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Found a reddit post from Platner describing his unit in Iraq being ordered to stop using mortars in high density urban areas.

He devised a method to use mk19 grenade launchers to evade detection by command. "It wasn't the most accurate system" he says, but he still used it.

jesus-christ

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[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Look in the replies for a bonus crayon chewer defending this.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's one person defending this as a valid tactic, and another who says he hates Platner for being a communist nazi but loves his ingenuity in going after the enemy.

These 'people' are just real life orcs and goblins

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Yeah I guess these are the guys the Dems are trying to appeal to nowadays?

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

“communist nazi”

The American education system

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

shitbird

oh shit is platner a hexbear?

[–] miz@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

I remember Leahy using this term several times on Trailer Park Boys

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Reading this actually made me dizzy with how evil it is, I'm normally empathetic to a fault but watching this person be eaten alive by centipedes would make me feel nothing

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

When someone is trying to kill you, you get every opportunity to kill them back.

I agree: the Iraqis and Afghanis were 100% justified in killing burger troopers. If the burger troopers didn't want to be killed, they shouldn't have invaded.

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where does this crayon chewer meme come from? I've never heard this one before.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Navy members eating crayons is a classic joke.

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've NEVER heard that before.

And I was actually considering joining the Navy in my pre-woke period.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Your subconscious rejected the taste of colored wax.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

All water-type war criminals are the same to me (/j, thanks for the correction).