BarnBuster
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This is a pretty cool documentary about the Lancaster bomber
Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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harris hawk
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now if that don't look like a "flying saucer" !!!! my whole family are Vets and have one in each military branch - 1 committed sucide - 1 PTSD and the other membes very dissapointed/sad/pissed-off in the way we left Afghan What about our latest prisoner swap ???????????????B-21 reveal tonite
Ahead of B-21 Raider reveal, Northrop CEO touts tech you won't see - Breaking Defense
“When people see the exterior of the B-21, it will be very similar to the B-2,” Kathy Warden said in an interview with Breaking Defense. “The real differences are inside of the platform."breakingdefense.com
B-21 Raider | Northrop Grumman
B-21 Raider, the future of long-range strike, will be capable of penetrating the toughest defenses to deliver precision strikes anywhere in the world.www.northropgrumman.com
NG you did good, she's a beauty
BarnBuster
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A sneaky photo taken the last time a stealth bomber was unveiled shows why some parts of the new B-21 are still under wraps
When the B-2 was unveiled in 1988, some clever journalists got a glimpse of parts of the bomber that the US Air Force didn't want to show off.
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BarnBuster
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Wreaths Across America
I just sponsored a Veteran's Remembrance Wreath that will be placed in honor of a hero on Wreaths Across America Day. Join me in supporting WAA's mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach!
donate.wreathsacrossamerica.org
BarnBuster
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Today in Military History:
On December 13, 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.
more Nanking info at my older post here:
On December 13, 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.
[...the soldiers turned their attention to the women of Nanking and an outright animalistic hunt ensued. Old women over the age of 70 as well as little girls under the age of 8 were dragged off to be sexually abused. More than 20,000 females (with some estimates as high as 80,000) were gang-raped by Japanese soldiers, then stabbed to death with bayonets or shot so they could never bear witness.
Pregnant women were not spared. In several instances, they were raped, then had their bellies slit open and the fetuses torn out. Sometimes, after storming into a house and encountering a whole family, the Japanese forced Chinese men to rape their own daughters, sons to rape their mothers, and brothers their sisters, while the rest of the family was made to watch. Those who were not killed on the spot were taken to the outskirts of the city and forced to dig their own graves, large rectangular pits that would be filled with decapitated corpses resulting from killing contests the Japanese held among themselves. Other times, the Japanese forced the Chinese to bury each other alive in the dirt.
In the United States, reports published in the New York Times, Reader's Digest and Time Magazine, were greeted with skepticism from the American public. The stories smuggled out of Nanking seemed almost too fantastic to be believed.]
Event | Location | From | To | Lowest Death Estimates | Highest Death Estimates |
| Darfur Genocide | Darfur, Sudan | 2003 | Present | 98,000 | 500,000 |
| Rohingya Genocide | Myanmar | 2017 | Present | 9,000 | 43,000 |
| Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State | Islamic State-controlled territory in northern Iraq and Syria | 2014 | 2019 | 4000 | 10,000 |
| Congo (Kivu Genocide) | North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2002 | 2003 | 60,000 | 70,000 |
| East Timor Genocide | East Timor, Indonesia | 1975 | 1999 | 85,320 | 196,720 |
| Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War | Zaire | 1996 | 1997 | 200,000 | 232,000 |
| Guatemalan Genocide | Guatemala | 1962 | 1996 | 32,632 | 166,000 |
| Bosnian Genocide | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992 | 1995 | Just over 8,000 | 31,107–39,199 |
| Rwandan Genocide | Rwanda | 1994 | 1994 | 491,000 | 800,000 |
| Isaaq Genocide | Somalia | 1988 | 1991 | 50,000 | 200,000 |
more Nanking info at my older post here:
On this day:
on this day....Darwins....On the Origin of Species was published..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species He is my hero. I have been working for the last five or six years on Darwin Dope. Looking for that strain that will thrive on neglect. My veg buddy did go a long way in...
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BarnBuster
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FirstCavApache64
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As a retired Apache Longbow crew chief I can't say thanks enough for this one. Too true on a bunch of them.
