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HOLY. FUCKING. SHIIT. I never knew these things existed. You're building a fucking DeLisle Carbine. This is my Dream Gun. Nothing will ever top the DeLisle Carbine. 🥰😍

Welcome to the world of PSA, where they just slap shiit together and send it out there door. Right parts, wrong parts, no worries. Tracking number... Check! They keep me quite busy.

Oh, this is straight up TROUBLE. We'll get the thread back on track. But I don't know how...

Here's the deal on all this. The real deal. https://sofrep.com/news/sergeant-first-class-alwyn-cashe-two-special-operations-soldiers-to-receive-long-delayed-medal-of-honor/?utm_source=SOFREP - Highly Engaged&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe%2C Two Special Operations Soldiers To Receive Long Delayed Medal of Honor (ReYUx7)&_kx=GIibZaVqTUPDGw2TCJN2dMnfcKe1RL_-0Zca51LUK8I%3D.HVS3Ca Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, Two Special Operations Soldiers To Receive Long Delayed Medal of Honor by Steve Balestrieri 1 day ago SFC Alwyn Cashe Will Finally Recieve The Congressional Medal Of Honor The Biden administration is expected to award the Medal of Honor to three Army soldiers for valor during the Global War on Terror (GWOT), according to a story by the Washington Post. The three soldiers, SFC Alwyn Cashe, SFC Christopher Celiz, and MSG Earl Plumlee are expected to be honored at the White House by President Biden. Cashe and Celiz died as a result of wounds that resulted from their selfless actions. They will be represented by family members. Plumlee is expected to attend. The award for SFC Alwyn Cashe has been considered the one award that has been the longest in coming. On October 17, 2005, Cashe, was on a combat patrol in Samarra, Iraq. As an Alpha Company platoon sergeant from Forward Operating Base (FOB) McKenzie, adjacent to Diyala, SFC Cashe was in the lead Bradley Fighting Vehicle when it struck a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The vehicle’s fuel cell ruptured, instantly covering Cashe in fuel. The vehicle came to a stop and immediately erupted in flames. While under intense small arms fire, SFC Cache managed to escape through the gunner’s hatch and assisted the driver out of the vehicle to safety. The flames burning his fuel-soaked uniform quickly spread all over his body. SFC Alwyn Cashe (right) in Iraq. US Army photo Despite Horrible Burns, Cashe Insisted That Other Wounded Soldiers Be Evacuated First Despite his terrible burns Cashe placed the injured driver on the ground and extinguished his burning clothes. He returned to the burning vehicle to retrieve another burning soldier. All the while, he was still on fire. Then he moved to the back of the Bradley to pull more of his soldiers out from the flames inside. In all, Cashe pulled six troops and an Iraqi interpreter to safety. Sgt. Gary Mills was on fire, his hands so badly burned that he couldn’t open the rear troop door to free himself and other soldiers trapped inside the flaming vehicle. Cashe opened the door from outside. A powerful hand grabbed Mills and yanked him to safety. Within seconds, Cashe ran back to the flames and crawled into the vehicle to haul out the platoon’s critically burned medic. SFC Cashe kept going back into that vehicle even after his uniform had ignited, and flames had severely burned most of his body. He got all of his soldiers out. When help arrived from the Forward Operating Base(FOB) about four kilometers away they set up an aid station in a ditch, but a dust storm prevented helicopters from evacuating the men by air; instead, they had to be taken to the FOB by vehicle. Cashe refused help until everyone else had been carried to the medevac, but would not allow himself to be carried by his comrades. With some help, he walked to the medevac flight. SFC Cashe Did Not Survive His Injuries When Cashe arrived at the U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base in Iraq, he was still fully conscious. Alisha Turner, then an Air Force medic, was part of the team that treated Cashe and three of his wounded comrades. Cashe, she remembered, was the fourth casualty through the door. He was burned badly. What remained of his uniform was melted to his skin. Turner’s team rushed Cashe into the ER, where he tried to get off the gurney and return to duty. “He just kept saying, ‘I’m good, I’m good, take care of my guys,’ Turner said. “He wanted us to focus on everyone else. It was as if they were his children.” Cashe died a few weeks later on November 8 at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 35 years old. He was immediately awarded a Silver Star but after his Battalion Commander, now LTG Gary Brito learned the details of his heroism, he led the fight to get Cashe’s award upgraded to the Medal of Honor. The fight to get this Silver Star upgraded went up the line all the way to Congress which in November 2020, approved legislation that would pave the way for Cashe’s family to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for him posthumously, and then all progress ground to a halt for 13 months. Cashe will be the first African-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor during the Global War on Terror, and the seventh award of the MOH during the war in Iraq. Rangers Lead The Way SFC Celiz was a mortar platoon sergeant in Company D, 1st Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment who was on his fifth deployment during the GWOT. On July 12, 2018, in the Paktiya province of Afghanistan SFC Celiz and his Rangers were providing security for an incoming MEDEVAC flight that was under heavy fire by Taliban insurgent forces when he was shot. Celiz was then medically evacuated to the nearest medical facility, but there he died of his wounds. SFC Christopher Celiz, from the 1st Ranger Bn. US Army photo The Rangers were assisting CIA personnel who were involved in a secret program that was targeting insurgent leaders for capture or being killed. This operation took place in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktiya province in July 2018. As the medevac helicopter was preparing to take off, Celiz moved from a covered position and placed himself between the Taliban and the helicopter to deliver covering fire. But then he was wounded. Crew members saw him hit and the pilots went back to pick him up. “My aircraft would have been critically damaged if it weren’t for Chris, and we owed him our lives.” Captain Ben Krzeczowski, the pilot of the medevac said. Although the aircraft was heavily damaged in the battle to evacuate the wounded, the crew flew to a much further medical location in an attempt to save Celiz, but he died of his wounds. The Blackhawk helicopter was so damaged that it never flew again. MSG Plumlee Single-Handedly Stopped A Taliban Attack MSG Plumlee was on FOB Ghazni in Afghanistan in August 2013, when the Taliban detonated a 400-lb car bomb outside the compound, which blew a hole in the wall of the base which insurgents then rushed through equipped with weapons, RPGs, and suicide vests. According to several eyewitness reports, Plumlee nearly single-handedly stopped the Taliban’s attack on the base. One of the Special Forces soldiers present that day, SSG Michael Ollis used his own body to shield a Polish soldier on the base and was himself killed. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Plumlee raced toward the breach and used a pistol, rifle, and hand grenades to kill three Taliban fighters and wound a fourth, possibly several more. MSG, then-SFC Earl Plumlee being awarded the Silver Star. US Army photo “There was another tremendous explosion that knocked both of us back into a wall, and I got hit in the chest right across the buttstock with about three-quarters of a human arm,” Plumlee said in an interview with the Washington Post, describing his and SFC Andrew Busic’s actions as some Taliban members blew themselves up with suicide vests right in front of them. Plumlee was put in by his commanders for the Medal of Honor but it was immediately downgraded two levels to a Silver Star. But due to a controversial DOD Inspector General’s report, Plumlee’s actions were once again looked at and it too was finally approved for the MOH. In that report, one redacted member said that since Plumlee was a “leader” and not just “a soldier”, that his actions didn’t warrant the Medal of Honor. The nation will honor all three men next week, but the timing has not yet been announced. SOFREP has followed the story of Alywin Cashe and the quest to see him awarded the Medal of Honor since September 2020. You can read that first story, here.

