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The air and movement aspects of a drone are the issue here. A jammer bubble only goes so far up and out. Off the shelf drones are already capable of a decent altitude if you get the right model. Even if that limits/negates the attack ability, it still leaves a reconnaissance/surveillance use for the other side to have. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

In Iraq and Syria, ISIS is using Radio Shack quality remote control drones to carry munitions. I saw video of it in a PBS Frontline episode. This is going to become a standard capability threat from the bad guys that will need to be planned for, countered, and doing it with Patriot missiles just isn't affordable, it's not practical considering how many we (don't) have to deploy around the world. Time for Stinger/Avenger equipped ADA units to get out of detainee ops and the guard towers, and back to the drawing board on how to support Brigade and Below from this kind of threat.

That's one of those military moments where you can hear the Looney Tunes theme playing in your head as you do what you're told.

While all the USMC units I've seen have been frugal and make the most of what they get (sometimes past the point of common sense), the Corps as a service also greatly benefits from having the Army being the lead proponent for research and development costs for shared items like weapons, vehicles, artillery systems, and other big ticket items that get rolled into the Army budgets. The Marines also save big time on paper with their size of their force being a fraction of the Army...one thing that rarely gets discussed is how personnel and family support costs are almost 50% of the total DoD budget. Regardless, we're certainly getting our money's worth from the Corps. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

Yesterday I saw a tiny bit of white on the top of red lights. That's the extent of my snow experience this weekend. I'll take the colder temps for a while, but I think winter, as little as we knew it this cycle, is over. Wondering what 2nd and 3rd order effects the summer will bring.

The internet is the way information will flow, and people will be cataloged for the rest of the century. I'm quite concerned with it considering I plan to live at least halfway through it. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

The FCC administrator President Trump has in place has been quite busy and flying under the radar. He's already gotten to work tearing up the track that was going to unlock set-top boxes so consumers wouldn't be stuck "renting" a box from the cable providers if they wanted an alternative. Along with withdrawing the FCC's position about phone rates for prisoners making calls, and he isn't a fan at all of the 2015 decision to treat and regulate broadband as a utility. Some topics about the new FCC chair for discussion with your friends. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

I'm quite a proponent of safe, common sense open carry. Problem with that is the level of the latter in the population at large.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-115sjres34is/pdf/BILLS-115sjres34is.pdf Don't let the term "Joint Resolution" mislead you, this legislation is being done through the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to reject a proposed rule by a federal agency if the joint resolution can pass within 60 legislative days (ie: Congresses own calender is the timeline). And this is what Senator Flake (and a lot of other Republicans) want to block from being implemented...at the behest of the fat cat ISP companies (Comcast, Google, et al...) filling the party, campaign, and PAC coffers https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-12-02/pdf/2016-28006.pdf The reason this is only being done now as opposed to all the time when one party controls the legislative branch, is that in order for this process to work, Congress needs the President to sign these joint resolutions, or have enough strength to survive a veto. So, with a Republican Congress, and a (sort of) Republican President, they're going through a lot that falls within that "60 legislative day" window...and there is a lot of real time covered since Congress didn't actually convene very much in the latter half of 2016...to roll back some of what the Obama administration pushed through the federal register in their final months. Now, we can debate how that's a good thing for a whole host of other issues (specifically any ATF efforts), but the reason I bumped up this old thread is because I was specifically refrencing the internet privacy implications this would have. "Big data" is big business, and the ISP's want Congress to take down barriers between them and your private information so they can churn it into cash.

Not necessarily. Section (a), parts (1) & (2) leave open the award for those who would have flown over in a combat action.

Well, two years later, it seems that pesky law preventing Google (and the rest of the ISP's) from collecting internet use data for non-network management uses is on the ropes. Wonder if our duly elected man of the people who's draining the swamp will veto this one or not. https://news.vice.com/story/the-gop-effort-to-let-broadband-companies-sell-your-data-is-picking-up-steam

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While the armistice ended the Korean War on 27 July 1953, the Korean Service Medal period of service was awarded for about a year after that since there were KIA remains transfers taking place. Here's the full bit in law about what conditions merit the award: § 578.44 Korean Service Medal. top (a) Criteria. The Korean Service Medal (KSM) was established by Executive Order 10179, dated November 8, 1950. It is awarded for service between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954, under any of the following conditions: (1) Within the territorial limits of Korea or in waters immediately adjacent thereto. (2) With a unit under the operational control of the Commander in Chief, Far East, other than one within the territorial limits of Korea, which has been designated by the Commander in Chief, Far East, as having directly supported the military efforts in Korea. (3) Was furnished an individual certificate by the Commander in Chief, Far East, testifying to material contribution made in direct support of the military efforts in Korea. (b) The service prescribed must have been performed under any of the following conditions: (1) On permanent assignment. (2) On temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days. (3) In active combat against the enemy under conditions other than those prescribed in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, provided a combat decoration has been awarded or an individual certificate has been furnished by the commander of an independent force or of a division, ship, or air group, or comparable or higher unit, testifying to such combat credit. (c) One bronze service star is authorized for each campaign under the following conditions: (1) Assigned or attached to and present for duty with a unit during the period in which it participated in combat. (2) Under orders in the combat zone and in addition meets any of the following requirements: (i) Awarded a combat decoration. (ii) Furnished a certificate by a commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that he actually participated in combat. (iii) Served at a normal post of duty (as contrasted to occupying the status of an inspector, observer, or visitor). (iv) Aboard a vessel other than in a passenger status and furnished a certificate by the home port commander of the vessel that he served in the combat zone. (3) Was an evader or escapee in the combat zone or recovered from a prisoner-of-war status in the combat zone during the time limitations of the campaign. Prisoners of war will not be accorded credit for the time spent in confinement or while otherwise in restraint under enemy control. (§578.61 Appurtenances to military decorations) (d) The arrowhead device is authorized for wear on the KSM to denote participation in a combat parachute jump, helicopter assault landing, combat glider landing, or amphibious assault landing, while assigned or attached as a member of an organized force carrying out an assigned tactical mission. Additional information on the arrowhead device is in §578.61. (e) Description. The medal is Bronze, 11/4 inches in diameter, a Korean gateway, encircled by the inscription “KOREAN SERVICE”. On the reverse is the Korean symbol taken from the center of the Korean National flag with the inscription “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and a spray of oak and laurel encircling the design. The ribbon is 13/8 inches wide and consisting of the following stripes: 1/32 inch White 67101; 19/32 inch Bluebird 67117; center 1/8 inch White; 19/32 inch Bluebird; and 1/32 inch White.

