tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post1829197067814528273..comments2024-03-28T16:26:35.679-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: TIFPA IVOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69373736678761155362017-09-28T16:30:38.736-07:002017-09-28T16:30:38.736-07:00Tuna - that "nuking the fleet" bit might...Tuna - that "nuking the fleet" bit might be hard to stomach.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46883324021072057052017-09-28T16:30:02.151-07:002017-09-28T16:30:02.151-07:00mark - it's on my list, thanks for the tip. Vi...mark - it's on my list, thanks for the tip. Vince Flynn is a favorite, hopefully the film does Mitch Rapp justice.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-934950550143644462017-09-28T15:36:20.353-07:002017-09-28T15:36:20.353-07:00I saw it on the first day, but forgot to mention i...I saw it on the first day, but forgot to mention it. I liked it, but it's too bad they didn't do it as flashbacks to his training like in the book. I thought Nuking the Fleet in the Med was a bit much though.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59970476248082450292017-09-28T14:48:29.965-07:002017-09-28T14:48:29.965-07:00OT...go see American Assassin !! within 10min. i k...OT...go see American Assassin !! within 10min. i knew why it had a great word on the street but a poor RT rating...it is NOT PC..Arab terrorists executing white Americans... Iranians looking for nuclear materials...bad mouthing the Nuclear Deal with the Obama Admin...Michael Keaton spot on .... good action film.....that is allAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03209005624597747508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38429154113121727382017-09-28T12:36:53.575-07:002017-09-28T12:36:53.575-07:00Cool.Cool.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31378747136828751432017-09-28T12:25:29.334-07:002017-09-28T12:25:29.334-07:00Modern Red Legs have all sorts of ballistic comput...Modern Red Legs have all sorts of ballistic computers and stuff that they use, but there is always the old tables and plotting charts readily at hand, though I am sure that those skills are becoming lost in the new information age.<br /><br />My dad, while waiting for the Air Force to call him up during and after college, was a member of an 8" howitzer unit in the Louisiana National Guard. His most favorite moment was when some of the female calculators who worked on the gun tables during WWII showed up to help explain how the calculations were made. A typical problem would be something like, "4 bags will get the round to the location at a relatively flat trajectory, but there's a hill in the way (Oh, yeah, I see it now.) and so we'll use 3 bags and increase the angle. That's why they call it indirect fire."Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34580672445647956912017-09-28T12:08:28.327-07:002017-09-28T12:08:28.327-07:00Sheet metal specialist and someplace to clean the ...Sheet metal specialist and someplace to clean the gore off should do the trick.<br /><br />Might want to check the headlights, running into stuff can cause cracks.<br /><br />;)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-618424503189120002017-09-28T12:07:08.433-07:002017-09-28T12:07:08.433-07:00Brilliant!Brilliant!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10790957032098047312017-09-28T11:51:48.145-07:002017-09-28T11:51:48.145-07:00Targeted EMP. Targeted EMP. a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85809478600317139582017-09-28T11:49:51.912-07:002017-09-28T11:49:51.912-07:00Man, the bumping and screaming from under my tires...Man, the bumping and screaming from under my tires is really distracting me from typing this. Should I see my mechanic?a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88015179310497698762017-09-28T11:45:27.621-07:002017-09-28T11:45:27.621-07:00Why not loudspeakers and jammers?
(Yes, I am a fa...Why not loudspeakers and jammers?<br /><br />(Yes, I am a fan of overkill.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43162273260397331892017-09-28T11:44:34.565-07:002017-09-28T11:44:34.565-07:00WSF - You had a wise flight instructor.WSF - You had a wise flight instructor.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52434145773540540302017-09-28T11:44:14.938-07:002017-09-28T11:44:14.938-07:00PLQ - One thing that electronics aren't very g...PLQ - One thing that electronics aren't very good at handling is shock. Perhaps that's why the red legs stuck to the tried and true methods.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34965459929644417862017-09-28T11:43:04.457-07:002017-09-28T11:43:04.457-07:00Indeed.Indeed.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47144944748109262862017-09-28T11:39:16.955-07:002017-09-28T11:39:16.955-07:00Back in the stone age when I learned to fly, my in...Back in the stone age when I learned to fly, my instructor made me master a chart, EB-6 flight calculator, compass, and needle/ball/airspeed before he let me use a VOR and artificial horizon. In a good mood, I could use the directional gyro if the plane had one. Later on, there were a few occasions when his methods proved to be wise.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41083695385475462622017-09-28T10:48:43.664-07:002017-09-28T10:48:43.664-07:00"Electronics are great, until you really, rea..."Electronics are great, until you really, really, really need them. Then they crap out, reboot, or head south for the winter."