Military Humor

[sputnik monroe 102]

Please tell me you didn't really believe that article? If some third world nations police rushed at the president to "arrest" him they'd be slaughtered by the secret service before they got within an inch of him. Besides the Canadian government isn't that stupid, even they know what the consequences of a state sanctioned attack on our government would be.

It's a well written spoof I will say that. It looks very authentic. A lot of it cracks me up though because that's what a lot of fools truly believe.

People who compare the United States to the Nazis and such obviously don't have a firm grip on reality.

[Goeth 0]

People who compare the United States to the Nazis and such obviously don't have a firm grip on reality.

Really, you say there´s nothing similar in those two?

[ralphwiggum 6]

ok don't go off topic. and this is directed to you two.

[ralphwiggum 6]

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3968667/detail.html

Quote[/b] ]PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Show-and-tell became more exciting than usual Thursday, when a first-grade student who wanted to share his family's vacation souvenir with his classmates brought a hand grenade to the Eastlake School, officials said.

When he showed his teacher what he had, she alerted the school's principal, who then evacuated the school for 30 minutes.

Parsippany police and other emergency personnel responded along with the Morris County Sheriff's bomb squad. The grenade was soon determined to be inert and was seized for disposal.

The boy's parents had told him not to bring the grenade to school, but he defied them because he thought it was a cool item his classmates would like to see, school district officials said.

[theavonlady 2]

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3968667/detail.html

Quote[/b] ]PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Show-and-tell became more exciting than usual Thursday, when a first-grade student who wanted to share his family's vacation souvenir with his classmates brought a hand grenade to the Eastlake School, officials said.

When he showed his teacher what he had, she alerted the school's principal, who then evacuated the school for 30 minutes.

Parsippany police and other emergency personnel responded along with the Morris County Sheriff's bomb squad. The grenade was soon determined to be inert and was seized for disposal.

The boy's parents had told him not to bring the grenade to school, but he defied them because he thought it was a cool item his classmates would like to see, school district officials said.

Show and throw?

[-33ker 0]

Please tell me you didn't really believe that article? If some third world nations police rushed at the president to "arrest" him they'd be slaughtered by the secret service before they got within an inch of him. Besides the Canadian government isn't that stupid, even they know what the consequences of a state sanctioned attack on our government would be.

  It's a well written spoof I will say that. It looks very authentic. A lot of it cracks me up though because that's what a lot of fools truly believe.

  People who compare the United States to the Nazis and such obviously don't have a firm grip on reality.

I wasn't 100% sure about this, but the site looked quite realistic so I thought it could be true, but the writer exaggerated some parts.

[ralphwiggum 6]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/12/06/garagewars.ap/index.html

Quote[/b] ]WASHINGTON (AP) -- Coming soon to dozens of military bases around the United States: radio signals strong enough to jam nearby garage-door openers.

Between now and 2008, the military is supplying a new radio system to roughly 125 bases that uses the same frequency as the one relied upon by more than 90 percent of the remotely operated openers, Pentagon and industry officials say.

The military radio signal is sometimes so strong that it overpowers the opener's signal, preventing the door from opening. Or it can also vastly reduce the opener's range, forcing the user to walk close to the garage before it will open.

Unless another solution is reached, the consumer will either have to live with the inconvenience or pay to fix the problem.

The cheapest fix would be to manually replace parts of the opener so it will use a different frequency -- probably a $60 job, said Mark Karasek, technical director of a manufacturers' group formed in response to the military radio rollout. Calling a technician to do it for you will probably run double that, he said.

This presumes consumers figure out what is wrong. When a garage door doesn't open, people will generally replace the battery, then the opener itself. A new opener can run $150 or $200 before installation.

Government and industry officials differ on how widespread the effect will be. The government predicts it will be limited; the industry says it will be worse but wants more information from the military.

"These things are generally in a relatively small radius around military facilities," said Michael D. Gallagher, chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which oversees government use of the airwaves. "The period of inconvenience is generally around when they start up the system. Generally consumers can try again after letting a short pause go by."

