https://www.istorya.net/forums/blog.php?55515-joshua259 en Wed, 20 May 2026 19:04:41 GMT vBulletin 300 https://www.istorya.net/forums/images/metro/blue/misc/rss.jpg https://www.istorya.net/forums/blog.php?55515-joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?1634-my-reasons-to-fight Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:35:53 GMT i didn't join this job to look good or to brag about what i do. its just perks that comes with my job. my personal reasons went south when i realized that i joined this job to protect and bring home the people i work with. and no matter who you are or what branch of military service you are in. bring you back from the battle fields of Iraq, Afghanistan or where ever you in the globe is my reason to fight.

this is the words that i would always tell my guys... "I'm not afraid of dying in combat. I'm more afraid of losing you guys". ]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?1634-my-reasons-to-fight https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?456-U-S-Army-Special-Forces-Green-Beret Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:28:49 GMT




The mission of the Special Forces Group is to plan, prepare for, and when directed, deploy to conduct unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance and direct actions in support of U.S. national policy objectives within designated areas of responsibility. The units continually train to conduct unconventional warfare in any of its forms -- Guerrilla Warfare, Evasion and Escape, Subversion, and Sabotage. The soldiers are also schooled in direct action operations and special reconnaissance. Approximately 1,400 soldiers are assigned to each group. The 12-man "A" Team is the key operating element of the Special Forces Group.

The U.S. Army Special Operations Force consists of the Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, and Task Force 160 (the "Night Stalkers").

Special operations are those military operations that are outside the normal capabilities of conventional forces. When you think of conventional forces, think of masses of tanks, masses of men, heavy equipment and artillery. Special operations and the special operations forces go after those things that large organizations are incapable of handling because of their inflexibility and inability to innovate. Special operations also are concerned with local nationals in various countries. Army Special Forces teams are dedicated to certain and specific regions of the world.

In this case, the Army's Fifth Special Forces group is dedicated to the area of operation in southwest Asia. So, team members of that group will speak the local languages, will be experts in the countries that they're dedicated to. They'll understand the culture, the geography, the demographics, and the militaries of those countries. Those men are at home in the countries that they're dedicated to, and in most cases they'll have spent a great deal of time working in friendly countries within that region. They're characterized by small units. They can move and operate freely and quietly with the local populace.

Special Forces can trace their history back to Rogers' Rangers of the American Revolution.

Special Forces duty can be as much intellectual and diplomatic as it is war fighting. Many of the enlisted personnel are college graduates.

Special Forces units are designed to operate either unilaterally or in support of and combined with indigenous military and paramilitary forces.

Enlisted personnel are trained as weapons, communications, engineering, or medical specialists.

The 19th and 20th Special Forces Groups are National Guard units.



Warnings:
Officers and enlisted personnel must pass the same tests.

A Special Forces candidate must be a U.S. citizen; be an active-duty, male soldier; be airborne-qualified or volunteer for airborne training; be able to swim 50 meters wearing boots and battle-dress uniform; score a minimum of 206 points on the Army physical fitness test; meet medical fitness standards; and be eligible for a "secret" security clearance.

The Army's Special Forces is a strategic, multi-purpose force capable of rapid response to various contingencies around the world. Called "Green Berets," these highly-skilled Soldiers are trained in unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, special reconnaissance, combating terrorism, information operations and counter-proliferation. They operate in urban, jungle, desert, mountain, maritime and arctic environments and are sometimes called on to survive for months at a time behind enemy lines. But their missions aren't just related to combat. Special Forces Soldiers are diplomats and teachers who are trained in foreign languages and are called on to teach military skills to people around the world. The Green Berets also support global humanitarian relief efforts.

Special Forces candidates must be mature and self-motivated; open and humble; and better conditioned physically and emotionally than the average Soldier.

Received fame during the Vietnam war, these soldiers are specialists at working with the local population. Their role could be crucial to developing solid intelligence. The Northern Alliance, rebels who oppose the Taliban, hold significant ground and could provide another great staging point for attacks by the United States.

How to Become a Green Beret
President Kennedy called the Green Beret "a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom." The U.S. Army's Special Forces work in A-Teams, 12-member units, in the spirit of the Green Beret motto, "De Oppresso Liber" - to free the oppressed


Steps:

1. Prepare yourself physically and mentally, and keep yourself in top condition.

2. Remember Special Forces team members generally are closely involved with allied forces. Familiarize yourself with military history, politics and international relations.

3. Remember also that Special Forces troopers are fluent in at least one of 11 languages other than English. Take a foreign language in school.

