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Could have been so simple and straightforward.

- Identify the transpo logistics of what it would take to get everyone in each base out. Set a timetable and constantly check it. Meeting/not meeting timed goals would/would not have you initiate the next level of draw down.

- Initiate a structured draw down to close FOBS/COPS/FBs, etc out in the middle of nowhere and have the units and equipment recycle back to whatever main installation they are 'attached to.

- Only initiate operations that will keep/push any enemy activity away from those installations as well as task them to cover the draw downs at outside FOBS.

- Issue a 'Kessel Order' for all of the large logistical installations. Adjust ROE to basically 'no one comes close to here or we blow you up'.

- Systematic logistical airlift evacuations at the larger installations to constantly have personnel not 'guarding the castle' or performing rear guard draw down operations out. Keep these running in line with the time table to initiate the next phase(s) of draw downs.

- Begin demo of any assets/equipment deemed to be left behind as they come in

- Once the only people left were the guys holding down the fort and everyone/everything else was accounted for, initiate destruction/disabling the installations (i.e. destroy runways, buildings, etc)


You would have known, if I were the base commander, that we had left Bagram because you would have been able to see the fire from 10 miles away.

Instead, we're negotiating with the fucking taliban of who is going to 'protect' what while we're there. The worst part is, we totally did this to ourselves; there was ZERO reason we needed to GTFO like a meth junkie who was just told the cops were coming.

I’ve got a GE French door deal with freezer on bottom, less than 4 years old and for whatever reason, the bottom part of the refrigerator is freezing crap and the top part is like 60 degrees and keeps ruining my meat. Any ideas? Freezer part is fine.

I guess that Xiden actually meant building back the Taliban better.

Here's what they have to work with!




But don't worry... they don't have the Interwebs or Smartphones or trained cadre to teach them how to use it.

Build back better indeed!

Sirhr

Doing some liquidating.


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Hi, so about a year-and-a-half ago I left 150 rounds of Black Hills 77 grain TMK in a trash bag during moving (facepalm) which sat in the rain for two days straight, it wasn't submerged but it definitely got wet.

I was comparing this original TMK with some newer boxes I picked up and noticed the new stuff has some sealant around the primer and neck casing.

My question is should I be worried this stuff sat outside for 48 hours in the rain albeit not submerged? I've read that BH stuff is "Water Resistant" but I only see the sealant on the new boxes I have.

Attached below are some side by side comparisons of the 2 different lots.

Thanks!

We have quite a few N-Vision Optics Nox 35 coming in Tuesday 8-31-21 and 2 are not spoken for yet:

This happened at the FOD match yesterday, I shot two rounds, wasn’t able to close my bolt, jacked the live round out, and finished the stage to find this… was this just old brass or perhaps another issue?

Been a while since I’ve been on the hide. I’m still waiting on a build that I posted about on here a while back, which should be nearing completion soon so the anticipation has been killing me. In the mean time I’ve been trying to gather up some reloading equipment and components to keep myself occupied until then. I’ve also been brainstorming components do another build when this one is finished. The build I’m waiting on is a 300 PRC based on a Bat Vampire action and centered around the idea of a putting together a light weight all purpose 30 cal. I’m not sure which direction I’m going to go next but I’ve been doing some research on different calibers to try to decide. If you flip through a reloading handbook chances are you’ll probably come across quite a few cartridges you’ve never seen before or run across something you may have heard of but don’t know much about since it’s not commonly used or discussed, then you read the ballistics on it and you think to yourself, damn that is an extremely capable cartridge. I’ve come across several and it got me thinking, if you could create your own ultimate wildcat cartridge using anything out of a reloading handbook what would it be? We are seeing a lot of cool new cartridges come out these days and it seems like the parent case is usually something that’s been around for quite some time that’s tried and true then it’s tied into something a little more modern. And the possibilities almost seem endless. Im a sucker for .30 cals, so I was looking at the .340 Weatherby. The ballistics on this round are pretty impressive for the time period it came out, Weatherby introduced it to compete with the 338 Win Mag and I think they knocked it out of the park with the .340 WBY. With the right configuration of powder it can launch a 250 grain pill 2,900 fps and I’m sure if tuned correctly it could easily reach 3,000 fps. I know absolutely nothing about making Wildcat cartridges so I may sound like an idiot here lol, but If I were capable of building my own cartridge, I think I’d take the .340 Weatherby and get rid of the double radius shoulder and replace it with the 338 lapua shoulder and then trim the neck to get the proper cartridge length. Not really a wildcat per say, just modifying the case I guess but I’d love to see what a .340 WBY modernized like this would do. What would you build?

