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Offline dmf

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Veterans Day Nov 11, 2005
« on: November 10, 2005, 08:18:47 PM »
Thank you to every veteran past and present for keeping the place I live safe and free.
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Offline AWMac

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Veterans Day Nov 11, 2005
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2005, 08:24:10 PM »
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1975 to 1995.

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To all my Brothers in Arms, Past, Present and Future.

Keep America Free!

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Offline Maverick

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Veterans Day Nov 11, 2005
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2005, 09:20:59 PM »
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to those who served, to those about to serve and especially to those who gave all.

Originally Armistice day, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the end of WW1
« Last Edit: November 10, 2005, 09:36:57 PM by Maverick »
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DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Offline Wolfala

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Veterans Day Nov 11, 2005
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2005, 09:25:25 PM »
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Why didn't they ever remove the sight from the M-60 and put that in the M-1 as a manual backup. Could never figure it out for the life of me. U lose yr FCC and your pretty much ****ed whereas the old sight worked fine and was never reliant on the FCC being up 100 %.

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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2005, 09:39:30 PM »
Wolf, IIRC they do have a telescopic sight similar to the one in the M60. It views out through a small apeture near the gun tube. I agree that a back up for the thermal/ visible light sight is a good idea.
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DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Offline Masherbrum

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Veterans Day Nov 11, 2005
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2005, 10:53:06 PM »
Thank you for serving and making the US the best damn country on the planet.  

Karaya
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Veterans Day Nov 11, 2005
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2005, 12:13:03 AM »
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Thank you for serving and making the US the best damn country on the planet.  

Karaya


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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2005, 01:33:52 AM »
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...and an "oh by the way"... veterans get 10% off at Home Depot this weekend. Guess who's buying 800 sq ft. of laminate flooring. :)
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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2005, 05:43:08 AM »
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Thank you for serving and making the US the best damn country on the planet.  

Karaya


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Offline oboe

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Veterans Day Nov 11, 2005
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2005, 06:10:30 AM »
Sincere thanks for your service and sacrifice, vets.

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Offline Curval

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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2005, 06:25:00 AM »
We call today Remembrance Day or Armistice Day.

to all who have fallen.
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Offline Eden

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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2005, 07:13:32 AM »
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US Army Reserve 1993-2000
US Army National Guard (NJ) 2000- Present

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Cavalry Troop Commander (present) 5-117th cavalry curently with over half my troop deployed ISO OIF

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All who served and all who continue to serve!
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Offline Finrod

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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2005, 07:31:27 AM »
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Retirement is a weird experience.:D
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Offline Eden

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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2005, 07:40:26 AM »
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Retirement is a weird experience.:D



Odd how Tankers have migrated to and Air Combat Simulator.  Is it because we were jealous of the life the aviator?  (you know the glory, the chicks, the expensive looking uniforms, the soft unscarred hands) While we were knee deep in mud breaking track they were at the O-club enjoying "Mandatory Crew Rest".  

By the way: Crew rest for a tank platoon is trying to sleep while rolling down a tank trail (or trying to sneak a nap in while waiting for the range to go hot).
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2005, 07:54:42 AM »

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