Military - December 2007

2007-12-13 07:40:17 · 18 answers · asked by donahuecallmephil 1

What do you think of the war in Iraq.Do you think it is wrong?

2007-12-13 07:39:58 · 9 answers · asked by John S 1

I am thinking about joing the air force. I have questions.
1. What is the minimum inlisted years for air force electrician.
2, If I am an electrician in the air force will this qualify me to start a electricians business after discharge?
3. If I am shipped to germany or japan, will they teach me foriegn language?
4. Will they ship my car to me or ship one back to the states?(I buy on there)
5. What is salary for a electrician?
6. I am in southern ohio. Will I be trained in Willmington posibly?
7. Did you enjoy your service in the air force?
8. Add anything else you might want to tell me.
9. P.S. I am techinically considered to have asthma(my mom has it) but I never have symptoms. Can I stil join?(i really wnat to know this one)
10. College Money before and after enlistment(info on both)
Thanks for any answers

2007-12-13 07:36:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 07:20:25 · 11 answers · asked by kelly_husch 1

I like much of what Ron Paul stands for. However, I don't like the fact that he seems so anti-war, that he comes accross as though we shouldn't have attacked Affghanistan. That is an entirely different war than Iraq. Additionally, most of the world was on our side with Afghanistan. He comes accross as opposed to both wars and not just Iraq. His views on limited taxes, no IRS, homeschooling, exc... I agree on all that. However, sometimes foreign intervention is necessary, and why would he think we can actually negotiate with the Taliban, and we were right in taking them out for harboring people whose objective is to kill thousands of civillians and millitary. Feedback???

2007-12-13 07:08:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im a girl looking to join the military- Army or Air Force. Preferrably Air Force. I have short jawline hair that is super curly and frizzy. How can I deal with this at basic??

Also, I have 25 lbs to lose before I can enlist in the Air Force. What are some ways I can lose it fast? I work out 3-4 times a week as my schedule allows and I eat decent. But it will NOT come off! I've been trying since January and I'm at the same place I was when I started. My metabolism is screwed up from losing 40 lbs before the wrong way. I just dont know what to do and I want to achieve my goal from 7th grade! College life isnt for me! Help!!!!

2007-12-13 07:05:12 · 8 answers · asked by ilovelucy8806 1

He was an E6 when he went off active duty, and got his e7 about 3 years ago. He's talking about going back active, but he's worried he won't keep his rank.

2007-12-13 06:39:28 · 6 answers · asked by stephanieoftexas 2

2007-12-13 06:26:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

And I heard that these cases are brushed under the carpet to keep reputations clean. I am female and in my first year of medicine and would love to become an army medic. Do any of you have experience of how women are treated?

2007-12-13 06:25:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am white, male, non secetarian, draft dodger.

2007-12-13 06:25:15 · 5 answers · asked by Tom C 1

Do you agree that we have to be country of laws as oppose to the counrty of commander-in-chief?

"On a 222-199 vote, the House approved a measure to require intelligence agents to comply with the Army Field Manual, which meets the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war prisoners and prohibits torture."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071213/pl_nm/security_usa_torture_dc

2007-12-13 06:23:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 06:12:04 · 13 answers · asked by Toy 1

or do they not mind because they know why they are there and what they are fighting for.
i would appreciate actual soldiers to answer this one. its for my speech class.

2007-12-13 05:55:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I cannot find a copy of Korean bar secrets 2. It was also once known as Keys to the kingdom. The book is written by Paul Allen Keys. I am putting this in the military forum because the book is about Osan AB and the town outside the gate, Songtan. Can anyone help me find a copy of this book or does anyone have a copy they would like to sell?

2007-12-13 05:07:37 · 2 answers · asked by thewedge226 2

If all modern weapons were suddenly gone from our world except the ones where you have to face your opponent and kill him with an axe, sword, spear, or pike and the like would civilized countries be so willing to go to war these days?

2007-12-13 05:00:38 · 19 answers · asked by garden witch 2

2007-12-13 04:56:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let's say that , hypothetically speaking, someone was on the Delayed entry program for the military, but did not quite come clean about some things in the past. If that person told the truth after already having a contract and being on DEP, and it made him inelligible of joining, would that count as fraudulent enlistment with all of those consequences, or would it not be fraudulent enlistment untill after one already did recruit training, and all of that?

