Forced to retire early.
Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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Forced to retire early.
I already birthed my DD-214.
Are you getting your retirement/VA comp?
BarnBuster
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Why Japan's 'Rising Sun' Flag Provokes Olympic Ire
Japan’s “rising sun” flag is a focus of anger at the Olympics, with some in the Koreas, China and other Asian nations calling for it to be banned.
DarkWeb
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RIP Dale Snodgrass.
Dale 'Snort' Snodgrass Killed In Idaho Accident
Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, one of the warbird world’s most respected pilots, was killed on Saturday in the crash of a Marchetti SM.109 in Lewiston, Idaho. Details remain sketchy but the...
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Yes! I had a really good friend of mine help me navigate that. It was a night mare, and that was 10 years ago. I feel for the young guys entering that arena now….
BarnBuster
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I'm in the process of trying to get the VA to increase my disability & covid has just made it that much more complicated.
I had to fight with them over one of my ratings early on. My ex was in nursing school, wrote a long letter with symptoms and legal jargon and they raised it. Only thing she ever done for me!! Lol.
It took me awhile to get off my VA induced chemical coma, and it took me a few years to figure out what worked best for me both quantity and strain wise.
I have a couple strains I really like, but my question is what’s some of your favorite strains when you’re having a VET moment? The heaviest strain I like to use in time of need is Mango Tango from elemental.
Pretty sure it has saved a life of two!
I have a couple strains I really like, but my question is what’s some of your favorite strains when you’re having a VET moment? The heaviest strain I like to use in time of need is Mango Tango from elemental.
Pretty sure it has saved a life of two!
My go to is something very Indica, heavy couch-lock.
BarnBuster
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Today in Military History:
"In the 1994 version of its annual publication, "Service and Casualties in Major Wars and Conflicts", the Pentagon put US Korean War battle deaths at 33,652 and "other deaths" meaning deaths in the war zone from illness, accidents and other non-battle causes at 3,262.
146 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor for valor in combat during the Korean War. 103 Medals were awarded posthumously."
"In the 1994 version of its annual publication, "Service and Casualties in Major Wars and Conflicts", the Pentagon put US Korean War battle deaths at 33,652 and "other deaths" meaning deaths in the war zone from illness, accidents and other non-battle causes at 3,262.
146 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor for valor in combat during the Korean War. 103 Medals were awarded posthumously."
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BarnBuster
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Today in Military History:
30 JULY 1945 - U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS SUNK. Japanese warships sink the American cruiser Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst loss in the history of the U.S. navy. As a prelude to a proposed invasion of the Japanese mainland, scheduled for November 1, U.S. forces bombed the Japanese home islands from sea and air, as well as blowing Japanese warships out of the water.
The end was near for Imperial Japan, but it was determined to go down fighting. Just before midnight of the 29th, the Indianapolis, an American cruiser that was the flagship of the Fifth Fleet, was on its way, unescorted, to Guam, then Okinawa. It never made it. It was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Interestingly, the sub was commanded by a lieutenant who had also participated in the Pearl Harbor invasion.
There were 1,196 crewmen onboard the Indianapolis; over 350 died upon impact of the torpedo or went down with the ship. More than 800 fell into the Pacific. Of those, approximately 50 died that first night in the water from injuries suffered in the torpedo explosion; the remaining seamen were left to flounder in the Pacific, fend off sharks, drink sea water (which drove some insane), and wait to be rescued.
Because there was no time for a distress signal before the Indianapolis went down, it was 84 hours before help arrived. This was despite the fact that American naval headquarters had intercepted a message on July 30 from the Japanese sub commander responsible for sinking the Indianapolis, describing the type of ship sunk and its location. (The Americans assumed it was an exaggerated boast and didn’t bother to follow up.)
Only 318 survived; the rest were eaten by sharks or drowned. The Indianapolis’s commander, Captain Charles McVay, was the only officer ever to be court-martialed for the loss of a ship during wartime in the history of the U.S. Navy. Had the attack happened only three days earlier, the Indianapolis would have been sunk carrying special cargo-the atom bomb, which it delivered to Tinian Island, northeast of Guam, for scientists to assemble.
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30 JULY 1945 - U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS SUNK. Japanese warships sink the American cruiser Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst loss in the history of the U.S. navy. As a prelude to a proposed invasion of the Japanese mainland, scheduled for November 1, U.S. forces bombed the Japanese home islands from sea and air, as well as blowing Japanese warships out of the water.
The end was near for Imperial Japan, but it was determined to go down fighting. Just before midnight of the 29th, the Indianapolis, an American cruiser that was the flagship of the Fifth Fleet, was on its way, unescorted, to Guam, then Okinawa. It never made it. It was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Interestingly, the sub was commanded by a lieutenant who had also participated in the Pearl Harbor invasion.
There were 1,196 crewmen onboard the Indianapolis; over 350 died upon impact of the torpedo or went down with the ship. More than 800 fell into the Pacific. Of those, approximately 50 died that first night in the water from injuries suffered in the torpedo explosion; the remaining seamen were left to flounder in the Pacific, fend off sharks, drink sea water (which drove some insane), and wait to be rescued.
Because there was no time for a distress signal before the Indianapolis went down, it was 84 hours before help arrived. This was despite the fact that American naval headquarters had intercepted a message on July 30 from the Japanese sub commander responsible for sinking the Indianapolis, describing the type of ship sunk and its location. (The Americans assumed it was an exaggerated boast and didn’t bother to follow up.)
Only 318 survived; the rest were eaten by sharks or drowned. The Indianapolis’s commander, Captain Charles McVay, was the only officer ever to be court-martialed for the loss of a ship during wartime in the history of the U.S. Navy. Had the attack happened only three days earlier, the Indianapolis would have been sunk carrying special cargo-the atom bomb, which it delivered to Tinian Island, northeast of Guam, for scientists to assemble.
The Worst Shark Attack In History & The Sinking Of The USS Indianapolis
The 800-odd seamen who survived the sinking of the cruiser were greeted with a horrifying sight when the sun rose. Hundreds of shark fins cutting through
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BarnBuster
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The Last Battle for Iwo Jima Legend Woody Williams, Only Surviving WWII Medal of Honor Recipient
At age 97, Woody Williams still has promises to Gold Star families to keep.
I'd be willing to bet that still fits you ;D
smokinrav
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One man, 3 billion dollars in damage.
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Singlemalt
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Something seems not right here. Sounds like the ship was a tinderbox, and raises doubts about it's ability to survive in battle. Not defending the sailor at all but there is much more to this. Old tech WW2 ships survived massive shelling.
Cannacranky
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Army vet here, and I would like to thank the United States military for providing me more reasons to get stoned than civilian life ever did.
smokinrav
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Yeah, this comment was weird
"The fire started in the ship’s lower storage area, where cardboard boxes, rags and other maintenance supplies were stored, but winds quickly swept fire throughout the vessel."
Winds? In the lower storage areas? I think not.