Bravo Zulu! The knee jerk gawker reaction to Starship Troopers seems to miss it all.

Switzerland requires military service of their citizens. Are they fascists? I was a career military man so maybe I have a different reading of the camaraderie aspects that Heinlein highlights.

I don’t see the fascist part. Heinlein thought about being a veteran as granting franchise. Similar to a country like Switzerland?

Doesn't that also come with mandatory military service and an assault rifle in every house?

I left FB after their algorithm suggested I friend the d-bag my ex cheated on me with. I have a lot more quality time in my life too!

They went back to the Fatherland like good little Bundists.

Not so ferocious but he was a good mascot.

And George Lucas said he thought of Endor being like Vietnam with the Ewok (VC) defeating the higher tech Empire (US).

I know for a fact one of those locations is way old.

The locations are not up to date. I agree locations should be classified except when obviously in port.

Hmm. I think some other airplanes flew over the Spratleys too...

Amazing to think of those pioneers like the Keys brothers who in 1935 kept flying continuously for 27 days! Pioneered a safe

It’s funny that the anti-base protesters in Okinawa like to quote a couple of Americans who have said that fixed bases like Kadena and Futenma are too vulnerable to attack so aren’t worth keeping and have no strategic value. The Chinese airfields in SCS are even more vulnerable but strategically they’ve already won.…

Definitely some stuff in Oahu but when I was stationed in Okinawa that place is spirit central! All the war deaths and caves and tombs EVERYWHERE.

My Okinawan wife always says don't make fun of the homeless people talking out loud because we just can't see the other person. She sometimes thinks she sees them and is sensitive to them. She got vibes from a house I was renting near Kaimuki and put salt at the doors and asked them to leave!

Oh you beat me. What’s funny is that USMC is now going back to small vehicles like this and the Mule to fit inside the Osprey.

Hey I was there for that!

The USMC Mighty Mite. Only used for a few peace time years pre-Vietnam. Ironically we are going back to small vehicles like John Deere gators because they’ll fit inside the MV22.