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    A true strategic corporal? MC leading the fight for print and airtime again! Not eneogh they own the news, now they need press time in Popular mechanics and OMNI too!
    meh.

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    Hopefully the big MC is not to wedded to this concept and will place it where it belongs in the "round" file.
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    Default Sounds like Manoeuvre Warfare to me

    They needed the "capability to transport small, mission-tailored units through space from any point on the globe to a contingency at any other point on the globe" within minutes of an order, according to a Marine document.
    Ahhh! Note the words "small" "Mission tailored" and "through space". Could they mean "not effective" "pretend to save money" and "impossible?"
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    Everyone laughs now, but when that meteor takes out Rio and we declare war on the bugs, you'll be glad we have these.

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    Yet another adventure into Bizarro World.

    The people who actually allow these "concepts" to reach fruition should face a General Court Martial.

    Complete and utter bull####.
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    Default I'm with Pat!

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    Everyone laughs now, but when that meteor takes out Rio and we declare war on the bugs, you'll be glad we have these.
    Everybody jumps, everybody fights.

    Don't miss the recall brothers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CR6 View Post
    Everybody jumps, everybody fights.

    Don't miss the recall brothers.
    well if Denise R is flying the ship, I am staying on board

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Odom View Post
    well if Denise R is flying the ship, I am staying on board
    I thought you'd be looking for a position along the lines of the Col Carl Jenkins type (NP Harris AKA Doogie Howser, MD):
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    We're in this war for the species, boys and girls. It's simple numbers. They have more. And every day I have to make decisions that send hundreds of people like you to their deaths.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wm View Post
    I thought you'd be looking for a position along the lines of the Col Carl Jenkins type (NP Harris AKA Doogie Howser, MD):
    Nope, Doogie don't have the booty

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