Is now a good time to join the US military? I'm on the fence... but I also don't have anything going on as a civilian. Any branch/job recs? I feel kinda burnt out on life, maybe a change of pace would be nice. I don't really care for the current admin but it's just a job.
Hijacking this thread with a question, is there a civilian alternative to the coast guard if you simply want to help people stranded or sinking or is the USCG the only organization available that would allow me to do that?
it's not bad. consider it a place to lay your head (and the benefits that come with it) while you actively plan for the future. those 4 years will go by QUICK. pick smart job (try to get clearance)use tuition assistance asapsecure job with defense contractor etc at bestmaybe federal agency as backupat worst, commission with degree or you can go the fun route and do something cool, then figure all your shit out in college later, but this seems to be where it falls apart for most vets. it will change you. it could make you bitter. it could make you stoic. who knows. veteran suicide rates are up there. i can guarantee most of your remaining innocence will probably fade. but then again, your wagie job will do this too. but you really shouldn't. you might still do it anyway tho. i was told not to and did it out of spite.
>>64704240>Tradesenjoy becoming picrel.>>64704432>If you wanna fuck up your joints and brain for 16k a year by all meanslol i was getting 148k/yr in hawaii before getting out.>I'd rather grind it out in an Amazon factory and get paid more and at least have my freedom. amazon is wagecuckery you'd be too tired and poor to have any freedom other than to smoke weed.
>>64704214>Anyways I see this thread was a failureNo. See it as a warning on how to approach your life. Your entire approach here is so fucking retarded that you don't even have the right starting questions OR attitude. I'll even break that shit down for you slightly. "nothing going on" is VERY different for different people. Can you flail your way through 2 years of community college or 4 years of state college without picking up huge debt and THEN go in? Are you functional in another language, particularly one that the US might shoot people in?Are we talking about Doordash class or living on EBT subwagie kind of "nothing going on"?Take a practice ASVAB and practice SAT and ACT just to have some idea of what's up. t. Professional community college counselor who's hung over and touring /k/.>>64704881That reminds me. A bunch of private trade schools are going to get the "this program ends up with it's students averaging NO more than someone with a high school diploma", and it's long fucking overdue.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64704077Yes, pick anything aside from combat arms, the lifehack is to pick a good POG job that will give you skills to get a good job once you leave the military, don’t listen to the chink and russian glowies from /pol/, believe me it will help.
Which is better? Steam or Electromagnetic Catapults?
>>64698963There is also sCO2, which they have recently put into commercial operation
>>64698963>>64704605China recently unveiled a nuclear-powered cargo ship that uses the TMSR + sCO2 combination. If this is a test bed for their upcoming nuclear carrier, then the carrier will likely use the same configuration.
>>64700469>how do you inspect a transistorBy measuring the on and off threshold, the leakage, and also the heat generated under some typified standard setting compared to the ideal range. But in any case it shouldn't be difficult or argued against to have a handful of spare modules on hand for critical, high wear parts of a device.
>>64698224EMALS since takes less space than steam catapults, this It can be deployed on any ship with enough deck space
>>64704951>shills the same post in every thread awardpeak wumao efficiency
So here is my glorious Century Arms AK after a fire and 4 years rusting in a scrap heap. A couple folks i know have been watching youtube and gotten into restoration, they are competing with each other to see what is the worst one they can fix. Well i'm gonna give it a try.As far as i can tell the lower and are fine, however all the sheet metal and most of everything else is unsalvageable. The plan is to whenever possible replace the irreparable components with items from a 'Asian parts kit' aka a Type 58. So what is my first step, put in a 5 gallon bucket of water, dump in some Borax and hook up a battery charger?
>>64704353>Do you have a milled receiverNope, looks like i can't really use this for that.I'll find out about the rest in a day or two when i get the bolt and trigger out. I may be misjudging the receiver thickness simply because i can bend the parts around the mag well; that has clearly been very badly softened. The barrel is a few degrees off, i think the whole thing got slightly bent when the house collapsed on it but i can see down the barrel and the barrel itself doesn't seem bent. I'll post more tomorrow after it has 12 hours to soak, maybe the sun will come out and i can run a battery charger for 5-6 hours to blast the hard to reach rust off of it.