2 beautiful rifles up for sale or trade.

The blueprinted(trued) by West Texas Ordinance Remington 700 Chambered in WTOs 7MM SAW cartridge in a 28 inch Bartlien MTU contour barrel, with WTO switchlug on the action and a Seekins rail. Has a Timney "THE HIT", of course can be taken out and a price drop if you have your own preference. Custom whidden dies, along with some lapua palma brass
$1600 cash price OBO Barreled Action $1350 no trigger. Dies and brass will go with it.

Winchester 70 S.A 22-250 Heavy Varmint. Very smooth rifle, polished action, and a trigger job very crisp light trigger, 1.5LB pull. Factory HS precision stock to top it off. Have some brass and a few loaded rounds I have 1 inch and 30mm rings for it.
$800 OBO
Shipping would be from FFL to FFL. And shipping cost is on you, I do drive from west texas to middle of Oklahoma

So after 17 years of matches I’m finally flying to one. I’ve driven up to 15 hours, but 20 is just too far. What can I put in my carryon? I would like to put binos and bipod in backpack, and then match backpack, ammo and bags in suitcase with clothes. Rifle case with rifle, tripod, 3 mags, and TSA locks is 49.6 pounds.

Selling for a friend.
Manners PRS 2 with mini chassis. Inlet for REM clones.
1.20” barrel channels
Name are stickers easily removable
$900 each
One sold

I know I am not going to get OSS type of minimal blowback back in my gun but the can seems to make my rifle run harder than a sandman s. It is a Domnius SR that I used on a Triarc barrel 10.5 and a Criterion Hybrid barrel. Both chucked my brass at the 2 and slammed the buffer back.

I want to try this on a SR-25. Any experience with using this can on a SR-25 or a SCAR 20s? I am going to run the OSS's on my sbrs.

So I shot an NRL-22 match today here in Colorado. A good shooter who I know, and who shall remain nameless, was tearing up the "standing offhand" stage by squatting, like he was taking a shit in the forest, resting both elbows on both knees, thereby gaining some stability, that the traditional-position offhand shooters were of course missing.

The rest of us "traditional-position" competitors were standing, like normal people standing, like rimfire silhouette shooters do, per NRA rules, thinking that we were following the spirit of the NRL-22 rules.

The squatting dude, who I shall call "the shitter," even though I like him, and am not trying to crap on him personally, was cleaning the targets, as intended, with his improved, non-traditional, "standing" position, like he was on a shitter in the woods. OK....

I was squadded with the MD, who said that this was "under conversation" with NRL management, or whatever. Bull fucking shit! Gamers do what gamers gotta do, right? This is my view, anyway....

So why hasn't NRL-22 management addressed this matter, not that I GAF, as I do not compete in NRL-22 except today? Is it even an issue?

I have 10 (possibly more) boxes of 147gr 6.5 Hornady ELD Match. Looking to trade for either 140gr ELD match or 77GR Black Hills TMK.

Thanks!

Looking to get a bigger box for work. Have a master force 56x25 now . Looking at a master force 72x25 or a tool vault 72x 30 .
I’m not paying 14k from snap on or Mac.
do any of you guys have a tool vault?? I’d like to know what you think of it?
Thank you.

