Was it the Kobayashi Maru?

There are also people who use paintball guns inside RC tanks for battles too.

I thought HK cinema has suffered under the new restrictions from Beijing.

Yeah and as the WOT guy researched most of the names were not even in use during those times.

I had a Remington Rand 1911A1. Now if you could get a Singer sewing machine one you’d be rich. How about a Rock Oka jukebox M1 carbine?

The M3 tank shown in the film was actually called the Lee variant. The British enlarged the turret and that variant was called the Grant. He might be saying Grant to avoid a Confederate reference. There is also an M2A4 light tank shown which is referred to as a Stuart after JEB Stuart.

Except those neighbors in BRITISH East Africa (later Kenya) were part of the glorious Empire. In real life that man served in Egypt (again in defense of the Empire)

Which is really a tribute to naval aviation and its ability to carry out successful flight deck operations as much as they do without such grave mishaps.

Just kidding. But coincidental to the conflagration...

Had to watch the film at AMO school. I always think of that Chief running out there in his khakis with a purple K extinguisher.

1967??? Did you pick that year on purpose? Take that crowded deck and launch a stray Zuni and you get the Forrestal. Note Sen Mccain’s A4 is one of the ones on fire on the port side. (And he had nothing to do with the mishap!)

I can't say that I necessarily agree with his isolationist views and WW2 would prove him wrong but if you read all of War Is A Racket you can't question his sincerity. Of course he might've sang a different tune if he had been selected Commandant. Still a Marine through and through.

Smedley Butler said it a long time ago.

Those are all good possibilities for those countries to invite us for greater presence but I don’t think anyone wants to have Anerican “property” type bases. They like us to come, do exercises and visit, then leave. Plus we just can’t afford to build those kinds of places anymore. Housing, schools, commissaries, PX,…

It was a long time ago for me but did a WestPac liberty call in Perth and yes it was awesome.

Yeah had a few protesters yell “go home” at me at the gate. But my wife’s Okinawan so they can't tell her that. ;)

It's also all about infrastructure. The milcon budget is always the lowest. It is an incredible pain to PCS people to Japan - dependapotami and rugrats. Daycare centers, hospitals, American style housing, etc. and Japan pays for it.

Too bad the Aussies just leased Darwin port to the Chinese for 99 years! The Aussies don’t really want Yank bases - just transient visitors.

That’s good. I thought it was just supposed to be silly that a future “scientist” was really just an insurance person pre-apocalypse.

I think you're referring to Dragon Dream the silver one built at former MCAS Tustin. The difference is they are not LTA but are supposed to use dynamic lift as well to mitigate the disadvantages of conventional blimps. Mainly being pursued for strategic lift. Lockheed skunk works has one as well.