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What’s AOPS safe operating depth? Wiki says 18.8’ draught, and I’m guessing that they want a safety margin of a few feet at least.

Not a lot of depth in that route.

Actually the list is mostly Mk 84 2000lb ‘dumb’ bombs, and some Mk 92 500lb, but not JDAM kits. In this instance the logic is kind of clear. The WH’s main issue is that POTUS appears to have gone off script, and while if that had been done with a clear plan and explanation of what arms had...

We also have convoy escort vehicles…. They look sort of like your TAPV ;)

I’m 180 degrees from you on that, as it needs to be a joint decision as for the next 18 years or so both the Mother and Father will be somewhat occupied with child rearing. I’d also offer that a certain point pets are more of an impact onto things than children. I saw that as having three...

The issue is that the Venn Diagram’s that people put up are generally multi issue (sort of like life isn’t just one issue). So you have socially conservative pro life, and quite often fiscally conservative people who prefer polices that are not in the best alignment of the pro life agenda...

I’m just not seeing the point of reorganizing LAV BN’s without LAV (or other units without equipment either). I know it gets into chicken v egg, but I fully believe that a reorganization needs to be complete with a significant capital investment plan for equipment.

Impractical on a number of levels. 1) You already have issues with your budget. 2) That would require see a large percentage of the workforce to stay at home 3) Housing is already tough for a lot of dual Income families 4) Your tax base just got skewed. Unworkable.

Honestly I love it. The ones I worked with were extremely reliable, and hard working. Quite frankly that probably should have been done in Afghanistan as well, as there where thousands of people there that needed to get out, and they and their families had proven their loyalty (often in...

I always thought TDS stood for Trump Document Scandal. Learn something new everyday.

Given the crew requirement for CSC, JSS and AOPs, I tend to think that the RCN is better suited into uncrewed subsurface systems, as well as uncrewed surface systems.

Sort of. Years ago I knew a M/Cpl who got charged for something rather chickenshit. He ended up getting a $200 fine, but had come in 7 days to meet with his assisting officer and had the charge parade on a non parade admin night - so he made more than double the fine.

I tend to believe the only reason the ARNG functions to the degree it does, is that GWOT provided a great deal of active duty time for the bulk of the guard. Additionally the up or out policy in Officer promotions combined with the limited number of Regular Army commissioned officers leads to...

While not @FJAG I don’t think one needs ‘super armories’ mainly as it somewhat defeats the purpose of having units close to people. You will end up with the those bases on the edge of large cities and being an hour or so commute for many. Again not @FJAG but to me the more senior roles tend to...