Any hunters in the Colorado front range willing to let me tag along, help schlep some gear/meat around? I want to start hunting but don’t know the first thing about actually getting in the woods, despite growing up in IL whitetail country. I’m not asking to be taken on my first tag fill or looking to take over someone’s secret spots, I just want to get some basic, firsthand experience and am willing to carry some shit as a trade for some knowledge. I’m 41 and haven’t been to the gym in ~5 years(kids kinda cramp your gym rat habit) so I’d appreciate something not a million miles away and above tree line. Pretty please, with sugar on top

I thought this was interesting . I recall Dirty D mentioning he served on it at one time

Most of the U.S. service members killed in a terrorist bomb attack have been identified through various reports.

One bomb went off near the Abbey Gate of U.S.-held Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, late on Aug. 26 local time. Pentagon officials said that 10 Marines, one Navy corpsman, and two U.S. Army soldiers were killed by the suicide bombing. At least another 18 service members were wounded.


The deaths mark the first U.S. military combat-related deaths in Afghanistan since February 2020.

The terrorist group ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, bragging about a suicide bomber “managing to penetrate all the security fortifications” put into place by U.S. forces and the Taliban.

The ISIS terrorist “managed to reach a large gathering of translators and collaborators with the American army, and then he detonated his explosive belt,” the group said in a statement. It claimed the attacker was able to get within five meters of U.S. troops at an eastern gate to the airport. Another explosion struck a nearby hotel, the Pentagon said.

President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States would strike ISIS in retaliation for the bombings.

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The U.S. military carried out a counterterrorism drone strike against a member of the ISIS-K terrorist group in Afghanistan early on Saturday local time, according to U.S. Central Command.

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In a statement, CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said that the U.S. military forces “conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner.”

The U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Army haven’t yet publicly released the identities of the killed service members. The Epoch Times has reached out to them for that information.

However, 11 of the slain service members including 9 Marines, 1 Navy corpsman, and 1 soldier, have been identified, according to various reports.

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David Lee Espinoza, 20, Texas​

Marine Corps Lance Corporal David Lee Espinoza, a Marine from Laredo, Texas, joined the military after high school and was remembered as a hero by his mother.

“He was just brave enough to go do what he wanted and to help out people. That’s who he was, he was just perfect,” his mother, Elizabeth Holguin, told the Laredo Morning Times.

Espinoza’s death was confirmed earlier by Rep. Henry Cuellar (R-Texas). The congressman’s press secretary, Dana Youngentob, said Pentagon representatives visited Cuellar’s Washington office to inform him of Espinoza’s death. Cuellar’s office also received an official death notice from the Pentagon.

In a statement, Cuellar said Espinoza “embodied the values of America: grit, dedication, service, and valor. When he joined the military after high school, he did so with the intention of protecting our nation and demonstrating his selfless acts of service.”

Cuellar concluded, “The brave never die. Mr. Espinoza is a hero.”

Taylor Hoover, 31, Utah​

Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Taylor Hoover, of Utah, had been in the Marines for 11 years and was remembered as a hero who died serving others, his father Darin Hoover said.

“He is a hero. He gave his life protecting those that can’t protect themselves, doing what he loved serving his country,” said Darin Hoover, who lives in a Salt Lake City suburb.

He said he heard from Marines throughout the day Friday who said they are grateful they had his son as their sergeant.

“They look back on him and say that they’ve learned so much from him,” Darin Hoover said. “One heck of a leader.”

His father said his son was also a best friend to his two sisters and loved all his extended family. He had a girlfriend in California and was the kind of guy who “lit up a room” when he came in, his father said.

Nate Thompson of Murray, Utah, first met Hoover when they were 10 years old in Little League football. They stayed friends through high school, where Hoover played lineman. He was undersized for the position, but his heart and hard work more than made up for what he lacked in statute, Thompson said. As a friend, he was selfless and kind.

“If we had trouble with grades, trouble with family or trouble on the field, we always called Taylor. He’s always level-headed, even if he’s struggling himself,” he said.

