Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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And this is how they are loaded in my bedside... (yeah, I'm in Kalifornia....)

I am running DRT ammo (drtammo.com) in my home defense pistols... they're jacketed compressed powder (not bonded or sintered), lead-free frangible. Makes one heck of a wound channel in live tissue, but breaks apart on hard surfaces (on off chance that my elementary-school-aged kids may be on the other side of the wall). I've been meaning to mock up a drywall wall and see what actually happens, but haven't gotten around to it... hopefully they'll never need to be used in anger though. And yeah, 10 rounds behind the lines here in downstate NY too...
 
If anyone wonders how the girls look like they do today

besides a lot working out like crazy - respect to the hard work

google Kardashians before plastic surgery

or kardashians without makeup
I wouldn't give any of those tramps internet traffic to look at them.
Hell,I probably wouldn't piss on anyone of them if they were on fire.
 
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Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe pulled six soldiers from the burning hulk of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, while himself on fire and under fire from insurgents who set the ambush. He willingly sacrificed his life to rescue his fellow soldiers.

On October 17, 2005, SFC Cashe manned the turret of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle when it hit an IED. The bomb ignited a fuel cell on board, engulfing the vehicle in flames and showering the crew with fuel. SFC Cashe left his hatch unharmed, but drenched in fuel. At the front of the vehicle, the driver sat in his hatch surrounded in fire. Cashe yanked the driver out to the ground and extinguished the flames on his body. As he worked, enemy rounds cracked overhead and impacted around the vehicle in a complex ambush. Ignoring the gunfire, Cashe saw the troop hatch at the rear of the vehicle open. Smoke and flame poured out of the inner compartment, still occupied by 7 soldiers. Cashe ran to the opening and reached inside. His soaked uniform ignited as he pulled soldiers to safety. He returned inside the vehicle a second time, bringing more soldiers out. By the third time SFC Cashe entered the Bradley, his entire uniform burned on his body. More Bradleys arrived shortly after the explosion. Despite suffering 2nd and 3rd degree burns over more than 70% of his body, Cashe refused medical evacuation until all his soldiers were treated first. Six soldiers lived as a direct result of his actions.

Cashe returned to the US for treatment, and passed away from his burns three weeks later in November 2005. For his selfless actions, knowing exactly what the consequences could be, SFC Cashe was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. The medal is currently being contested, and the case being made for an upgrade to the Medal of Honor. Cashe was a veteran of the Gulf War and two combat deployments in Iraq. He was 35 years old at the time of his death.
 
War sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.... A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their free choice, — is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever-renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.” -- John Stuart Mill.
 

I wish we had a salute emoji.. well done. Didn’t whether to like or sad face this post... That got me in the feels...and I’m sure it’s my allergies, combined with a couple of my wife’s margaritas, but it’s getting hard to see the screen.

Thanks for the reminder .
 
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Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe pulled six soldiers from the burning hulk of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, while himself on fire and under fire from insurgents who set the ambush. He willingly sacrificed his life to rescue his fellow soldiers.

On October 17, 2005, SFC Cashe manned the turret of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle when it hit an IED. The bomb ignited a fuel cell on board, engulfing the vehicle in flames and showering the crew with fuel. SFC Cashe left his hatch unharmed, but drenched in fuel. At the front of the vehicle, the driver sat in his hatch surrounded in fire. Cashe yanked the driver out to the ground and extinguished the flames on his body. As he worked, enemy rounds cracked overhead and impacted around the vehicle in a complex ambush. Ignoring the gunfire, Cashe saw the troop hatch at the rear of the vehicle open. Smoke and flame poured out of the inner compartment, still occupied by 7 soldiers. Cashe ran to the opening and reached inside. His soaked uniform ignited as he pulled soldiers to safety. He returned inside the vehicle a second time, bringing more soldiers out. By the third time SFC Cashe entered the Bradley, his entire uniform burned on his body. More Bradleys arrived shortly after the explosion. Despite suffering 2nd and 3rd degree burns over more than 70% of his body, Cashe refused medical evacuation until all his soldiers were treated first. Six soldiers lived as a direct result of his actions.

Cashe returned to the US for treatment, and passed away from his burns three weeks later in November 2005. For his selfless actions, knowing exactly what the consequences could be, SFC Cashe was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. The medal is currently being contested, and the case being made for an upgrade to the Medal of Honor. Cashe was a veteran of the Gulf War and two combat deployments in Iraq. He was 35 years old at the time of his death.
I was in bed thinking about this post and this soldier's HEROIC actions
So here I am,back, not knowing what to say except thank you.

I think I'd rather jump on a Grenade than burn.
That man suffered for THREE LONG WEEKS.
RIP Cashe, you are gone but not forgotten
 
Taps gets me everytime!

I am a US Marine and hearing it every night always reminded me of the ones we have lost!

I always get people who ask why veterans always give each other such a hard time and what I always tell them is the same: "We give each other shit because we respect the others and their contributions, we were not all in the same branch but we all gave everything we had to the service. I then tell them that I will be damned if I ever hear a civilian give a veteran shit about the branch they served in or what they did in the military."

Non-military families and civilians will never know the sacrifices made by veterans and their families, so I will never allow any of them to bad mouth any veterans no matter their service or jobs.

Given that I say SEMPER FI veterans and Military Personnel! You will always have my respect and gratitude! You may not have served with me or even in the same branch but we are all brothers and sisters!
 
Taps gets me everytime!

I am a US Marine and hearing it every night always reminded me of the ones we have lost!

I always get people who ask why veterans always give each other such a hard time and what I always tell them is the same: "We give each other shit because we respect the others and their contributions, we were not all in the same branch but we all gave everything we had to the service. I then tell them that I will be damned if I ever hear a civilian give a veteran shit about the branch they served in or what they did in the military."

Non-military families and civilians will never know the sacrifices made by veterans and their families, so I will never allow any of them to bad mouth any veterans no matter their service or jobs.

Given that I say SEMPER FI veterans and Military Personnel! You will always have my respect and gratitude! You may not have served with me or even in the same branch but we are all brothers and sisters!
Well said sir.