MarineCombatEngineer
MarineCombatEngineer's JournalThis is from DU member Desert grandma.
Because dental care is so expensive, I wanted to share that great dental insurance is available to veterans and their spouses and dependent children. They offer standard and high option. So many folks, especially seniors are without dental insurance. While the VA provides total coverage to 100% disabled vets, this insurance helps all other vets, whether disabled or not. You need to be enrolled in the VA health care system, but do not need to get all of your health care needs there. The choice is between Delta and Metlife. One of the biggest differences between the two that I can tell is that Delta requires a 9 month waiting period for major work and Metlife has no waiting period.
There is no deductible if you use in network dentists.
There is no waiting period for major work except orthodontia.
Standard plan has $1300 which increases to $1500 maximum
High option is $3000 which increases t $3500 maximum.
I hope this is helpful. This is one of the dental insurance plans that we have, and they have been great! We are very satisfied. For more info see www.metlife.com/vadip
Or https://www.va.gov/health-care/about-va-health-benefits/dental-care/dental-insurance/
Kudos for Desert grandma for getting this vital info out to our veteran members, spouses and dependants
Chuck Mawhinney, Camp Pendleton Marine who became deadliest sniper in corps history, dies at 75
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chuck-mawhinney-camp-pendleton-marine-who-became-deadliest-sniper-in-corps-history-dies-at-75/ar-BB1irwY9The Marine Corps credited Mawhinney with 103 kills as well as 216 "probable" kills that could not be confirmed because of the dangerous conditions in which the shootings happened.
Mawhinney, who attended Camp Pendleton's Scout Sniper School, made the kills during a 16-month period that began in early 1968, when he was fighting the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong. He was a member of Camp Pendleton's 5th Marine Regiment at the time.
The Oregon native recorded all of the kills before he turned 20. The journal American Rifleman says Mawhinney, whose father was a Marine, primarily carried a Remington M40 sniper rifle, typically firing from a distance of 300 to 700 yards. Some shots were made from more than 1,000 yards.
This Marine Scout Sniper was a legend within the Marine Corps.
RIP fellow Devil Dog and cross gently.
Wow!!!!
19 hearts.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the hearts from DU members.
This, among many other things, is why I love all of you on DU, those I may disagree and agree with.
Thank you for the Valentine hearts.
This is one of the many reasons I love DU, the generosity of members is legendary and I greatly appreciate each and every one of you.
Prosecutors urge rejection of ex-cop's bid to dismiss civil rights conviction in George Floyd murder
Chauvin filed his motion in federal court in November, saying new evidence shows that he didnt cause Floyds death, and alleging ineffective counsel by his defense lawyer. He said he never would have pleaded guilty to the charge in 2021 if his attorney had told him about the idea of two doctors, who weren't involved in the case, who theorized that Floyd did not die from Chauvins actions, but from complications of a rare tumor.
Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, kneeled on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes on the street outside a convenience store where Floyd tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. A bystander video captured Floyds fading cries of I cant breathe. Floyds death touched off protests worldwide, some of which turned violent, and forced a national reckoning with police brutality and racism.
Chauvin asked U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson, who presided over the federal case, to throw out his conviction and order a new trial, or at least an evidentiary hearing. Chauvin filed the motion from prison without a lawyer.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/prosecutors-urge-rejection-of-ex-cop-s-bid-to-dismiss-civil-rights-conviction-in-george-floyd-murder/ar-AA1mTqLQ?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=1e87b9253cc74fea88f434064ed6dda8&ei=16
The part I bolded really jumped out at me, he's relying on 2 doctors who weren't even involved in the case and are only theorizing.
Yeah you murderer, good luck with that appeal.
Hey everyone,
things have gotten quite heated around here with this war in Gaza, its created some bad and hostile feelings on both sides of the issue, but everyone please remember, we are a big family and all have the basic same goals, just different ways to achieve them, so, that being said, let's all try to cool things down a tad bit.
Try to remember that what goes on here at DU should have no impact on our real lives, life is too short.
I'm going to practice what I preach and cool things down on my end, and on that note, I'm off to pick up my next load and headed back to the West Coast.
Peace out everyone and have a great day and year.
Houthis launch sea drone to attack ships hours after US, allies issue final warning.
Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Navy operations in the Middle East, said it was the first time the Houthis had used an unmanned surface vessel, or USV, since their harassment of commercial ships in the Red Sea began after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. They have, however, used them in years past.
Fabian Hinz, a missile expert and research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the USVs are a key part of the Houthi maritime arsenal and were used during previous battles against the Saudi coalition forces that intervened in Yemen's war. They have regularly been used as suicide drone boats that explode upon impact.
Most of the Houthis USVs are likely assembled in Yemen but often fitted with components made in Iran, such as computerized guidance systems, Hinz said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/houthis-launch-sea-drone-to-attack-ships-hours-after-us-allies-issue-final-warning/ar-AA1msYct?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=16aa9845b64a433d8216486465588725&ei=81
Seems the Houthis are on the verge of learning a very painful lesson from the western navies patrolling the Red Sea.
Iran has a 40 year old Frigate that's headed to the Red Sea, what they think that will do if they decide to attack any western warship is beyond me, it would very quickly be dispatched to the bottom of the sea.
Iran says at least 103 people killed, 141 wounded in blasts at ceremony honoring slain general
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-says-at-least-73-people-killed-170-wounded-in-blasts-at-ceremony-honoring-slain-general/ar-AA1mp3Ul?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=c009a2dfdbd44fb2aeb2448414be38f0&ei=58No group immediately claimed responsibility for what Iranian state media called a terroristic" attack shortly after the blasts in Kerman, about 820 kilometers (510 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
While Israel has carried out attacks in Iran over its nuclear program, it has conducted targeted assassinations, not mass-casualty bombings. Sunni extremist groups including the Islamic State group have conducted large-scale attacks in the past that killed civilians in Shiite-majority Iran, though not in relatively peaceful Kerman
Iran also has seen mass protests in recent years, including those over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in 2022. The country also has been targeted by exile groups in attacks dating back to the turmoil surrounding its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
I seriously doubt this was Israel, Iran has many enemies.
Iran calling this a terrorist attack is ironic due to the terrorist groups they support and fund.
This is not good.
Happy New Year to all of DU,
We are a very diverse family with different opinions on different issues, but we are still a family, warts and all, unlike the repigs.
May the new year bring joy, happiness and peace to all of us and the world.
US Navy sinks 3 Houthi boats attacking merchant ship in Red Sea, US says
A Maersk container ship, the Singapore-flagged Hangzhou, issued a distress call at about 6:30 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. The merchant vessel said four small boats were attacking it.
"The small boats, originating from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, fired crew served and small arms weapons at the MAERSK HANGZHOU, getting to within 20 meters of the vessel, and attempted to board the vessel," Central Command said.
Helicopters from two U.S. ships -- the USS Eisenhower and the USS Gravely -- responded and issued verbal calls to the small boats, U.S. officials said
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-navy-sinks-3-houthi-boats-attacking-merchant-ship-in-red-sea-us-says/ar-AA1mgxSg?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=4db46789d97540119253beab2524dfff&ei=86.
I don't know what these Houthi geniuses were thinking, but whatever it was, it was a bad decision to fire on US Navy helos, especially if they were either BlackHawks or Cobra gunships.
They fucked around and found out.
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