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Post by ironhold on Oct 17, 2020 19:10:16 GMT
Just a thread for random, silly moments from history. linkThe time a group of US Army Rangers got into a firefight with an infamous street gang... |
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Post by the light works on Oct 18, 2020 20:18:45 GMT
I am reminded of an old joke:
Mr Smith and Mr jones were engaged to have a duel.
at 10:00 a messenger came to Mrs Jones and told her, "the first fire has been exchanged, and nobody has been hit."
"bless the lord for his protection" she replied.
at 11:00 the messenger returned and reported, "the second fire has been exchanged, and nobody has been hit."
"His grace abounds," she replied.
at noon, the messenger returned, and she pressed him to have a sandwich. when he finished, he said, "by the way, the third and fourth fire have been exchanged, and nobody has been hit, what do you think of that?"
"I think," she replied, "there has been some mighty poor shooting, today,"
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Post by wvengineer on Oct 19, 2020 13:06:30 GMT
From the article linked:
"For an estimated 10 to 30 minutes, the two groups exchanged intense fire in a "gun battle" on the streets of residential Tacoma. Witnesses said "hundreds of rounds from handguns, shotguns and semiautomatic weapons were fired." Somehow, no one was hurt."
That is rather embarrassing for a group of Army Rangers.
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Post by the light works on Oct 19, 2020 14:28:56 GMT
From the article linked: "For an estimated 10 to 30 minutes, the two groups exchanged intense fire in a "gun battle" on the streets of residential Tacoma. Witnesses said "hundreds of rounds from handguns, shotguns and semiautomatic weapons were fired." Somehow, no one was hurt." That is rather embarrassing for a group of Army Rangers. at least there wasn't collateral damage. that would have been more embarrassing. |
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Post by rmc on Oct 24, 2020 19:56:05 GMT
From the article linked: "For an estimated 10 to 30 minutes, the two groups exchanged intense fire in a "gun battle" on the streets of residential Tacoma. Witnesses said "hundreds of rounds from handguns, shotguns and semiautomatic weapons were fired." Somehow, no one was hurt." That is rather embarrassing for a group of Army Rangers. Best operations are ones that are planned for and rehearsed. Impromptu missions are also part of their bag of tricks too of course, but are often messy. Difficult for me to say it's necessarily embarrassing. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Oct 29, 2020 13:57:13 GMT
From the article linked: "For an estimated 10 to 30 minutes, the two groups exchanged intense fire in a "gun battle" on the streets of residential Tacoma. Witnesses said "hundreds of rounds from handguns, shotguns and semiautomatic weapons were fired." Somehow, no one was hurt." That is rather embarrassing for a group of Army Rangers. Best operations are ones that are planned for and rehearsed. Impromptu missions are also part of their bag of tricks too of course, but are often messy. Difficult for me to say it's necessarily embarrassing. it's entirely possible the rangers intentionally missed. While they were cleared, it's possible they wouldn't have been had someone actually been killed. Maybe they just wanted to show the gang bangers that they weren't pushovers. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 30, 2020 23:26:57 GMT
Best operations are ones that are planned for and rehearsed. Impromptu missions are also part of their bag of tricks too of course, but are often messy. Difficult for me to say it's necessarily embarrassing. it's entirely possible the rangers intentionally missed. While they were cleared, it's possible they wouldn't have been had someone actually been killed. Maybe they just wanted to show the gang bangers that they weren't pushovers. that seems logical |
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Post by ironhold on Mar 8, 2023 18:49:26 GMT
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 8, 2023 18:54:52 GMT
We are seldom *better off* when new laws are created. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 9, 2023 1:05:56 GMT
we always have to remember: for every new law, and for every new warning label, there was somebody who made it necessary.
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Post by ironhold on Mar 9, 2023 16:58:45 GMT
we always have to remember: for every new law, and for every new warning label, there was somebody who made it necessary. I'm wondering if Captain Midnight's petty act of revenge hasn't inadvertently saved us from someone who had malicious intentions. |
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