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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: StabbyTheIcePic on May 18, 2004, 10:35:45 AM
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Wonder how true it is.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/9316830p-10241546c.html
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"I killed innocent people for our government."
Man, sounds alot like Kerry, dont it?
Good thing he stated later that he was lying his bellybutton off.
Maybe this guy has political aspirations to?
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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
"I killed innocent people for our government."
Man, sounds alot like Kerry, dont it?
Good thing he stated later that he was lying his bellybutton off.
Maybe this guy has political aspirations to?
Who stated they were lying and where?
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Doesn't sound very true to me. His views on DU is pretty orginal...LOL.
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what kind of Grunt speak is this
"I was in charge of a platoon that consists of machine gunners and missile men."
missile men - really:rolleyes:
Minute Man or MX
Nike Herc's
Never heard of a missile man platoon
me thinks this is B.S.
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There are SO Missile Men Platoons!
Have you never played Command and Conquer!
Missile Men FORWARD!
(http://www.toyarchive.com/STAForSale/NEW2001+/MOTU/HeManNewAdventures/FigFlipshotMALoose1a.jpg)
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This guy is full of chit:
"Depleted uranium. I know what it does. It's basically like leaving plutonium rods around. I'm 32 years old. I have 80 percent of my lung capacity. I ache all the time. I don't feel like a healthy 32-year-old."
umm....no it's not like plutonium at all....
A: I had one of my Marines in my battalion who lost his leg from an ICBM.
Q: What's an ICBM?
A: A multi-purpose cluster bomb.
Huh??
"He was honorably discharged with full severance"
After only 12 years? I gotta check into this severance program I'm missing out on!
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Stephen Glass.
Jayson Blair.
and now Paul Rockwell?
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Originally posted by Raubvogel
This guy is full of chit:
umm....no it's not like plutonium at all....
Huh??
After only 12 years? I gotta check into this severance program I'm missing out on!
Yea that is what i figured. Sounded pretty fake, or that is one dumb grunt.
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Hehehe.....I missed that one.
I had one of my Marines in my battalion who lost his leg from an ICBM Could it been one of these.
(http://www.tribulation.com/images/topol.jpg)
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Originally posted by Raubvogel
After only 12 years? I gotta check into this severance program I'm missing out on!
This guy could very well be just a dumb Marine.....I KNOW I KNOW you dont run into too many of them ;)
As far as medical discharge goes....the VA does a disability work up on you and you can retire w/ full pay (tax free) if you get 100% disability determination.
That's just base pay....it doesnt include BAS/BAH Housing and rations (avrg $1100 montly)
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Mr Black??
naw, he was way smarter;)
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A: I had one of my Marines in my battalion who lost his leg from an ICBM.
Q: What's an ICBM?
A: A multi-purpose cluster bomb.
Just one more time.... :eek:
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Just a foreigner point of view here :
I've met US Marines while in the Navy :
No way any of them would talk like that, ever : they talk in acronyms and jargon all the time (and I had to translate, first in plain English! then in French)
Complete bull.
(but boy they can drink!)
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Originally posted by Monk
(http://www.tribulation.com/images/topol.jpg)
I wouldn't mind driving one of those to work. I wouldn't be able to fit it in the employee parking garage, though. But - everyone could see it from the curb as they file in to their office cubicles!
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Im gonna call up that rag and sell them the story of the carnage I caused with a squad of Power-Armor and giant Mecha robots.
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I cannot believe anyone would print something so obviously bogus.
Frankly it's disgusting to me.
You must realize there are people who are not as familiar with the military as some folks here are.
These people will take a story like this at face value, and then judge all our marines based on a liars tale.
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Wow...sacbee.com...there's a reliable source for all your news...
There is absolutely no way this guy is a Marine, especially not a 12 year vet. Let me point out just a few flaws...
1) 12 years in and he can't even accurately describe his MOS? "...in charge of...machine gunners and missile men..." HAHAHA...Sure you were...missile men...LOL
2) Lit them up? No 12 year vet, especially one in a position of command, would describe the act of opening fire on a vehicle that way. It would be, "We fired warning shots. When the vehicle did not slow down or stop, we incapacitated it."
3) Naming of one weapon, but not the next. Why name the M16, but then not the proper name for the .50 calibers? "My platoon used both the M16A2 rifles and the M2 machine guns," would have been correct.
4) He doesn't know the difference between an ICBM and a cluster bomb, and what kind of delivery platform they use. Artillery-fired ICBMs. That's rich.
5) He mouthed off to a commanding officer and was then retired with honorable discharge and full pension? Wrong. He would have been court martialed and dishonorably discharged for his antics.
