Military - December 2006

2006-12-04 08:22:19 · 20 answers · asked by hero1 1

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Sea Knight helicopter carrying 16 Marines went down in a lake...( Yes! A Lake!! With a million SQ miles of sand..) west of the Iraqi capital in Anbar, killing four of them in the volatile province where an Air Force fighter jet crashed last week, the military said Monday.

The twin-rotor CH-46 helicopter from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing made the emergency landing Sunday near the shore of Lake Qadisiyah “in which the pilots maintained control of the aircraft the entire time,” the military said.

There are a million SQ miles of land and the Marines landed in a lake. What's wrong with this picture?

2006-12-04 07:57:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

and not the rest of the world? When the U.S is the only nation ever to actually use an atomic weapon.

2006-12-04 07:56:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 07:47:40 · 10 answers · asked by Crazyworldwartwofreak_657 1

He said it on Feb 2003.

2006-12-04 07:44:54 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 07:43:25 · 4 answers · asked by samy 1

My friend is going to sign up for the Army National Guard as part of their band. He says all he has to do is play music once a month and he gets free college. But that's not how it works is it? If the Army needs blood, they'll take their musicians, right? That's how I thought it worked. I think National Guard is a bad idea since they deploy more often than Army Reserves, and when their in Iraq they are not as experianced as their full time counterparts. I just want my buddy to look at this realistically. Do you have any evidence I can use?

2006-12-04 07:34:00 · 10 answers · asked by bowlingcap 2

I am prior AF, though I should mention I got sent home directly after tech school. I say that because I couldn't really tell you what day-to-day AF life is like. In any case, I've pretty much decided to re-enlist, though I'm having a hard time deciding between the Naval Reserve, and the AF reserve. Some initial impressions:

*Both have jobs I think I'd be satisfied with so that isn't a concern. If I enlist, I'd be working in the IT field. Any rough guesses as my chances of deployment? Do they usually give you an advance notice? Or do you just get that phone call in the middle of the night?

I'm not afraid of deploying, I understand that's a risk you take when joining up, I just want to be as prepared as possible.

*Any major difference in benefits between the two? I know the Navy has the "Navy College Fund", but I'm prior service so that wouldn't apply. Past that, anything else?

I guess that's really it, any other advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

2006-12-04 07:30:22 · 3 answers · asked by B. 1

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2006-12-04 07:28:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anti-illegal 1

how much does the military pay someone who is married and just started their active duty?

2006-12-04 07:26:41 · 10 answers · asked by JC 2

Dutch Defence Minister Henk Kamp on Monday awarded medals to soldiers whose withdrawal from the U.N. enclave of Srebrenica in 1995 led to the massacre of 8,000 Muslims, Europe's worst killings since World War Two.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04432891.htm

2006-12-04 07:23:48 · 6 answers · asked by Abularaby 4

I am a senior in high school, thinking of joining the military when I graduate. I've been looking into the military for about eight months now, never really lost interest. I think about a lot, every day, and I've changed my mind about which service I want to join about a billion times now. But every time I change my mind, I'm more confident of the decision and it takes me longer to change my mind again. So I must be getting somewhere. Anyway, my parents reccomend I go to college and do ROTC, but I want to enlist right now.. so I don't know what I should do. How long should I wait before making a decision?

2006-12-04 07:21:04 · 17 answers · asked by bowlingcap 2

Should talk toa recruiter. But I am debating back, and forth on this descion. But right now in my life I sort of hit a brick wall in reaching my goal at college. I am doing great in everything except for one subject, Math. An it has effected me from not getting any financial aid for my next semester. I am already two years in to college. My goal was to major in Law Enforcement in college, and to complete college. But that has sort of took a halt. I was curious about the military helping towards reaching my goal. Maybe it can get be some experience in law enforcement, and life. Also while playing a part in helping out my country. But I am debating back, and forth if it is a good choice, or not. I mean there are a lot of questions going through my mind. Can the military help with me getting experience for working in law enforcement? How long will I be away from home? Is it the right choice? Can it help me towards getting college credits, or tutions? Any input would be great. Thanks.