>>64703555NTA, not sure what you exactly mean by that but just use a bore brush on a rod in a drill. Yes seriously. Or maybe plug the barrel up and fill it with rust remover beforehand as that makes rust renal a lot easier. Or, I don't suppose it happens to be chrome lined? That would make life easy...>>64703722This guy's recipe for rust remover/home made evaporust is the shit. I've used it on plenty of things. Stores in a 5 gallon bucket just like evaporust would, no mold or bacteria growing in it or anything even after months outside. Very stable and keeps well, strangely.
>>64703829>>64704392Try that Backyard Ballistics rust remover. Shouldn't harm anything that isn't rust, maybe even better than electrolysis. I know he compared it to evaporust, vinegar, and citric acid and it did less harm. I think he also compared it to electrolysis but I could be wrong. Very simple, tldr:>citric acid powder>water>washing soda (or slightly more using baking soda)>dawn dish soapThe rust literally wipes off and citric acid powder is like $7 @ Walmart.
>>64703457I did that trick to a shotgun someone found buried in his yard. I used baking soda I think. also you can't just hook up the battery charger to the gun. you need a sacrificial anode like inside your water heater. the other thing to keep in mind is that it only works with direct line of sight. it won't remove rust from the inside of something or anything that isn't facing your anode.
>>64704914I've done is several times in the past mostly on old tools. It's neat because you can actually see it just falling off. I need full sun to do it, my solar system is pretty small.
Do the upper echelon military dudes continue to train with firearms throughout their careers, or would they be completely useless in a fight?
>>64691064Very few to none these days. Back in the early 90's when I was first in a few big brass guys from the old days made a point about their range time. But even then they were a rare dying breed. They also didn't have a fucking fruit salad big enough to land a CH-47 on.. They actually had to do actual achievements for their ribbons. Hell, look at Dwight D. Eisenhower's uniform, then Norman Schwarzkopf's and compare either to that fucktard Mark Milley. Eisenhower was the fucking Allies Supreme Commander of God-damned World War two, Schwarzkopf ran Desert Shield/Storm with a war experienced Iraq.. Milley just ordered kids who chased niggers and camel fuckers in sandals and didn't fucking win shit... Tells you everything you need to know about how fucked the United States is and how far we shit ourselves in slipping values and standards. Our dress uniforms are starting to look as stupid as those north Korean shit show officer uniforms covered in fake awards.
>>64704594During the working there was a time when Hubs dipped out, and his whereabouts were unknown. Aquino brags about being the Moonchild from that ritual in the Mojave. His biological father's details are really murky.
>>64704719Really? I never knew that. Where did you find this information? Does he talk about it any of his books? I haven't read those.
>>64691064uselesstoo busy arguing semantics and diddling kids
>>64691064>Do the upper echelon military dudes continue to train with firearms throughout their careers,They do.>would they be completely useless in a fight?They would be useless.t. knower
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>>64704616Only if you do it with other people. And only if you are doing a combination of things (tactics, pt, shooting) Then it becomes "militia" training.
>>64704616you can get your anus investigated for "MILITARY AND MILITIA STYLE DRILLS AND TRAINING" which is arbitrary enough to mean almost anything, you can claim airsoft most of the time but again they can try to fuck you if they don't like the look of your penis after inspection if you're "militia training" while also posting your little funny hitler memes and other retardation on telegram you are absolutely going to get fucked because now you're a political problemarmour is PPE like your shooting glasses and earpro as long as your area of the country isn't gay and retarded (the east) you can wear it no problem and you only need your gun license to legally own itI want around the woods in full body armour and camo, no one says shit, neighbours are chill, never had a fish cop finger my anus, but I'm up north on the coast so your experience may vary
>>64704634>you can get your anus investigated for "MILITARY AND MILITIA STYLE DRILLS AND TRAINING" which is arbitrary enough to mean almost anything, you can claim airsoft most of the time but again they can try to fuck you if they don't like the look of your penis after inspectionSomeone in this country sure seems paranoid about being overthrown violently, huh? Wonder why they'd be so scared of that...It's also retarded but at least the man is open about their intentions, versus the states where literally every single 'militia' group is a honeypot. All of them. No hyperbole.
