Monday, September 27, 2021

Lt.Col Scheller now in the Brig for violating gag order...via Task & Purpose

 via Task & Purpose

“All our son did is ask the questions that everybody was asking themselves, but they were too scared to speak out loud,” said Stu Scheller Sr. “He was asking for accountability. In fact, I think he even asked for an apology that we made mistakes, but they couldn’t do that, which is mind-blowing.”

He said that his son is expected to appear before a military hearing on Thursday.

“They had a gag order on him and asked him not to speak,” the senior Scheller said. “He did, and they incarcerated him. They don’t know what to do with him.”

After this story was first published, the Marine Corps issued a statement confirming that Scheller has been sent to the brig.

“Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. is currently in pre-trial confinement in the Regional Brig for Marine Corps Installations East aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune pending an Article 32 preliminary hearing,” said Capt. Sam Stephenson, a spokesman for Training and Education Command. “The time, date, and location of the proceedings have not been determined.  Lt. Col. Scheller will be afforded all due process.”

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Wow.

He was starting to look like loon and then they do this?

Now he's a martyr.

What idiot at HQMC thought this was a good idea?  Better to let him continue to bellow (people were already tuning out) then to set him up on a post retirement(?) book/talk show circuit deal.


Polish Leopard 2 MBT conducting river crossing training...

 

Looks neat but I would NEVER want to do it. How does the driver evacuate if the thing floods?

 

25th ID Jungle Operations Training Course students conduct SPIES training Hawaii

Soldiers training with the lightning academy hang from a rope during SPIEs training exercise with a UH-60M from B Co. 2-25th AVN.

Special delivery for the fleet! The first Block III F/A-18

ZBD 04A on the firing range...

Footage of a T-14 Armata tank and T-72B3 via Rob Lee's Twitter page...

You think Western Forces have issues with discipline? Check out what the Russians have to deal with!

Note. These are allegations but if true then fucking WOW!

25th ID Jungle Operations Training Course Class #11-21

Textron Systems Corporate Vid...

 

U.S. Army Jumpmaster Leading Paratroopers During Exercise Falcon Leap in the Netherlands

 


U.S. Army Jumpmaster, Staff Sgt. Paul O'Brien, assigned to 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides a point-of-view perspective as he leads his chalk during Exercise Falcon Leap. Here he drops onto Ginkelse Heide drop zone, Netherlands on 17 September, 2021.

Exercise Falcon Leap is part of the remembrance ceremonies for Operation Market Garden's 77th anniversary and is currently NATO's largest technical airborne exercise with 12 different Allied and partner Nations participating. 82nd ABN DIV conducts airborne training with partner nations in the Netherlands during Falcon Leap 2021.

U.S. Army product by Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan D.D. Hornby

Late Open Comment Post. 27 Sept 2021

 


V1/3 Conducts M3E1 MAAW Range

 

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Timothy S. Brady, commanding officer, 3d Marine Regiment, handles a M3E1 Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System prior to a live-fire range as part of Service Level Training Exercise 1-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 24, 2021. This training provides effective and intense repetitions in an expeditionary environment to ensure 3d Marines remains lethal and ready to fight now. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Carpanzano)

Ok. This vaccine mandate vs. anti-vaccine is turning into a flash point. Eyes on this shit!

Ok. This is what I've been talking about.

Leadership lacking when we need it.  FROM BOTH SIDES!

This vaccine mandate vs. anti-vaccine is turning into a flash point and its past time to get eyes on this one...debate is no longer a thing...we've sown the wind and now we reap the whirlwind.  

The sad thing?

Both sides "leadership" used this as a political tool to try and "energize" their bases.

They failed to take into account the frayed nerves of the nation after dealing with this covid mess for almost two years.

We're coming up on the holiday season too.  More time for more drama.

Karens on both sides yelling about wearing a mask or demanding the right NOT to wear a mask.

If this wasn't real life it would be funny.

Big cities. I don't know how you do them...

 

VMM-165 (Rein.) flight ops aboard USS Portland

 

210923-M-LE234-1147 ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 23, 2021) Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Seaman Jacore Gilford assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) guides a UH-1Y Venom attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), during takeoff from the Portland. Portland and the 11th MEU are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexis Flores/Released)

Black Rifle Coffees' tribute to Gold Star Mother's Day

 

Follow their Instagram Page here!
blackriflecoffee This was the last image sent by SSG Ryan Knauss to his mother, two days before he was killed in action in Kabul alongside 12 fellow service members selflessly helping during the military's final days in Afghanistan. This image is a somber reminder of the heavy sacrifice so many families bear on their shoulders.

Today, Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day, we remember that sacrifice. Use this day as a reminder in moving forward throughout the year — honor our gold star families however you can. Show them love, compassion, and offer them a steadfast presence if they want it. Show up. Do the best you can with what you have.

To all our beloved gold star families out there, we love you and support you. May you find some measure of peace as we all move forward but never move on.

Poem by @lesgingerables

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Protests in Paris over mandatory vaccinations & health passes.

This is not ending well.  We followed the Chinese example at the start of this thing and govt's haven't looked back.

The Chinese can do things in a controlled society that just won't fly in the free world.

Govt's need to re-think their approaches to this thing or we'll see a new round of leaders being dismissed because of Covid.

Because of covid and the economy we can expect to see govts lurch from left to right and back again.

We could be entering the most politically unstable period of our lifetimes during the next few years.

Type 075 LHD/Ka-52K

 

WS-10C-powered J-20A at Zhuhai