the 100% directionless thread

RAA isa service witha good rep. We used to have someone here on the forum that worked for them. They were on my short list of places at one point to work
 
@StCEMT - I should have said it already but, here goes:
#1, congrats!
#2, excited to hear about the unique stuff you'll see!
 
So who thinks we will start a war with North Korea this weekend?
 
Chase said:
So who thinks we will start a war with North Korea this weekend?
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Yay, stimulus?

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Just got my first tube in over a year.

Im not that terrible, it was just my first opportunity in that time.

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GMCmedic said:
Just got my first tube in over a year.

Im not that terrible, it was just my first opportunity in that time.

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I haven't tubed since medic school. Been at least 6 months I'd say, maybe longer.
 
I had 7 tubes in my first 7 months as a medic, but I worked for a system where i did 100 runs a month at the time. Now i might do 400 runs a year.

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Chase said:
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Not too worried about starting a war as they've been at war with an ally of ours (technically) since 1950. If open hostilities commence again, perhaps we'll end the war this weekend? No need to go nuclear on the North Koreans... Some very good real-time intel and a MOAB or two should do the trick.
 
Annnnnd another truck intubated someone in my coverage area while I was on the other run. Sounds like that medic might be working on his third intubation of the day right now. Better him than me.

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With the extra paperwork required on our end every time we intubate, let alone RSI, I am ok with intubation-in-moderation.
 
Chase said:
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I think the very last thing we need is another war and more nation building.

That said, unlike the last handful of nations that we've invaded, it appears that NK actually is a threat to our security. Perhaps not imminent, but moving steadily in that direction. Their nuclear capability keeps improving and we don't know for sure how far they are from developing a missile that can reach the west coast. Not to mention the option of them providing a bomb to a terrorist organization to do who knows what with.

North Korea is openly trying to develop the capability of making a nuclear strike against us, and they've repeatedly refused to make any kind of agreement with us. Most importantly, they keep TELLING US that they are going to use nuclear weapons against us. I don't know how many times you let someone threaten you with a knife before you finally pull out your gun and defend yourself.

As much as I hate to see it happen, it would probably be the most justified use of our military force in my lifetime thus far. All we can do is trust our leaders to make good decisions (I just threw up a little as I typed that).
 
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I think the biggest reason for not dealing with a stronger hand with North Korea is South Korea. South Korea especially Seoul, would be devastated by North Korea's artillery
 
South Korea and Japan is in range of missiles. Both are wanting to put serious brakes on US speed vs North Korea. I'm more of a "drop ten MOABs, with two carrier groups and a handful of ballistic missile launchers offshore" kinda guy.
 
While it's always possible, I doubt it's super likely. We've been rattling sabers and making threats and whatnot against each other since 1953.....and have had multiple full blown skirmishes with firefights and casualties in the DMZ since then without going to full scale war.

(Btw the GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Burst aka MOAB is so big that it has to be dropped by a C-130 cargo plane....probably not a good opening strike platform against the Norks lol.....on the other hand we do have the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP) which is similarly sized (but carries half the explosive payload, is still about 10,000 pounds heavier because it is explicitly designed to be a bunker buster designed to take out Iranian and North Korean nuclear bunkers....a B2 Spirit stealth bomber can carry 2 of these guys....so yeah, the MOP would be used in a first strike against NK nuke program.....but the bomb itself is less newsworthy than the MOAB because it has half the explosive, and let's face it, the MOAB is only newsworthy over JDAMs and the countless other bombs we've dropped against ISIS and al Qaeda and the Taliban and the like because it's simply the biggest one we have.....and because for whatever reason we've kept them in a warehouse for the last decade....if we had used them shortly after development and off and in in theater, we all really wouldn't be talking about the MOAB right now lol)
 
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South Korea and Japan is in range of missiles. Both are wanting to put serious brakes on US speed vs North Korea. I'm more of a "drop ten MOABs, with two carrier groups and a handful of ballistic missile launchers offshore" kinda guy.
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Curious how many MOABs we have. Do they have a huge stock of those things?
 
Based purely on what I've been able to find online, we only have 20 of the things (well I guess 19 now...) considering it took almost 15 years to finally drop one, I cant imagine they've kept ordering more.....but considering some of the stupid stuff the military spends money on I wouldn't be half surprised if we did lol
 
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