Happy Birthday Atomic Bomb!

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

What branch you in Snoop? I'm hopin to get transfered over to MCAS Iwakuni in the coming months.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Im an Army Civillian. Luckily ive never actually been in the military, and really this is as close as I want to get //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

If you can get to the rarely seen areas, you can still see where people were, for lack of a better term, vaporized against buildings and the chared outlines still remain. Its creppy as hell but interesting at the same time.

Crazy shit man, it would be interesting to see. Didn't at least a few of the people that bombed Japan suffer severe PTSD or even commit *******? I could see why if they did, I mean, you just killed how many people, even if it was for the overall good that is still on your shoulders.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

we didnt drop a bomb, every one in japan farted and then we had a secret covert agent light a match. unfortunately, he didnt make it back

 

[Vipervenom18 10+ year member]

Lol, the USA can develop and test nuclear weapons, but other countries can't!

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Im an Army Civillian. Luckily ive never actually been in the military, and really this is as close as I want to get //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Werd. We have our ups and downs. Marines have been a blast so far except I'm scared of my own aircraft; the MV-22 Osprey //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[mepratt1234@cha 10+ year member]

actually I might get transfered to japan, so i'll be able to check out Nagasaki myself //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I've been there. Nothing special really.

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

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[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Werd. We have our ups and downs. Marines have been a blast so far except I'm scared of my own aircraft; the MV-22 Osprey //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

Has that made it out of testing? I know they were having a lot of problems with it at one point, but I haven't followed it closely.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

sheeeet id fly an Osprey, even if they dont fly horizontal so well sometimes //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

About the only thing I can ever get behind the controls in is a Cessna //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Actually im lookn at transfering to Camp Zama, but we'll see how that goes.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Just have to ask, what exactly is a military civilian?

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Just have to ask, what exactly is a military civilian?

It means you're just an american citizen working for the Army. You get alot of the benefits of a solider but you answer to a normal boss and get to go home off base. Its like a regular job really, but with alot of goofy added army rules to boot.

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Has that made it out of testing? I know they were having a lot of problems with it at one point, but I haven't followed it closely.

Yup yup. It did have its shaky start but any experimental aircraft will. Sad part is it took the lives of 2 dozen marines with it in testing. We havent had much trouble with it besides obvious wear and tear; seals, o-rings, hydraulics...ya know. The usual. Its not a fully deployed aircraft yet, only 1 or 2 squadrons IIRC and neither have seen action. We still rely heavily on the CH53 Sea Stallion, and CH46 Sea Knight for transport ops.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

It means you're just an american citizen working for the Army. You get alot of the benefits of a solider but you answer to a normal boss and get to go home off base. Its like a regular job really, but with alot of goofy added army rules to boot.

Sounds kind of interesting actually. Definitely the only thing military I could do, other than work for a company that does engineering for them, lol.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Yup yup. It did have its shaky start but any experimental aircraft will. Sad part is it took the lives of 2 dozen marines with it in testing. We havent had much trouble with it besides obvious wear and tear; seals, o-rings, hydraulics...ya know. The usual. Its not a fully deployed aircraft yet, only 1 or 2 squadrons IIRC and neither have seen action. We still rely heavily on the CH53 Sea Stallion, and CH46 Sea Knight for transport ops.

Yea, I remember hearing about those deaths, definitely tragedies. I know the F117 was somewhat unreliable in testing but it has turned out to be great, so I guess a rough test period doesn't equate into a bad design.