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AHOY,


UPDATE 12/21/13, 11:42 HOURS

I am revealing who I am today i.e. posting my name, I am Keith Oeffinger, I was born in San Antonio Texas in 1963. See today's post 12/21/13 .


Update, 01/11/14 12:30 hours;

I would like to say, with only one reply, like three years ago, this blog seems too much like a mirror site to me. And it appears very few patriots are looking back at past posts.

The new “Fragmented Fighting Facts” series of posts that dedicates one post to each Basic rule has now been completed. This series starts with the post tilted “Post # 1, Planning, Preface” that posted on 05/12/13. This series is under the label “Tri-F in progress”. Posts well be updated as I edit or discover additional knowledge thus the series is the most current version of my "Fragmented Fighting Facts" manual. For an old but complete version i.e. all in one post copy. Patriots are welcomed to try viewing one of the “pages” listed in the “special word section” on the starboard side of the blog. I say try due to the fact I’m not sure if they are published i.e. viewable to the general public due to all the issues or HACKING with my blog. There is also a complete copy posted, that is titled, “Tri-F in progress” too, it was posted 11/13/10.

And feel free to fire away with a reply, (sarcasm on).


FLASH REPORT; the “TERRORIST ARE NOT AMONG US, AND NEVER WERE I.E. AL QAEDA IS A STAWL MAN, GHOST”.

The most important lesson that everyone should have taken away from the Boston Marathon bombings was that those young men proved that no al-queda members are in the u.s. Otherwise they too would just go get some presure cookers and had to a parade.

“I AM NOT A TERRORIST” this nation’s worst enemy is FEAR. This fear is being promoted mostly by the back woods, right wing, Christians of this nation. We need to separate church and state, period. And that is of course for the States sake.


I would like patriots to understand that I use the terms "official revealed fact" to mean what everyone is being told by officials, media etc. I use the term "kings truth" to mean what I know or believe to actually be the actual facts. I DO NOT MEAN IT IN A RELIGIOUS WAY. I.E. the term Kings is plural as in those running the show.


Preface for the Fragmented Fighting Facts

Note pink highlighted material is that, that IMO is questionable factually, it maybe an “official revealed fact” that I am questioning. The material may need to be defined i.e. explained more or it could be a personal note. Yellow is location undecided or unedited material i.e. unread that I have not decided on what to keep or not. Green means a change has been made i.e. an update. By noting the green updated highlights a Patriot well not have to read the Fragmented Fighting Facts in its entirety to stay current. Red is important, perhaps the "kings truth".

Newjarheaddean; this is my collection of combat notes. One might call it my anthology of combat tactics, techniques, methods and skills. The note taking began about fourty years ago (I was around 13 years old) with the observation of 10 rules listed with in a book covering the French and Indian i.e. Native American, wars, entitled “Roger’s Rangers”. That’s right the rules that started all this are “Army Ranger” rules, this book was located in the “Westfall” library in San Antonio Texas off of Vance Jackson. I get a kick out of the libraries name due to the general agreement that modern or state vs state warfare started with the singing of the peace treaties at Westphalia. I could not read at the time; however I knew that a list in a book on war would be important. I copied those rules down like a scribe might have written hieroglyphs and had my dad read them to me. . This discovery preceded numerous sources including approximately one hundred books and about a dozen field manuals, of which a few were of WWII era. These were found at libraries, half price bookstores and garage sales. Since going on line in 2007, I have found material on web sites such as “Defense and National Interest” (DNI), “Global security”, “Strategy page” , “Wikipedia” and “Bayonet strength” and “Efour4ever” in the combat lessons learned section. These last two sites cover WWII.

Previously referred to as K.O.O.L.N. (acronym definition, top secret), FLASH REPORTS; I NOW AM TELLING EVERYONE IT STANDS FOR KEITH OEFFINGER'S ORGANIZATION OF LEARNED KNOWLEDGE the joke on me here was I believed Knowledge was spelled with an (N). I was a special education student and did not learn to read until my last year of high school. I have now titled my work “Fragmented Fighting Facts” or “Tri-F”; the name derives from the computer grammar function always alerting me to the fragmented nature of my sentences. This is due to the “just the facts, ma’am” manor the material is written i.e. there has been little if any effort to write in whole sentences or provide context. This is not to say there is no order with Tri-F, in fact there is a theme. I have laid out the information as one might expect a commander or members of a unit to recall it thus utilizing it to conduct a mission.

We start with “Planning”, followed by the section on “Defense”, then there’s “Preparations and conduct of patrols” or “PCP”, and we end with “Conduct of Engagements” or “COE”, i.e. engagements being the term used here for shootouts. Each section of Tri-F consists of numbered “Basic rules”, each basic rule followed by detailed notes that either relate to, explain, or give examples pertaining to the basic rules. As with the general format of Tri-F, each section’s basic rules are laid out as one might need to recall them. This is most obvious in the last section COE starting with basic rule number one, “Flash report”, i.e. actions to take upon contact with the enemy. This sections last basic rule deals with handling POWs.

Keep in mind this is a work in progress; I’m constantly discovering new information to add which in turn still at times requires rearranging things. At the same time, interestingly enough to me, I have not needed to rearrange my original order of the basic rules for quite some time. There are however, two instances where the detailed information fallowing a pair of basic rules became so similar I decided to combine the pair into one basic rule. These two occurrences are noted in footnotes.

