Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

It's ANZAC Day here in Oz & NZ.

I haven't attended a dawn service in a long time - 'just can't face it. Not from a lack of balls, just.....something.......I can't explain.

You know what I'm talking about........

Edit: There was footage of an old bloke on the news this evening on the phone to his Mrs. He said "I'm fine & 'caught-up with a few of the old boys. We're off to the pub & gonna get hammered. Expect me when you see me".

That's a WW2 Vet.

"At dawn on 25 April 1915, the first of approximately 70,000 soldiers from the Allies landed at Gallipoli. The objective was to drive through to Istanbul, take Turkey out of the war and to provide supplies to Russia in its fight against Germany. Out of these 70,000 soldiers, more than 20,000 were Australian and New Zealand soldiers. What had been planned as a bold stroke became a stalemate after the invading troops failed to reach their objective on the first day. For the next eight months they clung to the land they had captured, before eventually withdrawing at the end of 1915.

After both sides had suffered heavy casualties, the Allied forces were evacuated. It is estimated that 8,700 Australian and 2,700 New Zealanders were killed. One year later, in 1916, the first anniversary of the landing was observed in Australia, New Zealand and England and by troops in Egypt. That year, 25 April was officially named ‘Anzac Day’ by the Acting Australian Prime Minister, George Pearce.

Today we speak of an ‘Anzac tradition’, meaning the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are still relevant to this day."

Hello Veteran friends, I am new here. Old guy, same love America attitude. US Army 1987-1991. Have a great day and take a puff.

BarnBuster said:

Navy failing to learn lessons from shipboard fires over the years: GAO - Breaking Defense

Since 2008, the Navy has suffered at least $4 billion in damages form shipboard fires.

breakingdefense.com

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being that safty is parammount if onboard a ship or underwater in a sub, is this a case/cases of deliberate fires to get the ship/sub back to port and away from active duty? terrable thing to think i admit. but theres so many who join up for education and not active duty, and as i said, safty is paramount, ships and subs operate in water, so there for the best part, fireproof as it were.
or is it a case of ships being built so fast, that theres more chance of fire due to hasty work being done, trying to get as many water craft out to sea

my newist grand daughter.

alittle over 8 lbs and right at 20 inches.

hoping to make a 6 foot WM out of her.

@raratt - Cool presentation with Maury Rosenberg.

Three of my fellow attack aviation brothers died Thursday in a mid air collision in Alaska and a fourth is in the hospital. Two Apache helicopter aircraft collided on the way back from a training excercise. The link has more details. We lose more pilots in training than in combat which is tough to handle.

Sorry for the loss of your brothers.
I need to talk to my Nephew - he flew helo's in the sand box several tours & may need some support as well.

wascaptain said:

my newist grand daughter.

alittle over 8 lbs and right at 20 inches.

hoping to make a 6 foot WM out of her.View attachment 5285958

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You need that on a T-Shirt for her OCS graduation
Congratulations!

FirstCavApache64 said:

Three of my fellow attack aviation brothers died Thursday in a mid air collision in Alaska and a fourth is in the hospital. Two Apache helicopter aircraft collided on the way back from a training excercise. The link has more details. We lose more pilots in training than in combat which is tough to handle.

MSN

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Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down

doublejj said:

Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down

Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down

The move is the first such fleet-wide stand down since 2015.

www.armytimes.com

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They did that in 2001 after a couple birds crashed or had hard landings. We had 30 days to replace the transmissions of 20 Longbow Apaches. I slept in the hangar for 20 days and we got 4 hours of crew rest per day. It's going to be rough on everyone as flight ready status is all the brass cares about. I had to recover an aircraft in a foreign country to our south that had a hard landing during operations and it's a mess.

FirstCavApache64 said:

Three of my fellow attack aviation brothers died Thursday in a mid air collision in Alaska and a fourth is in the hospital. Two Apache helicopter aircraft collided on the way back from a training excercise. The link has more details. We lose more pilots in training than in combat which is tough to handle.

MSN

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I feel for you, mate. Losing comrades to combat is going to be somewhat expected inevitably. Losing them in a peace-time training accident is really fucking hard to deal with.
I raise a glass to lost mates every 12th of June.

Link(s) to past issues

Military Strategy Magazine - Allissues

USCG Reserve

Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Safety Magazine(s) (Approach, Mech and Ground Warrior)

USCG

Navy Retirees

There's a mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge



California Governor James Rolph Jr., Former US President Herbert Hoover, and San Francisco Mayor Angelo Joseph Rossi stand in front of the Admiral's residence on Yerba Buena Island during the San Francisco Bay Bridge ground breaking on July 9, 1933.

After World War II, Quarters 1’s most famous occupant moved in: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz was appointed to take command of the Pacific fleet days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. His exploits in the Pacific Theater made him a household name around the world

3 level tool kit.