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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:12:42 PM EDT
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Cool I have been on the Iwo Jima before I'm sorry. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:13:06 PM EDT
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sigh. I miss the days when US warships had real guns on them.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:14:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Based off similar deployments, my guess is one, two at most. Unless they plan on getting dicey, that is. Regarding types, your guess is as good as any, but odds are it's a Virginia. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm wondering what type of/how many subs would accompany a task force of that size? Based off similar deployments, my guess is one, two at most. Unless they plan on getting dicey, that is. Regarding types, your guess is as good as any, but odds are it's a Virginia. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:15:53 PM EDT
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Given the Virginia class has better littoral capabilities I would hope they are Virginias. A kilo in that neck of the woods would be a legit concern. Shallow and noisie. There are spots in the Gulf where an ssn is longer than the water is deep. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm wondering what type of/how many subs would accompany a task force of that size? Based off similar deployments, my guess is one, two at most. Unless they plan on getting dicey, that is. Regarding types, your guess is as good as any, but odds are it's a Virginia. there are other possibilities, like a seawolf, but there's not as many of them, or a Los angeles class.. but my bet would still be on a Virginia. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:16:34 PM EDT
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I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means?
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:17:06 PM EDT
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Quite obviously you have no fear in inquiring Allah's vengeful wrath delivered by the mighty Iranian suicide speedboat swarms...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofmkikhAnA
More like 2 dudes on a jetski with one holding a RPG...true story. Side note-There is nothing more rewarding than seeing an inferior navy try and follow a carrier doing 32 knots, the way they eat shit in our wake makes it all worth it. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:18:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means? |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:19:49 PM EDT
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I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means? It means you're old. 
LPH-2 has long since been decommissioned and a new ship LHD-7 was commissioned in 2001. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:20:12 PM EDT
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I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means? This is a different ship, LHD class amphibious assault ship. Similar ship to the LPH in mission. 7 is the hull number, 7 of 8 LHD's in commission now. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:20:15 PM EDT
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I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means? Your old ship was decommissioned and this is her new namesake. Way more capable. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:20:22 PM EDT
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Ive got wood.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:20:41 PM EDT
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Needs a couple of Battleships
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:22:34 PM EDT
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D7
Did I hit one?  
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:24:03 PM EDT
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I have a strange urge to play C&C right now
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:24:30 PM EDT
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So the Marines don't forget to change their underwear every seventh day? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means? They change them? Sure didn't smell like it. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:26:18 PM EDT
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Meanwhile, sailing out of Iran..... INS Battleship Death http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451af9f69e20176161a7473970c-pi http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SilUCJs8QvU/Te6Lm9f_1bI/AAAAAAAAYwo/lEOtHa-iZ2M/s1600/photo%2B1.jpg  This looks like something Wyle E. Coyote purchased from an ACME catalog.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:29:07 PM EDT
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lol Iran...go back to wearing large gold chains and wearing too much colon. I see what you did there, whether intentional or not |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:30:14 PM EDT
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Pretty cool ships
Maybe its just me but i'd love to see some kickass battleships again, not so much because they may be needed but because they are awesome |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:33:06 PM EDT
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Please tell me we have more than a cruiser and two destroyers escorting all of that.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:34:45 PM EDT
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I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means? It's the new Iwo the one you were on was decommissioned in the 1990's. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:34:51 PM EDT
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May God Bless all who serve on those fine ships.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:38:26 PM EDT
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I was on the uss iwo jima, when i was in the Marines.When i was on it, it was LPH 2.I notice now it has a big #7 on the flight deck.Does anyone know what this means? I think it means the Navy will always have a ship named Iwo Jima to transport Marines. 
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:38:42 PM EDT
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And to think, in 25-30 years we will be Britain as well.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:40:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: there are other possibilities, like a seawolf, but there's not as many of them, or a Los angeles class.. but my bet would still be on a Virginia. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'm wondering what type of/how many subs would accompany a task force of that size? Based off similar deployments, my guess is one, two at most. Unless they plan on getting dicey, that is. Regarding types, your guess is as good as any, but odds are it's a Virginia. there are other possibilities, like a seawolf, but there's not as many of them, or a Los angeles class.. but my bet would still be on a Virginia. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:41:28 PM EDT
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One of these...