Now heed this, out of all the information contained within this work, only an estimated 1% was taught to me while I was serving in the U.S.M.C. Moreover, to put a fine point on it, it’s worth noting I served in Charlie Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division, i.e. an Infantry unit. Before my discharge (after only a two year cruse), I attended Jungle Warfare School in the northern training area of Okinawa (for two weeks), Mountain Warfare School in Korea (for one week) and Combat Town Camp Pendleton for MOUT training (for one day). I did not take part in any amphibious training nor did I ever go to Twenty Nine Palms for Desert Warfare training. We did ride around in AAVs once at Camp Pendleton. All in all I would say the only things I missed out on were a beach landing (at Coronado I believe) and a little sun burn, due to the fact that those twenty nine palms, I was told in the early eighties were all located at the front gate of that base. Needless to say, the training did not impress me, and I now know it was not going to get any better as some suggested to me at the time, and still others later claimed that I should have just stayed in longer.

With my position on the lack of training, I do wish to make it perfectly clear that I do support the service women and men in the U.S. armed forces. I also believe them to be as brave as any people on earth, (with the exception of the (Y) generation). My concern is in the way the Infantry especially is being mislead and used. I want people to understand my experience and IMO a lot of evidence suggests Uncle Sam intends to use his infantry in ways that does not include training any generation in the art of “traditional Guerilla combat tactics” i.e. as a “Traditional Commando” would be. I am not talking about “SWAT” team “Close quarter” tactics, like the “Stick dynamic entry”. That tactic should be called the “cluster f**k”. Just call that sort of tactic what it is NYPD (Cops T.V. show bad-boys, bad-boys) in Afghanistan.

The problem is that that tactic was developed by police departments to deal with an objective occupied by drugged up party animals, i.e. untrained civilians. The police never use it in a spur of the minute situation. They use it when the house/objective has been under constant surveillance for mouths in some cases and the police know all manner of information about everyone in the house and the structure and neighborhood in general. The cops choose a time when everyone is pasted out from partying the night before and have long lost any weapons (between the cushions or under the bed) they might have had on them as show pieces during the party. The primary reason for the large numbers of police in close proximity is to make sure the gang does not think the raid is a rival gang “brake in” and thus resist in any way. There is lots of yelling too, thus reinforcing the message that no one is trying to be covert, like one would be to get away with a crime.

This brings up an intriguing observation of mine; that being that by the book an assault should be made from the top down, yet the troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere use the Stick dynamic entry and usually enter from the front door, like a SWAT team. However resent high profile raids show the SWAT teams attacking from the top down. Examples you may recall are the raids on the Shinning path group in Peru in 2000 and the Mumbai raid by Indian forces on the Jewish center in 2008. IMO this proves the existence of what I’ll refer to as a “need to know” training policy, being followed by various governments, the purpose being to limit the number of true Commandos that could become tomorrow’s rebels, apposing corrupt governments. One last thing about the Stick, IMO every single time the regular forces unit conducting one of these foolish Stick dynamic entries comes under fire i.e. runs into resistance, the Stick brakes i.e. the whole unit evacuates and awaits some kind of support form tanks, guns, tubes or air. Bottom line IMO the Stick is used as a probing tactic and is meant to be a moral boosting show peace tactic to make the unit feel as if it has taken a hill, which was nothing more than another empty building, that IMO Intel suggested, was the case before the entry was ordered. Recalling the police policy of long periods of surveillance prior to raids.

It also seems to me that in light of the old saying “you can fight a war with bombs and blockades but only boots on the ground can win it” ( IMO, Uncle Sam has now revised that saying, as fallows) “you can win a war with bombs and blockades, but only the infantry can end the war”, farther more IMO Uncle Sam has gone one more step and decided to use private security companies and local i.e. indigenous people for the infantry role. All this fear of true commandos is all very similar to the “Mujahideen” not being allowed by various governments, to return to their homelands i.e. native nations, after fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.

And as for the U.S. and other Western nations, training foreigners to fight a counter insurgency goes. IMO this training includes nothing more than police procedures i.e. conducting investigations, forensics, searching individuals and buildings to collect evidence and yes serving warrants, if necessary, with those all mighty “stick” tactics. And of course, lots of “new innovative techniques and tactics” involving CAS and IMO (Old) so called high tech equipment the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional Complex wants to clear out of the warehouses.

All in all IMO Uncle Sam has chosen to put just about all his eggs in one advanced technology system, think Star Wars Storm Troopers or Matrix i.e. the Operator or Morpheus trying to guide Neo and others to safety. IMO it looks something like this; (x) unit go to (x) address, kick in front door, use stairs to your right, go south down hallway to (x) door, it is unlocked, interning room go to (x) window looking out window to the north you will see your target running east though the neighbors garden. All this information and the “live” feeds of target and area of operations would be provided by a fleet of satellites as well as Near space assets that are never mentioned by the media as current military assets and of course there’s the robots, UAVs and a flood of other covertly deployed sensors as well as covert eves dropping of any civilian electronic devices in the Area of operations.

Thus in light of these and similar so called “new innovative, techniques and tactics” (notice the media and governments choice of words “techniques and tactics” as if we’re talking Commando training i.e. why not use some modern high tech terms the system is so eager to introduce us all to normally as a matter of routine), IMO Uncle Sam has placed the traditional Guerrilla combat tactics, on the back burner and is hoping they all go the way of other black arts.

This is not just true of the infantry; let us take a peek at aerial combat. Does anyone out there actually think today’s U.S. pilots are turning and burning, pulling high (G) maneuvers trying to hit the entry windows and get inside the bandits turn. Think any pilot has conducted a yo-yo or split S maneuver lately or made the choice between a single or two-circle fight. Now days its all about stealth, ECM and Smart even autonomous weapons, missiles especially BVR tech. IMO this explains why the U.S. Navy is not concerned with not having a front line fighter equal to the USAF F-22 Raptor. An article I recently read on “Strategy page” mentioned a lot of talk about a Navy F/A-18E at an air show, displaying a little F-22 silhouette decal i.e. a simulated Kill credit symbol/icon. IMO the F/A- 18E did not gun down that kill.

And then everyone knows that just about all now and IMO soon all weapons systems including the bayonet well have a chip in it.

