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Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:45 pm
by CaptQuint
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Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:12 pm
by CaptQuint
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Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:18 pm
by FSchmertz
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:12 pm Image
Yep, saw it live.

Spent some time trying to figure out where they took off from before they flew down the Hudson. Maybe the same place they're going to, before they fly over Philly (Joint Base McGuire)?

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:24 pm
by CaptQuint
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:18 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:12 pm Image
Yep, saw it live.

Spent some time trying to figure out where they took off from before they flew down the Hudson. Maybe the same place they're going to, before they fly over Philly (Joint Base McGuire)?
McGuire was where they took off from. I'd suspect they would return to Florida when they finish

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:40 pm
by FSchmertz
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:18 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:12 pm Image
Yep, saw it live.

Spent some time trying to figure out where they took off from before they flew down the Hudson. Maybe the same place they're going to, before they fly over Philly (Joint Base McGuire)?
McGuire was where they took off from. I'd suspect they would return to Florida when they finish
Thunderbirds have been at the Blue Angels' base for at least a couple of months training with them, apparently.

P.S. The Blue Angels are stationed at NAF El Centro right now, for some reason

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:42 pm
by CaptQuint
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:40 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:18 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:12 pm Image
Yep, saw it live.

Spent some time trying to figure out where they took off from before they flew down the Hudson. Maybe the same place they're going to, before they fly over Philly (Joint Base McGuire)?
McGuire was where they took off from. I'd suspect they would return to Florida when they finish
Thunderbirds have been at the Blue Angels' base for months training with them, apparently.
With all the airshows cancelled or postponed I'm not shocked

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:49 pm
by FSchmertz
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:42 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:40 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:18 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:12 pm Image
Yep, saw it live.

Spent some time trying to figure out where they took off from before they flew down the Hudson. Maybe the same place they're going to, before they fly over Philly (Joint Base McGuire)?
McGuire was where they took off from. I'd suspect they would return to Florida when they finish
Thunderbirds have been at the Blue Angels' base for months training with them, apparently.
With all the airshows cancelled or postponed I'm not shocked
As posted above (you're too quick! ;) )

The Blue Angels are stationed at NAF El Centro (not Pensacola) right now, for some reason

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:54 pm
by CaptQuint
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:49 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:42 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:40 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:18 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:12 pm Image
Yep, saw it live.

Spent some time trying to figure out where they took off from before they flew down the Hudson. Maybe the same place they're going to, before they fly over Philly (Joint Base McGuire)?
McGuire was where they took off from. I'd suspect they would return to Florida when they finish
Thunderbirds have been at the Blue Angels' base for months training with them, apparently.
With all the airshows cancelled or postponed I'm not shocked
As posted above (you're too quick! ;) )

The Blue Angels are stationed at NAF El Centro (not Pensacola) right now, for some reason
The team is stationed at Forrest Sherman Field, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, during the air show season. The squadron spends January through March training at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California.

Maybe they are staying put with no airshow season

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:20 pm
by FSchmertz
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:54 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:49 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:42 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:40 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:18 pm Yep, saw it live.

Spent some time trying to figure out where they took off from before they flew down the Hudson. Maybe the same place they're going to, before they fly over Philly (Joint Base McGuire)?
McGuire was where they took off from. I'd suspect they would return to Florida when they finish
Thunderbirds have been at the Blue Angels' base for months training with them, apparently.
With all the airshows cancelled or postponed I'm not shocked
As posted above (you're too quick! ;) )

The Blue Angels are stationed at NAF El Centro (not Pensacola) right now, for some reason
The team is stationed at Forrest Sherman Field, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, during the air show season. The squadron spends January through March training at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California.

Maybe they are staying put with no airshow season
I was confused because the Thunderbirds drop in annually to joint train at El Centro. Right now they're both based at Pensacola.

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:01 pm
by CaptQuint
The Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transit the Atlantic Ocean June 4, 2020, marking the first time a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway. Ford is underway conducting integrated air wing operations, and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group remains at sea in the Atlantic as a certified carrier strike group force ready for tasking in order to protect the crew from the risks posed by COVID-19, following their successful deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Riley McDowell)


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Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:26 pm
by B-Tender
Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War's longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77


His small stature and dark complexion helped him pass for a Viet Cong soldier on patrols deep into the Central Highlands, during which he preferred to be in the point position. His citations describe him walking to within feet of enemies he knew to be lying in wait for him and leading a pursuing enemy patrol into an ambush set by his team.

https://www.stripes.com/news/ ...

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:32 pm
by CaptQuint
Crazy brave, uncommon valor

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:42 pm
by Stapes
B-Tender wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:26 pm Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War's longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77


His small stature and dark complexion helped him pass for a Viet Cong soldier on patrols deep into the Central Highlands, during which he preferred to be in the point position. His citations describe him walking to within feet of enemies he knew to be lying in wait for him and leading a pursuing enemy patrol into an ambush set by his team.

https://www.stripes.com/news/ ...


Damn. Make a movie about this guy. Fucking awesome.

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:52 pm
by Wut
Quint, part 4 of Supernova in the East from Dan Carlin is out.

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:03 pm
by CaptQuint
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:52 pm Quint, part 4 of Supernova in the East from Dan Carlin is out.
I listened to it day after it came out, but thank you.

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:10 pm
by Wut
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:03 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:52 pm Quint, part 4 of Supernova in the East from Dan Carlin is out.
I listened to it day after it came out, but thank you.
After I listen to this one I may run through them again.

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:12 pm
by CaptQuint
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:10 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:03 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:52 pm Quint, part 4 of Supernova in the East from Dan Carlin is out.
I listened to it day after it came out, but thank you.
After I listen to this one I may run through them again.
I'm gonna send him the $50 and download all his shows

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:31 pm
by Wut
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:12 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:10 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:03 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:52 pm Quint, part 4 of Supernova in the East from Dan Carlin is out.
I listened to it day after it came out, but thank you.
After I listen to this one I may run through them again.
I'm gonna send him the $50 and download all his shows
I’m at least going to get “Ghosts of the Ostfront.”

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:39 pm
by CaptQuint
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:31 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:12 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:10 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:03 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:52 pm Quint, part 4 of Supernova in the East from Dan Carlin is out.
I listened to it day after it came out, but thank you.
After I listen to this one I may run through them again.
I'm gonna send him the $50 and download all his shows
I’m at least going to get “Ghosts of the Ostfront.”
If you google around there are some free downloads for them

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:46 pm
by Wut
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:39 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:31 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:12 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:10 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:03 pm
Wut wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:52 pm Quint, part 4 of Supernova in the East from Dan Carlin is out.
I listened to it day after it came out, but thank you.
After I listen to this one I may run through them again.
I'm gonna send him the $50 and download all his shows
I’m at least going to get “Ghosts of the Ostfront.”
If you google around there are some free downloads for them
I think it’s about five bucks and I owe him at least that much.

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:50 am
by CaptQuint

Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:11 pm
by CaptQuint
Napoleon's Grande Armee veterans in their original uniforms, 1858.

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Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:18 pm
by CaptQuint
Essex-class carrier solid bronze screw, 24,744 pounds.

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Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:04 pm
by CaptQuint
76 years ago today, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the largest ground invasion in history.

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Re: CQ's Military thread

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:32 pm
by B-Tender
CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:04 pm 76 years ago today, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the largest ground invasion in history.

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Between civilians and military, over 20 million Russians died.