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[Hornet85]

2 friends got hit yesturday by an RPG.
They survived. But f*ck i want to get down ther right now...

[Fatality]

that sucks i hope that doesnt happen to my dad he is deployin real soon but he will be in a Chinook so hopefully they wont get lucky

[JdB]

I hope they recover soon

[Benoist]

70 years ago, Germany was inviding Poland, starting the Second World War.

[Blackbuck]

I'd rather you just of said it's the anniversary of the deceleration of war than that Benoist.

[D@V£]

No. It's important that both the Americans and Russians acknowledge the actual start of the war. WW2 didn't start with Barbarossa or Pearl Harbour, thank you very much.

[Blackbuck]

I didn't say that the war started in 1941 now did I. It wouldn't be 70 years this week if it was would it Dave...

[pMASTER]

I hope they recover soon

x2

I'd rather you just of said it's the anniversary of the deceleration of war than that Benoist.

What gives? The Nazis didn't issue a declaration of war prior to their attack on Poland.

[Blackbuck]

No not the Nazi invasion itself, what followed shortly after. The 'Phoney War' and declaration of war by the Allied Powers.

[JdB]

Our newest babe has landed!



And when I say "Our", I really do mean our, since we bought 3 of them together with 11 other countries (NATO - Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, United States - and Sweden and Finland) and are getting one on loan from the USAF to form HAW (Heavy Airlift Wing).

[More pics]

This post has been edited by I44_John: Sep 15 2009, 23:19

[pMASTER]

We'd desperately need a couple of these, too.

In other news, we've got 9 casualties in Kunduz province again. Also according to the ISAF commander's statements, Kunduz has really become the Helmand of the North. Coalition troops excluding ANSF had some 90 casualties there this summer alone.

[LT. Drake Jackson]

Our newest babe has landed!

[Plane pic, I just remembered that I cant post the same image when quoting, ]

And when I say "Our", I really do mean our, since we bought 3 of them together with 11 other countries (NATO - Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, United States - and Sweden and Finland) and are getting one on loan from the USAF to form HAW (Heavy Airlift Wing).

[Link, click the link on the author's post]

Globemaster III model? And one more thing, whats the name of the company that created the plane?

This post has been edited by LT. Drake Jackson: Nov 10 2009, 19:03

[pMASTER]

McDonnel Douglas. Nowadays it's built by Boeing.

[pMASTER]

It's National Mourning Day, our equivalent to the Armistice/ Remembrance Day.
I'd like to use the opportunity to honour all who have given their lives for all that is good and just in the world.



Our own list has grown longer and longer. We don't hear the names very often, but it can't cause harm to read them once again.

Staff Sergeant Alexander Arndt, killed by hostile fire in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 10-14-93

Petty Officer 3rd Class Steffen Behrens, perished by drowning in the Adriatic Sea, 12-21-95

Master Sergeant Herbert Stakmann, died in an accident in Bosnia, 05-15-97

Lance Corporal Matthias Koch, killed by friendly fire in Rajlovac, Bosnia, 05-23-97

Corporal Torsten Stippig, killed by friendly fire in Rajlovac, Bosnia, 05-23-97

Sergeant Pierre Zechner, died in an accident in Bosnia, 09-09-97

Captain Harald Leyh, died from natural causes in Bosnia, 07-06-98

Sergeant 1st Class Dieter Bösel, died in an accident in Rajlovac, Bosnia, 09-06-98

Sergeant Patrick Wieshoff, died from illness in Bosnia, 01-25-99

Major Sven Eckelmann, died in an accident in Durres, Albania, 05-30-99

Corporal Dennis Winter, died in an accident in Skopje, FYROM, 06-17-99

Master Sergeant Christian Falk, killed by a landmine in Kosare, Kosovo, 10-12-99

Staff Sergeant Thomas Grubert, killed by a landmine in Kosare, Kosovo, 10-12-99

Sergeant 1st Class Kay Jürgensen, died in an accident in Prizren, Kosovo, 10-31-99

Private Andrej Majutchin, died in an accident in Prizren, Kosovo, 01-31-00

Major Andreas Schäfer, died from illness in Prizren, Kosovo, 01-20-00

Staff Sergeant Ed Rönkes, died from natural causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 01-21-00

Corporal Andre Horn, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 01-31-00

1st Lieutenant Uwe Möller, died from unspecified causes in Rajlovac, Bosnia, 02-27-00