Thanks for your Service.
Your country and I appreciate it much.
BarnBuster
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Today in Military History:
On December 21, 2003, Time Magazine names "The American Soldier" as Person of the Year
On December 21, 2003, Time Magazine names "The American Soldier" as Person of the Year
Greengrouch
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One thing lots of us forget when we get out are the discounts, thrns out there are a few companies that give them to regular vets not just retirees and actively serving military members. Mostly premium clothing brands but also lowes and Home Depot(excludes construction material), carhartt, Oakley, rayban, and sunglass hut, dc seed exchange also does veteran discounts. I might be seriously mentally ill, but at least I look fresh
Good luck brother & thank you for your service.
PTSD is a bitch & I feel ya.
BarnBuster
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Today in Military History:
Anthony McAuliffe (centre) and his officers in Bastogne, Belgium, December, 1944. The commander of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne would go down in history for his defiant, one syllable reply to a German surrender ultimatum.
In mid-December 1944, Allied forces were surprised by a massive German offensive through the Ardennes Forrest that created a “bulge” in the Allied lines. Caught in what would become known as the “Battle of the Bulge,” the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Armed Forces was holed up in Bastogne while German armored divisions encircled the town. Outnumbered, outgunned, and running out of food, ammunition, and medical supplies, the embattled assistant division commander, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, faced bleak prospects.
On December 22, the American troops were sent an ultimatum from the German forces outside of the town, demanding “the honorable surrender” of the town within two hours. General McAuliffe reply was brief and succinct:
Having made their position clear, the Americans dug in and waited for the attack. Contrary to German expectations, the 101st held out and reinforcements arrived in the form of the US Army’s 4th Armored Division. The Battle of the Bulge continued for several more weeks, with thousands of casualties on both sides, but by the end of January 1945, the Allies had retaken all the territory lost to the Germans and were headed toward Berlin.
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Anthony McAuliffe (centre) and his officers in Bastogne, Belgium, December, 1944. The commander of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne would go down in history for his defiant, one syllable reply to a German surrender ultimatum.
In mid-December 1944, Allied forces were surprised by a massive German offensive through the Ardennes Forrest that created a “bulge” in the Allied lines. Caught in what would become known as the “Battle of the Bulge,” the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Armed Forces was holed up in Bastogne while German armored divisions encircled the town. Outnumbered, outgunned, and running out of food, ammunition, and medical supplies, the embattled assistant division commander, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, faced bleak prospects.
On December 22, the American troops were sent an ultimatum from the German forces outside of the town, demanding “the honorable surrender” of the town within two hours. General McAuliffe reply was brief and succinct:
“To the German Commander:
N U T S !
The American Commander”
N U T S !
The American Commander”
Having made their position clear, the Americans dug in and waited for the attack. Contrary to German expectations, the 101st held out and reinforcements arrived in the form of the US Army’s 4th Armored Division. The Battle of the Bulge continued for several more weeks, with thousands of casualties on both sides, but by the end of January 1945, the Allies had retaken all the territory lost to the Germans and were headed toward Berlin.
The story of the NUTS! reply
This story retraces the events of December 22nd, 1944 at Bastogne, Belgium, the day we received German surrender ultimatum and issued the subsequent
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Surrounded. Low on supplies. Freezing. The Nazis demanded his surrender. He replied: 'Nuts!"
On Dec. 22, 1944, 4 German soldiers walked to American lines in Bastogne, Belgium with a message asking for surrender. The general said no.
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lokie
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BarnBuster
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USS Pueblo crew members cross the bridge from North Korea at Panmunjom after their release on December 23, 1968. (Pete Vegell/Stars and Stripes
The crew and captain of the U.S. intelligence gathering ship Pueblo are released December 23, 1968, after 11 months imprisonment by the government of North Korea. The ship, and its 83-man crew, was seized by North Korean warships on January 23 and charged with intruding into North Korean water . USS Pueblo remains the second oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy. However, it is a museum ship in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
Pueblo crew of 82 freed by N. Korea
The 82 crewmen of the USS Pueblo began their trek to freedom Monday at 11:30 a.m. Korean standard time across a small footbridge nicknamed "the bridge of no return" leading from North Korea to the truce site at Panmunjom.
