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There at least 2-3 ships that stay parked at Diego Garcia, with just this kind of cargo. Just like we have in Germany, POMCUS. Pre-Positioned equipment, in climate controlled warehouses.
That must be quite the sight to see a warehouse full of battle ready equipment like this. Impressive!
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What are the brown panels for?
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thermal IFF panals….
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Also known as Combat Identification Panel (CIP) or Coalition Identification Panel
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Combat Identification Panel - Wikipedia
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ie.:
Inhibit Friendly Fire panels
I guess
Inhibit Friendly Fire panels
I guess
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Identify Friend or Foe
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Identification, Friend or Foe.
In the early 90's I went to a NATO briefing. All I can say is that it was "General Information" for Non NATO units, and how they would fit into the Order of battle. A young ADA (Air Defense Artillery) Officer was speaking about IFF. The American Pilots were sleeping, playing games and ignoring things, as pilots will sometimes do. One of them spoke out loud, "Yeah, yeah. Identification, Friend or Foe. We understand that! Its our get out of jail free card." The young Major gave a sad smile. He said, "If you fly outside of the assigned Air Corridors, no matter what IFF you squawk, we shoot you down. Than we sort out the parts on the ground to find the friends." About then, all the pilots set up and began to take notes.
In the early 90's I went to a NATO briefing. All I can say is that it was "General Information" for Non NATO units, and how they would fit into the Order of battle. A young ADA (Air Defense Artillery) Officer was speaking about IFF. The American Pilots were sleeping, playing games and ignoring things, as pilots will sometimes do. One of them spoke out loud, "Yeah, yeah. Identification, Friend or Foe. We understand that! Its our get out of jail free card." The young Major gave a sad smile. He said, "If you fly outside of the assigned Air Corridors, no matter what IFF you squawk, we shoot you down. Than we sort out the parts on the ground to find the friends." About then, all the pilots set up and began to take notes.
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Respectfully, I find it impossible to believe the the most elite military people we have are inattentive.
Those I have met are the most detail oriented, anal, and respectable people I have ever met… outside of trauma surgeons.
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They were bored stiff.
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Several of those prepositioned ships live on the Mississippi River ready to go on short notice.
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I tried to take a picture from google maps of Meisau Depot, where I worked for 6-7 years outside of Kaiserslautern. There are 15 HUGE climate controlled buildings. Hundreds of vehicles in each one. Then to the west of the main post is lots of woods. In the woods are other things. Its so big, and so "wild" that the post has two hunters to keep the wild pigs, badgers, and deer population down. On the other side of Kaiserslaurtern is several even larger areas.
Oh the Ro Ro's....
Used to take engineering officer jobs on our ro ro's. Food was usually sub par. Same ro's ro's we took gear to overseas we could have brought it back home. Remember obama and biden leaving billions of dollars of gear overseas. Sad.