dont they have rules about NOT playing with bombs the day before you are scheduled to go home?

"I got bad feeling about this one"

/catch-22

I have yet to meet an EOD guy who was not totally insane. Awesome people, all.

RIP, Sarn't. Damn few people like you.

steelpeg: And you're GD right I'm pissed

That is so awesome. Let's piss on this guy's service to give you a platform to espouse your beliefs.

Stay classy, Bro.

Breathe, damn it, you're hyperventilating.

/RIP soldier.

steelpeg: How so very sad. RIP you brave solider.

This is a thread about the death of a Hero.

Take your politics and attack on the President elsewhere. There are plenty of threads where you can do that.

/BD"E, and my thoughts are with his family.

:(

RIP Hero

zuce: Question for someone that knows more about this than I do. Why don't they detonate the bombs up remotely?

Sometimes it's either too close to civilians, or it may damage a vital road or sometimes they even want to see what it's made of so they can find out who made it and what new techniques they are using. There are a lot of factors but detonating in place is one of the top choices.

I love this group of fair-weather war mongers that has cropped up. Regular peaceniks now that they can't play the "war is patriotic" card.

Anyhow, two days from retirement, etc.

Sucks.

Here's a question: if these things are set off remotely, don't we have something that can jam signals locally?

thamike: HotWingConspiracy: Here's a question: if these things are set off remotely, don't we have something that can jam signals locally?



RCIED signal jammer.

Sooo...I guess not everyone has access to them?

Poor bastard, I wouldn't have traded positions with an EOD guy for all the money in the world, those guys were farking crazy.

And now, because this is a shaitload shorter than the DOD budget thread, a long, probably fairly incoherant rant. Feel free to ignore it, I just want to get it off my chest:

I have decided to change my stated position on the wars. I'm farking sick of them. I was there for the beginning of both of them, and thought then, and still think, that there were good reasons to head into both places, but that between the leadership then and the leadership now, they have completely farked everything up.

I landed in Afghanistan in November of 2001, and my wife is slated to deploy there summer of 2010. 9 years, billions of dollars, and that shiathole is arguably LESS secure than it was when I left it.

Ditto for Iraq. I was there in March of '03. My wife was with a Surge unit from '07-'08. Again, temporary gains in security that haven't lasted.

None of these farkers seem to want peace and security, so I say FARK THEM. I'm not against these wars because I think that they are morally wrong, or anything like that, I'm against them because I am tired of seeing time, money, and blood pissed away on people who don't want us there, and don't care.

I have a new plan. Its called, fark 'em all. The rest of the world seems to like whining about us, let them. Without us listening. Bring everyone home. I'm not just talking about the guys in Iraq or Afghanistan, but the troops in Quatar, Germany, Japan, Korean, and every other place we have personnel stashed. Bring everyone home and cut active duty manning levels by 50%, National Guard and Reserve levels by 25%, and the DOD budget by 33%. We'll save hundreds of billions if we can keep the politicians grimy hands off the money, while leaving enough to maintain the best paid and trained force in the world.

To all of you useless hippie, Code Pink, ANSWER, "no war at any price" losers, this isn't me agreeing with you. You are still worthless sacks of shait in my eyes. I wouldn't be saying this (well maybe the Japan, Korea, and Germany thing, those bases have been pointless for the past 20 years) if I thought we were planning on winning these wars. But Bush didn't have a plan for it, and, as near as I can tell Obama has even less of one. These have simply become open ended commitments, like Korea and Japan, only with a chance of getting killed, and I'm tired of watching it. I've had too many friends farked up or killed over this shait to care any more.

Well, I'll step down off of my soapbox now. If you read the whole thing, thanks for letting me vent. If you didn't, you probably aren't reading this, so, whatever, it made me feel better.