2007-12-13 04:55:00 · 8 answers · asked by Michael Clayton 3

2007-12-13 04:48:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

As we all know we don't have good memories from Somalia when we were there but isn't it time to take actions. The Ethiopian army is not doing there job in protecting the Somalian people from radical Islamist insurgents. Last time we checked we were fighting a War on Terrorism. Wouldn't you consider these insurgents terrorists. It's beleived that they have links to the Al Qeada group. Somalia has turned into the worst crisis in Africa. 200000 people have left the country. What should the US do sit back and watch or take action?

2007-12-13 04:39:10 · 11 answers · asked by Victor A 2

2007-12-13 04:37:16 · 11 answers · asked by timon_dude 2

To bad" MERRY CHRISTMASS = YOU ALL

2007-12-13 04:25:29 · 29 answers · asked by george 5

2007-12-13 04:20:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 04:19:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 03:52:28 · 4 answers · asked by ProudCoastieWifey 1

Short version of my story: College graduate, mid twenties, entrepreneur, fashion model, & my mind has been made up to enlist. Why enlist instead of the OTS program? My g.p.a just missed the 3.0 requirement. What should I make sure to ask the recruiter before signing up to make sure I am making the right decision?

2007-12-13 03:40:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

was world war 1 the first war or was it one of the first wars?

2007-12-13 03:25:38 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can't remember if the wording is 100% correct, but the jist of it is
"Of all those who pray for peace, none prays more than the soldier. For he is the one who must fight the war."
Please make any neccessary corrections.
Thanks!

2007-12-13 03:21:54 · 2 answers · asked by ? 3

What is the average time in the army for a 0-1 to move up through the ranks? I am on the enlisted side now and I have the TIS Im just trying to find out if I get commissioned how long I should expect to spend TIG in order to move up through the ranks.

2007-12-13 02:54:13 · 3 answers · asked by name 1

1. An Iowa class battleship has way to much armor to be pierced by Cruise missile or harpoon because cruise missiles carry only a 1000lb warhead and usually intercepted which is why they are never shot at ships often (or is there a chance to shoot them at another ship) and harpoons only have a 500lb warhead but not strong enough to pierce the Iowa since the harpoon lack the ability that most ww2 bombs did “Steel on target”.

2. The modern guns of the Battleship can rip a modern destroyer/cruiser in half, and a CV would be dead in the water after one hit or unable to launch aircraft if it got hit on top of it, Hell I think even a harpoon missile could do that if it was not intercepted!

3. True battleships can be targeted by Subs but that is why you usually have battleships screened by a destroyer or with subs, just like with any carrier fleet today.

4. Modern advances in the battleships could be made today at the cost little since ramjet projectiles have already been successfully tested and fired at 100nm with good accuracy and even with an improved warhead of HMX or RDX explosive.

5. Arguing the Battleships reactivation cost is useless since reactivation and modernization together costs as much as a modern missile frigate which I have come to view as being quite interesting since a BB can threaten a whole city conventially.

6. Manpower is a joke since it takes 5000+ men to run a CV when a Iowa class Battleship takes 1,921 men at maximum capacity (minimum is 800+) and with greater firepower and if range is a problem the Pentagon has already said they want more Tomahawks in the war on terrorism so the amount of tomahawks deployed on each battleship would be increased about 3x as much as they were in the Persian gulf.

7. A battleship can make decisions easier when invading on a beach easier than a destroyer using tomahawk missiles and a puny 5in gun that couldn’t make craters in runways of enemy airports.

8. Battleships have all weather status and are not affected by any kind of weather including hurricanes.

9. A Battleships will only take 1-2 million a year to maintain. At the same time an aircraft carrier cost's several Millions to replace missiles and aircraft (if it wasn’t for the people who put money into the navy’s pocket because they have a house onboard the ship, we would have much less amount of Super carrier’s today).

10. Reactivation and Modernization will only take 1-2 years.

11. Reactivation costs are $500 million and modernization is $2 billion.

12. to further Technology of the Battleships would cost an additional million if not less for the projectiles to be but into production.

13. True no such personnel know or are trained to operate a battleship main gun but can easily be taught if trained properly since manning the main guns is an easy task just as with any gun.