That's possible. Takes me 30 minutes to organize a raid. Gotta have that 20 minutes to meet people first, upon arrival. Might be possible. There is NO fridge that's safe, not even his. ^^^ This is gospel, Mack. I'm proud to have even met you. Even though you're probably my damn dad...

This shiit is very serious. This is scary. https://www.foxweather.com/live-news/severe-weather-outbreak-in-the-mid-south

Pics of the sister...

I've been fucked up alot, in life. "Hit by a Helicopter" is a good campfire story. I'm still here, though. Somehow. God loves me for some reason, I can't figure it out.

Thank God Rangers have standards. 18" minimum of sawdust in the pit. I free-dove out of a 52-foot tower, supermanned that dive, and landed flat. I bounced so hard I landed back up directly on my feet. And that was for a demonstration... NOT intentional.

Now you're talking scary shiit! This could go places...

He totally forgot - as a Rappeller, he needs to control his descent, with his belay hand. The Belay Control dude on the ground is only there to help you, arrest your descent if necessary... Interesting story, though - I've bounced, from 52 feet up.

Hey, hey, hey, how did I get into that one?!...

Here's @Lonewolf McQuade and cucumbers... So, I have no idea why he stated that he has so many cold HARD cucumbers in his fridge... Just don't know...

You're still avoiding why you have so many cold HARD cucumbers in your fridge. I'm just sayin'...