Linton Wells II, Pentagon acting chief information officer, predicted the effect will only be noticed within 10 miles of a base.

But Karasek said interference may be felt as far away as 50 miles. He estimated that at least 50 million garage-door openers in the United States use the same frequency as the new radios.

Beyond issues of convenience and cost, his group raises safety concerns about people who don't carry house keys being locked out of their homes.

The garage-door opener frequency at issue -- 390 megahertz -- has belonged to the military since around 1950. Openers have legally operated at that frequency since at least the early 1980s, Karasek said.

U.S. law allows low-power electronic devices to operate on military frequencies if they don't cause interference. It was a good frequency for garage-door openers because transmissions can penetrate the doors.

Also, until recently, the military did not employ it often, so the industry did not have to worry about interference. Garage-door openers are too low-powered to have any effect on military communications.

It is unknown how many garage doors are close enough to one of the 125 bases to be affected, and Pentagon officials refused to list which bases would receive the new radios. A spokesman said large bases are among those receiving them.

The interference was first discovered in recent months in two areas where the new radios were tested: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

In Florida, 127 people living within seven miles of Eglin complained of interference, officials said. In Pennsylvania, where a few bases started using the radios, more than 100 people contacted the local congressman, Republican Rep. Todd Platts, about the problem, an aide said.

Mechanicsburg resident Clifford Jones couldn't open his door at first. Now he can -- by walking to within a few feet of it with the remote.

"It's an inconvenience. It's not a crisis," said Jones, who is an advocate for keeping the state's military bases open.

The conflict arises from a radio spectrum increasingly congested by military and commercial users flooding the airwaves with communications, data and signals.

The new radios are part of an $800 million project to use the military's allotted airwaves more efficiently amid ever-growing needs, which now include vast transmissions of computer data, defense officials said.

"We're so dependent on communications and networking devices, and we're going to become more and more dependent," the Pentagon's Wells said.

All bases are getting new radios, with 125 receiving those that function at the frequency of garage-door openers. The radios are used for routine and emergency communications and training purposes.

The radios are coming online in at least two more places: Fort Hamilton in New York City and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

The Defense and Commerce departments, the Federal Communications Commission and industry are starting discussions. Base commanders will be instructed to inform nearby communities the interference is coming.

Karasek said a solution may be for the military to program its radios to skip the garage-door opener frequency. Manufacturers may also have to start building garage-door openers that work on a different frequency, or are less susceptible to interference.

let's look at this from another perspective. maybe terrorists can buy a BULK of garage openiners and push them to interfere with radio signals?

[skynet 0]

Or if the military has control of the local garage doors, could grand theft auto (aka gone in 60 seconds) be on the minds of commanders???

[billybob2002 0]

Very smart...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tm....6080148

Quote[/b] ]Hiroshima group plans 'people's tribunal' over US atomic bombings

Mon Dec 6, 3:01 AM ET

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese anti-war campaigners said they planned a "people's tribunal" over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that could symbolically hold the United States responsible for war crimes.

Yes, pearl was on the seventh...

Edit: How ahead is Japan? Trying to find it the annoucment was made on the 7th....

[ralphwiggum 6]

from PST, JPN is about 17hrs ahead.

[billybob2002 0]

from PST, JPN is about 17hrs ahead.

Not Dec. 7th but it is still bad enough...

[Akira 0]

Very smart...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tm....6080148

Quote[/b] ]Hiroshima group plans 'people's tribunal' over US atomic bombings

Mon Dec 6, 3:01 AM ET

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese anti-war campaigners said they planned a "people's tribunal" over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that could symbolically hold the United States responsible for war crimes.

Yes, pearl was on the seventh...

Edit: How ahead is Japan? Trying to find it the annoucment was made on the 7th....

Pearl could hardly be called a war crime. More civilians were killed by errant American AA and 50 cal fire (from as far as Honolulu) than by Japanese fighters. (As opposed to two whole cities being incinerated)

A breach of international laws of warfare would be a better description. But thats just too much irony for me to handle

But this is the Iraq Thread....

