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  7. Marines Might Lose their Tanks...

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    So it sounds to me like it's a training issue. Apart from tradition, I don't see why the Army can't modify it's MOS assignments and training to reflect this change.

    It is a training issue in part, but indirectly. It's what each branch feels like the necessary training is. For a tank mechanic like myself, my training was geared toward what my job was. You also have to look at the numbers. There is a reason the Marine motto is "The few, the proud" There are less Marines than soldiers so their training needs to encompass anything and everything. The Army has enough soldiers that they feel that if a cook can't clear a building, no big deal, he doesn't need to.

    My training didn't pick up until we were going to deploy. Before they didn't think I needed combat skills. Then after our deployment orders they realized they had failed in the area. So we got some combat training.

    That has changed somewhat in the Army but it is all unit/section dependent. When we got back to the States I made sure my fresh soldiers got as much training as they could get. I made sure it was realistic for them and not just going through the motions. I really with the Army would treat every soldier combat ready and train them to that level.

  9. Marines Might Lose their Tanks...

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    At the risk of starting up another inter-DoD shitstorm, it seems to me that the first wave of most invasion forces in modern-day war (Vietnam, Desert Shield/Storm, OIF, OEF) have been Marines, regardless of the terrain or territory. Why is this, is it a readiness issue? Training issue?

    Their overall training exceeds that of the other branches. Marines are all infantry first and foremost. Then they act on their specialty. Army is geared more towards the soldier's specialty, not infantry. MArines mentality is also totally different. In a sense they don't want to let the corps down and will do anything to keep that from happening. They have the longest basic training and go more in depth on tactics right off the bat. Whereas the Army just cover just the basics in basic. Once a Marine, always a Marine. I'm sure Jagr could answer better, that's just my take.

    Look at that, no Marine jokes were thrown in there. lol

  20. Governor declines to pardon Billy The Kid

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    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/31/richardson-declines-pardon-outlaw-billy-kid/

    Billy the Kid is still an outlaw.

    New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced Friday he would not grant a posthumous pardon to the infamous Old West bad guy, after drawing international attention by entertaining a petition on Billy the Kid's behalf during his final days in office. Richardson's term ends at midnight.

    The pardon request had centered on whether Billy the Kid, who was shot to death in 1881 after escaping jail where he awaited hanging in the killing of a sheriff, had been promised a pardon from New Mexico's territorial governor, Lew Wallace, in return for testimony in killings he had witnessed. The proposed pardon covered the 1878 killing of Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady.

  22. Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot at Grocery Store Event.

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    Giffords rides a BMW. She is also a gun and truck owner and chairs the Congressional Motorcycle Caucus. Giffords sponsored the resolution with Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, that recognized Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. She's one of our own.

    You just beat me to this. I was just gonna post about her riding.

    From the New York Times:

    ". . . Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is a motorcycle enthusiast. She sides with motorcycle riders who favor state legislation to ride helmet-free, as she does . . .

  23. $38 Quadrillion Lawsuit

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    And you thought the $3 quadrillion lawsuit for Hurricane Katrina was crazy (http://www.ohio-riders.com/showthread.php?t=8512)

    It's a roundabout tale, but what it amounts to is a Utah man is suing a group of would-be property owners for $38 quadrillion.

    Considering there is only about $24 trillion in circulation around the entire world at any given time, that could prove a difficult number to collect.

    http://money.canoe.ca/money/business/canada/smallbusiness/archives/2010/08/20100824-160833.html

    Edit: There is more than one lawsuit of this magnitude:

    Las Vegas man sues Alpine attorney for $38 quadrillion

    The dispute stems from a complaint Anderson originally filed against clients of the law firm of Shumway, Van and Hansen for $918 billion. Shumway said his client, Private Capital Group et al, came into possession of mining property in Southern Utah recently after the original owner of the mine defaulted on a loan. The capital group then tried to sell the property, and Anderson put a $918 billion lien on it. In response, Shumway filed a lawsuit for $10,000 in damages to remove the lien, because he said the property cannot be sold with a cloud on the title.

    http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_f4cc1092-7012-549a-90a9-84ab09c17782.html

    Edit again: This is the largest suit ever filed:

    Bank of America Sued for 1,784 Sextillion Dollars Holy crap!! :wtf:

    A billion trillion, also known as a "sextillion," could be written as a 1 followed by 21 zeros.
    Apparently hoping to either (a) send a message, (b) set the new record for largest demand ever made in a lawsuit, © be awarded all of the money that may exist in the galaxy, in whatever human or alien denominations may be available, or (d) all of the above, Dalton Chiscolm sued Bank of America in August for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars."

    http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/09/bank-of-america-sued-for-1784-sextillion-dollars.html

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