Pretty bad way to go out, Fast Roping accident. More will come out, I'm sure, but this is fucked up like AIDS. Something didn't go right here. I hope they weren't roping out of a 53. That's a nightmare. https://sofrep.com/news/commander-of-seal-team-eight-killed-in-training-accident/?utm_source=SOFREP - Highly Engaged&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Commander Of SEAL Team Eight Killed In Training Accident (RYAhYg)&_kx=GIibZaVqTUPDGw2TCJN2dMnfcKe1RL_-0Zca51LUK8I%3D.HVS3Ca Commander Of SEAL Team Eight Killed In Training Accident Naval Special Warfare Command is reporting that the Commanding Officer of SEAL Team Eight, Commander Brian Bourgeois has succumbed to injuries he sustained during a fast-rope training evolution on December 4th in Virginia. The Navy did not disclose any information on how the mishap occurred, but a thorough investigation of any incident that kills or results in significant injury to a servicemember is routine. Fast-Roping is a method used to rapidly get SEALs aboard a helicopter down to the deck using a rope more than one and a half inches in diameter. Using gloves, the SEALs are able to slide down the rope at a safe speed to the ground very quickly. Several SEALs may go down on the rope at that same time if proper intervals between them are maintained. The Dangers of Fast Roping It is an inherently dangerous training evolution where many things can go wrong, any of which can result in death or serious injury. Heavy gloves are used to grip the rope and as a brake to control the descent. Go too fast and the gloves heat up almost instantly to temps that make it all but impossible to hang on. Equipment loads pose another risk as the SEAL must compensate for as much as eighty pounds of additional weight using just the strength in his arms. If several men are on the rope going down at once, at least a three-meter spacing between them on the rope is needed to prevent the upper man from crashing down on the man below him. Most of the time, SEALs would be descending the rope to a hard deck on a ship or oil platform so a fall is generally going to produce injuries. Done correctly, as many as twenty-five Navy SEALs can descend from a helicopter in under thirty seconds by fast-roping. Photo; US Navy Routine Training Qualifications Prior To Deployment Fast roping is part of the skill set of every Navy SEAL. A SEAL platoon returning from deployment will almost immediately begin training for their next deployment by retraining and demonstrating certain core competencies to be considered combat-ready. SEAL Team EIGHT (ST-8) is based at Little Creek, VA. with eight operational platoons with a headquarters element. ST-8 has a geographic area of concentration comprising the Caribbean, Africa, and the Mediterranean. It deploys combat-ready platoons to carrier battle groups (CVBGs) as well as amphibious ships in support of the Second, Fifth, and Sixth Fleet. Team-8 conducts deployments for training (DFTs) throughout the Caribbean, Africa, and the littoral Mediterranean. Naval Special Warfare Command Pledges Life Long Support To The Family Rear Adm. H.W. Howard III, commander, Naval Special Warfare Command expressed his condolences to the family of CDR Bourgeois saying, “…we will ensure our community remains in support of and in relationship with Brian’s family and his children, for life,” “Brian was one of our very best leaders, who possessed all the attributes that make our force effective.  We will miss his charismatic leadership and faithful stewardship of our standard.  His legacy carries on in teammates he served with, led, and mentored.” As is customary, the Executive Officer of Team Eight will assume command awaiting a new commanding officer to be assigned by Special Warfare Group Two. CDR Bourgeois attended the Naval Academy and graduated with the class of 2001, just months prior to the September 11th Attacks. He played Safety on the football team. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star for Valor. CDR Bourgeois had served twenty years in the Navy and was just forty-three years old. He is survived by his wife and five children.

Where the hell is @JF89 when you need him? Is he still in prison?

Let's get back to this cucumber fetish you have, brother, and just hash it out. You know, I'm kinda worried that YOU WANT ME in your fridge... Just sayin'...

It'll catch on - you'll be alright. The recoil system is the most concerning set of parts that you've listed. When they come in, spec them out and post the details. That's gonna tell us if your gun will run, or be a jam-o-matic.

DAMN!!!

Yeah, but... If you washed one of yours, and shrunk it all up - it would still fit most of us here...

There's all kinds of shiit wrong with PSA PA-10s. Hit the PSA Section here, because there's alot of information in that section.

Well, I'll be damned. THAT doesn't happen often. There's a dude over there "that knows everything," and he was here first, before getting booted. I'm surprised he didn't bitch to the moon over that recommendation to come here... We get a few from Sniper's Hide a couple times a year. Never heard of us getting a recommendation from ARF, though. That's pretty cool.

I think we already know that you're the Knob Guy here. It's pretty obvious. You can't hide it.

Money. Money can buy you a vehicle, and money can BUILD you a vehicle (usually NOT BUILT by those WITH the money - they hire someone to build it for them). Money can't buy you experience. Seen it in the Dunes since 2004. Seen it 4-wheelin' in the PNW for over a decade before that.