[billybob2002 0]

Very smart...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tm....6080148

Quote[/b] ]Hiroshima group plans 'people's tribunal' over US atomic bombings

Mon Dec 6, 3:01 AM ET

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese anti-war campaigners said they planned a "people's tribunal" over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that could symbolically hold the United States responsible for war crimes.

Yes, pearl was on the seventh...

Edit: How ahead is Japan? Trying to find it the annoucment was made on the 7th....

Pearl could hardly be called a war crime. More civilians were killed by errant American AA and 50 cal fire (from as far as Honolulu) than by Japanese fighters. (As opposed to two whole cities being incinerated)

A breach of international laws of warfare would be a better description. But thats just too much irony for me to handle

But this is the Iraq Thread....

Did you read in to it too much.. Japan attacking pearl on the seventh caused the United States to enter the war (thank you, japan) and in turn caused the dropping of the bomb.

Now, do not get me started about how Japan teaches their youth about WWII...the irony...

Edit: this is not the iraq thread....

[ralphwiggum 6]

let's get back to the topic, shall we?

[kerosene 0]

Chips, the War Dog

A German Shepherd/Husky mix, Chips was a member of the first War Dog detachment sent overseas from the United States. He first distinguished himself by catching Senegalese natives who were stealing clothes and equipment from his base in North Africa. He also served in the guard of Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt when they met for the Casablanca conference in January of 1943.

But his real fame came when he was sent to Sicily. During the initial amphibious assault, Chips and his handler, Private John Rowell, went ashore in the face of fierce fire. The entire detachment was soon pinned down on the beach by a hail of machine-gun fire from an enemy bunker. Trapped and nowhere to go, Chips shook off his handler and charged at the enemy. The Italians in the bunker realised what was coming after them and they desperately tried to shoot the approaching dog. A bullet nicked Chips in the scalp and another went into his hip. Still, he charged and moments later he tore into the bunker. All that the soldiers on the beach could hear were the agonized screams of the Italians inside. One man staggered out with Chips clamped solidly to his neck. Then, three more men came out and surrendered in terror. Chips had captured the machine gun nest and undoubtedly saved the lives of

many men that had been pinned down on the beach.

After the action, Major General Lucian Truscott, commander of the American 3rd Infantry Division, awarded Chips the Silver Star for bravery, and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action. On November 19, 1943, Chips stood in a churchyard in Pientravairano, Italy to receive his medals. His citation read:

For a special brand of courage, arising from love of master and duty. Chips' courageous act, single-handedly eliminating a dangerous machine-gun nest, reflects the highest credit on himself and the military service.

Sadly, Chips' medals were withdrawn. There were protests by some who felt that it was inappropriate to award an animal a decoration meant for humans.

After recovering from his wounds, Chips went on to fight in Italy, France and Germany. The famous dog even met General Eisenhower when he stopped by for a visit to the Division. Chips, having been trained to be suspicious of strangers, bit Eisenhower's hand as he tried to pet him, because the General was not in full military dress.

When the war ended, Chips was sent home and discharged. He was unofficially awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with eight battle stars by his unit. He later returned to his original family in New York, where he remained for the rest of his days.

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/3351/allmen/anim.html

[jakerod 254]

I think that Chips was made into a movie. I remember something called Chips the War Dog when I was little and I always wanted to watch it everytime I even heard the name.

[Placebo 29]

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0099262/

[theavonlady 2]

Puts Lassie to shame!

[SpongeBob 0]

Some dog pics I have hanging around on my computer:

[DarkLight 0]

Some dog pics I have hanging around on my computer:

An anti cat launcher?

[sander 14]

Not the Javelin, but the Jafelin (Joint Anti Feline) launcher

Sander

[Friedchiken 0]

Some dog pics I have hanging around on my computer:

My god...

It look like the Chinese are starting to perform acts more hideous than eating dogs.

Shame on them

J/k, Actually dog meat isn't that bad. But doesn't it suck when you stick a body part into a small space and get stuck?

[SpongeBob 0]

[Silent N Deadly 0]

Hehehe that's a good one.

[skynet 0]

Lol, not bad...i don't like how the sniper rifle is pointing at him though...