Lance Corporal Thorsten Neumest, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 04-22-00

Sergeant 1st Class Uwe Lodyja, died from unspecified causes in Strumica, FYROM, 05-06-00

Private 1st Class Ronny Irrgang, died in an accident in Katlanovo, FYROM, 06-08-00

Staff Sergeant Werner Strobel, died from natural causes in in Prizren, Kosovo, 07-03-00

Sergeant Volker Göttert, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 07-09-00

Sergeant Bernd Merhof, died in an accident in Tuzla, Bosnia, 08-29-00

Sergeant 1st Class Franz Peter Heimann, died from unspecified causes in Rajlovac, Bosnia, 09-12-00

Major Karl List, died from natural causes in Rajlovac, Bosnia, 09-22-00

Sergeant 1st Class Knut Leopold, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 01-31-01

Sergeant 1st Class, Michael Schwerin, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 03-12-01

Private 1st Class Kim Reinhard, decided to end his life in Filipovici, Bosnia, 03-15-01

Private 1st Class Sebastian Harz, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 03-21-01

Private Michael Redl, died from unspecified causes in Prizren Kosovo, 06-11-01

Private 1st Class Marcel Erlkamp, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 08-01-01

Staff Sergeant Jens Klüner, died in an accident in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 10-01-01

Sergeant 1st Class Dirk Hage, died from unspecified causes in Kosare, Kosovo, 09-11-01

Major Dieter Eising, killed by hostile fire in Abkhazia, Georgia, 10-07-01

Private 1st Class Sascha Schmidtke, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 12-15-01

Sergeant 1st Class Thomas Kochert, killed by unexploded ordnance in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02-15-02

Sergeant 1st Class Mike Rubel, killed by unexploded ordnance in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02-15-02

Sergeant 1st Class Werner Feindt, died from natural causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 05-10-02

Lance Corporal Corinna Dittrich, decided to end her life in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 11-11-02

Private 1st Class Enrico Schmidt, died in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-21-02

Sergeant Frank Ehrlich, died in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-21-02

Master Sergeant Heinz Hewußt, died in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-21-02

Master Sergeant Thomas Schiebel, died in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-21-02

Master Sergeant Bernd Kaiser, died in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-21-02

1st Lieutenant Uwe Vierling, died in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-21-02

Captain Friedrich Deiniger, died in a helicopter crash in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-21-02

Captain Holger Nippus, died from unspecified causes in Kabul, Afghanistan, 03-20-02

Major Alexander Hofert, died from unspecified causes in Kabul, Afghanistan, 05-17-03

Private 1st Class Stefan Kamins, killed by a landmine in Khayrabad, Afghanistan, 05-29-03

Sergeant Jörg Baasch, killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, 06-07-03

Sergeant Major Andreas Beljo, killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, 06-07-03

Staff Sergeant Helmi Jimenez, killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, 06-07-03

Master Sergeant Carsten Kühlmorgen, killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, 06-07-03

Sergeant Marco Heling, died in an accident in Suva Reka, Kosovo, 10-03-03

Oberfeldwebel Michael Zirkelbach, died in an accident in Suva Reka, Kosovo, 10-03-03

Captain Tilo Mende, died from illness in Rajlovac, Bosnia, 12-19-03

Sergeant Alexander Schapuschankov, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 03-04-04

Sergeant Thomas Hafenecker, killed by hostile fire in Falluja, Iraq, 04-07-04

Sergeant Tobias Retterath, killed by hostile fire in Falluja, Iraq, 04-07-04

Sergeant 1st Class Ingo Claar, died from unspecified causes in Prizren, Kosovo, 11-28-04

Master Sergeant Andreas Heine, killed by an improvised explosive device in Rustaq, Afghanistan, 06-25-05

Sergeant 1st Class Christian Schlotterhose, killed by an improvised explosive device in Rustaq, Afghanistan, 06-25-05

Private 1st Class Boris Nowitzki, died in an accident in Kabul, Afghanistan, 08-07-05

Lieutenant Colonel (Reserve) Armin Franz, killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, 11-14-05

Sergeant 1st Class Christian Kopp, killed by unexploded ordnance in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12-17-06

Sergeant 1st Class (Reserve) Michael Neumann, killed by a suicide bomber in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 05-19-07

Sergeant 1st Class (Reserve) Michael Diebel, killed by a suicide bomber in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 05-19-07