So if the electronics ever fail (maybe due to a shift in the axis of earths electromagnetic field, passed a certain point or perhaps a record size solar flare) IMO it well be the masters of the age-old Guerrilla combat tactics i.e. The Fragmented Fighting Facts Basic Rules that survive, keeping in mind “no one wins”.

I also wish, that those who join the various services where told all this up front i.e. “we do not intend to train you as a traditional Commando”.

Another thing I would like everyone to consider is that; what makes a Marine special is not the training she or he receives, no it’s the steel the youth demonstrates when they choose to join the Marines. Even when compared to the Special Forces, who IMO are only specialists in their particular field, once again mostly high tech specialties and whose ranks are filled with older personnel that have already been serving and have graduated from a boot camp i.e. are aware of the hoop and hype hurry up and wait tactics. And who are then usually chosen i.e. coached into changing their MOS. I am aware of the change in recruitment policy after 2001 allowing for direct entry into the S.F. community. IMO a rarity and IMO it is still not the same as just choosing to go to a Marine Corps Recruit Depot from the start.

Furthermore, to those who just well not accept the truth about the lack of training along the lines of traditional Guerrilla combat tactics. I can now say that I have exchanged comments with a number of Iraqi and Afghanistan combat vets. These comments can be found on the internet if you Google up my call sign, Newjarheaddean also spelled with one (D). IMO it is obvious that the tactics I speak of are news to the vets, some have made commits that proves in combat they were just winging it. And no, I don’t believe that all the vets are observing some kind of code of silence on these tactics including the vets who are against the wars. Unless everyone wants to say that YouTube and other internet companies are conspiring to edit all combat footage that shows these tactics being used and that, the vets are staging other videos that show them (albeit with great bravery) as armatures without a clue and winging it. If anyone ever sees video, showing the tactics listed in Tri-F being used, be sure and provide a link with your comment. I once saw a flash of film on CNN showing combat in Lebanon during the 1980s that showed some of these tactics being used by a Guerrilla fighter. I well also say I do believe that UAV footage is edited by the Pentagon to keep the public from seeing the few but well trained Taliban and other Guerrilla fighters that are using these tactics. Alternatively, maybe people think our professional highly trained well-equipped military is unable to defeat 10 – 20 thousand religious extremist amateur thugs in almost a decade of fighting. All the while killing at least by some estimates 100 a mouth including dozens of top commanders.

Let me also say, on the numbers of U.S. PTSD casualties, i.e. IMO, WIA, (And IMO deserving of a Purple Heart). The Government portrays these cases as a result of fighting a war that is “unlike any other war we have fought before” (LOL). Facing an enemy that is fighting in some mysterious and or cowardly manor that simply cannot be countered by military means. I believe the high numbers are a result of US forces fighting in a manner that is suicidal i.e. pointless and counterproductive to the real world situation. Example; you have a young brave American ready to fight for the nation, while on one of these IMO “Russian roulette parades” someone shoots at the unit from some building, everyone scrambles for cover, as some spray and pray, then after determining the location using SWATS (Soldier Worn Acoustic Targeting Systems) sniper detectors, or one of the many similar vehicle mounted systems the commander calls in some sort of CAS, if someone’s brains have been blow out especially if it was an officer or the location is vague, a real “crowd pleaser” maybe used i.e. 2000 pounder.

IMO this is how 90% of engagements (fought by regular infantry units) are resolved. Special Forces are now and in the feature more and more regular infantry well be using the Matrix. And to those that think this is the exception I say show me the number of WIA or KIA (On either side) by small arms fire i.e. during traditional firefights. Even if one includes sniper fire those figures are really low. So IMO after witnessing all the carnage and innocent civilian life being lost and receiving all those looks from the witnesses, it is the American that realizes it is his unit that is not fighting right.

This is reinforced and really sinks in back in the states when the vet is asked to tell the Commando stories that never occurred and thus the vet must tell the truth i.e. give up the Commando reputation, keep it all inside or start lying. If the first option is chosen that unveiling reality is demoralizing and makes it all not worth it. If either one of the other chooses are made IMO the vet becomes the ticking bomb. And I can tell you all that many times, I have recalled being told once that “when you go home keep your mouth shut about the things we did. If you don’t you well be thought of as a liar or crazy and either which way your life well be over”. That First Sergeant was right, but like my daddy use to say, “He’s right but he does not know why he’s right” i.e. IMO the First Sgt. thought of what we did in terms of remarkable heroic feats. However, IMO certainly since the beginning of the Vietnam era, it is the lack of training i.e. the manner in which our service women and men are fighting that keeps this tragedy going.

I would also suggest the vets of today are just like I was 25 or so years ago in the sense that they know there training is lacking, however, they just cannot explain what’s missing. However unlike me they refuse to accept that old fashion “black arts” are the answer i.e. should be the basis of basic training. And I now know the “Black art” tactics they and I should have been trained in and I can now say, “The PFC that told the Corp it was out of step, now has provided the proof”. What surprises me is that most vets it seems don’t care at all about the tactics I speak of and seem to view me as an unpatriotic “party pooper”, when I’m just a U.S. Marine trying to improve the Corps and save lives. Bottom line IMO the infantry needs to consist of unmarried i.e. undistracted, NO CHILDREN, dedicated true professionals, trained in the tactics listed in Tri-F and many more I am sure exist.

And to those that say “chivalry is for the museums” I say “first we must have peace on earth”.

One Newjarheaddean

“Let no Marines ghost say if my training had only done its job”

" Give me a million dollars and I well change the world"

" When it comes to persecution and suffering that fairly tale about christ dose not have (S) nothing on me"

" I well bet my lucky start"

“IKYG”

G-day!

Update; 12/19/14 09/53 hours




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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

My two scents

AHOY,

NOTE; I was just realizing the coincidence in this post and my latest "Fragmented Fighting Facts" upgrade i.e. post i.e. "Commanders intent" lol, located in the "spcial word" section on the starboard side of blog, tilted Fragmented fighting facts 2011 in progress. 