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Baked buffalo wings. Since they aren't fried, I'm even telling myself they're vaguely healthy. I love how it avoids all the drippy sauce by baking it into the skin instead of tossing it after it's cooked. Take the chicken and put it into a large mixing or serving bowl. Add in a generous amount of your favorite buffalo sauce (I'm trying a different one each time to see what I like best) and add in some medium or large grain cracked black pepper and any other seasonings you want. If you have a lid for the bowl, cover it up, toss and shake. Otherwise just get your hands in and mix it up. Leave in the fridge to marinate before cooking. Take a baking tray with a rim and wrap it in tinfoil. Coat the tinfoil with a non-stick spray or a light coat of oil to keep the wings from sticking too badly. Bake at 350 for 45 min. Be careful when taking the wings off the sheet, they might be stuck a little bit, but can come without ripping off if lifted gently. Enjoy!

This is his own opinion, and even Sean Spicer floated the idea of re-vamped federal enforcement with regards to the states who have it legalized for recreation at a press confrence. Reporting on what people actually say isn't false, fake, or anything other than real news. I consider the administration/DOJ stances and actions on marijuana as valid as anything else, because it's one thing that could be fixed with a minimum of fuss.

When enough people got tired of seeing my reminder about how the Civil War turned out.

I missed that one while I was reading about how President Trump exempting the Keystone Pipeline from his "American steel only" requirement would let a Canadian company provide a huge chunk of the steel. And by Canadian company, I mean one that's a subsidiary of a very large Russian steel/mining company.

The Russian Ambassador meeting with sitting Senators (even Sessions at the time) is normal enough. Democrats saying otherwise are idiots and hypocrites. The Russian Ambassador being signed into the White House an average of 2.75 times a year (22 times / 8 years) is as normal as it gets for government relations between two large nations like the US and Russia. The media outlets reporting that are out for click bait or just trying to stir things up. The Russian Ambassador meeting with members of a campaign (excluding the State Dept. sponsored trip to the convention) that took a lot of very nonsensical positions vis a vis Russia is sketchy at the least and should be probed. The lying and evasive behavior isn't giving the Trump White House much credibility on this issue.

I was wondering what happened to that. It was a blast when I took my then GF there for .22LR shooting. Guess it shows why we can't have nice things. @Johnny Rotten OK is good to go...but the downsides for me are the lack of administration. Basically the firing line reaches a consensus on when to call it cold and head downrange for checking long gun targets. Can be fast if it's just a few people, or excruciatingly long with a crowd. When I go to OK, I prefer to go on a weekday to avoid the crowd.

I get the sentiment behind that, but it's not practical. Their setup in Massachusetts isn't something that can just be picked up and moved. In addition to the heavy equipment that would have to be offline for a while, too many experienced folks with deep ties to the area may not want to leave. Moving may well be a very bad call for S&W (or whatever they're called now) if they ever did it...I wouldn't. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

Get this guy a beer...he called it. The gun industry is going to have to learn how to handle revenue cycles without the Democrats doing 75% of their marketing and sales work for them. Demand slows for firearms, sending shares of major gunmaker down 5 percent http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/demand-slows-for-firearms-sending-shares-of-major-gunmaker-down-5-percent.html

My condolences to you and your family Fourtyfive. If you need a hand on your shoulder, you know we're here for you. Making it to 90 is a helluva run though. Here's hoping you and your son have those good aging genes to draw from. And you've got that treasure gun to remind you of all the good times.

This is what I use: Surefire 6P: Only 65 lumens, but price was right; not trying to dissuade the higher lumen model if it's what you want Blackhawk light mount: You can probably get it cheaper if you comparison shop Here's how it's mounted on my SBR (had it very similar on a 16" before the tax stamp came in): And here is how I support hand grip & use the light (not my best form, but hard to setup a pic): That works for *me* as I've found it easier than dealing with the pressure switch, which tended to make me grip too tight, pulling my shots down. @ARO Matt has a great point about the simplification this brings and risk reduction of something as fragile as a thin cable.

The archives route is the "right way" if you have all your paperwork in a row...but will take time to process. I had to request a copy of my discharge certificate, and that took about two months. If someone can translate his DD214 (it's obviously well before my time), then you can order from Medals of America and have everything in about a week or two depending on shipping if you feel like ponying up the cash. A veterans service organization would probably have someone who could guide decoding of the DD 214 if there is a stumbling block somewhere. Let me know if I can help with anything along the way.