Ryan Knauss, 23, Tennessee​

Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was remembered as a motivated man who loved his country and was looking forward to coming back to the United States and eventually moving to Washington, family members told WATE-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Knauss’ grandfather, Wayne Knauss, told the television station that the family received word of Knauss’s death on Friday, and funeral services were being planned. Knauss said his grandson attended Gibbs High School and grew up in a Christian home.

“A motivated young man who loved his country,” Wayne Knauss said. “He was a believer, so we will see him again in God’s heaven.”

Stepmother Linnae Knauss said Ryan planned to move to Washington after he returned to the United States.

“He was a super-smart hilarious young man,” she said.

Hunter Lopez, 22, California​

Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez, whose parents work at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in Southern California, was a sheriff’s Explorer for three years before joining the Marine Corps in September 2017, Sheriff Chad Bianco said.

Bianco said Lopez planned to follow in his parents’ footsteps and become a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy after his deployment.

Rylee McCollum, 20, Wyoming​

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Rylee McCollum, a Marine and native of Bondurant, Wyoming, was married and his wife is expecting a baby in three weeks, his sister, Cheyenne McCollum, said.

“He was so excited to be a dad, and he was going to be a great dad,” McCollum said. She said her brother “was a Marine before he knew he was allowed to be a Marine … He’d carry around his toy rifle and wear his sister’s pink princess snow boots and he’d either be hunting or he was a Marine. Sometimes it would be with nothing on underneath, just a T-shirt.”

This December 2019 photo provided by Regi Stone shows Eli Stone (L) and Rylee McCollum at Christmas in Stone’s house in Jackson, Wyo. Rylee McCollum, of Bondurant, Wyo., was one of the U.S. Marines killed in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan according to his sister, Roice McCollum. (Regi Stone via AP)
McCollum said her brother wanted to be a history teacher and a wrestling coach once he completed his service. Another sister, Roice McCollum, told the Casper Star Tribune that her brother was on his first deployment when the evacuation in Afghanistan began.

“We want to make sure that people know that these are the kids that are sacrificing themselves, and he’s got a family who loves him and a wife who loves him and a baby that he’ll never get to meet,” Cheyenne McCollum said.

Regi Stone, the father of one of Rylee McCollum’s friends, described McCollum as “a good kid,” who was resilient, smart, and courageous. Stone shared a note that his wife, Kim, sent to their son Eli Stone, who is also in the military and deployed elsewhere. In the note, Kim wrote that she remembered telling the friends to run the other way if they had to go in first and that both of them said, “If we die doing this, we die doing what we love.”

Kareem Mae’Lee Grant Nikoui, 20, California​

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kareem Mae’Lee Grant Nikoui, of Norco, California, sent videos to his family hours before he died, showing himself interacting with children in Afghanistan. In one of the clips, he asked a young boy to say hello.

“Want to take a video together buddy?” Nikoui said, leaning in to take a video of himself with the boy. “All right, we’re heroes now, man.”

Close family friend Paul Arreola said the videos show “the heart of this young man, the love he has.”

“The family is just heartbroken,” he said. Arreola described Nikoui as an “amazing young man” full of promise who always wanted to be a Marine and set out to achieve his goal. He is survived by his parents and three siblings.

“He loved this country and everything we stand for. It’s just so hard to know that we’ve lost him,” he said, crying.

Nikoui was also in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC). The Norco High School Air Force JROTC posted on Facebook that he was “one of our best Air Force JROTC cadets” and that “Kareem was set on being a Marine & always wanted to serve his country.”

The city of Norco said Friday in a post on social media that Nikoui’s name will be enshrined on a memorial wall in the city.

Daegan Page, 23, California​

Marine Corps Corporal Daegan William-Tyeler Page served in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment based at Camp Pendleton, California, and planned to go to a trade school and possibly become a lineman after his enlistment ended, his family said in a statement.