To the occupiers;

NOT THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO WORK, BUT IT WELL MAKE A POINT;

Just to shut up those idiots claiming the occupiers have to join the process, I have a suggestion. Support an "American Government" i.e. a party (for a lack of a better word) to end all parties. IMO it well never get off the ground. Look what a hall it has been for the Independent party. So here are some details. If the "Independent party" is truly independent, then that is the perfect platform to place "American Government" candidates to replace the old "two head coin" that now runs the corrupt system. I suggest this "Independent" platform only for the first i.e. next elections, so the system can not use the excuse that there is no time to create a new party.

And who might the candidates be? why the professors teaching government at all the various colleges for starters. Classes well have to be postponed, lol.

AND THE POINT IS THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DEMOCRACY IN THE U.S.A.

And another think;

All this hoop and hype about the speed and ease of communicating today. IMO it just makes "talk cheaper" i.e. a play on "Talk is cheap".

And also;
I want to mention that I know the technology exists out there. And I know people who have visited my blog have it, i.e. the technology to research line by line the Fragmented Fighting Facts and to I.D. the sources, books etc where the info originated.

My point is that those types of people would be able to see the genius in my work. And thus I would make the point that someone should be interested in making my acquaintance. Like I've said before, think about what I could do with the "Kings Truth" and a secretary to read and type for me. lol

I've noticed a lot of Russians fallowing my site, they now out number the Germans and British too. But the most are from the U.S. imo mostly Marines and my old unit members especially.

Politics;

I wanted to give my two cents on this Cain SEX scandal. IMO, the man is the republicans best weapon i.e. a full blooded mud. Not some halve bread "magic negro". Fight fire with fire, right. And what triggered the attacks, why Cain was in a commercial that blow smoke in the Presidents face (he is Jones-ing for one you know). And you know the old saying about "keep your friends close etc." Well Mr. Cain, you need to tell those Secret Service SOBs to go back to the White house. And I would just like to remind everyone, Obama's number one tactic in elections was and IMO is to eliminate the composition before they every get on the ballet.

And just to let everyone know, imo the Republicans are not trying to win the election. I mean really what a circus of candidates. IMO those really running the show do not like to have to retrain a new figure head every four years. The only exception is Mr. Cain, minus some dirt, that imo you could find on everyone of these guys.

This latest accuser just claimed on CNN that she and Mr. Cain went to a Hollyfield fight together. Well everyone, you know as well as I do, everyone who was at that fight, had their picture taken i.e. is on video in a million frames. SO CNN OR ANYONE ELSE SHOW ME THE PICTURES OR SHUT TO HELL UP.
How about that for a knock out, exhail.

" I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

G-day!
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Fragmented Fighting Facts (2011) in progress

AHOY,

Just so everyone well know, I've begone posting the latest Fragmented Fighting Facts manual. It is located in the "Special Word" section on the Starboard side of the blog, titled "Fragmented Fighting Facts (2011) in progress".

It appears everyone is still viewing the old copies, so I wonder if the new one has been released to the public yet, i.e. if everyone on the so called wild wild west net can view it yet, lol.

And I'm really pissed off (lol could care less) about there being  no comments except for the one from Mr. Aguilar. And speaking of armature civilians in conflict with the government as Mr. Aguilar mentions so much on his site. I just can not get over the "occupy" group in NY with their library, LOL yeah that's what we need, more time to read from our own library. Why not just get you a card at the actual public one.

It reminded me of David Koresh having his followers exercising, when they had a defensive position to build.

I just what to state right now to the occupy movements around the nation and world,  If I was ever to receive a million dollars, I would change the world, with out firing a shot. You people are pissing on a forest fire. And letting the unions and churches in is just letting the system in. These people have had decades and billions of dollars to make changes. They are part of the problem.

So good luck, GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, LOL.


" I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

G-day!
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

All still crazzy after all these years part XIII

AHOY,

now you see there, last night I got a email from strategy page, explaining how they had been trying and unable to auto renew my prescription. That credit card has been canceled.

And so I apologized and informed them that I would not be renewing.

And if all is on the up and up I do appreciate the extra efforts and time etc. however, the fact is this morning no email.

So my point is whats the odds of me mentioning that on my blog just hours before they give up on renewing and let me know of the problem by email. All this taking place eleven days after my prescription expired i.e. on the 236 birthday of the USMC.

The other weird event that I have not mentioned is that the company that had told me I was hired, did not hire me. It could have been my age. After asking me to bring in my photo I.D. and SSN card, they did act less excited about it all.

And then it was one reason after another that I was not aloud to punch in. They quit calling after my third show and no go and I had decided not to take the job if they had called again, but they never called again.

LIKE I'VE SAID, I'M A VERY GOOD WORKER, AND I WELL ADD, IMO ITS THERE LOSS.

However what really pissed me off, is that, I turned down another company during this same time period.

Now that is a sign of a bad economy, when you never get to punch in i.e. make any money at all after being hired. LOL.



" I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

G-day!
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

USS San Antonio LPD 17

AHOY,



















Data;


Specifications

Displacement: 25,000 tons full load
Dimensions: 680’ x 105’ x 23 feet
Length, Overall        680 ft
Length, waterline     660 ft
Beam, Extreme         105 ft extreme, waterline 100’
Draft, FL                  23 ft
Propulsion: 21 knots
The ships have bow bulb, twin rudders, and no side-thrusters.
MAIN PROPULSION 4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels Sulzer-Westinghouse 12ZA40S (10,000 bhp each).
2 – Shafts 42,000 bhp
2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears
2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers
ELECTRIC PLANT
5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators
5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS
3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS
3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers
Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system
AUXILIARIES
7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants
5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants
10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps
2 - HP Air Compressors
3 - LP Air Compressors
3 - Deballast Air Compressors
Crew: 300 + 30 officers.
Troops: 800 + 100 transient berths
Medical: Two Operating Rooms, 24 Person Hospital Ward, 124 bed, 100 Casulity Overflow Capacity.
Well Deck: approx. 170 x 50 feet; for 2 LCAC or 4 LCM(8) or 6 LCM(6).
Cargo: 25,000 square feet vehicle. Three Vehicle Decks. 8300 sq.’ each ?
25,000 cubic feet bulk. Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines.
Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m) 40k cu ft. 300,000 gals.
Cargo Fuel, MOGAS (300 cu m) 10,500 cu. Ft. 80,000 gals. Note these veh. Fuel figures are mine. Original numbers of 38 cu m thought to be type O.
Two LCACs
Aviation: aft flight deck; landing for 2-4 helicopters; Hangar: "O" Level Maintenance Facilities. Note my guess 10,000 sq. ft. 100x100’. Capacity: 1 CH-53E or 2 CH-46 or 1 MV-22 or 3 UH/AH-1. Its aviation facilities are limited to about four to six helicopters on the flight deck and the hangar.
Landing: Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier
Armament:
1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)
2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers 2 21-cell units
2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Bushmasters
2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal DP, 12.7mm MG. The turrets are taken from the AAAV assault vehicle. 

Radar: AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search, AN/SPQ-9B search, AN/SPS-73
Fire Control: SWY-2 missile control; CEC system
EW: EW & Decoy Systems AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE, AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2, MK 36 SRBOC, MK 53 / NULKA, TISS
SLQ-32(V)3 active jamming, SLA-10B, Mk53 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasure
Navigation Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass
An/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System
AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log Sys
AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set
Dead Reckoning System
Navigation Telex System
AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI
Command and Control: AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System
MK 2 SSDS
AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS
AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System
MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS
AN/USG-2 CEC 


Motto: Never retreat never surrender

Builders: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans, LA and Pascagoula, MS.

The Fiscal Year 2002 budget request included $421 million for Advanced Procurement efforts for the next four ships of this 12-ship program. As of December 31, 2001, LPD 17 program costs increased $6,603.1 million (+75.2%) from $8,777.6 million to $15,380.7 million, due primarily to a quantity increase of 4 ships from 8 to 12 ships. The entire 12-ship class is being built by Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Ship Systems sector, headquartered in Pascagoula, MS. By mid-2002 the Pentagon was close to reaching an agreement with Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics to swap the workload on the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)-class Flight IIA destroyers and the San Antonio (LPD-17)-class amphibious transports. The plan would consolidate Flight IIA Arleigh Burke construction at GD's Bath Iron Works facility in Maine, with Northrop Grumman's Avondale shipyard in Mississippi focusing on getting the first ships in the LPD-17 class delivered to the Navy. Under the plan the four LPD-17s to be built by GD's Bath Iron Works were swapped for four DDG-51s scheduled for construction at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard. The San Antonio class will be the first designed, from the keel up, to execute Operational Maneuver From The Sea [OMFTS] and Ship to Objective Maneuver. The concept of Expeditionary Warfare under which the LPD 17 will operate is titled Operational Maneuver From The Sea (OMFTS). This concept employs a combination of strength, speed, and flexibility to exploit enemy weaknesses, create gaps in enemy defenses, and attack where the enemy least expects it. In support of OMFTS, the Amphibious Task Force (ATF) will operate initially well beyond the enemy's visual or sensor horizon from shore. This Over-The-Horizon (OTH) amphibious operation exploits the operational capabilities of the ATF and emphasizes the principles of tactical mobility, operational speed, and operational flexibility. The LPD 17 will integrate with the existing amphibious ship force structure and the Navy's declining shore infrastructure. The LPD 17 class program will be the replacement for three classes of amphibious ships that have reached the end of their service life -- the LPD 4, LSD 36, and LST 1179 classes - and one class that has already been retired, the LKA 113. At one time as many as 46 ships of this class were planned. The 12-ship LPD 17 program is the final piece of the planned 36-ship amphibious force, comprised of LHAs, LHDs, LSD 41/49s, and LPD 17s. The LPD 17 will operate in various scenarios, as: a member of a three-ship, forward-deployed ARG with a Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEU (SOC)) embarked; split ARG or single ship; and as a member of a 12-14 ship MEB. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; and in New Orleans and Tallulah, La., as well as in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan.


To be continued...


"I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

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lets compare notes you can make stuff up

AHOY,

Link to article;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreshan_Unity

yesterday there were eleven days left in the hurricane season.

I leaned about this Koreshan group last night on Weird Florida, a weekly show I just about never watch. This is the fourth reference to the name Koresh for me. It has also been spelled with a (Q).

As in the Qureshi tribe along the Pakistan Afghanistan boarder area. The real colorful ones, that I described as Indians i.e. as in they looked like Native American Indians. And one of the funniest things about them is that they are shell collectors, lol as far from the sea as they are.

I leaned of the Afghan peoples name from a National geographic mag in the library of the Catholic Charities shelter that I stayed in before crossing Obama's path on that stormy night mentioned in my past post (a real forrest dump, I believe was the title). The christians at the shelter well not send me any confirmation as to the night I left.

And there is also the "Quraishi" as in the Saudi Arabian tribe. 

This guy Teed, chose it for the same reason David Koresh (Vernon Wayne Howell) chose it i.e. do to King Cyrus. I wonder if David knew about this group.


Last week we finally got one of our back ordered time mags, but no occupy issue yet. We received a card weeks ago stating that our items would be arriving, then another card just days before this latest back ordered mag arrived. But this is the issue after the occupy issue.