4. Develop your body - run for endurance, train with weights, become a proficient swimmer.

5. Join the U.S. Army.

6. Choose a suitable military occupation specialty. Army journalists, clerk-typists, chaplain assistants and soliders performing similar duties, while valuable, don't receive the training necessary to become a Green Beret.

7. Apply for paratrooper training.

8. Apply for Army Ranger training.

9. Become a dedicated professional soldier - strive to exceed the expectations of your leaders, and apply for advanced training.

10. Reach the rank of E-4 (Specialist or Corporal).

11. Contact the Special Operations Recruiting Company at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

12. Prepare yourself for the Special Forces application requirements. For example, a candidate must make a 12-mile road march carrying a 55-lb rucksack and a weapon in 4.5 hours.

13. Remember that the application process will evaluate your physical ability, duty performance, psychological stability and security clearance.

14. Appear before the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Assessment and Review Board.

15. Attend the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course.

16. Attend the Special Forces Qualification Course. ]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?456-U-S-Army-Special-Forces-Green-Beret https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?455-Delta-Force Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:08:21 GMT

The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D) is one of two units in the United States Armed Forces assigned primarily to combat terrorism. The other is the Navy's 'Dev Group.' Delta members are experts at counterinsurgency, small unit tactics, and various infiltration techniques.

Many of them come from Ranger battalions or Special Forces (Green Berets) groups. They are well seasoned, well conditioned and are some of the most experienced soldiers in the service. But as Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, said, "They are professional soldiers who hate the army." They are very independent warriors who like working in small teams and are very resilient.

While the military acknowledges the existence of special mission units like Delta Force, it does not specify what they are called or their locations, staffing or organizational structure. Unofficially, Delta Force is considered one of the U.S. military's elite special operations units, its members drawn from all branches. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, its formal name is 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta.

Delta Force was created by Army Col. Charles Beckwith in the late 1970s and based on the British Special Air Service counter terrorism unit. Its members are known as "operators" and divided into three squadrons. Details of the composition, strength, abilities and operations of Delta Force remain a closely guarded secret. But the unit is thought to be equipped with the most advanced weaponry and equipment the U.S. military has to offer. Unit members undergo an extensive selection and assessment process before joining the unit.


Hostage rescue is considered a Delta Force specialty. In 1989, during Operation Just Cause in Panama, Delta Force operatives rescued U.S. businessman Kurt Muse from Modelo Prison in Panama City. Muse had been arrested for running a CIA-supplied clandestine radio station.

Delta Force members are selected for specific traits, whether it's language skills, an ability to shoot someone from a half-mile away or extreme physical endurance. But usually they pick them for a lack of showy machismo. They're extremely low-key; some of them look like superheroes, but most of them tend to be laid-back, slow to anger, not show-offy in any way. For one thing, it's difficult to be the best in an occupation and yet be sworn to secrecy. Once you're in that unit you dress as a civilian, wear civilian hair and can grow a beard.

They live in a private secret world and don't tell anyone what they do. They train constantly. They're ascetics because part of the discipline is being able to dig a hole and live in it for a week or get dropped in the middle of a desert and find your way out.

They like to say that Delta Force is the haven for great soldiers who hate the army. They're older than most soldiers, they like what they do and hate the chain of command. They call each other by nicknames and don't really recognize rank. Some of the most respected people in those units are non-commissioned officers, sergeants. ]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?455-Delta-Force https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?315-my-Vampire-name Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:16:22 GMT the Great Archives determine you to have gone by the identity:
"Hanzi Raven"
Known in some parts of the world as:
"Lion of The Highway Thieves"
The Great Archives Record:
Takes more than gold from the rich on the highway - takes blood too."

Find your Vampire name. The Vampire Name Generator. Get Names for Vampires. ]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?315-my-Vampire-name https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?314-Army-Rangers-Duties Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:07:26 GMT The foundation of Ranger operation is performing as a quick "shock troop" -- one capable of carrying out surprise strikes . But how they get to their strike zone, what they do there and what command is calling the shots varies widely by operation.



Rangers are capable of carrying out quick, direct action raids with minimal troop numbers.
Photo courtesy U.S. Army
Rangers are capable of carrying out quick, direct-action
raids with minimal troop numbers.
Since they're Airborne graduates, Rangers often parachute to the designated insertion area. But they're also trained for other types of insertions -- or means of getting soldiers quickly and quietly behind enemy lines -- like a small boat in a swamp or down fast lines (ropes lines that allow a quick descent) from the sides of a helicopter. Once on the ground, their operations take many forms. In a strike situation, the Rangers' archetypal operation is the seizing of an airfield.

They're also extremely versatile and can easily move from a special operation into a conventional one, once the initial mission is fulfilled. For example, if the Rangers' mission is to take an airfield, they may parachute in, eliminate any threats, take control of the airfield and signal that the mission is accomplished. When conventional forces move into the secured airfield, Rangers can link up with them, moving onward as part of the larger conventional-fighting force. ]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?314-Army-Rangers-Duties https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?306-Rangers-Creed Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:58:41 GMT Ranger Creed *R*anger Creed The Ranger Creed is the standard by which all Army Rangers conduct themselves - period. *R*ecognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of the Rangers.* *A*cknowledging the fact that a Ranger is a more elite soldier who arrives at the cutting edge of battle by land, sea, or air, I accept the fact that as a Ranger my country expects me to move farther, faster and fight harder than any other soldier. *N*ever shall I fail my comrades. I will always keep myself mentally alert, physically strong and morally straight and I will shoulder more than my share of the task whatever it may be, one-hundred-percent and then some. *G*allantly will I show the world that I am a specially selected and well-trained soldier. My courtesy to superior officers, neatness of dress and care of equipment shall set the example for others to follow. *E*nergetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender is not a Ranger word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country. *R*eadily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and complete the mission though I be the lone survivor. Rangers Lead The Way! Ranger Creed

Ranger Creed
The Ranger Creed is the standard by which all Army Rangers conduct themselves - period.

Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of the Rangers.*

Acknowledging the fact that a Ranger is a more elite soldier who arrives at the cutting edge of battle by land, sea, or air, I accept the fact that as a Ranger my country expects me to move farther, faster and fight harder than any other soldier.

Never shall I fail my comrades. I will always keep myself mentally alert, physically strong and morally straight and I will shoulder more than my share of the task whatever it may be, one-hundred-percent and then some.

Gallantly will I show the world that I am a specially selected and well-trained soldier. My courtesy to superior officers, neatness of dress and care of equipment shall set the example for others to follow.

Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender is not a Ranger word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country.

Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and complete the mission though I be the lone survivor.

Rangers Lead The Way!

]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?306-Rangers-Creed https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?305-Hero Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:03:51 GMT I am so high. I can hear heaven.
I am so high. I can hear heaven.
No heaven, no heaven dont hear me.

And they say that a hero can save us.
Im not gonna stand here and wait.
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as they all fly away.

Someone told me love will all save us.
But how can that be, look what love gave us.
A world full of killing, and blood-spilling
That world never came.

And they say that a hero can save us.
Im not gonna stand here and wait.
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as they all fly away.

Now that the world isnt ending, its love that Im sending to you.
It isnt the love of a hero, and thcts why I fear it wont do.

And they say that a hero can save us.
I'm not gonna stand here and wait.
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as they all fly away.

And they're watching us
(Watching Us)
As they all fly away. ]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?305-Hero https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?304-Why-the-World-Doesn-t-Need-Superman Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:59:23 GMT After more than a generation of false starts, busted deals and abandoned screenplays, Superman Returns in a $250 million blockbuster. Seems the Man of Steel has come back after five years in outer space seeking the remnants of his long-destroyed home world, Krypton. During his absence, 23-year-old single mother Lois Lane pens an editorial ("Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman") for the Daily Planet and wins the Pulitzer Prize.



Great Caesar’s Ghost! What was the young star reporter thinking? Could she have found the courage and the confidence to admit what all the rest of us were afraid to: That we don’t need Superman!



Not in my wildest dreams did I ever see it coming.



More than fifty years ago on a 17-inch fuzzy black-and-white television, I first beheld Superman in a Max Fleischer cartoon made nearly five years before I was born.



And backed by a blare of trumpets…



“Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Superman!”



In less than ten minutes, my life had changed forever. Fantasy and science fiction were more beautiful and more real than reality would ever be!



One cartoon had this bald scientist operating a giant stellar magnet, shaped like a horseshoe, of course, and with its magnetic rays, was pulling a comet closer and closer to earth.



“Is that possible?” I asked my father.



Dad gave me that look.



Not many years later came The Adventures of Superman with real people!



“Yes, it’s SUPERMAN, strange visitor from another planet, with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men! Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for Truth, Justice and the American Way!”



Superman was my man! Forget Clark Kent. He was just Superman passing for one of us. What fun was that? Anybody could do it!



The TV show never went off the air and it’s aged a lot better than I have.



George Reeves did not. On the 16th of June 1959, his life ended. My last year at junior high school and just a few months before, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the “Big Bopper” had been killed in an airplane crash. That was “The Day the Music Died.” With the death of the man who was Superman, I understood so late in the game that he was only playing Superman.



