Great forum! Glad to have you aboard. Tons and tons of information you'll never see on TV. Enjoy!
My grandfather fought with the guerrilla's. Problem is, my dad didn't talk about it much. Next time I see him i'll poke and prod and see if he's...
Back at you!!! Looks like I had it easy compared to you and your relatives. I was a helo door gunner during Desert Storm. Didn't see as much as...
Excellent post, Philscout! My grandfather died in the Death March, but my dad won't talk about it. I don't blame him. Nice to get some info.
Grandfather died in he Bataan Death March. Dad served 21 years in the Navy as a Corpsman. Me, 25 years Marine Corps.
Welcome aboard. I'm new as well and glad I found this site. I'm one the older members, though!
Good point. At their peak they were at 293k (1991). China is at 1.3 billion followed by India 1.1 billion. No one else comes close.
+1 Made even worse when civilians (Government) try to run a war!
I can agree with China, assuming their economy continues to grow. They have the manpower to defeat it's neighbors, but with the paltry navy they...
It would be MGySgt. Master Gunz works as well as MGunz. Equal to a SgtMaj, E-9. BTW, that's supposed to be a bursting bomb in the middle of the...
I'm with you on the technology part but I bet you're going to have fun doing a lot of crazy things you couldn't do with Harrier. And a lot of...
I've seen my share as well. During our push into Iraq in '03, we were part of a 60 vehicle convoy headed to Baghdad. There were 13 Army vehicle...
Now that makes sense!!! That's why you get paid the big bucks!;)
Thanks! Glad to be here. Pretty interesting site. Wish we could get rid of blue on blue casualties but it even happened in OIF. Fog of war!...
Using your reference: Coalition losses "The DoD reports that U.S. forces suffered 148 battle-related deaths, plus one pilot listed as MIA...
Retired a MGunz. Just so you know, I was a Controller for VMA-214 1994-1998. Heard all the "whistling sh*tcans" "lawn dart" jokes. Had a great...
That's about all I could find as well. I think I may have to go to a museum and see if I can get into the cockpit and measure. There's on in...
This is the reference I used to get 147: http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/GWSUM.pdf
During WW2, the Russians were decimated by the German Blitzkrieg and were in full retreat. When the Russians finally started their drive to push...
I've read that only 147 or 148 were actual combat deaths. I remember a lot of accidents while we were out there.