So there I just could not hold back on this coincidence chain, lol. The mean reason I posted this is do to the Strategy page email being late on Sundays as if some kind of message. I never noticed this before. And my prescription has run out but I'm still receiving the emails. I've also realized most members mostly likely post on Facebook etc.





"I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Staff Sgt Gibbs, Afghan meths

AHOY,

So when did the Second Army Division (a combat unit) members along with Staff Sgt. Gibbs find the time to, or have the need to, kill Afghan civilians and stage photo ops to make it look like they (U.S. 2nd Div. members) had killed these people in combat situations?

My point in asking this question is that imo this sort of situation proves that like I've said in the past there is not all that much traditional combat i.e. firefights/shoot outs between small units or individuals going on over there. And that the vast majority of the oppositions combatants are seen and killed by air assets only!  And that leaves only small pieces.

So Staff Sgt Gibbs and company had to fake it, and this all so brings up the question of why all the P.T.S.D.?

IMO its the pour absolute B.S. that is being fed to all service members about what serving well be like.



Like I've written in my latest Fragmented Fighting Facts preface;

  Let me also say, on the numbers of U.S. PTSD casualties, i.e. IMO, WIA, (And IMO deserving of a Purple Heart). The Government portrays these cases as a result of fighting a war that is “unlike any other war we have fought before” (LOL). Facing an enemy that is fighting in some mysterious and or cowardly manor that simply cannot be countered by military means. I believe the high numbers are a result of US forces fighting in a manor that is suicidal i.e. pointless and counter productive to the real world situation. Example; you have a young brave American ready to fight for the nation, while on one of these IMO “Russian roulette parades” someone shoots at the unit from some building, everyone scrambles for cover, as some spray and pray, then after determining the location using SWATS (Soldier Worn Acoustic Targeting Systems) sniper detectors, or one of the many similar vehicle mounted systems the commander calls in some sort of CAS, if someone’s brains have been blow out and especially if it was an officer or the location is vague, a real “crowd pleaser” maybe used i.e. 2000 pounder. IMO this is how 90% of engagements (fought by regular infantry units) are resolved.


IMO this is how 90% of engagements (fought by regular infantry units) are resolved. Special Forces are now and in the feature more and more regular infantry well be using the Matrix. And to those that think this is the exception I say show me the number of WIA or KIA (On either side) by small arms fire i.e. during traditional firefights. Even if one includes sniper fire those figures are really low. So IMO after witnessing all the carnage and innocent civilian life being lost and receiving all those looks from the witnesses, it is the American that realizes it is his unit that is not fighting right. This is reinforced and really sinks in back in the states when the vet is asked to tell the Commando stories that never occurred and thus the vet must tell the truth i.e. give up the Commando reputation, keep it all inside or start lying. If the first option is chosen that unveiling reality is demoralizing and makes it all not worth it. If either one of the other chooses are made IMO the vet becomes the ticking bomb. And I can tell you all that many times, I have recalled being told once that “when you go home keep your mouth shut about the things we did. If you don’t you well be thought of as a liar or crazy and either which way your life well be over”. That First Sergeant was right, but like my daddy use to say, “He’s right but he dose not know why he’s right” i.e. IMO the First Sgt. thought of what we did in terms of remarkable heroic feats. However, IMO certainly since the beginning of the Vietnam era, it is the lack of training i.e. the manor in which our service women and men are fighting that keeps this tragedy going.
 
" I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

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Veteran's Pay

AHOY,

Its all for show, now real freedom or any of the other values so talked about.

Did everyone see Gen Colon Powel last night, paraphrasing' "it was all wrong, the intel etc. talking about the WMD"

And he actually stated the politicians need to talk more in private.

NEWJARHEADDEAN;,

LOL Its the lobbyist i.e. money that's the problem, General, you are still putting on a show.

SO, NO THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED TO HERE TO FORGIVE YOU. WE NEED TO HERE YOU LIED.



"I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

G-day!
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

FALL BACK!

AHOY,

Well it looks like bank of america and the rest of the to big to care banks are still open for business.

Another thing I forgot to mention yesterday was that imo 99% of all the people moving their money were those with less than 200.00 in their accounts. Which imo actually helped the big banks, do to the fact they no longer have to waist their time with you when they could be smacking Assets with some millionaire.

On other matters;

Last-night Mr. Cain on the Texas PAC debate actually said it, "the money that was stolen from the system" this when they were discussing medicare and social security etc.
The man also told of a bill that was defeated in the senate a couple of years back, that simply stated that all money that is collected from that point on would go to social security. LOL I'm real pissed now and you now me I'm all about the age old basic tried and true rules. So I'm going to write my senator a letter.

LOL


Last night I landed me a job, like I"ve said before, when ever I have gone out looking for a job, I find one with in a couple of weeks, this has been true even if I just moved to town knowing nothing about the area etc. All these sheephood members claiming they can't find a job are really only looking for a position doing nothing i.e. setting on their asses making way to much for it, etc. If they are not making 6 figures a year they think they are under employed.

IMO all you members of the sheephood are out of your greedy minds and are living way beyond your means just like the to big to care system and government and you all deserve each other.

So lets see if old man conway, can leave me alone while I'm making good money? imo the phone well start ringing more and more just for starters. 

" I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

G-day!
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Move your ASSets

AHOY,

So I hear today is the day for all those upset with the bankers to move their money. Like I've said its a good idea. However I've recently heard that it is expected that some 70-100,000 people have done this so far and IMO not to many more well do this.

And how many accounts are there? My SWAG is about 30-40 million. So no your not going to seriously cut into the major banking systems pocket book.

Your pissing on a Forrest fire.

"I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

G-day!
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Occupy ?

AHOY,

The article I read last night on S.F. gate, was the first one I’ve read about the occupy movement. I’ve only fallowed it on “Democracy now” and what little has been on T.V.

