Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Toon of the week...



M27 IAR. Redesignate it M-16A5 and roll with it.

The concept is flawed but the weapon magnificent.

How about we cut to the chase and get an upgrade.

We're currently rocking M4's and M-16A4's.  They've been serviceable but they're lacking in many areas.  If we drop the concept of a hyper accurate Squad Automatic Weapon with limited capability to lay down suppressive fire and redesignate this weapon as our new M-16A5 I think we'll have a winner.

A couple of things will have to happen though.  First we're gonna have to admit (well someone is going to) that the concept for the Infantry Automatic Rifle is stone age thinking.  In hindsight its quite obvious that we don't need a modern day Browning Automatic Rifle.

Next we're going to have to admit that we lost something when we gave up automatic fire on our service rifles.

OK, I'll do it.  We fucked up and now its time to correct the mistake.  Let's get this done gents.

Consider it a necking down of our Infantry weapons...no more dual stocks of M4's and M-16A4's....just the M-16A5 formerly known as the M27 and life is good.  Well except for qualification day.  Standards are going to have to rise again.  But that's a good thing.

Unspeakable Anger...Unceasing Rage....

Time to go workout...hit my 'strol...hit some Jack3d...hit some glutamine...and hit some inspiration...gonna tear up the gym!

If you're an operational athlete you better get there too!

Repeat Post...

NOTE:  I want this post up front and center so those that are coming from the USNI Blog don't' have to search for it.  This is exactly as I wrote it the first time.


God spare me the bullshit!

Check this out from USNI Blog.

All three of my kids have flight time in Marine Corps aircraft. 
You're thinking wow!  This family produced 3 Naval Aviators!  Cool huh?  NOPE!  She was pregnant at the time.  PATHETIC!  But wait there is more.
Pre-flight school, back in 1999, I married my husband, a USMC infantry officer.  We did NOT want kids.  Of the first 9 years of our marriage, we lived in the same state for about 3 of them.  In my mind, kids = wasted career.  We were happy being childless and laughed at the idea of having kids, and how it would “ruin” things.  Why would we ever want to have kids, right?   Anyone with kids is laughing at us and the stupidity of that comment.
But…as it turned out, we had three kids, who are now aged almost 7, 3, and 18 months.  And instead of still flying, still deploying, and staying on active duty for 20 or more years, I find myself a Reservist with three little kids, not flying at all, and driving myself crazy.  This was NOT the original plan.  It took me three years to accept the fact that life had changed (in what was a wonderful way, of course, but I didn’t see it like that at first).  And I don’t know that I’ve really accepted it yet.
I don’t regret the choice to leave active duty for the Reserves (when my oldest was 2 ½ years old), but it shouldn’t have been the only viable option.  I had nearly ten years in at the time, advanced qualifications in the aircraft, and the desire to keep doing it all.  For a long, long time.  But single-parenting through most of my oldest daughter’s first two years of life showed that I could not do it all, at least not without something coming off of the track.  I went kicking and screaming from active duty, but did not see any other way, since I was failing at parenting and failing at being a Marine Corps officer/pilot.  And that is one big reason that the services lose experienced women and men at a certain point in their lives and careers.  But is it necessary?
Are you fucking kidding me?

Who the hell said to get pregnant in the first place?

Who said that you had to leave the service?

This is what pisses me off.  She made life choices and is pissed off because of the choices she made and is now trying to blame the Marine Corps.

How about this.

Don't have kids but if you do then .....

11th MEU. Range time in Jordan.

Photos by Cpl Tommy Huynh


Commando Helicopter Force Mobile Air Operations Team


Hey Weak Body...the next time you don't feel like working out....

Hey Weak Body...the next time you don't feel like working out...don't feel like getting off your ass and going the extra mile, then remember this video....



Feel like a straight up pussy yet?

Feel like you aren't quite thankful enough yet?

Yeah I thought so.

Get on your knees...Thank the Lord up above for what you have...and live your life to the fullest.  Some gave, some gave more and some gave all.

F-35A AF-16 First Flight

Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti flew F-35A AF-16 (USAF serial number 09-5003), on its inaugural flight on 3 May 2012 from NAS Fort Worth JRB. The aircraft will be assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida.