FTR, this is kind of what spurred my post
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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When the crows / vultures start eating the KIA, there is no coming back from that on a morale standpoint
Good stuff. I was a 63B H8 in Charlie Company 64th FSB out of Fort Carson back in 96. It’s kinda funny that my old MOS (63B) is now a 91B which was a medic back then.
I started off as a 19D, then went to 63T, cross trained in 45T and 27E. When they reorg'd the MOS in early 2000s, I became a 91M, then officially got 94A (the old 27E, TOW repairer).
Added 74D (CBRN) when I became a 1SG the first time.
This has been an intelligence gold mine for the West.
Really makes you believe they will promptly pay the promised death benefit.
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So is the author’s point because of the high number of KIA vis-a-vis WIA, their medical/medics are no good? Could it just be that due to technology, those hit by weaponry or in something hit weaponry are just more likely to be blown to bits or charred to ash?
Almost 100% of the time KIA/WIA ratio goes up when access to med sucks. The closer and quicker to the wounds inflicted, the higher the survivability. That's why CLS and medics are vital, as well as getting wounded off the battlefield.
It's all about time and location.
That 2:3 ratio, combined with the "oligarch military skimming" that implies a force of more like 142,000 actual troops (vs claimed 190k) would put their losses at closer to 44% than the 32.6%
Pushing to nearly half the troops sent in being "inoperative".
Unless I'm misreading those numbers...
Yeah, who knows what their real #s are, they'll never own up to them. But yeah, their losses are completely unsustainable unless they just start dragging people off the street, hand them a weapon and bus them to the Ukrainian border.
I'm not sure how much time Putin has to drag this out.
I’m shocked at how many people don’t have a passport.
You’re an attorney and never traveled outside the US?
I heard a CNN analyst talking about this raid and he said that Ukrainian pilots had been performing low level incursions into the Donbas area for years. This isn't new for them. He did speculate that they had some up to date intel, though.
Dude, I let it expire. Being an attorney does not require traveling outside of country. You think I can just practice law overseas? I'm numb to your dumb.
If anyone is wondering, this is a pretty good thread on the type of training troops go through. These are Marines doing an Infantry Leader Course (not sure if Officer or NCO). The tactics we (Army) do is similar, but a bit different mainly because of how our units are set up compared to USMC.
Not posting the entire thing, but the first few...now compare with video we've seen from Russia
Not posting the entire thing, but the first few...now compare with video we've seen from Russia
He’s assuming you have money to travel.
But now I’m curious, does Uncle Sam make you get a passport when he ships you overseas?
Just thinking most attorneys ( good ones) like finer things and travel.
Just sayin.
Might have answered my own question.
This is in Virginia, but coincidentally on the way home today I saw an AH-1Z Viper, with weapon pods, flying south as I was driving north on capital circle. He was under 1000’. But I’m not sure where he would have been coming from around here.
Testing from Eglin is first guess, but I don’t know if any are based in Jax.
TLH isn’t busy, so it’ll get used for touch and go practice, but I really have no idea what he was doing around here.
F off. You know why I don't travel overseas? BC I'm former military, and I know that I could be held as a spy "hostage". Sometime in the next few years, I plan on going to Norway,
"finer things" - about as douchiest statement I've seen on here in a while. What if my "finer things" is listening to music while doing yardwork? To each their own
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For reals, don't play soccer with mines
For reals, don't play soccer with mines
My attorney is former military and has never mentioned a fear of being a hostage. Of course his travels are italy, greece, germany, scotland, etc.
Way back in this thread I posted a link to an article about this. Turns out we were slowing down production, and ramping up has proven to be tough. One thing is the war heads are made right here in Iowa. It’s a highly skilled job, and staffing at the munitions plant down by Burlington was allowed to wane. Plus you have to have all the correct molds ready to go… Quality control procedures and staff in place… Then Raytheon needs to have people ready to assemble all the components, assuming they are getting all their components swiftly. Bottom line we have enough, and significant stockpiles, but as usage increases our stockpile will rapidly decrease.
I saw that clip somewhere else where vets described how obvious mines like that could be booby trapped.