We did not get the Time issue on the subject, after six years of never missing an issue, what are the odds. The old man even put in a special order to be mailed to us, no occupy issue. Discussing this is what got me looking on the web.

ANYBooohWHO!

Really what are the demands, to change the systems i.e. financial and political systems?

LOL, wake up and admit it then, the demand is a coup an over throw of the government. To attempt to change this system by complaining in public is like saying Wall Street, healthcare or the government can be fixed by changing a few regulations or voting a different politician into office.

Like one person I heard a while back say about the financial system “you don’t fix this system by tinkering with it, you replace it.”

Money is dept! Check out the video by the same name, the system is doomed from the start. There is a link on the right side of my blog under “ other sites I find interesting”.

Let’s just use the “Little Satan” vs the “Big Satan” analogy in the middle east, if a true all out revolution did not bring true change in small time/third world, Egypt how much less well be accomplished here by shouting with your vocal cords only accomplish?

I think the occupiers are playing games here, complaining because they have not got all the paid preview channels they want.

And by standing in large groups you do I.D. yourself as a rebel.

Why not start planning on interfering with those crazy ass voters that are going to be doing their part to play musical chairs yet again, with the government come 2012.

Here in Miami the so called occupiers have camped out right in front of the police station, lol “what a field day for the heat”, I’ve heard so called occupiers claim “the police are on our side” “they even brought us pizza the other day”.  IMO the cops brought a small group at the table’s pizzas to make the masses say, look the organizers, if you well, are just like the 1%. I would have taken those pizzas and given them out to the homeless.

Another thing about the prisons I mentioned is that by changing that system best we can, you eliminate the fear of going to jail. Imo the reason for the special treatment of famous people is so they can’t make the case behind bars. Can you imagine some inmate looking up and seeing Professor Cornel West. And Mr. West says “brothers it’s on and your either with us or against us”.

And imo they would be with us, the inmates have already started with hunger strikes etc.

When is occupy Wall Street going to occupy Wall Street?

“I well bet my lucky star” IKYG

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occupy movements III

AHOY,

I rushed all this of course after getting fired up on S.F. gate article. It was not a pre-planned operation to post on "Halloween" or have my post cut off and then end my next few as in three messages out of character etc. etc. I 'm just way past my bed time.

But then again who gives a dam, right, i'm just some crazy guy on the web, happy "Halloween"...

" I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

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Occupy movements II

AHOY,

If one goes to S.F. gate you'll see how my post got cut off etc.

Any who, I also wanted to make the point that winter will bring with it the first Martyr, imo an unnamed so called bum, (a victim of the elements) which imo is exactly what U.S. gov dose not wont.

" I well bet my lucky star" IKYG



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Occupy movements

AHOY,

the fallowing is an article on S.F. gate and my comment.





Big challenges ahead for Occupy movement
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement is nearing a very real deadline for figuring out how to evolve into a long-lasting, influential social movement: winter.

Subfreezing temperatures and snow will make it less attractive to camp in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, and California's rainy season will likely shoo away the less-than-hard-cores from encampments in Oakland and San Francisco.

Occupy spawned a worldwide movement through a provocative act - physically occupying public space - that gave voice to a widespread belief: The middle-class American dream is slipping away because of broken political and economic systems that favor the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.

Filmmaker Michael Moore told 1,000 protesters in Oakland on Friday that Occupy opponents are counting on their resolve to weaken when the rain and snow hit, "but weather is not going to stop us."

But analysts say sympathizers will need different ways to express that frustration to maintain the movement's momentum. While images of police firing tear gas at protesters last week in Oakland drew international attention, many Americans remain queasy about storm-the-barricades dissent.

"If all that happens is those groups continue to try to occupy public space to express outrage, this dissipates relatively quickly," said Doug McAdam, a professor of sociology at Stanford and an expert on social movements. "Lots of movements start out as more expressions of outrage or frustration, but that does not sustain a movement."

While Occupy has changed the national conversation, McAdam said "two months do not a movement make."

As Occupy approaches a fork in the movement-building road, experts and veterans compared it to other social movements as it confronts its challenges.

Diversify tactics

"People are not going to invest time and energy to come to demonstrations that don't appear to be linked to specific outcomes," McAdam said.

That is changing. The liberal online hub MoveOn.org is among the groups promoting "Bank Transfer Day" this Saturday, Nov. 5, when people are being encouraged to transfer their funds from major financial institutions.

"There's so much energy now, frustration at Wall Street, and people looking for ways to get involved over and above Occupy," said Justin Ruben, executive director of MoveOn.org, which is not affiliated with Occupy.

Members of Occupy Oakland have called for a student and citywide general strike on Wednesday.

"What do you do when winter comes? You go indoors. You occupy other stuff," said James Miller, a professor of politics at the New School for Social Research and the author of "Democracy Is in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago."

"The (occupation) tactic is extremely resilient," Miller said. "But its resilience is dependent on the willingness of ever-increasing numbers of ordinary people putting their bodies on the line."

Engage other supporters

The Occupy protests are structured as a leaderless, highly democratized body, where decisions are made by consensus. While that is attractive to those repelled by politics, it makes it a challenge to collaborate with more traditional organizations, like labor unions.

"The problem they face," Miller said, "is that the original instigators see this as a complete and total sellout to the original goal of changing the world."

"Who ends up taking control of this Occupy idea?" Miller said. "Will it be the anarchists who created it, or will it be all these people who flocked to it? That's the drama."

Labor groups, some Democratic politicians and other liberal organizations are reaching out.

"It's rare for those groups to support more militant, more confrontational, oppositional activists," said Deborah Gould, an associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz. "It suggests that what they're fighting for is mainstream."

Conservatives, in particular, have criticized the Occupy movement for having a hazy, scattered message. That's not unusual.

"Some movements are born with very specific goals," McAdam said. "But lots of them are as amorphous and broadly expressive as the Occupy protest."

