War in Ukraine

[Burhead]

 

[AM64]

I had CQ and watched it unfold on a little black and white TV in the barracks at Redstone Arsenal. Had no concept of what was playing out.

The single level U shaped ones for the training companies?

 

[evillawyer]

 

[Septic]

The single level U shaped ones for the training companies?

No I was permanent party, they were three story with four two man rooms per floor. Our MEDDAC company shared them with the MP's.

 

[evillawyer]

We'd been on vacation completely ignoring the news and were on the way back home years ago. Then as we were eating breakfast in a motel, we saw the Soviet Union had collapsed. It's one of those WTH moments; you go away for a few days and the world changes.

Yeah, we're watching history tonight

 

[AM64]

No I was permanent party, they were three story with four two man rooms per floor. Our MEDDAC company shared them with the MP's.

I was there for almost 9 months for radar school. Best part was that I could sign out after class on Friday night and drive home to middle TN for the weekend. Redstone was a pretty nice place to be overall. Until Covid, they also have had a nice program in September for military retirees - wife in my case; with all the additions, it's a pretty impressive base.

 

[Burhead]

Saw this mentioned on social media but you have ex convicts who the Russian state sent to prison and then sent them to die in Ukraine is not a winning strategy.

 

[Septic]

I was there for almost 9 months for radar school. Best part was that I could sign out after class on Friday night and drive home to middle TN for the weekend. Redstone was a pretty nice place to be overall. Until Covid, they also have had a nice program in September for military retirees - wife in my case; with all the additions, it's a pretty impressive base.

Agreed, I was there for two years and loved being there. My GF (now wife) was in nursing school at UAB, so it was an easy drive every weekend.

 

[evillawyer]

Tin foil hat on for a moment:

Could this be a convenient cover for Russia to end the war in Ukraine

As to your question earlier (again, I don't know one way or another, but he does seem to be getting things up sooner than others):

 

[Carl Pickens]

This isn’t going to end well…..

 

[evillawyer]

 

[evillawyer]

Yevgeny Prigozhin: the hotdog seller who rose to the top of Putin’s war machine

 

[Septic]

This isn’t going to end well…..

Sure it will, just depends on what faction you're rooting for (or against.)

 

[Carl Pickens]

Sure it will, just depends on what faction you're rooting for (or against.)

You think? I tend to believe there will be some extreme atrocities if it gets intense.

 

[Septic]

You think? I tend to believe there will be some extreme atrocities if it gets intense.

I think this is the beginning of the end of the war in Ukraine if half of what is being reported is true.

That's good enough for me. If Russia suffers, so be it. You reap what you sow.

 

[DC_Vol]

I think this is the beginning of the end of the war in Ukraine if half of what is being reported is true.

That's good enough for me. If Russia suffers, so be it. You reap what you sow.

You really can’t ignore the dangers of political instability in a nuclear state. I’m not assuming Prigizhin is a white knight.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I think this is the beginning of the end of the war in Ukraine if half of what is being reported is true.

That's good enough for me. If Russia suffers, so be it. You reap what you sow.

True….I’m just saying the inner turmoil in Russia could get really nasty.
I’m wondering if we’re seeing the results of some “long game” strategy that was put into place years ago as a result of Putin getting too big for his britches

 

[Burhead]

 

[evillawyer]

Sure it will, just depends on what faction you're rooting for (or against.)

If there's anything that history teaches us it's that things always improve after a Russian revolution.

 

[evillawyer]

Too early to send out a long distance dedication to Pootie?

 

[Burhead]

 

[evillawyer]

Still not a peep from Putin.

What a clown.

 

[Burhead]

 

[KB5252]

Who do we root for? This is like watching Bama play the Gators.

Mark Richt has lost control of Russia!

 

[n_huffhines]

Sure it will, just depends on what faction you're rooting for (or against.)

It never ends well in Russia. Sometimes things aren't as bad. That's pretty much all they can hope for