I had grown up in New York City looking at the Empire State Building from afar and wondering what it would have been like if King Kong had been up there for me to see. Other times I’d look to the sky and imagine Superman flying by. If I waved to him, would he see me and wave back? Those fantasies were gone forever.



During the 60s, America was looking for its way and Superman was not. Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement took center stage while the Man of Steel’s low grade cartoons and comic books rusted in the wings. Not until after Watergate was America ready for Superman, the full Hollywood treatment.



I remember sitting in the theater, waiting in full anticipation. And when that symbolic S blazed across the screen, a rush surged through me. Oh yeah, this was Superman!



The movie was hardly perfect, but I’ve seen the ‘helicopter rescue scene” at least fifty times since and my eyes well up every time. I needed Superman. America needed Superman and Christopher Reeve was Superman!



“The story of Superman's origin parallels those of other cultural heroes and religious figures such as Moses, Jesus Christ, Gilgamesh and Krishna who were spirited away as infants from places where they were in danger, with stronger parallels to the lives of Moses and Jesus Christ,” declare a host of analyses, but ultimately it comes down to the fact that Superman is the ultimate American experience.



Superman is the American Way. He always has been. Had Batman been created by a Brit, the Caped Crusader would have flourished fighting crime in foggy London. Spider-man would have been at home in Mexico City or Brasilia and the X-Men would have been the toast of Europe with their special school in Paris. But the Mighty Man of Steel could only be American.



"Just as the Greek gods represented their society, Superman is like the avatar of the United States. It's how we want to see ourselves. That's why he gets more powerful and that's why he gets more handsome. It becomes our own wish fulfillment," says Brad Meltzer, who has written for Superman in the DC Comics series Identity Crisis and the latest installment of Justice League of America.



The heroic figure, real and unreal, evolves over time. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett were the "supermen" of their day. Cowboys dominated American folklore for more than a century. During the Reagan administration, the president’s detractors blamed his “from the hip” diplomacy on his “cowboy” persona. In 1988’s Die Hard, the hero identified with Roy Rogers, “King of the Cowboys”.



No more of those “thrilling days of yesteryear” when the brave loner took on a gang of outlaws to “clean up Dodge.” The idealistic lawman has long since ridden off into the sunset. Replaced by lawyers and cops? Civil servants? Ya gotta be kiddin’ me! The world has gotten much too screwed up for the likes of them. The United States, “the world’s policeman”, had long exhausted all diplomatic options and your average superhero didn’t have the chops to take on the new supervillains of the New Millennium.



“The world doesn’t need a savior,” wrote Lois Lane to win journalism’s highest honor. Oh, really? Religious fundamentalists on opposite sides of the earth are at war with each other and their own governments because these fanatics are convinced only the right God can save us.



Imagine if Superman had not taken his heavenly pilgrimage to wander in the cosmos for five years. There would have been no 911, no killer tsunami, no Katrina and with Superman on our team, the US would’ve won the World Cup going away!



The war in Iraq? Superman’s x-ray vision would have confirmed that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction, but to make the world safe for democracy, the Man of Steel would have flown into Baghdad, rounded up that tin-horn dictator and his murdering sons and whisked them off to the World Court or the United Nations or the Fortress of Solitude. Al-Qaeda’s “holy war” would have been over before it began.



But the American Constitution enforces the separation of Church and State. The last superpower has never had a holy warrior hero and never will. “The cowboys are dead. Long live the cowboys!” America no longer needs a superhero because we have become a superhero!



And supervillains around the planet cringe at our coming.



“Look! Up in the sky! It’s missiles! It’s planes! It’s America’s ‘shock and awe’!”



“Yes, it’s America, high-tech visitors from another hemisphere with powers and abilities far beyond those of the rest of the world! America, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with its bare hands, and who, disguised as a mild-mannered democracy for a great, multi-ethnic people, fights a never-ending battle for Truth and Justice. That’s the American Way!”



The United States has entered the 21st century as a world unto its own and not unlike the mythical Krypton, surrounded by dozens of lesser planets.



Compared to Americans, all other earthlings are backward, ignorant, weak and poor. As the lone superpower, it is our divine destiny to decide Truth and Justice for all.



“The medium is the message,” declared Marshall McLuhan. Comic books, cartoons, movies, radio shows and even a Broadway play; t-shirts, board games, action figures and countless other toys, Superman has done it all everywhere. His new marketeers will saturate the planet with his image and generate billions in profits.



Is that Superman’s "message"?



Said McLuhan: “We become what we behold.”



Of course we no longer need Superman. We are Superman. ]]> joshua259 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?304-Why-the-World-Doesn-t-Need-Superman