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MILITARY
Military working dog Figo served his country. Now, he's being honored in Fayetteville
Lizmary Evans
Fayetteville Observer

The U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum is honoring a military working dog in a memorial paver ceremony this weekend and the public is invited to attend, the museum said Tuesday.

Figo was a Czech shephard and Belgian Malinois military working dog who was trained in patrolling, explosive odor detection and tracking through the Special Operations Forces Multi-Purpose Canine program.

The U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is honoring Figo, a military working dog, with a paver memorial ceremony Saturday, May 4, 2024.

After completing his training, Figo joined the Fifth Special Forces Group Airborne Division and deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 and Syria in 2017. During both deployments, Figo found several buried improvised explosive devices, cleared routes and was “often the first American to encounter the enemy,” according to the release.

His actions saved countless lives.

https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/military/2024/05/02/figo-the-dog-to-be-honored-at-airborne-special-operations-museum-fayetteville-nc/73513602007/
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Those are some of the reasons I have no interest in going to a movie. Also, most of them seem to be remakes or nothing but comic book stuff. H'wood has a serious lack of imagination.

Having said that, some people I know have seen this movie recently and speak very highly of it: Unsung Hero
Hollywood, in general, has been suffering from a lack of creative freshness for a long time.
The Flintstones a live action movie?  They have always made a muddle of historical themes (don't get your history from a movie!) and in retrospect, have always either pushed the Party line of the day or pushed back against it. Propaganda has cast it's aura over the film business, for good or ill, for a long time.
Add in the glaring and increasing pandering to wokeness and specific groups and there is almost no reason for anyone except those who want to feed their individual confirmation bias to even watch. You can tell who populates the Hollywood bubble by the 'messages' they write in, and they increasingly either are further removed from real people, or people seem to set their norms thereby and behave in lockstep--softly contributing to the serious divides in American Society, rather than illustrating the common themes that would potentially bring people together.
When the next social movement could be predicted by the appearance of specific character types in sitcoms, I only watched long enough to see what was coming next, and then, not at all.
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The AF should have escorted the demonstrators away from the area with their faces on the ground and military members holding each ankle. ****slapping
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Gaza protests block gate at New Mexico’s Kirtland Air Force Base
By Associated Press and Rachel S. Cohen
 Thursday, May 2

 
About two dozen protesters sat in the middle of a roadway blocking access to one of the main gates at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Thursday morning, waving flags and vowing to “shut everything down” over U.S. military support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

Base spokesman Rob Smith said Kirtland supports citizens’ rights to peacefully assemble and protest and that base security would monitor the situation throughout the day. Meanwhile, the gate would remain closed indefinitely and people who work on the base were advised to use other routes.
 
The protest comes just days after 16 people — including five students — were arrested at the University of New Mexico just a few miles away after they occupied the campus’ student union building and caused damage inside.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/05/02/gaza-protests-block-gate-at-new-mexicos-kirtland-air-force-base/
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Modern science, technology, medicine, and the norms of Anglo-Saxon law are all very strong arguments for the superiority of the culture of Europe, and specifically north-western Europe.

I wonder whether the protestors would like to be tried for a crime under a system of law that lacked writs of habeas corpus, trial by jury, the presumption of innocence, and the requirement that the state proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.  Would they prefer Islamic law?  Chinese legalism? Code Napoleon?  The Code of Hammurabi? The legal system the prevailed in Benin when its kings were selling fellow-Africans to European traders as slaves? Whatever systems of law prevailed among the Aztecs or the Hindus before European colonialism replace them?  Didn't think so. I suspect they all like the Anglo-Saxon system just fine and will daddy's lawyer on speed-dial in case their protest goes sideways.

As Jordan Peterson put it "The Common Law is a bloody miracle!"
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If it doesn't get delayed 6 years with funding diverted to take care of illegal "newcomers." :whistle:
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Army planning consolidation roadmap for loitering munitions and small drones
Army acquisition head Doug Bush said he and Army Futures Command head Gen. James Rainey expect to have a plan rolled out sometime this summer.
By   ASHLEY ROQUE
on May 02, 2024 at 8:10 PM
 

WASHINGTON — Nearly three months ago, the US Army announced a massive aviation overhaul, which led to the cancellation of several programs and the redirection of funds to new priorities. Now, service leaders are preparing a shakeup with its weapons portfolio, which may revamp plans for buying weapons like launched effects, loitering munitions and drones, according to Army acquisition head Doug Bush

“The good news is, there’s so many options… because there’s so many companies that are doing things that are either a UAS [unmanned aerial system], a lethal-UAS or just a loitering munition and they start to blur together because the tech is moving so fast,” Bush told reporters today.

Bush said he and Army Futures Command head Gen. James Rainey expect to have a formal roadmap rolled out sometime this summer.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/army-planning-consolidation-roadmap-for-loitering-munitions-and-small-drones/
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... high ticket prices, insane concession stand prices, rude and inconsiderate children and adults in theaters today...oh and insane volume blasted at you that leave your ears ringing for hours and possible long term hearing issues. ...
Those are some of the reasons I have no interest in going to a movie. Also, most of them seem to be remakes or nothing but comic book stuff. H'wood has a serious lack of imagination.

Having said that, some people I know have seen this movie recently and speak very highly of it: Unsung Hero
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When David Smallbone's successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States in search of a brighter future. With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their love of music, David (for KING + COUNTRY's Joel Smallbone) and his pregnant wife Helen (Daisy Betts) set out to rebuild their lives from the ground up. Based on a remarkable true story, a mum's faith stands against all odds; and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs.
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General Discussion / Re: Thought For The Day by John Jaeger, MBA
« Last post by ChemEngrMBA on Today at 05:13:38 pm »
The widespread support of Hamas terrorists by people living in America is evil, despicable and cowardly. - John Phillip Jaeger
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It's hard to be proficient at things you don't practice.
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