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_refugee_  ·  3143 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 20, 2016

I'm talking to a recruiter today at 4:15 PM.





nowaypablo  ·  3142 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Don't be a squid. Go Army.

_refugee_  ·  3142 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Let me pass a PT test for any branch first :)

user-inactivated  ·  3142 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is that a rifle sight on an RPG launcher?

nowaypablo  ·  3142 days ago  ·  link  ·  

These big ones come with that, RPGs are a very primitive russian rocket-launching doohicky. you gotta see what youre bazookin!

user-inactivated  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Welp, apparently, RPG does not mean "rocket launcher" per se. I thought "rocket-propelled grenade" applies to all shoulder-based rocket launchers.

How big the range of this thing must be to require magnification scope? The Russian thing only has iron sight and isn't used to shoot very far.

nowaypablo  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It actually was pure coincidence that RPG could be used in English to stand for "rocket propelled grenade." RPG is originally Russian for what amounts to "manual anti-tank grenade-launcher."

This AT-4 will keep soarin' for like 2km, but is aimed from 300-500m.

The Javelin, on the other hand, is a fire-and-forget launcher than you point, shoot, and then walk away as it guides itself over 4km.

user-inactivated  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    This AT-4 will keep soarin' for like 2km, but is aimed from 300-500m.

You'd need a scope for that. I don't think riflemen shoot that far often, do they?

nowaypablo  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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nowaypablo  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not sure actually, I just somehow knew a bit about the big guns :D

nowaypablo  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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steve  ·  3143 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Which branch? You seem like a Navy gal...

(Of course I kid). Break a leg!

_refugee_  ·  3142 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks. They are passing my resume on to the interested party :)

lil  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nice to be recruited, eh?

_refugee_  ·  3141 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's actually how I've gotten every single professional job I've worked after my initial position 6 years ago. Who knows how this one will go, maybe my success rate is ready to take a tumble, but I've also historically been made an offer for every job where I've been recruited and followed up on the initial contact.

In the meantime, here are some books.