Captain (Reserve) Matthias Standfuß, killed by a suicide bomber in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 05-19-07

Sergeant Alexander Stoffels, killed by an improvised explosive device in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 08-15-07

Sergeant Mario Keller, killed by an improvised explosive device in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 08-15-07

1st Lieutenant Jörg Ringel, killed by an improvised explosive device in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 08-15-07

Unknown soldier, decided to end their life in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, 09-08-07

Unknown soldier, died in a helicopter crash in Banja Luka, Bosnia, 06-19-08

Unknown soldier, died in a helicopter crash in Banja Luka, Bosnia, 06-19-08

Master Sergeant Christian Cermz, died from illness in Termez, Uzbekistan, 08-25-08

Specialist Patric Sauer, died 10-05-09 from wounds sustained in a suicide bomber attack in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 08-06-08

Master Sergeant Michael Meier, killed by an improvised explosive device in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 08-27-08

Sergeant Patrick Behlke, killed by a suicide bomber in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 10-20-08

Private 1st Class Roman Schmidt, killed by a suicide bomber in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 10-20-08

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Janelt, died from injuries sustained in action in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, 02-11-09

Private 1st Class, died in an accident in Fayzabad, Afghanistan, 03-14-09

Private 1st Class Sergej Motz, killed by hostile fire in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 04-29-09

Private 1st Class Alexander Schleiernick, killed by hostile fire in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 06-23-09

Private 1st Class Oleg Meiling, killed by hostile fire in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 06-23-09

Private 1st Class Martin Brunn, killed by hostile fire in Chahar Dara, Afghanistan, 06-23-09


Ruhet in Frieden.

[Benoist]

I may leave a, possibly, good future as a Navy officer to join as a regular seaman. I don't know why I hate myself. But after a lot of thinking, I don't know if I want to be a militar for the rest of my life.

What do you think?

[pMASTER]

You need to find out how much responsibility you want to take. If you have no problem with taking the responsibility for dozens of people, then you might enjoy the challenge. If you don't like it, you may come to more self-fulfillment as a "grunt". That doesn't make either choice better or worse though.

[Blackscorpion]

A Finnish F-18D Hornet, HN-468, crashed slightly before midday today near the FAF Flight Test Center (close to the place where I got my military training, too). The pilots were testing recovery from error moves when the plane went out of control at 30000 ft. Apparently the Hornet entered a dive which the pilots were unable to pull up from. The pilots ejected safely at around 15000 ft, although both received minor injuries.
The Hornet wasn't part of FAF inventory yet, as it was recently rebuild from the parts of 3 Hornets by Patria and was being test flown by Patria, albeit with military crew.

[pMASTER]

Glad to hear they're safe.

In the other news, two German soldiers were awarded the nation's highest honour today for bravery and distinguished service in Afghanistan. A Master Sergeant led a dismounted attack to relieve a German recce unit that took heavy fire and was whipsawed by a superior insurgent force. He and his troops killed at least ten Taliban and saved the recce soldiers from certain death. The other soldier, also an NCO, rescued a seriously wounded comrade from incoming fire during an ambush and he continued his efforts after having taken a bullet to the head. He and his troops killed at least seven attackers.

This is amazing.

[LT. Drake Jackson]

US expands Iran Guards sanctions

The profits from the companies fund Iran's missile programme, the US says

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against companies connected with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards.

The action extends earlier sanctions against the Guards and its construction company headquarters.

It aims to freeze the foreign assets of four companies connected to Khatam al-Anbiya Construction and its chief officer.

The company's profits help fund Iran's nuclear and missile programmes, the US Treasury said.

The company is the construction arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards force, the US says.

The US Treasury named the company's head as Revolutionary Guard General Rostam Qasemi, who has also had assets outside Iran frozen under the sanctions...

Ummm... You will be the judges... Never liked the nuclear programms... They only rise tension and make a country's situation even worse... As the US soldiers said before: They have a $3000 Machinegun and a $7000 RPG... But the cant afford a pair of SHOES. Yes, people dont think much about the shoes and food of the family... but the government itself can teach people what's more important... In the case of Iran (Sadly): Nuclear missile programms.

More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8509020.stm

This post has been edited by LT. Drake Jackson: Feb 11 2010, 02:15

[Blackbuck]

They feel they need it so they'll put all their effort into it. It's what you get in the world.