>>64704661Im developmental disable and I just wanna play guns in the woods with frens. Why is government so ablist.
>>64704373I sat quietly and thought to myself: "Perhaps our country deserves better.">Definitely a hate thought crime.
It literally never got more accurate than this.
>>64704439>I remember, for instance, the memoirs of a low-ranking officer in Napoleon's army. At one point he describes taking part in an engagement near some hamlet. For weeks he identified this action by the name of the hamlet, until he suddenly discovered that it was in the battle of Austerlitz that he had fought.
>>64703917They actually remark they had to pay to fix their hmmwv up before the spearthrust
>>64703917We are never actually told how Garza acquired his replacement hemmet
>>64703045The Tom Hanks destroyer captain movie was pretty good at showing how actual bridge crews work.
>>64704439Would you recommend the book? Last thread like this I saw other anons were saying the same thing and that it was about these young men from mostly sad backgrounds signing up hoping to be a hero. I think the show is interesting in how it shows the views of the ground pounders, but I'm also interested in the book's view. Currently working through the French Art of War right now. Which holy fuck I need to consult maps constantly to understand it, but that is pretty fun in and of itself
what 10/22 should i get? i like the wood carbine with iron sights but the slick one with receiver rail looks cool too. will i miss not having iron sights? is there any accuracy advantage to stainless barrel?
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>>64698895>Like $40?Show me a $40 Volq 10/22 rcvr. Anytime.
>>64703932I meant that they were selling take-offs from Ruger made rifles, anon. They do it for MK IVs as well. Just have to look in the clearance tab. $65 gets you a stripped receiver, looks like they may have bumped the price a little.https://volquartsen.com/inventory_configurations/7172?clearance=1Or 10 of them for $500 because apparently someone out there needs that many.https://volquartsen.com/inventory_configurations/8636?clearance=1And the MK IVs. Railed and threaded upper for $100 and short tapered barrel upper for $35.https://volquartsen.com/inventory_configurations/8071?clearance=1https://volquartsen.com/inventory_configurations/5098?clearance=1
>>64700616what model is that S&W?
>>6470490122142213 is the same thing silver
is it really worth it or overrated ?i mostly see cringy redditors use it for they commute i'd like to know if their bags are really that good before i drop 1k to replace my rig with theirs
>>64704375yeah i get it, i use some 20$ sleeping pad, not amazing but at least its like 400grbut ill probably get the sleeping padi might actually get more stuff than just the bags from them, i need to redo a belt and a few pouches
>>64704417I use a few of their things it's great for a snow or rainy environment
>>64702096>they can give and take bantzno the fuck they cant. you banned free speech from being insulted online.
>>64702455>>64702447the rats ganging up on the cat. i say leave them to fight off russia on their own, its the next step for putin plan to get his peepee hard and we all know it. let them get a taste of the old time russian totalitarianism. theyre all jumped up flyover hicks, bumpkins, rubes, yokels and failed gypsies with airs and delusions of grandeur. like a 4'11 mexican thinking he's Goku.
>>64702600yeah, the ones frothing at the mouth to finally kill all russians like a nation of john bolton in an indian warbonnet and g string, is sucking off Russia.
Was the Yugoslav military the 4th strongest military in the 80s-90s before it fell apart?
>>64694447>Aren't those both anise spirits?No, rakija is un-casked brandy bordering on moonshine. There's a lot of types though, I was talking about using something pretty plain, not far from vodka.
>>646784504th strongest on paper maybe, but as other people have noted it was a military that was>almost entirely compromised of short-term conscripts who, even prior to the breakup, were of dubious loyalty to a state increasingly dominated by Serbs>unable to develop nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles despite concerted effort>stuck with a very large, but also very obsolete stockpile of reserve equipment (the JNA basically never threw anything away)>stuck with a command structure that was still very much Soviet-style top-heavy, politically nepotistic, and tactically inflexible>deficient or even completely lacking in technological fields such as stealth, night vision, computers, and aeronautics
>>64695752>Slovenia>even remotely successfulIn a lot of global metrics, Slovenia is among top 15.
