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What a cool job.

One positive outcome of the Vietnam War: enough time was bought in which to shore up Thailand in the face of its Communist insurgency, and that country plus Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, all of...

The thing I don't get is that China has done very well out of America, including and especially use of the world's sea lanes courtesy of the US Navy. If it hadn't been for America, the Chinese middle...

I hope this is the right subforum.

I've just finished The Village by Francis J. 'Bing' West:http://www.amazon.com/Village-Bing-West/dp/0743457579/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323481657&sr=8-2 .

This...

Thanks for the tip.

I've found Kindle promising, useful, yet irritating so far. How can I cut-and-paste (I've been retyping)? How can I cite the text in uni assignments?

I'd be delighted to...

I my experience - limited to cadets, Warrant Officers were simply senior NCOs who were Company Sergeant Majors, the Regimental Sergeant Major, and perhaps other HQ types, all of whom presumably did...

If the police have lost control of the city, that constitutes a small war, in my view. It ceases to be criminal action and becomes an inherently political situation. After all, surely the core...

I've seen this with a .22 semi-automatic (the only semi-autos available to civilians in Australia). It was impressive - the volume was impressive, we didn't consider accuracy. Now you mention it, it...

Thanks Ken. This is interesting because the general sense I get from this thread in its entirety is that suppressive fire should be used only as a very brief initial response, to be replaced quickly...

I second that.

Would tracer have a suppressive psychological effect? Or would it merely serve to highlight how poorly aimed and useless and laughable one's fire is?

Has anyone here experienced incoming suppressive fire? Did it work?

Thanks Ken White and JMA.

So, ideally, give them full-auto and train them properly. If - and only if - proper training is unavailable, giving them semi-auto only is then a strategy available to...

One thing that I often wonder about but have just managed to articulate is pressure to return fire, especially social pressure. It seems to me that often one would have no idea, or only a vague idea,...

This might be a good point for me to display my ignorance.

The L110 LMG (called the FN Minimi in Australia, if I am not mistaken), is called "the noisemaker" and the GPMG (which in this case...

What do you think about the idea of issuing semi-only rifles to the troops, or to the new troops? Would you support it?

From my desk thousands of kilometres from Afghanistan, my impression is that the Germans have been crippled by particularly strict Rules of Engagement. I think this is criminal. I have come to...

How did your thesis go, Zack?

I'd love to see a copy.