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:42:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: More like 2 dudes on a jetski with one holding a RPG...true story. Side note-There is nothing more rewarding than seeing an inferior navy try and follow a carrier doing 32 knots, the way they eat shit in our wake makes it all worth it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quite obviously you have no fear in inquiring Allah's vengeful wrath delivered by the mighty Iranian suicide speedboat swarms... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofmkikhAnAMore like 2 dudes on a jetski with one holding a RPG...true story. Side note-There is nothing more rewarding than seeing an inferior navy try and follow a carrier doing 32 knots, the way they eat shit in our wake makes it all worth it.  |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:49:19 PM EDT
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Roughly how many Marines would be aboard those amphibs? How many attack helicopters?
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:50:24 PM EDT
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Please tell me we have more than a cruiser and two destroyers escorting all of that. Why would you need more? Interesting graphic: http://i2.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen_cig_pgn_cimsec-17apr15.png |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:50:44 PM EDT
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Roughly how many Marines would be aboard those amphibs? How many attack helicopters? Three. Anymore is overkill. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:55:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistorySome one is trolling dport. 
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:57:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why would you need more? Interesting graphic: http://i2.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen_cig_pgn_cimsec-17apr15.png Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Please tell me we have more than a cruiser and two destroyers escorting all of that. Why would you need more? Interesting graphic: http://i2.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen_cig_pgn_cimsec-17apr15.png |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 8:58:29 PM EDT
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Roughly how many Marines would be aboard those amphibs? How many attack helicopters? One article I read stated somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,500 marines. Helicopters, no clue. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:00:35 PM EDT
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Roughly how many Marines would be aboard those amphibs? How many attack helicopters? Too many. They're all standing in line in front of the ship's store. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:02:34 PM EDT
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Well, because it was only a decade or so ago that you had more escorts than that just for the CBG, and the MEU had its own impressive array of escorts. Also, ships can only be in one place at a time, no matter how capable. In any event, I just think we need a definite FFG replacement and we needed it yesterday. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Please tell me we have more than a cruiser and two destroyers escorting all of that. Why would you need more? Interesting graphic: http://i2.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen_cig_pgn_cimsec-17apr15.png We don't escort carriers with the quantities we used to. Too many ships, not enough missions. I really think the LPD's need those VLS tubes and ESSM's they were designed for for that reason. They don't always have a DDG around. ETA: That infographic shows 2 more DDG's than was shown above. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:02:53 PM EDT
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Well, because it was only a decade or so ago that you had more escorts than that just for the CBG, and the MEU had its own impressive array of escorts. Also, ships can only be in one place at a time, no matter how capable. In any event, I just think we need a definite FFG replacement and we needed it yesterday. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Please tell me we have more than a cruiser and two destroyers escorting all of that. Why would you need more? Interesting graphic: http://i2.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen_cig_pgn_cimsec-17apr15.png Did you look at the graphic? And what is the threat? Why would you need more? Also, during the height of the Cold War, do you know how many escorts an Amphibious Ready Group had? Zero. It was only about 15 years ago that the idea of an Expeditionary Strike Group, putting one or two DDGs with an ARG, was put into practice. And about 10 years ago, the practice was largely abandoned. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:09:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This looks like something Wyle E. Coyote purchased from an ACME catalog.Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Meanwhile, sailing out of Iran..... INS Battleship Death http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451af9f69e20176161a7473970c-pi http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SilUCJs8QvU/Te6Lm9f_1bI/AAAAAAAAYwo/lEOtHa-iZ2M/s1600/photo%2B1.jpg This looks like something Wyle E. Coyote purchased from an ACME catalog. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:14:02 PM EDT
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Did you look at the graphic? And what is the threat? Why would you need more? Also, during the height of the Cold War, do you know how many escorts an Amphibious Ready Group had? Zero. It was only about 15 years ago that the idea of an Expeditionary Strike Group, putting one or two DDGs with an ARG, was put into practice. And about 10 years ago, the practice was largely abandoned. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Please tell me we have more than a cruiser and two destroyers escorting all of that. Why would you need more? Interesting graphic: http://i2.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen_cig_pgn_cimsec-17apr15.png Did you look at the graphic? And what is the threat? Why would you need more? Also, during the height of the Cold War, do you know how many escorts an Amphibious Ready Group had? Zero. It was only about 15 years ago that the idea of an Expeditionary Strike Group, putting one or two DDGs with an ARG, was put into practice. And about 10 years ago, the practice was largely abandoned. The ARGs did use to have a couple of LSTs before they went to three ship ARGs. Not exactly an escort by any means though. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:15:21 PM EDT
