As any infantryman knows....

[Aviation Pro]

...it's the ground pounders that win the battle and ultimately the war. Taking terrain is what it's all about. You add airpower as a force multiplier, but if you cede the ground you lose.

Thus goes military strategy (and the often overlooked tactical logistics) so goes the the President's election strategy. We aren't ceding the airwaves to the Fucking Stiff, but we are overwhelmingly putting our troops in the field and on the ground.

Who said the President hasn't learned about military campaigns in the four years he's been CINC?

Keep moving forward and keep that assclown motherfucker out of the White House.

Forward and Charge.

[GP6971]

1. Follow Me !!!

[Aviation Pro]

2. You bet...

...your ass. I learned a couple of things while at Building 4.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Far across the Chattahoochee, to the Upatoi...

Stands our loyal Alma Mater, Benning School for Boys...

OC502-68

[Aviation Pro]

6. Yup....

...sang it in the chow line more than once....lol. My class year was 1983.

[Aviation Pro]

3. And for you BTDTs out there....

...check in. I know you're out there and nobody is going to take away your devices because you stand up and be counted.

[GP6971]

5. Here

Commisioned Infantry, wound up in Transportation. Looking back, much preferred riding to walking!

[Aviation Pro]

7. Outstanding...

....

[Voice for Peace]

8. I love Obama

He's running for re-election for us, not for himself.
I do believe this. I don't know if I've ever seen it
before, except maybe Jimmy Carter.

[freshwest]

10. +1,000.

[Aristus]

9. To all the groundpounders,

this tanker's got your back!

[freshwest]

11. What a handsome young devil!

[Aristus]

12. Awww...

[braddy]

13. Tankers kind of fascinated me in the army, they are a different breed. It is odd to learn the

different environments that men prefer to fight from.

Some men prefer fighting from aircraft , some prefer ships on the sea, some prefer tanks, others prefer fighting on the ground.

[Aviation Pro]

14. We are...

...to put it succintly, we are four individual fingers that when merged fight like a fist.

As a PL and with the aid of a brilliant PSG, I forged four fists (sometimes a fifth when I had the CO's tank) into a hammer.

[HangOnKids]

15. You Are The Fucking Best

Dig everything you post.

[coldwaterintheface]

16. The life expectancey of a tank crew in battle is about 1 minute

at least that was the estimate used by the battle planners back in the day against the USSR but it increased about 30 seconds for each minute in battle. A ground pounder can light a tank up with a laser from a good distance away and a weapon is sent in from miles away taking out the tank before they even know what happended.


There are more toys in the US inventory and currently being sold all over the world by other countries to take out tanks then just about anything else sold by the arms manufactures.

[Aviation Pro]

17. Uh, no...

...and I don't have the time to educate the uninformed about the survivability initiatives of the 1980's. Just look up Chobham armor in the Wiki thing.

If you survive long enough on this board maybe you can come back with an answer.

[Aristus]

20. Things that make you go: "Hmmmm".

If this guy ever actually served, AvPro, he must have been a Bradley scout. Those guys honestly seemed to think their TOW missiles gave them the edge over our M1A1's...

[braddy]

22. I always preferred the ground, and never wanted to serve in Armor, and I only wanted to be in the

aircraft long enough to reach the drop zone, I never wanted to be an airman, and sailor? No thanks.

[Aristus]

18. Yep, the tank is definitely our environment.

We used to like to say: "Tankers - Death Before Dismount!"

[SaveAmerica]

19. Yeah you know it!! That is exactly what's what!!

[OldDem2012]

21. Actually, the President learned the ground game in Chicago politics....

...those lessons were, as you stated, invaluable in learning that all campaigns, political and military, are won on the ground.

[flamingdem]

23. charge!