I'm not going to get into any more...The Sacramento Bee is obviously a tabloid-like production. That story is completely made up to tug at the heartstrings of the CA left-wing liberals.
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sarcastic journalism parody
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HTC crowd's head
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Originally posted by jonnyb
Wow...sacbee.com...there's a reliable source for all your news...
There is absolutely no way this guy is a Marine, especially not a 12 year vet. Let me point out just a few flaws...
1) 12 years in and he can't even accurately describe his MOS? "...in charge of...machine gunners and missile men..." HAHAHA...Sure you were...missile men...LOL
2) Lit them up? No 12 year vet, especially one in a position of command, would describe the act of opening fire on a vehicle that way. It would be, "We fired warning shots. When the vehicle did not slow down or stop, we incapacitated it."
3) Naming of one weapon, but not the next. Why name the M16, but then not the proper name for the .50 calibers? "My platoon used both the M16A2 rifles and the M2 machine guns," would have been correct.
4) He doesn't know the difference between an ICBM and a cluster bomb, and what kind of delivery platform they use. Artillery-fired ICBMs. That's rich.
5) He mouthed off to a commanding officer and was then retired with honorable discharge and full pension? Wrong. He would have been court martialed and dishonorably discharged for his antics.
I'm not going to get into any more...The Sacramento Bee is obviously a tabloid-like production. That story is completely made up to tug at the heartstrings of the CA left-wing liberals.
It seems like they took some true info and just exaggerated it(like the marines fireing on cars full of civilians, which has happened a few times). I think it is a mixture of a dumb grunt and bad journelism.
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For three years he trained fellow Marines in one of the most grueling indoctrination rituals in military life - Marine boot camp.
I pretty much stopped after that. "Indoctrination" is a term someone who obviously has an agenda against the military would use. My boot camp experience was thus:
-Get in shape.
-Learn Navy history and terms.
-Spend 8 weeks practicing for graduation ceremony.
Indoctrination?
Yeah, right.
:rolleyes:
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more like mixture of badlies and BS
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I find it odd that the town name was spelled wrong (it's Waynesville, not "Waynsville").
Someone wanna call Jimmy and ask him some questions?
Massey, Jimmy J
74 Pennant Dr
Waynesville, NC 28786-5804
828-454-9336
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This is comical.....
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:rolleyes:
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I jumped in front of an ICBM for that guy!
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I pretty much stopped after that. "Indoctrination" is a term someone who obviously has an agenda against the military would use. My boot camp experience was thus:
Mine was to hide behind the big guy in front of me so the Drill Sgt would not notice me as much LOL.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I pretty much stopped after that. "Indoctrination" is a term someone who obviously has an agenda against the military would use. My boot camp experience was thus:
-Get in shape.
-Learn Navy history and terms.
-Spend 8 weeks practicing for graduation ceremony.
Indoctrination?
Yeah, right.
:rolleyes:
lol exactly 8 weeks of practicing for graduation. and we were spiffy in our brand new ricky dress blues lol. My company had the cheerio flag! we kicked ass
but Navy boot camp was not physically challenging in the least. It needs a lot more PT.
and the article sounds like BS. WHat tipped me is calling the Seargent-Major "sir" which is not right from enlisted to enlisted. Unless the seargent major gets treated differently, but I dont think so.
I spent fourth of july about 3 years ago doing fireworks with the seargent-major of the USMC btw
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It's either a link to a humor site or else a reporter got pwn3d by a mentally ill person. Either way, good laughs, thx Stubbyt3hIcegina.
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Originally posted by Sixpence
I jumped in front of an ICBM for that guy!
Watches Sixpence head for for space...WOW! :)
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Yeah, the guy's not an expert in much.
ICBM is probably what the reporter heard when the guy said "ICM" though, "Improved Combat Munition", which are a family of subs including AP varieties (straight ICM) as well as anti-vehicle/anti-personnel mixes (DPICM)
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
"...or else a reporter got pwn3d by a mentally ill person.
I'm guessing that a mentally ill reporter pwn3d himself.
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While the article is very suspicious I think this is very intresting...
From article about DPICM.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/dpicm.htm
The use of dud-producing munitions such as DPICM during Operation Iraqi Freedom in early 2003 incurred a penalty, restricting Marine'sr maneuver and follow-on operations in areas after their use. Marines were killed or seriously injured after encounters with dud munitions. After combat operations ceased, the duds continued to be a danger during civil-military operations, both to Marines and civilians. The use of dud producing munitions must be carefully considered in light of the penalty that will have to be paid later. The use of DPICM needs to be carefully considered in its employment. A better round needs to be developed that does not have a 2-4% dud rate.