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@TGO David I saw the message when I logged in that my membership was back to basic and when I tried to get a fresh 1-yr benefactor setup, I got this error message. Please advise.

While I still don't think the Barrett .50cal is the best thing since sliced bread...there is no doubting the awesomeness of the guy who fielded the call for this Marine unit when they needed him. What a credit to the Barrett organization he is. http://tribunist.com/military/barrett-50-cal-wont-work-so-these-marines-called-customer-service-during-a-firefight-video/ Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

That law with the required info on the ticket is nice, but it's missing any clause that invalidates the ticket for not having it. These cameras are pretty much an ATM for local governments, and the contracts with private vendors is a disturbing issue in itself. That said, while they won't come after you for failure to pay...they won't forgive or forget the money you've been assessed as owing city hall. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

If he's lucky, he owns the range...otherwise he won't be allowed to shoot or train there if the proprietor has the common sense this guy lacked when putting his finger on the trigger right before the shot went off.

Doctrine has fallen off as much as the tools. Air Defense has had their advancements and employment, but at the higher support levels. Patriot batteries are actually the most deployed units in the Army from what I heard in a symposium talk from the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations earlier in the week. Another GWOT tool, C-RAM (land version of the phalanx system), is great for fixed sites like large bases and how the Israeli's employ it for Iron Dome...but isn't feasible as an enabler for brigade down to company levels where troops need air defense again. After the Iraq invasion we pretty much ignored any kind of planning and tactical consideration of enemy air assets. I'd hope the Army got back to it as part of full spectrum ops, but I doubt the skill set has been built back up to match the current threat. In combating off the shelf drones, the tech for target tracking is there to put something like a 240 and it into a system that can target and engage drones. That system could be put onto a few vehicles for every maneuverer company and operated by an attached ADA team or cross-trained with infantry or other combat arms units. It won't be a 100% solution, but could help close the gap some.

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.

Problem... ...Solution

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.