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CTyankee

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8. I was going to ask "what about the Seabees?"
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:55 PM
Oct 2014

What they did in WW2 was nothing short of incredible.

CAN DO!

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Thanks! jen63 Oct 2014 #1
They will get it done riverwalker Oct 2014 #7
I was going to ask "what about the Seabees?" CTyankee Oct 2014 #8
Brits are there now too riverwalker Oct 2014 #9
They are there!! jen63 Oct 2014 #13
I once dated an officer in the Seabees. He was an engineer...this goes back more than a few CTyankee Oct 2014 #14
My son is jen63 Oct 2014 #15
When the guy I dated retired (with the rank of Captain) he went to work for CTyankee Oct 2014 #16
I was pretty ambivalent about jen63 Oct 2014 #20
This guy had worked at the Pentagon when he was still in active duty. I can't think of a more CTyankee Oct 2014 #22
Oh yeah! jen63 Oct 2014 #24
best of luck to you, jen, and your son. CTyankee Oct 2014 #28
That makes me feel better! jen63 Oct 2014 #29
Maybe they can help gratuitous Oct 2014 #2
the infected countries are begging us for help. they need infrastructure magical thyme Oct 2014 #3
Liberia is welcoming us with open arms. We have very good relations with them. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #10
Unconvincing, IMO. malthaussen Oct 2014 #4
Because we need to protect the engineers and the medical staff. msanthrope Oct 2014 #11
Those engineers have a bad habit of "needing to eat" and "having to take a piss" Recursion Oct 2014 #17
The US Army engineers have a problem pissing? HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #21
If there is anyway to make a situation worse... kentuck Oct 2014 #5
They did such a good job rebuilding Iraq. /sarcasm/ KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #6
Wasn't that Helliburton that was rebuilding Iraq? jwirr Oct 2014 #19
I hold the U.S. military chiefly responsible for the ongoing disaster that is Iraq, after KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #23
All I remember is that while this was all happening we were talking about how a bunch of jwirr Oct 2014 #25
It's all faded into one giant blur of a cluster-f*ck in my mind. But the U.S. KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #26
I agree with you on this. We have failed to do much of anything in the ME but destroy anything we jwirr Oct 2014 #27
Really unfortunate juxtaposition of words Duer 157099 Oct 2014 #12
Uncle (Korea) and son-in-law (ME) were both engineers in 101st. Proud of them for stepping up. jwirr Oct 2014 #18
They're gonna bomb Texas back to the stone age? Warpy Oct 2014 #30
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