05-08-2020, 14:09
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Was wondering about this after reading the first post. What does the Special Forces community think about the USSF distinction being used for the new Space Force?
Was curious.  |
I cannot speak for everybody here... but...
I have a feeling most of us don't give a f**k. 
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05-08-2020, 14:28
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I won't be so harsh as Basenshukai. I don't think it is important unless the Space force starts conducting Unconventional Warfare operations on Alien home worlds.
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05-09-2020, 06:03
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Safety first
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Ironically, in the new Star Trek movies...the Enterprise DOES have seat belts.  |
What’s next safety belts? 
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05-09-2020, 15:21
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I won't be so harsh as Basenshukai. I don't think it is important unless the Space force starts conducting Unconventional Warfare operations on Alien home worlds.
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They will simply establish inits to do security force assistanc, so we will be good.
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05-09-2020, 15:29
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Gene Rodenberry did that in the mid 1960s with Star Trek.  And, ships didn't have seat belts, so neither do Starships. |
Heinlein had it that way in the '50s as did others before and since. Lol about the seat belts. There are some really good modern military sci fi writers that try had to address physics.. while still having you hit the believe button on some of the big things (FTL travel etc)
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05-09-2020, 15:37
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They will need a detachment of Marines.
Every Star Ship needs Red Shirts.
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05-09-2020, 15:59
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They will need a detachment of Marines.
Every Star Ship needs Red Shirts.
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I kinda like the Waffen-SS outfit Doogie Howser wore in Starship Troopers
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05-20-2020, 06:25
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I now need NETFLIX
ROTFLMAO 
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Netflix drops hilarious new 'Space Force' trailer with Steve Carell
If you wanted more Space Force before you've even had any Space Force, here's a big dollop.
Space Force follows four-star general Mark R. Naird, whose new post running the new sixth branch of the US Armed Forces isn't exactly what he had in mind — yep, it's Space Force.
The series also stars John Malkovich, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome, Ben Schwartz alongside co-stars Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy O. Yang, Noah Emmerich, Alex Sparrow and Don Lake.
The Netflix series will come with a 10-part podcast will be hosted by Yang and will include interviews with the cast and crew. Starting May 29 — the same day as Space Force hits Netflix — there'll be new episodes Mondays and Thursdays each week.
Looks like the Office Ladies podcast has started something.
https://mashable.com/video/netflix-s...-steve-carell/
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05-20-2020, 15:31
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I kinda like the Waffen-SS outfit Doogie Howser wore in Starship Troopers
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The only real distinguishing element on Doogie's uniform is the Doppellitzen on the collar. The single biggest distinction between a Waffen SS uniform and a Wehrmacht one, besides wearing the Hoheitszeichen on the sleeve rather than above the pocket, was that they never wore Doppellitzen, with the collar bearing SS runes, the Totenkopf, rank insignia or other distinctions for foreign SS volunteers.
What I find hilariously ironic, given all the hoopla from the usual corners about how fascistic the movie was (purposely, according to the director), is that most of the uniforms, including Doogie's Doppellitzen, were made from East German NVA surplus. But then, as most of us are aware, and these left-wing critics are not, communism and fascism are really just birds of a feather, so no surprise that they flock together, even in the minds of Hollywood costume designers.
Sorry for the digression. Hollywood liberal fascism is a particular peeve of mine, as is their blindness to their own bigotries.
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05-20-2020, 22:00
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I won't be so harsh as Basenshukai. I don't think it is important unless the Space force starts conducting Unconventional Warfare operations on Alien home worlds.
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I have spent a lifetime, and don't mind spending another one to see Ender's Game unfolding before my eyes 
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05-21-2020, 05:36
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I won't be so harsh as Basenshukai. I don't think it is important unless the Space force starts conducting Unconventional Warfare operations on Alien home worlds.
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They need an equivalent of Starfleet General Order #1.
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05-21-2020, 08:44
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They need an equivalent of Starfleet General Order #1.
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Is that the one that says you can't drink Romulan Ale?
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05-21-2020, 12:06
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Is that the one that says you can't drink Romulan Ale? |
Or have sex with green women.
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05-21-2020, 12:07
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Or have sex with green women.
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I thought finding out reproductive compatibility was of scientific interest. Maybe that's just me.
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05-21-2020, 13:11
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Is that the one that says you can't drink Romulan Ale? |
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Or have sex with green women.
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2x thumbs-up for Interplanetary Commerce.
(Apparently no one remembers the old "don't interfere" dicta.)
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