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When I was deployed to A-stan I heard Colonels saying repeatedly "Rummie wants this and Rummie wants that and now". Of course they were refering to Sec Def Donald Rumsfeld and one even said "this deployment could make or break my career". It seemed like they were afraid of "Rummie". Apparently Sec Def Rummie had unrealistic expcetations about the unrealistice goals he had set forth. Rummie was the guy who said "we will be hailed as liberators by the Iraqi people" and "we do not need 300,000 to secure Iraq". The 300K was the number of personnel then Army Chiefl of Staff Erick Shinseki said was needed to secure Iraq after the invasion. Gen Shinsekf was then dismissed by Rummie. We all know what happened in Iraq between the years 2004 and 2007.

1) Where will the 82nd actually be deployed to? Stage in Kuwait? Stage in Qatar 2) How will they be deployed into Iran? An actual combat airborne drop? Board C-17's and land inside of Iran? This would require a secure airfiled. I guess an 82nd airborne drop wih USAF CCT (Combat Controllers) would be the answer. At this point I do not see US personnel actually land or drop inside of Iran. But then with this POTUS anything is possible.

Then why the 82nd now and how about the 173rd out of Italy? Wouldn't the 173rd's response time be faster then the 82nd from Ft Bragg? I know the primary AO for the 173rd is Europe and Africa but ME is pretty close.

82nd is the rapid reaction force to "be first in". The bombing campaign has been ongoing for weeks. Also, 82nd has limited number of armored vehicles and if they were to truly "jump" into Iran or an Iraninan island they would need a ton of support quickly. At this point a mechanized briigade might be the better option to take and keep terriroty? But of course the best military minds are in the White House and the nonwar is going great. Just wondering this time what excactly will be victory or even as a former POTUS said over 20 years ago "mission accomplished" look like?

In 2001-2002-2003 it was Rumselfd, Wolfowitz and Cheney who drove the White House foreign policy train. Who is this era's Rumselfd and trio?

You just described my gym in CNX. I see the exact same behavior every time I go there. My 90 minute to 2 hour workout could completed in about an hour but so many just sit and look at their phones again and again. Most of the "phone" sitters are locals but some foreigners do the same as well. I am one of the "oddballs" who leaves his phone in the locker (where it belongs). I know some will say they need to hear music with their earbuds but if one is actually serious about fitness then "I don't need a phone to motivate me". But I never just find an unoccuppied machine and carry on with my workout.

Weather was not a factor. It was raining and the RWY was wet but visibility was 4 to 5 miles. The CRJ touched down without incident. The controller on the ATC tape sounded like he was hurrying his transmssions. The controller cleared the Fire Truck to cross an active RWY even though an aircraft had just landed on the approach end. I do not see any potential liability on the aircrew of the CRJ. Though all of my experience is in general aviation even I know the fire truck should not have been cleared to cross the RWY 4. The other option would have been to order the CRJ to exeute a go around to enable the fire truck to safely cross the RWY. The fire truck needed to cross RWY 4 to get to where the United Airlines aircraft reported an odor.

From what I see this could be the shortest aircrash investigation in the history of the NTSB. The controller who cleared the Port Authority Fire Truck to cross in front of the CRJ is heard 18 minutes later on tower frequency and said "I messed up". The CRJ had just landed on RWY 4 and about 1/3 down this RWY is intersection Delta. This was where the fire truck was cleared to cross directly in the path of the CRJ. The RWY was wet so aircraft need more distance to decelarate after touchdown. Both pilots probably saw what was coming right in front of the them. Aircraft are made mostly of aluminum and fire trucks are made mostly of heavy duty steel. The only saving grace was the fuel tanks were left intact and there was no explosion. The FAA and LaGuardia will be in for a slew of lawsuits and lawyers are probably lining up to take on clients. It looks like the FAA did not learn much from what happened at DCA in January 2025 when an Army Helicopter collided into a CRJ that was landing. That night one controller was in the tower. At LGA it sounded like one contoller was also on duty in the tower. Both inciddents happened at night at busy commercial airports.

I listened to the ATC broadcast. The Jazz Air CRJ (Operating as an Air Canada flight ) had just landed on RWY 4. The CRJ was decelerating on the RWY and then Truck 1( I believe Port Authority Fire Department) requested clearance to cross the same RWY. ATC (I believe the tower) clears the Fire Truck to cross the same RWY the CRJ was decelrating on. ADSB data incidated the CRJ was taxing at 21 knots before the impact. During the last few seconds of the ATC tape the controller could be heard yelling "Jazz Air stop, stop". By then it was too late. Truck 1 was responding to a call to assist a United Airline aircarft on another RWY. As a pilot one of the cardinal rules in any level of aviation is to not let any aircraft or ground vehicle enter an active RWY that an aircraft had landed or is about to takeoff. RIP to the Captain and First Officer.

If people on phones at the gym were to disappoer tomorow I could get a full workout in less time. Yesterday one of local girls put her towel down on one weight station and then started recording herself stretching in front of the mirror on the other side of the gym. I removed her towel to use the weight and she pointed at me and I shrugged my shoulders and starting using the weight station. I may have ruined the timing of her session. Smart phones are great tool and necessay tool in modern life but not at the gym and certainly not while driving. Oh well we are in the minority.

When this many aircraft are over on AO(Area of Operation) one or more will encouter hostile fire. Heck even the the Yugoslav Army shot down an F117 (Nighthawk Stealth Fighter) back in 1999 with a SAM. The worst case would be for an American pilot to eject over Iran.

99% of the people at my gym in CNX bring their phone. I am the oddball that does not need to look at my phone while running on the treadmill, stretching and lifting weights. Hence the phone stays in the locker. So far no one has brought a phone into the sauna or steam room. At least not yet. Most of these people spend an hour at the gym but spend at least 30 minutes of that time looking at their phone. Some actually bring the phone to listen to music with their ear buds that is a small percentage. Back in Southern California every gym I belonged to had one golden rule: No phones on the gym floor. The gyms I have belonged to in LOS have few rules.

Anyone who has ever been in and out of the Thai Pae gate area knows there are pigeons and pigeons. It has grown into a quasi tourist attractions. I try and avoid this area as much as possible. It just seems like the city does not want to get rid of the pigeons. Well I found a place where they do not want pigeons and the government means it: SINGAPORE: A woman who was fined S$4,800 (US$3,740) in April last year for feeding pigeons began reoffending barely a month after her conviction. This time, 60-year-old Singaporean Yuen Li Shuen illegally fed the birds 17 times in public and from her flat.

Totally agree with you. I emailed a range in the CNX area and asked the usual firearms related saftey questions. Never went to the range. The person responding did not seem the understand the concept of a Rangemaster. To me a Rangemaster is like god. When he or she yells "Cease Fire" everyone obeys. From the response I got a firearms safe handling class did not sound like it was part of the experience.

First rule of firearms handling: ASSUME OR PRESUME ALL FIREARMS ARE LOADED AND THE SAFETY IS OFF. I have handled firearms for over 30 years and carried them on duty in both law enforcement and military and these types of ND's (Negligent Discharge) do occur. Do not have much faith in the safety culture of firearms ranges in LOS. Hence I have never been to a range in LOS.