WWII era USCG sail training vessel
Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem, “Christmas at Sea,” was first published on December 22, 1888
Christmas at Sea...
The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
The decks were like a slide, where a seamen scarce could stand;
The wind was a nor'wester, blowing squally off the sea;
And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a-lee.
They heard the surf a-roaring before the break of day;
But 'twas only with the peep of light we saw how ill we lay.
We tumbled every hand on deck instanter, with a shout,
And we gave her the maintops'l, and stood by to go about.
All day we tacked and tacked between the South Head and the North;
All day we hauled the frozen sheets, and got no further forth;
All day as cold as charity, in bitter pain and dread,
For very life and nature we tacked from head to head.
We gave the South a wider berth, for there the tide-race roared;
But every tack we made we brought the North Head close aboard:
So's we saw the cliffs and houses, and the breakers running high,
And the coastguard in his garden, with his glass against his eye.
The frost was on the village roofs as white as ocean foam;
The good red fires were burning bright in every 'long-shore home;
The windows sparkled clear, and the chimneys volleyed out;
And I vow we sniffed the victuals as the vessel went about.
The bells upon the church were rung with a mighty jovial cheer;
For it's just that I should tell you how (of all days in the year)
This day of our adversity was blessed Christmas morn,
And the house above the coastguard's was the house where I was born.
O well I saw the pleasant room, the pleasant faces there,
My mother's silver spectacles, my father's silver hair;
And well I saw the firelight, like a flight of homely elves,
Go dancing round the china-plates that stand upon the shelves.
And well I knew the talk they had, the talk that was of me,
Of the shadow on the household and the son that went to sea;
And O the wicked fool I seemed, in every kind of way,
To be here and hauling frozen ropes on blessed Christmas Day.
They lit the high sea-light, and the dark began to fall.
"All hands to loose topgallant sails," I heard the captain call.
"By the Lord, she'll never stand it," our first mate Jackson, cried.
..."It's the one way or the other, Mr. Jackson," he replied.
She staggered to her bearings, but the sails were new and good,
And the ship smelt up to windward just as though she understood.
As the winter's day was ending, in the entry of the night,
We cleared the weary headland, and passed below the light.
And they heaved a mighty breath, every soul on board but me,
As they saw her nose again pointing handsome out to sea;
But all that I could think of, in the darkness and the cold,
Was just that I was leaving home and my folks were growing old.
My husband would agree
I appreciate most extend the discounts to the spouses too!
Until finally they can do everything with nothing, sigh.... My family had it's fair share of Marines.
FirstCavApache64
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I'd like to wish all my Veteran brothers and sisters a Merry Christmas and a very special Merry Christmas to those who are still serving. I don't remember many Christmas dinners enjoyed with my family when I was active duty and I'm sure the same is true for many of you.
This is a pic of Arlington National Cemetery showing every grave with a wreath. My grandfather and several of my friends are buried there and it's a really amazing thing they do every year. If anybody wants to volunteer to place wreaths at Veterans cemeteries these are the folks that do it. There's also the opportunity to sponsor a wreath if that's what you want to do. This year's event has passed but they do it every year.
www.wreathsacrossamerica.org
This is a pic of Arlington National Cemetery showing every grave with a wreath. My grandfather and several of my friends are buried there and it's a really amazing thing they do every year. If anybody wants to volunteer to place wreaths at Veterans cemeteries these are the folks that do it. There's also the opportunity to sponsor a wreath if that's what you want to do. This year's event has passed but they do it every year.
American Pride on Display at this Year’s National Wreaths Across America Day Event
More than 2.7 million Sponsored Veterans’ Wreaths were Placed by Volunteers at 3,702 Participating Locations Across the Country
www.wreathsacrossamerica.org