Out of Pod Experience

Alright I'll grant you that. But I was a reservist for nearly 2 years and still had to keep the same level of fitness I had when I was on full duty.

The Boston SWAT seem to be quite chunky too.

People used to mock me for having a 34" waist. But I'm 6' 3". Some of these guys must be pushing 40"+

Bah I say!

It doesnt reflect well is all I'm saying.

Then again we have no concept of national guard here. Its all reserves or active service. But we're the size of New Jersey so its not an issue.

According to WHDH looks like the search is moving to Conneticut and police are looking for a green honda civic.

Well, true.
OTOH, when engaged, they can lay down some serious hurt. Nothing wrong with their ability to rock-n-roll, when it comes down to the moment.

Also - What Anya said.
Hated having drilling reservists on-board. By the time you get them up to speed and being useful, they're gone again. Yes, I know - that's the whole point. They're not supposed to be free labor, they're suppsed to keep an edge on. Once you've put an edge on 'em, the job is done, and they go back in the box.

Here being reserve means you have a 9-5 but still drill 2 weekends a month, on top of any extra duty you can be lumped with in times of crisis. Which is er.... pretty much always.

Seems the lockdown is starting to grate with peoples nerves.

"1942: Michael, Belmont MA emails: Starting to think this lockdown may continue for quite some time yet. The scene is surreal in the day light. It's going to get very spooky at night when there's nothing on the roads and the constant blue flash of police lights."

The Green Civic may've belonged to one of teh brothers.

The Watertown search is only about 70% done yet - hence the extention.

I haven't been keeping up for the last 4 pages because you guys starting going into other territories, but I see that ones down and the other is still being hunted.

I'm posting though because I can't help but notice msn's conspiracy theory title to one of their articles:

Bombing suspect on the run became US citizen last year on Sept. 11

Is that really even important information? Also is it me that is perhaps reading into that too much?

Edit: By the way, I read that article earlier and it originally was titled something like: Uncle wanted them away from family.

let's just say perfect PT scores are exceptional even in active duty units.

at one point in 2011, half the Army was in non-deployable medical status.

yep. it was a range of things, from 2 week profiles to more chronic issues, but basically... 50% of total strength

Lockdown Experiment

This is a joke, right?

A friend of mine said.. "It's simple, one doesn't leave if one is not finished. That's why they didn't leave, I suspect the story is just warming up. I hope I'm wrong."

Residents in and around Boston have heard explosions. Suspect 1 has wounds that are believed to be result of explosives. They had that innocent guy strip down for a reason. Information the carjacked guy provided. One dead cop.. another seriously injured. Explosives. High velocity shrapnel type explosives have been used by these suspects.

This isn't the 'norm' and shouldn't be treated like it is. Many more people are going to be happy about a lockdown that protects them.. rather than let them out and about, exposed to potential explosions.. I repeat BOMBS. Let alone gun fire. Come on, man. Not too mention how much easier it would be to locate this terrorist under these conditions. Some one who stuck around in the city, perhaps for a reason to do more.. given they had more explosives.

Lockdown Experiment and magical helicopters. Holy hell....

Fear. The Media does a really good job of promoting fear.. this is why many governments/law enforcement agencies do not give out certain information. It would promote additional Fear. On top of this.. you got the conspiracy theorist adding fuel to the fire with additional fear-promoting fodder by flinging the evil government and the biased news organizations.. into the mix. Everyone else is to blame for all this anarchy.. special butterfly is safe in mental cocoon weaved by truths of an untethered mind set free of oppression. BLAH! How are you any different than the media flinging words out, with no crediable backing?

Conspiracy theories leads to fear.. leads to blame.. leads to.. 'something drastic needs to be done about this...'

Stop promoting Terror or this bullshit will never, ever end. Bring real substance in a civil manner, please people. I will say.. I'm surprised how civil and relaxed this thread has stayed over 14 pages.

4 Days ago I made this post.


I don't even need to try and prove it right, it just is.