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We don't escort carriers with the quantities we used to. Too many ships, not enough missions. I really think the LPD's need those VLS tubes and ESSM's they were designed for for that reason. They don't always have a DDG around. ETA: That infographic shows 2 more DDG's than was shown above. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Please tell me we have more than a cruiser and two destroyers escorting all of that. Why would you need more? Interesting graphic: http://i2.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen_cig_pgn_cimsec-17apr15.png We don't escort carriers with the quantities we used to. Too many ships, not enough missions. I really think the LPD's need those VLS tubes and ESSM's they were designed for for that reason. They don't always have a DDG around. ETA: That infographic shows 2 more DDG's than was shown above. The infograph mentions the Sterrett, which has left with the previous CSG, but I did confirm that the USS Farragut, a destroyer, is also part of the Roosevelt's CSG. Also added it to the OP. So that's one more DDG than originally posted. http://news.usni.org/2015/04/17/uss-carl-vinson-carrier-chops-out-of-5th-fleet-roosevelt-picks-up-isis-strike-missions |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:20:01 PM EDT
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I think I see it on most all, just small is all. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Unless I missed it, most of the ships were not flying the US flag. Is that because the photos were taken before the ships were accepted by the Navy or what? Don't US military ships normally fly the US flag? I never thought about it before. I think I see it on most all, just small is all. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:22:38 PM EDT
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Having been on three WestPacs I have to say those pictures give me wood.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:27:00 PM EDT
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If we had no subs in the water. Which is incredibly unlikely if a carrier is nearby. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Meanwhile, sailing out of Iran..... INS Battleship Death http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451af9f69e20176161a7473970c-pi From the stuff I recall seeing, I thought the Iranian navy consisted of a bunch of center console Boston Whaler type fishing boats and a couple commercial shrimp catchers like in Forest Gump seemed with some rocket launchers they repurposed from Vietnam era Huey's. Iran has a few Kilos and Yugos (submarines) that could pose a legitimate threat. Obviously, their competence level and technology is nowhere near ours, but under the right circumstances, they could cause some trouble before being destroyed. If we had no subs in the water. Which is incredibly unlikely if a carrier is nearby. Stickfigure posted the video of what I was thinking about. After seeing that, I just can't take the idea of the Iranian Navy seriously. It reminds me of scenes from one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies where the sailing ship is traveling across the desert or the Greenpeace tards trying to ram the Japanese whaler. Having said that; needs more Iowa class. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:28:24 PM EDT
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Need a picture of the man in charge, on his bike.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:29:53 PM EDT
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Older pic of the carrier, as I see F-14 goodness towards the fantail.
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:31:52 PM EDT
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I didn't realize how small those minesweepers are. I wouldn't want to be way out in the middle of the ocean on one of those in a bad storm!
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:32:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where are the clittoral combat ships at? |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:33:45 PM EDT
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This seems to me like using a very expensive shotgun to kill flies. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:34:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Need a picture of the man in charge, on his bike. http://www.thedailyrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/president-barack-obama-rides-along-bike-path-correllus-state-forest-martha-vineyard-west-tisbury-massachusetts.jpg FBHO |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:34:38 PM EDT
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FFS man do you even opsec?
F. B. H. O. Could see this and our boys would be fucked.
Thats a bunch of awesome whoopass there. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:35:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Need a picture of the man in charge, on his bike. http://www.thedailyrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/president-barack-obama-rides-along-bike-path-correllus-state-forest-martha-vineyard-west-tisbury-massachusetts.jpg I wonder if he asked the girls if he could borrow their bike? |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 9:37:54 PM EDT
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lol Iran...go back to wearing large gold chains and wearing too much colon. I see what you did there, whether intentional or not Auto correct but it turned out for the best
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