Page was raised in Red Oak, Iowa, and in the Omaha metro area, and joined the Marines after graduating from Millard South High School. He is mourned by his girlfriend, parents, stepmom and stepdad, four siblings, and grandparents, the family said in a statement released by a family friend. The statement said the family did not wish to speak to the media at this time.

“Daegan will always be remembered for his tough outer shell and giant heart,” the statement said. ”Our hearts are broken, but we are thankful for the friends and family who are surrounding us during this time. Our thoughts and prayers are also with the other Marine and Navy families whose loved ones died alongside Daegan.”

Johanny Rosario, 25, Massachusetts​

Marine Corps Sergeant Johanny Rosario, a native of Lawrence, Massachusetts, graduated from Lawrence High School, Boston 25 News reported.

Lawrence School Committee member Jonathan Guzman said Rosario was “a wonderful person with a kind heart.”

“It hurts to see a classmate, a friend, an LHS alumni, a young lady, a proud Lawrencian, a wonderful person with a kind heart taken from this world by the hands of hatred!” Guzman wrote in a Facebook post. “Johanny Rosario, your city will honor you! That is a promise! Thank you for your patriotic service! My heart goes out to your family during this unwelcome event, as well as the other 12 soldiers who died in Afghanistan.”

Humberto Sanchez, Indiana​

Marine Corps Corporal Humberto Sanchez from Logansport, Indiana, was a graduate of Logansport High School, WLWT Newsreported.

Both Mayor Chris Martin and the Logansport Community School Corporation confirmed the news on Facebook Friday, though Martin did not identify Sanchez by name.

“Our corporation mourns the loss of US Marine Humberto Sanchez, a graduate of Logansport High School … Our deepest condolences are with the Sanchez Family and the entire Cass County community,” the Logansport Community School Corporation wrote in a Facebook post.

“[It’s] even more heartbreaking is learning the news today that one of those killed was from right here at home in Logansport, Indiana,” Martin wrote in a Facebook post. “This young man had not yet even turned 30 and still had his entire life ahead of him. Any plans he may have had for his post-military life were given in sacrifice due to the heart he exhibited in putting himself into harm’s way to safeguard the lives of others.”

Jared Schmitz, 20, Missouri​

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz grew up in the St. Louis area and was among a group of Marines sent back to Afghanistan to assist with evacuation efforts, his father, Mark Schmitz, told KMOX Radio.

Mark Schmitz said his son always wanted to be a Marine. He said he learned of his son’s death when the Marines came to his home in Wentzville, Missouri, at 2:40 a.m. Friday.

“This was something he always wanted to do, and I never seen a young man train as hard as he did to be the best soldier he could be,” Schmitz said of his son. “His life meant so much more. I’m so incredibly devastated that I won’t be able to see the man that he was very quickly growing into becoming.”

Maxton Soviak, 22, Ohio​

U.S. Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak from Berlin Heights, Ohio, was a graduate of Edison High School.

“Our nation mourns the loss of Navy Corpsman Max Soviak, whose uncommon courage in the face of unfathomable danger ensured the safe passage of countless civilians. We will never be able to repay the debt we owe him, but we will be forever grateful for his willingness to serve when America needed him most. Our hearts go out to his family during this time, and we lift them up in prayer that they may find comfort in his memory,” Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) said in a statement.

Edison High School Superintendent Thomas C. Roth said Maxton was “well respected and liked by everyone who knew him.”

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A Marine officer who filmed a viral video says that he’s risking his career of nearly two decades to call out senior military and civilian leaders for failures in Afghanistan.

Lt. Col. Stu Scheller posted the video on social media hours after a blast in Kabul killed 13 U.S. troops. He appears in uniform and responds directly to Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger's letter to troops and veterans asking whether the nearly 20-year-long war in Afghanistan was worth it.

“The reason people are so upset on social media right now is not because the Marine on the battlefield let someone down,” Scheller says. “People are upset because their senior leaders let them down. And none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability or saying, ‘We messed this up.’ ”


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