https://www.al.com/expo/erry-2018/05/6a4713d9c79343/the_time_we_nuked_mississippi.html

I’m wondering if the troops on the ground will be manipulating stoplights in effort to manipulate their targeted vehicles?

Regarding that “thank you for your service” comment folks give to military personnel and feel so good about. I have spoke with more than a few and they actually do not like receiving that for a few reasons. One of which is the aforementioned hypocrisy and lack of sincerity from the giver.

WRONG! The war has come to our shores. 9/11, did you forget? Defense spending is only one measure. In plain sight is another. Every time the TSA feels up my boobs and crevices (dirty glove?). Every time they interrogate an old lady returning from cancer treatment. Every time I see a cop shoot someone with an M-16 who would probably just fall asleep if the cop ate a doughnut and moved a block further away. The surveillance state we live in. Did you not hear what Ed Snowden was shouting at us? Our super-smart super-sneaky spy people in government… whose primary quality is a lack of moral compass… has turned the entire spy-works inward. DeepState nearly succeeded in picking our president. (It will succeed when elections federalized.) Have you read up on the creep Trump appointed the next CIA chief? Or Obama’s CIA creep?

Can’t image the sorrow of families and cultures we destroy in our overseas warfare as part of our ‘policy objectives’. Apparently these policies are more important than innocent life. We are the bully just as much as the people we call evil.

Tell the Mayor he does not have the right or authority to give permission to use Boise civilians and property in target practice by FOR PROFIT defense contractors. He should at very least collect a user fee and distribute it to the population.

We are very lucky in this country not to have had a war come to our shores since 1865ish. Lucky because of the obvious toll it takes but also because it doesn’t appear most people would be able to handle it. They would be too busy screeching about their rights and it’s someone else’s job.

Providing for the common defense is the one thing the Constitution explicitly states is a function of government. I wish more people would understand that and stop whining.

The win-loss record is not impressive, despite having a stellar team. We lost 58,000 in Nam and about 3,000 to 6,000 in SW Asia. Perhaps a draft would speed things up or limit the desire to fight. Hail Mary, field goal, touchdown, anything but more overtime!

About 1980 (38 years ago) I was a captain in the 12th Special Forces Group, and our unit joined a major AFB for exercises over and in a medium-large city. AWACs were up 24 hours a day, the “fast movers” flew their simulated missions and you could hear choppers nonstop.

My team (and others) worked the urban downtown, in civilian clothes, with coded message drops, street surveillance, package hand-offs, and establishing communications networks, etc.

We trained for it, worked from a detailed operations plan, and gained valuable experience for air and ground personnel. Experience that then folded into more training and preparation for those who live and work in the world of unconventional warfare – which today is much of what the U.S. engages in.

Join me in sending best wishes to today’s military for a great training operation, and hopefully valuable lessons learned and experience gained, just as my team and others did 38 years ago.

The military is a lot like football – as you practice so will you play. And sometime you have to put on the pads.

What they are not telling us is they have huge numbers of pilots and ground troops who need this training. It will likely happen night and day continuously. It will likely involve foreign forces too. This will not be an occasional event.

Additionally, what they are not telling us is if they add in simulated enemy anti-aircraft fire the overhead aircraft will become much much louder as they maneuver defensively.

They are not telling us of the very powerful ground scanning radars used to actively map and detect targets. 2 or 4 F-15Es never operate alone. Somewhere in the distance will be a powerful airborne radar blasting Boise to provide overall situational awareness and targeting info.

They are not telling us of the radio and radar jamming which is typically done to protect the aircraft in hostile areas.