Saturday, March 21, 2026

Army reddit just told me about a new drug

Can't keep ahead of the illegal chemists in this world. Another addictive substance? Fuck me...

 

The drug plaguing soldiers
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Anyone have the real story on the F-35 getting hit?

 Many have talked about it but I just don't get it.

The F-35 got hit from the ground.  Some are saying ground fire, some are saying a heat seeking missile, no one seems to know for sure.

Gotta alot of people on this blog that are still cued in.

What was it?

I imagine if it was a golden bb then that's all pilot error (I mean the F-35 is supposed to shit different from an A-10 right?).  But even a heat seeking missile is kinda concerning cause we're supposed to have countermeasures against threat missiles right?

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USS Tripoli Conducts Flight Operations with CH-53 Super Stallion

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The UK's nuclear sub crews are high as fuck!

Fired? I doubt it. Maybe left on the dock till they finish rehab but they're in a manpower crunch. They'll try and rehabilitate as many as they can.
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Open Comment Post. 21 Mar 26

 

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This war is disturbing to me. But to hear this from General Mattis makes me pause.

Still have misgivings about this Iran war thing. Still want us to win and win big. Proud of the Marines headed into harms way and stoked about the performance of the Aviators in our Air Forces (Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force plus others flying our flag) and in awe of our Soldiers lobbing missiles across the straits. 

 Having said all that hearing Mattis say this gives me pause. I'm not in the "Saint" Mattis camp. To me he's just another 4 star bumping his lips. He's as political as the rest (you reach that rank, it comes with the job) and I don't know if politics is tainting his view. But at the same time I can't ignore his EXPERIENCE. He is no deity but he has been there and done that.

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Friday, March 20, 2026

China's new attack helicopter is....interesting

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The US Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle is turning back into a regular pickup truck

 

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Light Infantry in the form of the 82nd & 2 MEUs are the planned ground force for action in Iran???

Geez. Talk about going light!

This is light as hell.

I know the 82nd is trying to heavy up a bit but still.  The MEUs have no real armor...the ACV is probably one of the lightest armored APC/IFV in the world (of the modern vehicles) and both forces will be using JLTVs as their primary rides (GOD SAVE US if they want to use those militarized polaris!).

10K troops is not many soldiers/Marines to put on the ground.  Lets hope airpower can keep them safe and/or that they're limited to seizing islands.
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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Now the 11th MEU is headed to the Middle East?

So what is this now? A MEB(-)?

 

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We haven't talked about the theory that Iran is all about China...

 I'm sure everyone on this blog has heard that all this is about China.  Supposedly it started with the Panama Canal dust up, spread to Mexico in the guise of fighting the cartels, zoomed over to Venezuela to stop the flow of oil to China from there and now it culminates with Iran.

If I'm stating it correctly this is a direct shot across the bow to Chinese energy supplies and some are stating that it will slow down their AI program (I seriously doubt that...too much solar and nuclear going on).

Others are stating that its all about to petrodollar.  Iran talked about trading for oil only in the Chinese dollar and that some of the other countries "targeted" were all about that shit too.

I don't know what to think of it but if true then its some big time chess going on that the media is either missing or not telling us about.

Of course there are other theories too.  But this one sings the most to me.  What do ya'll think?

NOTE!!!!

I might be mistating all of the above.  Hopefully I gave enough cliffsnotes to get most to understand the direction I was heading.

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Late Open Comment Post. 19 Mar 26

 

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Mark Levin has labeled people like me that have doubts about the Iran war as Nazis & Anti-Semites. But are we falling into an escalation trap?

I don't see the connection he's making with past wars BUT I DO agree with his premise. So what is the "escalation trap" here? I believe its the same as we found in Iraq and Afghanistan. We can win the battles, but controlling the populations while fighting a counter insurgency is the main risk I think.

We've been incredibly successful up to this point in the war.  The Iranian Navy is done.  The Army is on its back foot and the elite forces are hollowed out.

Uprisings by the people are increasing and local security forces are in a bind.

My worry is that once they setup a replacement govt the call will go out to provide "stabilization" forces.

The Israelis can't participate.

The Europeans won't participate.

That leaves the US (we broke it, we own it) and in essence UN peacekeepers (mercenaries) from undeveloped or developing countries to be paid a price to provide troops.

This means years on the ground while every terrorist group in the region attempts to flood in to kill Americans trying to rebuild the country.  It means holders on from the previous regime trying to reclaim power.

It means terror attacks on our home soil as muslims are further radicalized.

It won't be a typical escalation trap but the sad old tale of how America gets its shit pushed in despite having the most powerful military in the world, even after we literally destroyed the enemy.

Hope I'm wrong.

But one thing is true.

We can take out any country on this planet.  We just can't rebuild after we tear it up.
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Open Comment Post. 18 Mar 26

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Borsuk IFV on the range

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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Israel plans to greenlight the call-up of up to 450,000 reservists

This will destroy the IDF reserve. They already had trouble with reservists not showing up and now another big incursion into Lebanon? Not to mention what it will do to the Israeli economy? Someone isn't thinking past their nose.
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Saturday, March 14, 2026

The price in good Americans in the fight against Iran is already high and I fear going to rise even more (updated)

Heartbreaking. Dude won't get a chance to see his kids grow up. They'll be lucky to remember his face, voice....his wife might re-marry but she's gonna be fucked up for life. God bless the fallen. Note. Reading further down I saw a pic of the Tech Sgt (hope I have his rank right). Even further down is the Co-pilot. Just plain fuck. Its always been the young that die in war but getting older, at least for me, its becoming more unacceptable unless absolutely necessary for the preservation of the nation.
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If this is true then we're gonna need more than an MEU & the 82nd. Amphibious/Airborne Assault is back on the menu (geez...if they're doing this then they're going way too light)

Seize an island? Ok. Depending on size an MEU MIGHT be able to do that. Seize the Iranian shoreline? Ft Apache on enemy soil. Not a good look and the entire 82nd I don't believe will be able to hold it without a CONTINUOUS orbit of bombers/fighters overhead (probably more than a few attack helicopter battalions too). If this is true then its risky as fuck. At least from my chair it seems risky.
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Passport Vet is trending....is this why?

If she's this damn awesome then why is he in a bar shooting pool? Still I'm hearing awesome things about Panama, Costa Rica, the PI and one other country in the Pacific I forget. Dude that used to be on the blog told me about this years ago. IS IT TIME???? God knows Passport Vet is trending all over the place. Panama stands out cause a dude was stating that something like 50K equals like 175K there.
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Finally an affordable offroad solution to handicapped mobility

The vehicle you see ripping about below was purpose built for handicapped mobility offroad. I've seen the almost transformer like vehicles with treads but they're stupid expensive. This ticks all the boxes and is cool as hell. The only problem is that fully functional people will probably slam into the market place and raise the prices....regardless this is neat.

 

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