airfield.....that's what you do best! Stick to it. :-)
@Visitor 1050: I know that.
@Visitor 1050:
I know that. I was attempting to be glib. -5 for me.
Was it Lejeune who wrote the
Was it Lejeune who wrote the book, or Pete Ellis?
ADTS
Hoowaaa: Was it Lejeune who
Hoowaaa:
Was it Lejeune who authored the document, or Pete Ellis (or both in conjunction?)?
ADTS
I believe J.A.L. wrote the
I believe J.A.L. wrote the rough draft and died from liver failure or alcohol poisoning before the book was completed. Pete Ellis completed J.A.L. original work.
Jarhead's don't like talking smack about their former Commandants and their drinking problems apparently. Christ, their first Commandant was a bartender.
Hoowaaa, do you think J.A.L. may have been a self-fulfilling prophecy?
In terms of your comments on
In terms of your comments on COIN, one of the testking 350-050 "COIN paradoxes" is that sometimes you have to lose to win. In other words, testking 642-062 ideological struggles are persistent in nature and are not zero-sum games.
testking 642-731 Direct action operations should only constitute a supporting effort in COIN and serve to slow the enemy's ability to conduct operations and protect the force of the counter-insurgent.testking 642-741 No matter how many bad guys you kill, they will regenerate. One of the many problems with this move by Israel is that in the long term they will generate far more bad guys by conducting this type of operation than by allowing that flotilla to land.
If you ever read a little
If you ever read a little book called Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia, written by a brilliant (and alcoholic) General by the name of John Archer Lejeune, you would know why the U.S. Army got out of the business of amphibious operations.
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JFCOM is just a warm-up.
JFCOM is just a warm-up. JFCOM is just a warm-up.
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