Ya'll want the "Simple answer?"

Cause their Squad/Plt/ Company leaders are cruel sadistic SOB's and wanna see the lil guy have to hump the heavy stuff.  It's esp funny in Basic, or AIT and they give it to a lil 90lb female!

Honestly it is normally based on who is avail, and who has the mental and skill aptitude for use of the Crew served weapon, be it a M249, M240, M19, or M2.

But once in a while you do see the sadistic NCO issueing it out just to make someone sweat it out on a march.

the idea of Kerry in the White House scared the crap outta me

For once I'd really enjoy seeing 2 GOOD canidates, who have a track record of sayin what they mean, doing what they say, and not bein full of bullhockey. I'd would be nice to actually have to choose a canidate (all levels of office) over their merrits, not over who scares me the least!


Got to love the Pinheads, they do do something good once in a while :lol:

Plus I am a warehouse clerk so I automatically win

that is the typical REMF attitude, otherwise this advice is damn good advice for 99% of the world.

Course it is a lil scary that you would have to post the #5..... then again he is a marine, and offically I'm not allowed no more to call them jarheads, a jar infers that it holds something :twisted:

Just got my Cheaper than dirt Catolog today and they have the Chip McCormick "Star" mags in there, for as low as $13.95!!!!!  Hell I payed $20+ apiece from 1911 heaven several years back, well, guess I need to order some more!!!!!!!

Like I said before, the 2nd amendment applies to militias, and the people that make up the militia.

The Militia refered to is, as mentioned afore, all able bodied persons of adult age (back then it was men 17-45), now generally taken as any US citizen of legal age.

 The National Guard takes it's roots from the "Militia's" of old but was really designed as a first responder to a need for soldiers(ie indian attacks, darn those redskin brothers of mine ) till the regular militia's could be formed. "The Patriot" is a good example of what I mean, the movie compresses it, but you see how Militia's of old were "activated," by a rider going from town to town, house to house looking for the able bodied. After the revolutionary war, many states (and the Federal Goverment) decided that they should keep some soldiers trained and offer training to the "Militia" so that they could rapidly field an army, instead of the months long process normally needed to gather, train, equip, and then deploy a normal "Militia." Their creation lives on today as the Army and Air National Guard, each controled and governed by the state they reside in, unless "federalized" by presidental order (as the boys in Iraq, an else where on Active Duty have been) This is why you see the National Guard being the called in for floods, and such in their own states typically, as Az guardsmen have no authority in CA, and vis versa.

So to summorize, the National Guard is actually the historic "Army Reserve" who is Citizens who have been trained to Active army standards but aren't actual (federal) military soldiers till activated. Where the Militia is all able bodied indivuals who could be "Drafted" if the draft was re-enacted.

Good case in point about the NG and our military (you might want to fill in the blanks) but there was a standoff back in the 60s where the NG and military had guns pointed at each other...I remember it was over race but cant recall the state

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That was in Alabama if memory serves me correct, but I am certine it was one of the southern "segregated" states.  The State was ordered to end segregation at a school (college I believe) and was asked to use the National Guard to help enforce the desegragation, and prevent harm happening to the "black" students that would start attending. The Governor though was a "good ol boy" who used the Guard to keep the students from attending, and the Federal government was required to send Active duty troops from elsewhere in to handle the security. And from what I've heard it wasn't guns pointed at each other, but a VERY strong and heated argument over who's turf it was, and who was gonna stay, and both sides were armed, with weapons and live ammo. (this was before they got too scared and PC to issue live ammo to troops, like now days for riot control ie florida in the late 90's)

Hi, I was just posting this to remind people that rattle snakes have started to come out again.

Damn City Folk, had my first Ratler out here first week of March. I dinna get a chance to catch it or kill it as Ma found it while I was gone, and 9 rounds of 00 Buck and Slugs turned it to goo! :cry:  Darn it I tolt her I needed one for Snake Breakin the Dog, oh well the season is young :twisted:

I was installing Fire Sprinklers (used to be in the Road Sprinkler Fitters Union Local 669) in several of the buildings, The Paint booths in the Auto shop, and the Auto Shop in peticular impressed me a lot. I also was amazed by the Audio and Video Labs, lots of money spent on VERY NICE equipment, that you don't see at most colleges that teach simular courses, not to mention not at most auto shops, unless the mech's have personally bought it.

Well Most of my opinions have been beaten todeath already on here, and the thread is only a few hours old!

One of my biggest problems is that we ALL make judgements based on what we see here online before we actually meet in person. When anyone minor or leagal adult, posts like a JackArse it creates a negitive perception of the poster. Multible posts with lil or no subsitance, trying to gain post counts, typically leave bad tastes in mouthes of the "vets" of the board.  We have all done it, and may yet do it, but normally it is just a phase, that we hopefully mature outa.

I must say that MOST of the Minor Aged players I've met at both AA, non-AA, and USAS when I used to be proactive with Mark, normally were much more "Mature" in person than I had judged them by their online posts. If any of the minors on the forum need to learn anything (not for me to judge) is that EVERY post is what determines what we think of you, so post more than one line, more than a unitelligable ramble, and you'll get the respect ya want.

Off topic, Ya'll are takin this better than the previous "Minors" threads, GOOD JOB!