whitecommando

Thanks for the welcome! Fast AND from the Detachment Leader! Congratulations on that too. Regards,

Hey guys, I am new again. The Forum looks nicely updated since I took some time off.

Hey Rolf. Back in business is a good thread. Later Brother, John, Whitecommando

True, true. Does it matter if we stockpile MREs, Weapons, and water? Or is that just wasting time?

I was talking with a friend, and that movie that came out in the 80's, Red Dawn, could be re-made. And I will put all of this out there as hypothetical. The big change would be a Chinese invasion, versus a Russian/Cuban invasion. And don't get offended when I mention this... but what if the Chinese were to send an enormous task force to the Western Canadian coastline, and once parked there, and debarking for assault, they promise the Canadians "No problems for you if you let us dock in Vancouver for a southern and eastern attack on the United States" and the Chinese directly assault Alaska with a 3rd task force. Read about the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (and if you follow the link, you will see a spooky map – strait shot to the Baja peninsula and strait shot to the Great Lakes... http://www.investincanada.gc.ca/en/advanta...eway/apgci.aspx On that link, you can see the free access for the Chinese negotiated by the Canadians in October 2006. Now, imagine three million-men Chinese armies marching on the USA. First Army travels south through Washington State, Oregon, on towards California. Second Army marches due East in Canadian territory to the Great Lakes, and a Third Army takes Alaska and the all of the oil. Also, Chinese Navy attack submarines hunting our Carrier Task Forces to eliminate the threat of retaliatory air strikes. Who do you think would exploit this opportunity? The Russians. They would see that we are stretched thin, attack our forces in Iraq (with support from the anti-American militias) – this would tie up any return of American Forces to defend the mainland... as well as a coordinated Naval and Airborne attacks on the Eastern United States, and Gulf States – most likely hitting refineries in South Texas, ports in New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama, and attacking the Naval Reserve base at Pensacola. So, there is some stuff that could happen. Could it now? The Chinese Navy is not ready, nor is their air force. Will they be ready in the near future? Almost surely. And the way this could occur is if less cool heads prevail in the near future... American and Chinese and Russian. Reference George W. Bush, Hu Jintao, and Vladimir Putin. Who will be in charge in 8 years? Sprinkle in some Iranian stuff (Nukes and technology) to make this scenario more spooky. As Mike said... Like World War III bad.

What is funny, is I got two in silver and the other two are almost perfect grey-blue... if paint chips off of the black ones, silver will peek out and if paint chips off of the grey-blue ones, well... same color. How did you connect them??? I think I saw a small bolt and rivet head.

OOH! OOH! Ship your sling to me in my Pauldron Box!!! Please.

NICE PACK! Did you get the primary boxes from Target? I got some trays that look nearly identical to yours... meow. This is my next project too. My Boy Scout frame came last week. I have the MH radio face, the two domes, Some good parts from my Paul Hoeffer retired pack, and 4 "trays" for the base. Great work! I wonder why? John

That made me a little sad. In case you were wondering, Republic Clones are part of the Rebellion, and that is why I am so choked up. That is your big joke for the weekend! Happy Labor Day! John

Not to derail this great thread AND I want one of these Rolf Pauldrons BAD!!!! – but if Seth, or anyone who sees him at Dragon*Con, can point Seth to this post... I would like for Seth to have the money I sent him refunded and sent to Rolf's PayPal. Seth, I will PM you to ask you to do it. The main reason is I am not confident about a Halloween delivery of my SB Pauldron that I ordered in February. I understand things can be tough, but an e-mail or PM would be cool. Even if it says... "Hey! WC, suck it! You are not getting the pauldron... get over it." I just get --- air. Rolf, GREAT WORK. Hopefully Seth will refund the money I sent... even if he does not, I will scrape up the money to buy one in 2 weeks or so. Does that give you enough time for a pre-Halloween delivery? October 31 is the date, but I may have some parties to go to on the 24th, and a Sci-Fi Expo between October 25th-26th! I will need a day or two to weather. And when people ask... "Where did you get that sweet pauldron?" I will say... at the MEPD of course, and from a cool dude named Rolf! I will pimp the she-at out of your pauldrons brother. Troop On! John

I have this gun. I just have to find the time to cut the barrel vent holes! Pretty dang cool... a rare gun for troops so I have heard. I just have to assemble it, and my Lewis, another MG-34 V2 DLT-19 upgrade, and I will be pretty good on TD blasters! As most of you know, I carry Cushman weapons. But, as far as practicality, quality, and budgetary aspects... it is a no brainer. Plus his new vac, and his prototypes (including a de-milled MG-34)... Cushman is getting out some cool guns. PM if you need help in getting prop weapons just like the ones in the photos. I am glad to help. Troop On! John

Need any more help??? You guys look like you are having a great time! See you when you get back. I am coming up to Washington in October. Later Brother, John

oops! purged!

I do not usually keep my sent PMs.

I just purged an a-load of PMs, and archived 100, and I have 40 left and it says I am 550% full in my PM box. Do I have a quota of 10 PMs to keep??? Help please. I thought I was special!