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Caption This for 08/09/2019

Posted August 09, 2019 4:45 PM by lmno24

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08/09/2019 4:52 PM

...and with that one image, Private Bowman was put in charge of military intelligence.

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08/09/2019 4:56 PM

It was then decided that the Native American unit might better serve as "Windtalkers".

The WWII Navajo code talkers were so top-secret, their very existence wasn’t declassified until decades after the war. The code they created is now widely credited for the Allied success in the South Pacific—it was never broken. And none of the code talkers were ever captured by the enemy. . . .

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08/09/2019 4:59 PM

Don't worry, it looks like he's firing blanks anyway.

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08/09/2019 5:23 PM

First prototype for new high powered stretch carrying straps for the aging M-16 double as bow strings for clandestine close range sniper duty...Explosive arrow heads are an added option...

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08/09/2019 6:21 PM

Fired with gross incompetence.

Discharged for gross incompetence.

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08/11/2019 10:59 PM

Especially since there is no magazine in that weapon.

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08/09/2019 6:53 PM

"Nice try, but I don't think it will fool the gun control advocates!"

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08/09/2019 7:12 PM

2.0

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08/10/2019 5:14 PM

Gotta get me one of those. They must sell them in FL.

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08/09/2019 7:20 PM

Testing the latest ARrow -15

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08/09/2019 8:25 PM

A soldier strapped out to learn how to shoulder his responsibilities and knowledge to do things the right way?

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08/09/2019 11:39 PM

I shot an arrow through your heart,

said sniper G.I. Joe -

while pulling back my rifle sling -

same time I shot my toe!

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08/09/2019 11:40 PM

D*mned athletes foot is really bugging me--this should cure it.

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08/10/2019 1:07 AM

You’re all wrong that’s the new NATO approved signal to mean “don’t shoot me I am out of ammo”

replaces the white flag.

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08/10/2019 10:28 AM

"Hey, Robin Hood! Did you put the safety ON?"

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08/10/2019 4:09 PM

Demonstrating the new invisible Stealth Arrow, shot from a bow disguised as an assault rifle.

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08/11/2019 3:43 PM

The Army decides that it is time for Del the Cat to retire.

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08/20/2019 6:25 PM

...and the Gunnery Sargent screamed ''Is the Army so desparate that it can't fail anybody at target shooting these days!!!...

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08/30/2019 10:36 PM

Dam, I hate these gun free zones!

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09/19/2019 9:43 AM

Call a toe truck

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09/20/2019 6:58 AM

He'd often done it metaphorically, but, this time Jones literally "shot himself in the foot".

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07/04/2024 2:13 AM

The military today, Mil-spec is trying to make all of their weapons multi-function.

- The Littoral Class Ships

- the Bow / M16

and even the officers…

all of todays military weapons are a Jack of all trades and a master of …..

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