2006-12-04 07:15:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need to find a retired veteran

2006-12-04 07:14:20 · 5 answers · asked by tasha n 1

It is frequently used metaphorically by non-military persons to describe military campaigns characterized by small hope of victory, ( Like the Iraq war ) poorly-defined objectives and/or no clear exit strategy.

2006-12-04 06:56:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

TELL ME WHY

2006-12-04 06:55:11 · 6 answers · asked by mojojojo 2

May 1st, 2003. Mission accomplished......The Iraq people will have open arms and open hearts...The war will be short......War will be a pushover.....Fast forward to 2006.....Quagmire. Enjoy crow.

2006-12-04 06:54:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why Annan is not taking real actions but only complaining? If UN cannot stop the war from happening, nor can it help fix it, why it needs to exist?

UN peace force should replace the American troops in Iraq. This will give Iraqis more confidence that the entire world is trying to help them out, not just US, who may have an obvious hidden agenda.

If the world agrees with US that Saddam should be ousted, then every country should pitch in; if they don't agree, they need to oust US and take over the reestablishment.

The damage created by US has determined that it will never win respect in middle East, there will only be hatred in the next centry.

So the best strategy is to hand it over - this is what the study group should advise our clueless president.

2006-12-04 06:53:55 · 3 answers · asked by Spring Snow 2

2006-12-04 06:38:55 · 7 answers · asked by MexicanTlingitVisayan 2

I want to be an engineer or EOD. I want to know, when you join the Air Force, what are the odds of getting the job you asked for? Someone my friend knows signed up for some psycology job and they said they had no job openings and pushed him into infantry. Where can you go to check out the job outlook for a career in military?

2006-12-04 06:37:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

She's a sargeant I work with, much higher rank than me (E-4), her (E-6), well she likes me. I call her and she wants to wait until I officially get out so we want get in trouble for fraternization and messing with a lower enlisted. I'll be out completely in 2 weeks. I'm clearing now. Imagine that, she gave me orders at work, now I'm going to be giving her orders in the bedroom soon. Hahaha!

2006-12-04 06:33:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to be a Naval Intelligence Officer. I am in great shape, I am a graduate student, I specialize in Foreign Relations and Languages, etc...., I have a clean record, but I can't pass a flight aptitude test. I know that I don't have the aptitude to be a pilot, nor do I want to be. Why aren't military tests set up better? I believe that they could get more quality people if they looked at the person, and not some old standardized test that has nothing to do with the future job.

2006-12-04 06:15:52 · 5 answers · asked by Navy INTEL 1

Has anybody ever been to Fort Irwin in California? How is it there? The weather? The area? I would be thankful for ANY information about it!!!

2006-12-04 06:10:39 · 10 answers · asked by Zoom Zoom 2

2006-12-04 06:00:19 · 12 answers · asked by area52 6

2006-12-04 05:52:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 05:43:26 · 23 answers · asked by steph 1

other countires are not even allowed to have nuclear power stations and yet u.k is updateing it's nuclear submarine missiles and build 20 extra nuclear power stations?so what is this ,one law for the good and and none for the nazi's and it's allies?

2006-12-04 05:15:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

this apparent fantasy story made up by u.s soldiers that in the first few weeks of the war in iraq, an iraqi ambush attacked a small american engineering convoy, and this jessica lynch got taken hostage and then an operation was launched by u.s special forces to rescue her.well the truth came out even before she was rescued to the world media, she was taken to an iraqi hospital to get treated, then the doctors called the u.s military she was there and told them to take her away, all this was caught on camera, so once the u.s soldiers turned up they made up the sotry that they saved jessica lynch in a speacil operation. ha ha how pathetic did they look when the world was shown the truth on t.v what realy happened, she was told not to talk to the worlds media to save thier embaressement.how sad,this was just one of many hundreds of lies leading up to the war and after, the biggest was iraq haveing w.m.d's and haveing links with alqueda.don.t worry the worlds laughing at you.

2006-12-04 05:09:30 · 19 answers · asked by mr.truth 2

2006-12-04 05:07:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 04:59:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous