Military - March 2007

In many movies that have U.S. fighter pilots in them, whenever the pilot launches a missile they say "Box 3" or "Box 4" or whatever. What is the significance of the word box? My guess is that it's some kind of designation for the missile that is being launched, but I'm sure there's a better answer.

2007-03-04 07:59:05 · 3 answers · asked by john s 1

I am in need of numbers and dates. I am mostly referring to the continuous firebombings that occurred in 1945 before the dropping of the nukes. I know that the US was killing thousands a week but that wasn't enough and they were doing everything they could to kill faster. I need numbers, approximate dates and most importantly sources because this will need to be verified. How many died in particular raids is useless. I need weekly figures.

2007-03-04 07:50:54 · 4 answers · asked by Archknight 2

2007-03-04 07:37:14 · 7 answers · asked by The Lamb of Vista 3

population, how does the US military in Iraq win hearts & minds of the Iraqi civilians?

Do they live with the Iraqi people in the Sunni Triangle? Do they live with the Iraqi civilians in the Shiite/Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad? Do they live in the Iraqi villages in the Anabar province? And if they do how long do they live with them? A month, 6 months, a year, etc....?

2007-03-04 07:33:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

what are your views on the war on terror? Should the troops pull out? Im from Australia and from surveys on the news we think the Australians shoul how do you Americans fell? Do you think they are getting anywhere or they will succeed in what they are trying to do?

2007-03-04 07:30:11 · 17 answers · asked by Kenny K 4

to your fedaral lawmakers will you do it for them?

2007-03-04 07:29:02 · 9 answers · asked by tom the plumber 3

I have been in the Army for almost for 4 years I have just come back from Iraq last September. I now am within sight of my ETS in July (for active duty) and am now being told of deployment this September. Personally I dont mind deploying again however, i am getting married in July. If i deploy i will return next september (if i do) i will return only to see my wife in prep to deploy. What do I do. I know that i will just lose it if that happens. Maybe i am writing this for just someone to talk too. Any advise is great mental heath doesnt seem to care all to much. So please dont ask me to ssee them. If anyone has anything please let me know.

2007-03-04 07:27:27 · 20 answers · asked by David C 2

2007-03-04 07:05:07 · 7 answers · asked by miss d 2

Source: Lost Vietnam 30th April 75. Didn't the USA ( Government ) learn any kind of a lesson?

2007-03-04 07:04:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been considering joining the armed forces for a loong time but I was recently told that because i have flat feet, i will not be permitted to join! If this is true then thats just stupid, but i would like to know the reasoning behind this.
Please share any information or personal stories!!! Im seriously interested! I really want to hear personal exsperiences with our u.s army...is it really all its cracked up to be?!? Thanks so much guys. :-P

2007-03-04 07:04:04 · 10 answers · asked by ziomy 1

First, they are not "insurgents". Stop listening to rhetoric and instead read your dictionary: an insurgent is "an opponent to a constitutional government". The US is NOT the constitutional government of Iraq; they are an occupying army, hence those fighting the US are a _resistance_.

Second, if you wonder why they are losing, read on:

1) The US military is poorly equipped for urban warfare (you can thank Chicken George and Dumb Donald Rumsfelch for that).

2) You can't win a fight on the other guy's territory, nobody ever has except by genocide (ie. the British in Tasmania)

3) The US desperately tries to avoid even a single death, meanwhile the opposition are _willing_ to die in a 20:1 ratio. Even with that numeric advantage, the US doesn't have the heart, spine or stomach to fight a war of attrition. The resistance does.

In any fight, winning requires being able or willing to do what the other guy won't. The US clearly doesn't have the balls to do what it needs to do to win. And anyone who whines about the resistance's tactics (as some "answerers" have) is an idiot. These whiners seem to expect the resistance to walk in a line like the British redcoats, walking along and making it easy to shoot them.

As Donald Rumsfelch said, "You go to war with the army you have, not the army you'd like to have". The resistance have AK-47s, IEDs, suicide bombs and Molotov cocktails; guerilla war is the only way the resistance can win, so someone has to be stupid and infantile not to expect it.

Let's not also forget: the tactics of guerilla warfare (hit and run, shrapnel bombs, dressing in civilian clothes) were tactics the _US_ used to fight the British. And now these crybabies soil their diapers when an resistance uses the same tactics against them? If they don't like it, shouldn't do it, or better yet, go home and stop whining about it.

2007-03-04 06:51:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-04 06:47:21 · 14 answers · asked by noel m 1

ok my bf has to do a report on bombs of world war 2. And we cant figure any thing out because we cant find only thing and he need like 2 bombs at the most he had to have more than one.

2007-03-04 06:43:22 · 8 answers · asked by Brooke H 2

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=106253

i know the u.s has copied this aircraft and they call it f-22 raptor and jsf jet fighters , The korean, vietnam and other wars allready proved this as the u.s offered rewards to pilots of the countires the u.s were fighting to bring them a modern russian jets so they could steal russian technology as the russians are by far well ahead in the aeronomics and space tech then the u.s even to this present day.

2007-03-04 06:42:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

does China have any yet ? or Japan ? who else has them ?

2007-03-04 06:20:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-04 06:17:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've met enlisted people who have their Masters in various disciplines. I've met officers who have a BA in History, Literature, Philosophy, and Political Science...with admittedly poor grades. The military encourages officers to behave in a superior manner to enlisted. I was in the military as an enlisted man. It was the most demeaning experience of my life. I would never return to it. I remember going to sick call for strep throat, in serious pain, and having to wait for the doctors to put a band-aid on a reserve Air Guard Lieutenant's hand..who came in after I did. All I wanted was something for the pain. I was given nothing. The military was a totally humiliating experience and I discourage any young person from enlisting in the military. Does the military treat enlisted like scum and treat officers like royalty? The Army is the worst, I understand, and the Air Force is best as far as treatment of enlisted personnel. So, I can understand if opinions are a little skewed.

2007-03-04 06:03:33 · 19 answers · asked by michael p 3

Your choose...

2007-03-04 05:37:25 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-04 05:19:39 · 8 answers · asked by mso 463 1

Not so good it seems. America is racked with drugs and crimes. Perhaps the US military needs to be withdrawn from the middle east and used in the US where most of the people are dying from crime, drugs and natural causes and NOT from terrorism. Ooops..I forgot. Americans don't generally care about this because it happens mainly to minorities. Next question.

2007-03-04 05:18:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Americans couldn't care less than it already does about it's soldiers. The only group that cares less is America's own government who not only fails to supply them well, but fails to care for them as veterans. Ask yourself why America took 60 years to build a WW2 memorial for it's vets AFTER most of them were dead.

2007-03-04 05:03:54 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-04 04:56:41 · 1 answers · asked by smile please 3

I am trying to find a suitable future career for my boyfriend who is currently a submariner in the royal navy, preferably one which will be able to utilise the skills which he has gained from this job. I hope someone can help me, as I am completely stuck for ideas!

2007-03-04 04:48:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

They attack them constantly, try to demoralize them , and give
information to the enemy.

2007-03-04 04:42:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is the genocide in Darfur still going on?

2007-03-04 04:39:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a french Gras rifle, 11 mm in great shape with the bayonet. I understand that very few of these rifles exhist without the M80 modification. Mine has not been modified. How much is this rifle worth?

2007-03-04 04:34:19 · 3 answers · asked by Mark W 2

In the Movie "Pearl Harbor", there is a scene where you can see a newspaper called "The Honolulu Advertiser" reporting "Japan and U.S. Peace Talks Hopeful".
Is there any truth behind this claim?
Were peace talks between the two countries going on?
if so, where can I find info. on these peace talks??

2007-03-04 04:23:11 · 6 answers · asked by Ana E 2

In the Movie "Pearl Harbor", there is a scene where you can see a newspaper called "The Honolulu Advertiser" reporting "Japan and U.S. Peace Talks Hopeful".
Is there and truth behind this claim?
Were peace talks between the two countries going on?
if so, where can I find info. on these peace talks??

2007-03-04 04:22:40 · 2 answers · asked by Ana E 2

Unless we used nuclear weapons we wouldn't be able to win a war. Our military is small. What army we have is spread out very thin. Our youth are either fat video thumbs or apathetic drug users, so a draft would be futile.

We can only keep invading and killing and threatening for so long....

2007-03-04 04:21:43 · 9 answers · asked by Morgan 2

Compare them with today fighter pilots: Navy, Air Force, Marines, Isrealis, Russians, etc.

Who are the best of the best? The World War II Aces or today fighter pilots in their F-15's, F-18 Super Hornets, F-22 Raptors, F-117, etc.

You can add to the comparison the Vietnam War Aces or even the WW I pilots, what the heck.........I want to know who is the best of the best of the best!

Discuss.

2007-03-04 04:02:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous