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Posted on 2/24/24 at 6:44 am
Posted on 2/24/24 at 6:44 am
Today in History: February 24
0786 Pepin the Short of Gaul dies. His dominions are divided between his sons Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman.
1803 Chief Justice John Marshall, by refusing to rule on the case of Marbury vs. Madison, asserts the authority of the judicial branch.
1836 Some 3,000 Mexicans launch an assault on the Alamo with its 182 Texan defenders.
1868 US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson
1916 A film version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in New York.
1991 General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.
2020 New York firefighter Daniel Foley, who found his brother's body in ruins of World Trade Center, dies of cancer bringing first responders death toll to 343
2021 United Nations-backed COVAX initiative begins delivering vaccines to middle and low income countries with first AstraZeneca shipment to Ghana
2022 Russian leader Vladimir Putin announces the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine to "demilitarize" the country moments before Russia launches a full-scale pre-dawn invasion by land, air and sea, with bombings in several cities amid international condemnation
Born on February 24
1885 Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral who commanded naval forces in the Pacific during WWII.
JOTD
An engineer dies and is sent to hell
He's hot and miserable, so he decides to take action. The A/C has been busted for a long time, so he fixes it. Things cool down quickly. The moving walkway motor jammed, so he un-jams it. People can get from place to place more easily. The TV was grainy and unclear, so he fixes the connection to the Satellite dish and now they get hundreds of high def channels.
One day, God decides to look down on Hell to see how his grand design is working out and notices that everyone is happy and enjoying umbrella drinks. He asks the Devil what's up?
The Devil says, "Things are great down here since you sent us an engineer."
"What?" says God. "An engineer? I didn't send you one of those. That must have been a mistake. Send him upstairs immediately."
The Devil responds, "No way. We want to keep our engineer. We like him."
God demands, "If you don't send him to me immediately, I'll sue!"
The Devil laughs. "Where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"
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Posted on 2/24/24 at 7:24 am to Armymann50
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"Where are YOU going to get a lawyer?
Posted on 2/24/24 at 8:14 am to Armymann50
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1991 General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.
One of the few times you can point to an attack almost going off the rails because it was too successful.
The Marines and their armored support, the Tiger Brigade from 2nd Armored, were supposed to attack Iraqi positions in Kuwait with the goal of drawing the Republican Guard units into position to be enveloped by the infamous "Left Hook" armored assault. Instead they were so successful that the Iraqis started to pull out of Kuwait and the attack the left flank had to be moved up in order to keep the Iraqis from escaping.
The Marines and the Tigers weren't notably upset about their success it should be said.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 8:29 am to Armymann50
Morning I guess
Posted on 2/24/24 at 8:29 am to Arksulli
Were you there brother, with a first hand account?
This post was edited on 2/24/24 at 11:25 am
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:05 am to Armymann50
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:19 am to SupperClubDrunkBus
*Possibly Completely Naked Woman With Coffee*
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:21 am to Arksulli
I remember that one. I was there with the artillery (10th Marines).
The mother of all battles was in reality, the mother of all surrenders and thank God for the Air Force!
The mother of all battles was in reality, the mother of all surrenders and thank God for the Air Force!
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:24 am to 1BIGTigerFan
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:33 am to Armymann50
Morning All 
Posted on 2/24/24 at 12:03 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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Were you there brother, with a first hand account?
I laugh because I finished my enlistment right before all this went down. So I spent the Gulf War watching, waiting to be recalled to duty (I wasn't), and worrying about buddies still in there. Very surreal.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 4:48 pm to Arksulli
Damn, that's crazy and thank you for your service.
These GMT threads are some of the best on this whole website
Armyman, curious, are you getting these from history.com? I get a "This date in history" email every morning and a lot of it lines up with what you post.
Is there a better website (I'm sure there is, History Channel or w/e isn't the greatest) to use? For the days you can't make the posts
These GMT threads are some of the best on this whole website
Armyman, curious, are you getting these from history.com? I get a "This date in history" email every morning and a lot of it lines up with what you post.
Is there a better website (I'm sure there is, History Channel or w/e isn't the greatest) to use? For the days you can't make the posts
Posted on 2/24/24 at 11:28 pm to Armymann50
Good morning
Posted on 2/25/24 at 9:36 am to Arksulli
We had a guy in our unit who got called back. Lost his job. He was the surliest guy ever. I didn’t blame him. We mostly left him alone. Tried to not ask him to do much besides gear maintenance and inventory. Actually didn’t need him to be there. I’m not sure why they recalled many for that one.
This post was edited on 2/25/24 at 9:37 am
Posted on 2/26/24 at 5:37 am to 1BIGTigerFan
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Were you there brother
I was up north with the 3rd ACR frick the middle east.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 4:31 pm to Armymann50
Good morning everyone
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