"Ask Ranger Gingrich!!!" (just about anything you want )

You don't have to go in the Army! Run while there is still time to the Marines! Run! Or walk like an Egyptian I guess in your case. You don't want to be a soldier and wear a silly black beret you won't even EARN (right justin?) Go to the Corps where you can be a Man! Un beknownst to the Army the M16 CAN shoot beyond 300 meters. And every Marine will do it, even you!! Run! The Corps beckons!
 
Just a quick note. I wanted to say thank you to everyone for the warm welcome and your questions so far. I know that there are more of you out there that have questions. Feal free to ask any questions that you may have.
 
How would a Soldier use and find value in the Vietnam Tomahawk with the new Acetal handle compared to the rest of the std. equipment in the Soldier's basic load?

Also, how would the Vietnam Tomahawk line up with some of the high speed tools currently being used by SOCOM units, such as Delta, Ranger Batallions, and Special Forces?
 
Well it is hard to compare the tomahawk with anything else that the soldier currently has is his basic load. The reason I say that is because there is nothing like it in the basic load. There are countless situations where it would be and currently is needed. It would fill a big hole in the soldiers basic load and solve a lot of problems for soldiers in the field. Some of the problems that the tomahawk would help fix are as follows; clearing firing lanes, digging fighting positions, clearing vegitation while walking point, demo, hand to hand combat and countless other uses in the field.

As for how would it rank with some of the other "high speed" items that SOCOM is currently using. Personally I think it would be one of the best products they would and could have. For the following reasons; it is almost idestructable, it will work in any environment cold wet muddy it doesn't affect the performance, it takes minimal training to use and to be affective with the hawk, also it doesn't require batteries I know that some of you are laughing at the last comment but when you are talking about carrying a piece of equipment that weighs a couple of pounds then you have to carry 10 days worth of batteries to go with it the weight adds up quick.
 
Couple of ?'s.

1.)Are ATC 'hawk's actually issued? (NSN)

2.)Have they been field tested, and if so what were the results ?
 
The Army is not currently issueing the tomahawk. But we are working to remedy that situation. As for testing it is in the works as soon as we get results we will let everyone know. As for the op tempo of an Airborne unit. It really depends on the unit you can be gone 8 months of the year or you can be gone 8 days. It all depends on the unit and that units mission.
 
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I wanted to say that I am sorry I have been having trouble getting the picture to come up in my previous post. I wish I could get it up I think it is a very touching image. I will work on getting up in the next couple of days. Thanks to all for you patience.
 
I will take it that you want my opinion on Black Hawk Down and what happened in Somalia. In my honest opinion if they would give us meaning the soldier what we need when we need it as aposed to having to deal with the politics we would be much better off. We as a military are in a bad spot they have us doing things without clear or reasonable rules of engagment. If we can clear those things up we would be much better off.
 
Well I hate to let you down. It is not only the O's job it is also the NCO's that have to deal with it. It really sucks because NCO's should be with the men training and mentoring not politicing.
 
It also doesn't make a difference when "O's" can't even "make the call" because they have to check with "Civi's" better described as REMF's with "NO BACKBONE", service history, or worse...."career aspirations"....and are more concerned with political fallout then saving their men! Abhorrent and contemptable if you ask me!

Fodder for someone's damned career, or face!

Sorry "ThunderhawkJ" (my benevolent nickname for RangerJD because he is a buddy)just had to add my .02 to this one cause it really pi$$e$ me off when we leave our people to the lions!
 
Ok I thought I would bring this forum back up. Since the actions over the last month or so by our military I am sure that some of you have questions that you would like answered but don't know who to ask so here I am. Fire your questions at me and I will do my best to answer them for you.
 
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