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The 13 funniest memes for the week of November 16th
The weeks between major four-day weekends always blow. You get into a rhythm of sitting on your ass, drinking, and playing video games for an extended period of time only to have a few days of extremely intense duty to make up for all the work you've been missing and will miss over the holidays.
Meanwhile, you're getting pressure to get that damn certificate in to the training room because Uncle Sam won't let you take block leave unless you've proven to them that your car isn't sh*t and you won't drive while tired.
But on the bright side, it's payday week and there're a lot of video games coming out for you to waste your paycheck on. Anyway, enjoy some memes.
How fans of 'Jack Reacher' were right about Tom Cruise
He's one leading man who came up short.
If there's one criticism fans of the Jack Reacher book series had with its movie adaptation and its sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, it was the star of the series. In the novels, author Lee Child's former Army MP protagonist would tower over his opposition — but the movies' producers cast Tom Cruise to portray the character. The less-imposing Cruise just didn't measure up to the part.
How this paratrooper got his trench knife back after 70 years
Which story is better – how he fought in Europe or how he got his knife back? You decide.
During the launch of Operation Market Garden, a young Nelson Bryant and thousands of fellow paratroopers from the 82d Airborne parachuted into occupied Holland in an attempt to dislodge its Nazi occupiers. Bryant, wounded in a previous mission, took shrapnel to the leg as he fell to Earth. After landing, he began freeing himself from his harness. Under fire from nearby German positions, he was forced to cut it off.
Without thinking, he dropped his knife as he scrambled for cover. It seemed to be lost forever — but it was actually only 73 years.
This is how the Army ended up with a mule for a mascot
Take a look at the jerseys for the sports teams of the United States Military Academy at West Point. At first glance, you'd probably assume that their mascot is a golden knight — which is strange, because they're known as the "Black Knights." What's even more strange is that their mascot isn't a knight at all; it's a mule.
That's right. The West Point mascot is the crossbreed between a horse and a donkey — just as it is for the rest of the US Army. It isn't the best looking animal by any stretch of the imagination, nor is it anywhere close to being the most majestic. But all of the things it represents — strength, wisdom, and stubbornness determination — sum up the Army as a whole.
This is the Navy's newest combat ship
The Navy commissioned its newest littoral combat ship, the USS Sioux City, on November 17, 2018. Here's what the Freedom-variant ship brings to the fight.
On November 17, 2018, the Navy will officially commission the USS Sioux City, the newest littoral combat ship. It's a quick and lethal addition to the fleet that can carry missiles, helicopters, and mines, despite being one of the smaller commissioned ships the U.S. Navy has.
Yes, the mini-nuke launcher was a thing and yes, it was a terrible idea
In the game series Fallout, one of the weapons most coveted by players is a portable mini-nuke launcher that, as you might imagine, is capable of destroying basically anything it touches. It fits perfectly within the game's theme of roaming across the apocalyptic wasteland, dispensing wanton destruction.
Bethesda, the developers behind Fallout, weren't just pulling something out of thin air when they designed the digital weapon. In the late 1950s, when the threat of nuclear war with the Soviets was lurking around the corner, the U.S. actually created a functioning mini-nuke launcher of their very own.
It was called the M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon System. And the reason it never really made it out of initial testing was because it was probably the most poorly designed weapon system the U.S. military ever thought would work.
This is the only female Harrier pilot in the Corps
When people meet Capt. Kelsey Casey, they don't initially think the petite, young woman with an energetic personality is a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps, but once she starts talking, her charisma becomes apparent, and it's understandable why she's the only female AV-8B Harrier pilot in the Marine Corps.
Her dream of flying started at space camp at a young age. To her delight, she was picked to be the simulated pilot and climbed into a small, fake cockpit built to simulate a spaceship taking off.
SIG to release pellet replica of Army's new handgun
New from SIG AIR: An air pistol that's nearly identical to the U.S. Army's New M17 Modular Handgun System.
The new M17 Advanced Sport Pellet, or ASP, pistol is powered by a carbon dioxide cartridge and features a proprietary drop magazine that houses a 20-round rapid pellet magazine, according to a recent press release from Sig Sauer, the maker of the Army's MHS.
"This semi-automatic .177 caliber pellet pistol is a replica of the U.S. Army issued P320 M17 and is field-strippable like its centerfire counterpart," the release states. "It has the same look and feel as the M17, featuring a polymer frame and metal slide with realistic blow-back action."
Saudi prosecutor indicts 11 in Khashoggi murder, not crown prince
Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty for five suspects in the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In a Nov. 15, 2018 statement, the Saudi public prosecutor said that 11 suspects had been indicted in Khashoggi's death and that he had requested the death penalty for five of them. None of the suspects were named.
The spokesman for the public prosecutor said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had no knowledge of the killing, Agence France-Presse reported. Crown Prince Mohammed functions as an absolute monarch in Saudi Arabia with control over courts and legislation.
