Special Forces:

[Trojan]

Makes contact with snake, ignores all State Department directives and Theater Commander Rules of Engagement by
building rapport with snake and winning its heart and mind. Trains it to kill other snakes. Files enormous travel settlement upon return.

-troj

[atholon]

What ??

[Trojan]

.oaml, sredistuo eht rof saw sihT

[atholon]

ok I am still confused...but I am always confused so I guess that is a good thing.

[Trojan]

....desuf llits ma I kO :elpmaxE .desuf htiw oG .lol, noc eht porD

[-Tigger-]

this back 2 front stuff is confusing lol

[Trojan]

lol

[Lakie]

ah yes the Differential Theory of US Armed Forces (Snake Model) Upon Encountering a Snake in the Area of Operations (AO)

1. Infantry: Snake smells them, leaves area.

2. Airborne: Lands on and kills the snake.

3. Armor: Runs over snake, laughs, and looks for more snakes.
4. Aviation: Has Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) coordinates to snake.
Can't find snake. Returns to base for refuel and crew rest. Goes back this
time finds snake, locks on target.

5. Ranger: Plays with snake, then eats it.
6. Field Artillery: Kills snake with massive Time On Target barrage with
three Forward Artillery Brigades in support. Kills several hundred civilians
as unavoidable collateral damage. Mission is considered a success and all
participants (i.e., cooks, mechanics and clerks) are awarded Silver Stars.

7. Special Forces: Makes contact with snake, ignores all State Department
directives and Theater Commander Rules of Engagement by building rapport
with snake and winning its heart and mind. Trains it to kill other snakes.
Files enormous travel settlement upon return.

8. Combat Engineer: Studies snake. Prepares in-depth doctrinal thesis
in obscure 5 series Field Manual about how to defeat snake using counter
mobility assets. Complains that maneuver forces don't understand how
to properly conduct doctrinal counter-snake ops.

9. Navy SEAL: Expends all ammunition and calls for naval gunfire
support in failed attempt to kill snake. Snake bites SEAL and retreats to
safety. Hollywood makes fantasy film in which SEALS kill Muslim extremist
snakes.

10. Navy: Fires off 50 cruise missiles from various types of ships, kills
snake and makes presentation to Senate Appropriations Committee on
how Naval forces are the most cost-effective means of anti-snake force
projection.

11. Marine: Kills snake by accident while looking for souvenirs. Local
civilians demand removal of all US forces from Area of Operations.

12. Marine Recon: Follows snake, gets lost.

13. Combat Controllers: Guides snake elsewhere.
14. Para-Rescue Jumper: Wounds snake in initial encounter
(accidentally, of course), then works feverishly to save snake's life.

15. Supply: (NOTICE: Your anti-snake equipment is on backorder.)
16. Transport pilot: Receives call for anti-snake equipment, delivers
two weeks after due date.

17. F-15 pilot: Misidentifies snake as enemy Mi-24 Hind helicopter
and engages with missiles. Crew chief paints snake kill on aircraft.

18. F-16 pilot: Finds snake, drops two CBU-87 cluster bombs, and
misses snake target, but get direct hit on Embassy 100 KM East of snake due to weather (Too Hot also Too Cold, Was Clear but too overcast, Too dry with Rain, Unlimited ceiling with low cloud cover, etc.) Claims that purchasing multi-million dollar, high-tech snake-killing device will enable it in the future to kill all snakes and achieve a revolution in military affairs.

19. AH-64 Apache pilot: Unable to locate snake, snakes don't show well on infra-red. Infrared only operable in desert AO's without power lines or SAM's.

20. UH-60 Blackhawk pilot: Finds snake on fourth pass after snake builds
bonfire, pops smoke, lays out VS 17 to mark Landing Zone. Rotor wash
blows snake into fire.

21. B-52 pilot: Pulls ARCLIGHT mission on snake, kills snake and every
other living thing within two miles of target.

22. Missile crew: Lays in target coordinates to snake in 20 seconds,
but can't receive authorization from National Command Authority to use
nuclear weapons.

23. Intelligence officer: Snake? What snake? Only four of 35 indicators of key activity are currently active. We assess the potential for snake activity as LOW.

24. Judge Advocate General (JAG): Snake declines to bite, citing grounds of professional courtesy.

25. Army Special Operations Aviation (160th): Petitions USSOCOM for
new anti-snake version of the Blackhawk (probably call it the MH-60X)
with a total program cost of $1.7 Billion (FY 00 dollars). The new
simulator for the MH-60X will cost $35 Million (FY 00 dollars), but
will be obsolete by the time initial production versions of the MH-60X
arrive. Time line will slip by several years due to development
problems. Snakes will be extinct by the time the aircraft is delivered
in number.

26. OH-58D Pilot: Pilot sees snake, snake sees pilot. Snake runs
away and leaves pilot in the dust. Pilot declares no joy.

27. CH-47D Pilot: Would pick snake up, but aircraft is already filled with golf cart, hot tub, three weeks of food stuff for the crew, "girlfriends" from the cross-country flight destination, and more parts for those poor Apache
"pilots".

[Trojan]

Accidents do occur. Marines are like Bulls in a China shop. What is this? Oops. Where am I? heh -troj

[BADDOG]

I think I've seen this before but it is very amusing!!!!

Regards

[RECON ONE_UK]

us recon:follows snakes,and eat them
engineer:studys snake and shoot them with an at4

[-live-wire-]

That's hilarious !