Stars earn stripes

• thavoice

  Anyone watch it last night? It wasnt too bad. Started slow as they had to go through alot of the meet and greet and such.
  
  Thought it kinda funny that they could easily carry that ammo box......it had to be empty because even the small ammo cannisters filled with live ammo is pretty damned heavy.
  
  I may continute to watch..
• like_that

  

  I lol'd when the two black guys almost drowned. Stereotypes are funny.
• thavoice

  Dammit...I forgot....my original title for this thread was 'black people cannot swim' but forgot to include that!
  
  I kinda thought Palin would do pretty well with all is experience shooting and hunting and stuff like that.
• derek bomar

  

  like_that;1246448 wrote:I lol'd when the two black guys almost drowned. Stereotypes are funny.

  this
• ts1227

  

  like_that;1246448 wrote:I lol'd when the two black guys almost drowned. Stereotypes are funny.

  As did I. Terry Crews better stick to Old Spice commercials.
  

  thavoice;1246456 wrote:I kinda thought Palin would do pretty well with all is experience shooting and hunting and stuff like that.

  He comes off as so passive that I thought he would just kind of go through the motions. I knew he had the outdoor experience, but questioned the drive. I was quite wrong.
• Belly35

  

  thavoice;1246443 wrote:Anyone watch it last night? It wasnt too bad. Started slow as they had to go through alot of the meet and greet and such.
  
  Thought it kinda funny that they could easily carry that ammo box......it had to be empty because even the small ammo cannisters filled with live ammo is pretty damned heavy.
  
  I may continute to watch..

  
  I forgot to watch it ... thank for the reminder I will record it now...
  
  I could be mistaken but a ammo box of M16 ammo is about 15 pounds however we never carried the box we load everything into clips, carried a clip wrap / bag so the weight was added for the clip .total ??? 25 pounds... every soldier in my squad also carried 200 round of M60 belts .... another 16/20 pounds
• 4cards

  

  ^^^^^
  ...belly how many in a squad? Did each squad have a M-60?
• Belly35

  

  4cards;1246598 wrote:^^^^^
  ...belly how many in a squad? Did each squad have a M-60?

  Generally there are 12 men but depending on the situation you can have as low a 6 or 8. I never had 12 guys...6-10 guys after Cambodia... I can't speak for other units but I would go out on an ambush without a 60 Cal.
• thavoice

  Belly35;1246590 wrote:I forgot to watch it ... thank for the reminder I will record it now...
  
  I could be mistaken but a ammo box of M16 ammo is about 15 pounds however we never carried the box we load everything into clips, carried a clip wrap / bag so the weight was added for the clip .total ??? 25 pounds... every soldier in my squad also carried 200 round of M60 belts .... another 16/20 pounds

  Belly...this was a big wooden crate full of ammo......am thinking in the show it was just empty.
  
  It wasnt too bad....as I said..after the first 20 mins or so of the hobnobbing and such it wasnt too bda
• 4cards

  

  Belly35;1246619 wrote:Generally there are 12 men but depending on the situation you can have as low a 6 or 8. I never had 12 guys...6-10 guys after Cambodia... I can't speak for other units but I would go out on an ambush without a 60 Cal.

  ... having only 6 guys on ambush (Cambodia) without a 60 had to be scary!
• Belly35

  

  4cards;1246645 wrote:... having only 6 guys on ambush (Cambodia) without a 60 had to be scary!

  No no I had 9 guys going into Cambodia only 6 came out and hell no I'm not going on any mission without a 60 ....
• Belly35

  

  thavoice;1246631 wrote:Belly...this was a big wooden crate full of ammo......am thinking in the show it was just empty.
  
  It wasnt too bad....as I said..after the first 20 mins or so of the hobnobbing and such it wasnt too bda

  wooden crate with rope handles 12 wide x 8 deep x 30 long would be laws, or mortor rounds ..no mission squad would care something like that... not in Nam maybe in todays Army I don't know.
• thavoice

  Not to "spoil" the whole ep for ya, which this wont, but part of the mission was to get the ammo box, carry it to a shed and put it in there and then explode it all.
  
  That seems to about the size of the box you are talking about but without the handles on it. As I said..it was probably just an empty wooden crate.
• Cher

  thavoice;1246443 wrote:Stars earn stripes

  Stripes?
  
• Fab1b

  

  Fruit Stripe gum, the best gum for about 5 seconds!
• Belly35

  

  I just watched the first competition interesting. I think it will be a good for those viewing to see the skill level, dedication and physical stress required by combat soldiers to achieve a mission. Also interesting are the weapons very cool stuff. </SPAN>
  That box was a standard military basic training foot locker box and it was empty, the C-4 was placed inside the building once the box was inside. </SPAN>
  Kind of bad the two Black guys did not think about having to swim nor anyone ask about swimming skills. If you where a poor swimmer and the additional gear (40 pound), restriction to move your arms because of the gear you would panic also, if you did know to dog paddle or a form of short breast stroke that would also lead to more panic.</SPAN>
  
  I think when the missions get harder and the more physical extreme is required things will get interesting. </SPAN>
• thavoice

  Belly35;1247202 wrote:I just watched the first competition interesting. I think it will be a good for those viewing to see the skill level, dedication and physical stress required by combat soldiers to achieve a mission. Also interesting are the weapons very cool stuff.
  That box was a standard military basic training foot locker box and it was empty, the C-4 was placed inside the building once the box was inside.
  Kind of bad the two Black guys did not think about having to swim nor anyone ask about swimming skills. If you where a poor swimmer and the additional gear (40 pound), restriction to move your arms because of the gear you would panic also, if you did know to dog paddle or a form of short breast stroke that would also lead to more panic.
  
  I think when the missions get harder and the more physical extreme is required things will get interesting.

  I hope other eps are only an hour though.
  
  I know we did a swim, only in a pool, with alot of gear on and it wasnt the easiest of things at all. The water starts to gather around your calfs where the uni is tucked in the boots and adds additional weight.
  
  I saw this AM that a group of Nobel Peace Winners are protesting the show.
• vball10set

  damn, and I thought Keeping Up with the Kardashian's was bad