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The Blue Jays beat themselves. If they would have run the bases properly in the bottom of the 9th, they would have beat the call at home. Poor decision making cost them the title. It's too bad, as they were generally the better team throughout the World Series.

Yes, and no it hasn't.

Oddly enough, there is an entire thread on that topic....

You didn't get Hegseth's memo, did you? No beards!

It's still an infantry brigade. Three Rifle Coys and a Multipurpose Coy. The latter contains a recon pl, a mortar pl, an AT pl, and a drone platoon. We call the MPC "Cbt Sp Coy." The Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Coy is essentially a drone coy at the bde level. So, take an IBCT and add some...

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To understand Hegseth's approach to the SecDef (er...SecWar) job, you need to know the auspices under which the clearly political part-time soldier left the service. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/pete-hegseth-flagged-insider-threat-00189991...

Worth the read on the subject, since this is quickly becoming an ideological issue.

What is meant by decisive? Except that's not what he used to make the inference FJAG referenced. Rather it was derived, in part, from the work of David Rowland and his team from DERA, who conducted a series of studies on battlefield effects based on the aggregate of 159 battles from the 20th...

My question on the definition of shock action is germane because there was a lot of discussion on who on the battlefield caused shock action, but no shared definition of what shock action actually is. If we're going to assign "shock action" as a capability to some unit and define requirements...

What data was that?

Why would you question the value of the assertion based on his exposure to an artillery range? It is either a valid assertion or it isn't, regardless of whether it was from Field Marshal Montgomery or Krusty the Clown. As for definitions, how about: ‘Shock effect’ is a state where all or part...

Doing what's "best for the member" does not entail giving the member unauthorized leave because they got an extra long summer holiday.

Define shock action.