14. Some reports have indicated a battleship's main guns could be used as anti aircraft if the time detonation fuses could be computer operated with its target and shoot 10mm sabot shells plus shrapnel when shell explodes allowing it to be used as an: anti-air, anti-missile, and even anti-ballistic missile some cases said they mixed ramjet rounds with this shell design that it would be able to take out ICBM’s!

15. Some or all 5" guns could be removed when the new ERGM comes out to replace the older 5” guns if you wanted to.

16. No ship or missile in the world is designed to take out the battleship with one shot or with many massed attacks.

17. Battleship Survivability is truly since the Iowa class battleship mostly consists of thick amounts of “Class A Steel” belt armor reinforced by large Bulk heads and Barbettes.

18. True the turrent on the USS Iowa did explode but it only did so little damage to the ship that it can easily be repaired and which was considered in the GAO Reports I read so that turrent has already been included into the mathematics of reactivating the battleships plus even after the explosion it did not render the whole ship inoperable could it have been with a modern destroyer or frigate.

19. True Air Superiority is necessary but when it comes down to shore bombardment, Planes can be: intercepted, sometimes ineffective economically and physically, time to respond even from 10 miles, and usually avoided by the enemy until the marines come on up to the shore to attack.

20. Currently building new battleships would be.....truly expensive depending upon their armaments and capabilities and just be a lot easier to reactivate and modernize our battleships today.

21. Surface ships were built for Naval presence, if we did not want Naval presence we would have built the arsenal ship back then but it came down to the fact that the arsenal ship could be easily struck by one harpoon missile and probably blow up the whole ship because of it's weak armor and heavy armament beyond it's own defensive capabilities to protect exposed weapons whereas the battleship can protect it's magazine and it's missiles with several anti-air/missile weapons and thick enough armor to make sure they don't explode by the bullet proving that ships do need armor, even today. Hell The USS Cole Bombing proved our destroyers and frigates are unable to take a single hit from even a small speedboat with explosives, chances are they were probably using dynamite for the bombs which is a joke, hell when I read the article I laughed a bit myself, it’s a joke to think the U.S. Navy will never get hit when we are at war, even if it is with a third world country.

22. Iowa class battleships today cannot be compared with the ships of WW1 or WW2 due to the fact that technology back then against aircraft was completely ineffective in most cases whereas today trying to hit a destroyer with a single harpoon is almost impossible but massed attacks would sink a destroyer after 1-3 hits of harpoons.

23. In history the Iowa’s have been praised for their ability to put "steel on target" something that no other ship in the world is able to comprehend due to modern destroyers only shooting weak 5" guns and cruisers of the same size guns, hell the only thing that separates the difference today between a destroyer and a cruiser is their length and the fact that cruisers carry a few more tomahawks and have one more gun than a destroyer, and most frigates today only shoot 3" shells sometimes (I wonder what this world is coming to!).


24. The current intended replacement of the Iowa class battleships is the DD(X) destroyer, which is now being questioned since each will cost 3+ billion (USD) and small 19 pound explosive out of a 225 pound projectile is also being questioned on strength and the price of one projected DD(X) will mean that two Iowa class BB’s can be reactivated and modernized with extra money to spare and built in less time with greater firepower. I understand the concept of the DD(X) to have stealth on surface to “change the future of naval warfare” but if that’s true and the enemy does think they are unable to find the DD(X) on it’s radar they will fire at innocent civilians to try and find it or even if they spot it, it’s pretty hard not to spot a fishing boat out in the middle of the ocean fishing knowing that fish aren’t usually out that far but by the shore.

25. Battleship explosive power can easily be increased since current battleship shells use TNT and not RDX or HMX explosives which would give them a close 200lbs+ explosive force instead of a 145 lb force, the anti-ship shells of the Iowa BB’s would be used with this new warhead also.

If you wish you find out what I’ve gotten my sources from here they are:

About the Ramjet round- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjet

About the Iowa class battleships- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_class_battleship

About the remaining Iowa class battleships- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wisconsin_%28BB-64%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_%28BB-61%29

Some other commentary I came across- http://www.g2mil.com/battleships.htm

I would have liked to have list all of my sources but that would take to long so enjoy for now!

2007-12-13 02:53:00 · 8 answers · asked by Combos 2

2007-12-13 02:31:32 · 26 answers · asked by April 5