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Having an engineer in the back helps out with the "driver spec ability points" too.... when someone in the vehicle kills someone everyone in the vehicle gets 1 "driver kill assist" or "kill assist" depending on who actualy killed the guy.YitEarp wrote:
fastest way ive found to rack those up is fly the blackhawk with a support guy in one gun and another guy in the back dropping mines/c4/nades whenever u fly over bases. it gives a lot of ammo giving assist points to the pilot. i think the driver points go up when someone kills from your vehicle too, but im not positive about that.
An extreme example of this was a night me and some friends were playing on kubra dam in the blackhawk... pilot was a medic, a support on one gun, I think spec ops in the other, 2 engineers in the back wrenching away.... the pilot walked away with 200+ pts that round, the rest of us were at about 150 from all the teamwork points doled out.
Another possibility, I learned rather drasticaly the other night that anyone can retrieve the line ("G" key) at any time... regardless of weather or not anyone is on it... if you fall to your death "mid-zip" when an enemy disconects the line, that could be a zip-line kill...
Bear in mind that time staring at the sky with the 15 sec timer counting down isnt counted into the IAR time requirement.... its also that way with other IAR time based badges/ribons (Air defense, ground defense, armor service, etc.).
Though luckily all time in a round regardless if your on your back or not, for the 'in a squad', 'as a squad leader' or 'in a round' (not tied to a kit or vehicle... like 25 min as commander for the veteran command badge) counts for the requrement. Thank goodness too, since some of those requrements are tough as hell to make without being on a 64-player server with just enough peeps to start the game.
Though luckily all time in a round regardless if your on your back or not, for the 'in a squad', 'as a squad leader' or 'in a round' (not tied to a kit or vehicle... like 25 min as commander for the veteran command badge) counts for the requrement. Thank goodness too, since some of those requrements are tough as hell to make without being on a 64-player server with just enough peeps to start the game.
Has the United States been the most militarily active this last century? I'd have to say yes
But most aggressive? I think not
Aggression as defined in the American Heritage Dictionary:
1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
Last I checked the history books, the US has never engaged in hostilities UNPROVOKED in the 20th century, either directly or indirectly. Nor have they INITIATED hostilities. Allow me to illustrate:
The Great War - Assisting allies against German invasion
WW II - In the Atlantic, assisting allies against Nazi aggression; in the Pacific, two words: PEARL HARBOR
South Korea - Assist a democratic society (supported by the people) from aggression from a communist
regime, as well as the 'Japan" point illustrated above
Vietnam - Assist a democratic faction under attack (and the US paid dearly for the mistake of not supporting a
faction without the support of the people)
Bosnia - Assist refugees attempting to defend against admitted GENOCIDE
Gulf War I - Talk to the Kuwaitis
Afghanistan/ Op ENDURING FREEDOM - Ask a family member of one who died in the World Trade Center
Iraq/ Op IRAQI FREEDOM - Gulf War I never ended... we just finished the job... If you disagree, what do you call Op SOUTHERN and NORTHERN WATCH (UN sanctioned operations... with three Security Council members participating)
I challenge anyone to name a conflict since the Great War where the US initiated hostilities without reacting to some heinous event in that area.......
or did it without at least one full partner who is also a member of the UN Security Council......
Having helped launch aircraft in Saudi Arabia for SOUTHERN WATCH, and other parts for ENDURING FREEDOM.... and seen the powerful good being done on the ground in Iraq first hand, I'm here to tell ya that the news is a business and they peddle their wares in classic form. Warm hearted stories of the schools the US is building, or the people now being fed, or the liberally minded peacefully protesting a US presence (without being beaten and drug away by the Feyadeen Saddam mind you) doesn't make ratings... and money. But explosions, 'shock and awe' reporting, and faces and names of the dead do. You decide what's the whole truth and what’s not.
The US may have made mistakes... who hasn't, and innocent people have died. But armed conflict is messy as hell and it will always be that way, that’s why its hopefully the last resort and you never find out if it's worth cost until everything is done (ask the Russians about their time in Afghanistan). But in my eyes the decisions have been for the best in the end.
We won't answer the question posed in the title any time soon, until well after the hostilities have ended and all of us are old and gray
Cheers,
Grey Wolf
But most aggressive? I think not
Aggression as defined in the American Heritage Dictionary:
1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
Last I checked the history books, the US has never engaged in hostilities UNPROVOKED in the 20th century, either directly or indirectly. Nor have they INITIATED hostilities. Allow me to illustrate:
The Great War - Assisting allies against German invasion
WW II - In the Atlantic, assisting allies against Nazi aggression; in the Pacific, two words: PEARL HARBOR
South Korea - Assist a democratic society (supported by the people) from aggression from a communist
regime, as well as the 'Japan" point illustrated above
Vietnam - Assist a democratic faction under attack (and the US paid dearly for the mistake of not supporting a
faction without the support of the people)
Bosnia - Assist refugees attempting to defend against admitted GENOCIDE
Gulf War I - Talk to the Kuwaitis
Afghanistan/ Op ENDURING FREEDOM - Ask a family member of one who died in the World Trade Center
Iraq/ Op IRAQI FREEDOM - Gulf War I never ended... we just finished the job... If you disagree, what do you call Op SOUTHERN and NORTHERN WATCH (UN sanctioned operations... with three Security Council members participating)
I challenge anyone to name a conflict since the Great War where the US initiated hostilities without reacting to some heinous event in that area.......
or did it without at least one full partner who is also a member of the UN Security Council......
Having helped launch aircraft in Saudi Arabia for SOUTHERN WATCH, and other parts for ENDURING FREEDOM.... and seen the powerful good being done on the ground in Iraq first hand, I'm here to tell ya that the news is a business and they peddle their wares in classic form. Warm hearted stories of the schools the US is building, or the people now being fed, or the liberally minded peacefully protesting a US presence (without being beaten and drug away by the Feyadeen Saddam mind you) doesn't make ratings... and money. But explosions, 'shock and awe' reporting, and faces and names of the dead do. You decide what's the whole truth and what’s not.
The US may have made mistakes... who hasn't, and innocent people have died. But armed conflict is messy as hell and it will always be that way, that’s why its hopefully the last resort and you never find out if it's worth cost until everything is done (ask the Russians about their time in Afghanistan). But in my eyes the decisions have been for the best in the end.
We won't answer the question posed in the title any time soon, until well after the hostilities have ended and all of us are old and gray
Cheers,
Grey Wolf