<br /><br />I have been saying much the same thing for years. In my case, I understand that field artillery never did stop teaching " charts and darts " shooting. Good on them. Paper abides. It doesn't suffer a head cold after an EMP.<br /><br />Paul L. Quandt Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66273932565732002942017-09-28T10:28:54.375-07:002017-09-28T10:28:54.375-07:00There's nothing wrong with using the phone, it...There's nothing wrong with using the phone, it's the lack of attention to public safety and courtesy that's the problem.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85515959062342067132017-09-28T10:27:25.041-07:002017-09-28T10:27:25.041-07:00Hai! Wakarimas. They irritate everyone. The urg...Hai! Wakarimas. They irritate everyone. The urge to constantly look at their phones is so powerful that even their own safety in a 1 ton vehicle going 70MPH, and that of other drivers, is ignored. We need loudspeakers on our cars, or cell phone jammers. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46009161071967326232017-09-28T10:14:24.781-07:002017-09-28T10:14:24.781-07:00I did not realize how bad we smokers smelled until...I did not realize how bad we smokers smelled until I became an ex-smoker. Two weeks of <em>The Missus Herself</em> chanting, "I told you! Didn't I tell you?" cemented that knowledge. I cannot abide the smell. Odd but now I understand my father ranting when he'd come to visit. He was an ex-smoker and he too couldn't abide the smell. Live and learn. There's hope for me yet.<br /><br />As to the Navy going back to paper charts, it's a travesty that they ever quit. Regarding the sextant - my son learned how to use a sextant in NROTC. His sisters did not. I have heard that they have resumed teaching how to use a sextant in NROTC. At least at Holy Cross.<br /><br />Electronics are great, until you really, really, really need them. Then they crap out, reboot, or head south for the winter. DAMHIK.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62741454607043968222017-09-28T09:57:39.010-07:002017-09-28T09:57:39.010-07:00Ah, cell phone zombies. It only gets worse every ...Ah, cell phone zombies. It only gets worse every year. First there was, as reported above, the "Can you hear me now" people. Then the crazies with their bluetooths looking like crazy people wandering around talking to themselves (including hand and body gestures.) Now it is the people who supplicate themselves to the flat screens in front of their face.<br /><br />I only have a cell phone to keep in touch with Mrs. Andrew and a few other people, like doctors, and for road emergencies. That's it. I hate talking on the phone.<br /><br />Oh, by the way, did you see where the US Navy is going back to using compasses, binoculars and pencils for plotting ship traffic? Seems the Nintendo/cell phone generation had to learn the hard way to keep their eyes up and watch for things that go bump in the night (or day.) Yikes. Next thing will be using sextants for navigation (well, they actually should be using them already.)<br /><br />As to TIFPAs, well, you pointed one out. Smokers who accumulate right outside the damned door of a building. Especially, as being lifelong support staff, they drag that stench into the support staff area. Blah. Back when MIL was still alive, the rule for transporting her was she could not smoke within 10 feet of the vehicle, and had to take three deep, cleansing breaths before breaking the 10' barrier. Same with all other smokers who are friends (yes, we had one 'friend' who used to hold his breath and then exhale right into our faces when he got in our car. We unfriended him, me quickly, wife, slowly, due to ass-hat actions like this.)Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24596151996979282862017-09-28T08:52:13.461-07:002017-09-28T08:52:13.461-07:00Ah yes, "brains free" operation is what ...Ah yes, "brains free" operation is what I call that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90275314358579755872017-09-28T08:51:36.395-07:002017-09-28T08:51:36.395-07:00About the same here.
Then again, I get paid to st...About the same here.<br /><br />Then again, I get paid to stare at electrons. But not on the cell.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79099191710995633562017-09-28T08:50:35.099-07:002017-09-28T08:50:35.099-07:00Excellent maneuver!
I've been known to do tha...Excellent maneuver!<br /><br />I've been known to do that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87631003763473734952017-09-28T08:01:04.329-07:002017-09-28T08:01:04.329-07:00Those people in meetings, church, a theater, conce...Those people in meetings, church, a theater, concert who are the exception to the please silence your phone request.<br />Then there's the fools who think hands free means they can put the phone on speaker and hold it up in front of their face.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85010367509950103202017-09-28T07:55:24.107-07:002017-09-28T07:55:24.107-07:00I have my immediate family and two close friends i...I have my immediate family and two close friends in my phone contacts. Maybe I send or receive one text a week, usually me from the grocery store with a question like "chocolate or vanilla?". I read a few blogs over my morning coffee and maybe post a comment or two. Beyond that, I refuse to spend any more of my life staring at electrons. As they say on another blog somewhere, "Meat space, baby!". Or, with apologies to Joe Walsh, "Just leave a message, maybe I'll call. Life's been good to me so far.".RHT447noreply@blogger.com