There is another Fort Drum located in upstate NY named after Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum.
Many NG units do their annual training there. That training is of high priority in the event of another instance of southern regression
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There is another Fort Drum located in upstate NY named after Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum.
Many NG units do their annual training there. That training is of high priority in the event of another instance of southern regression
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All that training under 10 feet of snow should come in real handy when they come down to roust those regressors out of the swamps...Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
That training is of high priority in the event of another instance of southern regression...Ben
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No need to do that---just leave em in there---good feed for the gators and skeeters
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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If I remember correctly, River Rat mentioned spending time at the NY location during mountain training. I also seem to remember him not liking the weather too much.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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I think you are right. Fort Drum is also the home of the 10th Mountain Division.
There is no question that the weather can get pretty brutal up there.
It is also close to some of the best salmon and steel head fishing in the lower 48.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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I just did a search - Steve mentioned Fort Drum many times.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018One of my nephews was stationed at Ft. Drum. Made his trip to Somalia from there. He finally saw the light and signed up for tank school.
Bob
Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018That is all they wanted the first time. Just to be left alone.No need to do that---just leave em in there---good feed for the gators and skeeters
Bob
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Will that training also apply to the coming California rebellion?...That training is of high priority in the event of another instance of southern regression
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Not if I have any say in the matter
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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How 'bout a Cold War story? How the good guys wiretapped (today's "fun" word) the Rooskies' undersea cable to a prime naval base for ten years without them having a clue.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...ws&date=033117
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Good one, Joe...Thanks, and here's a bit more...The link given in yours for the Halibut, NavSource, is one of my go-to sites for research......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Fascinating, not the least of which were the innovations leading to deep diving at 400 feet to repeatedly attach and retrieve the devices in the 70's. As a diver, that amazes me and that no divers were mentioned as being lost is truly surprising.
There has to be a movie out of Operation Ivy Bells sometime.
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Below is a piece outlining the opposing batteries in Calais and Dover during WWII. I had missed this bit of history giving no thought that the Straights Of Dover allowed cannon fire to reach the other side of the 21 mile straight. The measurement given of the Nazi guns are in millimeters and for clarification for those, like myself, who need it, 400 millimeters equate to 15 3/4 inch guns.
http://warisboring.com/big-guns-name...glish-channel/
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The Battle Of Leyte Gulf, 10/24/1944 was the last major sea battle in which aircraft carriers were not present —
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...o-strait-20713
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