>>64699894>The way this was supposed to be done is exactly what Chinks are doing now: youre either Han or youre in reeducation center.There is no 'han' equivalent in Yugoslavia for fucks sake, retard.>just use more force bro
>>64704848>There is no 'han' equivalent in Yugoslavia for fucks sake, retard.Serbs think that everyone in the Balkans is a serb that can't speak Serbian properly or has the wrong religion. Except Albanians who they say were imported by Ottomans (don't ask why they speak a blend of Vulgar Latin and Illyrian).
Why were the huge Qing Dynasty armies so ineffective in the Opium Wars? They have to be the most one-sided wars in history.
>>64703077The lolcow nickname really seems to be getting to him.
>>64666880because chinese people suck at war next thread
Does he keep spamming this thread without bumping cause he's desperate to get the 'last word' in before the thread dies.
>>64704828Any and all anti-chink threads will get a taste or Rapechink appearing to shit up the thread sooner or later.
>>64704828It's really not so simple to explain how stark the difference is, being so restricted on the inside of the Great Wall, and having the freedom to REALLY fucking cut loose on topics like this, and feeling the social obligation to correct "the imperialists". It's an imperative defense as important as the seven dash line, and he will throw his own body there even if he's the only one..t. Has family that dates to 台灣日治時期, and has relatives in both 新竹 and 仙台市 to this day. Fucks like that REALLY want to tell me all about me.
I hope everyone has an uma-zing year!Previous thread: >>64694948>image limit reachedhttps://github.com/rcc11/4chan-sounds-player>uuuuuu (umadacchi) uuuuu (uma pyoi uma pyoi) uuuu (sukidacchi) uuuu (uma poi)
>>64704742Fucking disgusting
>>64704742Hot
>>64704742Goblins, Orcs, and Thieflings are gross and unfappable
>>64704892Agreed. Anything with green skin, for the most part, is a no go.
>>64704892not sure if thieflings is a slur against halflings or a misspelling of tiefling
Guys, I don't know how but he got inside.
>>64704357Sorry OP, you're going to the island.
>>64704357Fuck yamudda
Anthony Bourdain?
Have one shitpost. Have two.
>>64704357Good luck getting away with killing POTUS' best friend and Member of the Tribe
Pistol related but last question thread died a while ago. Are all 1911 .45 barrels interchangeable with all other 1911 models? I've got a Kimber and want a threaded barrel for it and I'm wondering if I should just get a Kimber barrel for it.
>>64704423>>64704430actually being able to see through it could be an issue but its your gun and your face we cant tell you its too low. might work fine for you.
>>64704423What gun? You can't physically get your head low enough to do that on an AR for example, but bolt actions place the comb at such a height that it's expected to mount the scope as low as possible and have the eyebox line up with nominal physiology
>>64704577Its on an ACR. desu when shouldering it, it doesn't seem bad at all. Guess I'll have to take it to the range to see if I like it this way or not. Might just be me since I'm a small person.
>>64704712All that matters is that it's comfortable for you, and that you can place your eye into the eyebox while in the shooting positions you use most
>>64704712Is the end of the scope touching the rail or is it just stupid close?
Listen Here You Little Shit EditionPost wood (furniture)Big RiflesBig BulletsFroppy Frens InsideThread theme ~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HUtwku8R9Q&list=RD1HUtwku8R9Q&start_radio=1As always; No Jannies, No TranniesPreviously, on X-men: >>64608347
A rainy start to '26. Nice, actually.
Good Night frens
tard question: can I run 7.62 nato through a 308 bolt action?
name a more kino theatre
>>64700960yes. they did many smaller platoon sized probing attacks but would often do company sized "human wave" attacksthere are accounts of M16 quad .50 cal halftracks, M19 dual 40 bofors AA vehicles directly firing in crowds of chinese soldiers.
>>64700521Just a bunch of lads having a jolly good time.
late middle ages
>>64700521south korea
>>64700960>Did the Chinese really just march Napoleon style into entrenched western positions?It was more Soviet style human wave attacks