The 1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott was intended to be a one-day, localized action, McAdam said. But when many more people participated than even organizers expected, it carried forward, with specific goals in mind. It eventually lasted for 381 days.

"We typically look back at any of these movements as united top-down efforts," he said. "But the civil rights movement was a collection of local struggles."

Connect to suburbia

There have been Occupy protests in more than 1,000 cities. But for the movement to flourish, suburbia needs to embrace it on its own terms.

Those at the front of the modern women's movement in the 1960s, McAdam said, "were radical left feminists" who were "culturally anathema to middle-class suburban women."

But "they highlighted and made visible and salient a general concern about issues about gender discrimination. And lots of women could identify with that even if they weren't about to go out to some angry demonstration and throw bras in a trash can."

Manage the violence

Miller was a member of Students for a Democratic Society, which was at the forefront of youth-driven confrontational protest in the 1960s. After he demonstrated at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where students clashed violently with police, he watched TV coverage afterward and thought, "Wow, we won."

"Well, we didn't win. Because people watching TV see different things. A lot of conservatives sitting at home were appalled," Miller said. "It's why Republicans still keep referring back symbolically to the moment as a dangerous one. It's a two-edged sword."

After Ohio National Guard officers killed four unarmed Kent State student anti-Vietnam War demonstrators in 1970, "that was the end of the romance of running riot in the streets," Miller said.

Make it practical for youth

The do-it-yourself, locally organized, democratically run ethos of the Occupy movement appeals to the Millennial generation, who were born between 1982 and 2003.

"They do very much believe that the system has screwed them and left them with a ton of debt and no real way of making their way in the world," said Morley Winograd, co-author of "Millennial Momentum."

"The issue that's missing for some is more specific actions. More specific goals," Winograd said.

He pointed to cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York that are considering measures to divest from banks they consider complicit in the home foreclosure crisis.

Winograd likened it to the way that cities, states and universities divested themselves of investments in South Africa in the 1980s to protest the country's apartheid policies. "Millennials are interested in changing the world, but they do that by taking action, not by talking."

Achievements

The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going only a few weeks, but analysts say they already boast many accomplishments that other budding social movements did not at the same stage.

-- Public support: 43 percent of Americans agree with the goals of Occupy Wall Street, while 37 percent don't, according to a New York Times/CBS poll last week. A higher percentage (46 percent to 37 percent) said Occupy "generally reflect(s) the views of most Americans."

-- They can tap into widespread frustration: Unlike the anti-Iraq war movement - where the pain was borne mostly by the families of the all-volunteer military - there are few blocks in America untouched by unemployment, falling housing values and heavy debt.

-- Young people, the lifeblood of any protest, are deeply affected: Student loan debt is expected to exceed $1 trillion this year, as the number of students who defaulted on their loans jumped from 6.7 percent in 2007 to 8.8 percent in 2009, according to a Federal Reserve report.

Occupy already has changed the national conversation. In the last week of July, when Congress and the White House were battling over the debt ceiling, the "word 'debt' was mentioned more than 7,000 times on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, and 'unemployed' was only mentioned 75 times," according to a review by the liberal think tank Think Progress.

A review of the same sources Oct. 10-16 found " 'debt' only netted 398 mentions, while 'occupy' grabbed 1,278, Wall Street netted 2,378, and jobs got 2,738," according to Think Progress.

"The biggest change that has already occurred has been the change of consciousness," said Deborah Gould, an associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz. "People now have a way of understanding something that was previously seen as a personal crisis," she said. "It's allowed people to recognize that their personal problems are not just personal problems, but are deeply political and therefore subject to redress."

- Joe Garofoli


Chronicle staff writer Kevin Fagan contributed to this report. E-mail Joe Garofoli at jgarofoli@sfchronicle.com.





AHOY,

Bare with me, I'm going to make the point that main stream media, & recognized organizations with political clout are in with the corrupt system.

notice S.F. gates staring salvo i.e. repeat of the "winter blues" propaganda. fallowed by,the "expert" of movements, McAdam with his negative tone and statements.

as well as moveon.org's, Ruben the Bank transfer idea is a good start especially if they support the "occupy movement" i.e. as in a counter to Goldman Sachs withdraw of funds (tax payers money) from the little neighborhood bank that aloud the "occupy movement" to open an account with the donations. Just make the suggestion when you open your account. "excuse me banker would you like/mind making a one dollar donation to the occupy wall-street account?"

James miller's idea of occupy other indoor places was a good start but then he uses the term Anarchist as if its the other alternative.

And if you think I'm wrong about him and the others, consider his choice of words starting here "The problem they face"... etc. (IMO its not a problem its a challenge to resist) "the original instigators"... (IMO why not describe them as organizers or founders?)enough I've made this point it goes on with Deborah.

IMO one of the challenges to the movement is the fast pace care less throw a way sociaty

IMO the movment needs to help its homeless sisters and brothers. I asked a local the otehr day about the homeless, the response was oh we've taking care of them" as if they had become a problem. I also noted John Carlos's statement (something to the effect of) he will believe everyone is in this together when he sees everyone digging into that soup.

I would add one should not be wasting a war chess.

IMO there should be an operation underway to prepare the atmosphere in Jails and prisons. A movement to call for peace among inmates as well as recently arrested protesters, who IMO may be purposely placed in harmful circumstances i.e. torched by the system. Let the law do its own dirty work.

IMO the movement should stay away from all organized religions. They stud by all this time and even are part of the problem. And are full of Republican spies.

Unions are no better than the "Muslim brother hood" in Egypt. They are in it for themselves.
And they are full of Democratic spies.

The main goal of the movement should be to do away with all political parties. And form an American government.

Monday would be a much better day for a strike, Wednesday gives businesses to much time to conduct essential work and prepare for Wednesdays strike. 

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