- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
38tigers
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | |
| Number of Posts: | 29 |
| Registered on: | 10/2/2023 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
Recent Posts
Message
Hot but uses too much photoshop. She dated Livvy's ex.
0
Livvy's Halloween Costume
Posted by 38tigers on 11/1/23 at 10:10 am
I get the feeling that if 44% of Tulane students were members of another non-white group, posters here would be complaining about the diversity agenda and wokeness.
Modern biometric safes are very quick to open. No reason not to have a gun either on your person or in a safe. Just leaving a gun out is lazy and negligent.
Two arrests made following 3rd Special Forces Group's drug ring controversy
Posted by 38tigers on 10/26/23 at 1:36 pm
In January, Connecting Vets reported on a drug scandal that broke out in 3rd Special Forces Group with 15 soldiers questioned about drug use and distribution by investigators at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) in North Carolina. This week, the Green Beret said to be the ring leader by some Special Forces members was arrested by the Harnett County Sheriff's office following an investigation into those previous allegations.
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Wallen was taken into custody along with another soldier named Staff Sgt. Travis Rahmer.
"Rahmer is a Psychological Operations Specialist assigned to 4th Psychological Operations Group and Wallen is a Special Forces Communications Sergeant assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group," USASOC spokesman Russell Gordon told Connecting Vets.
"They were charged with felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. The apprehensions by the Harnett County Sherriff’s office are a result of information gathered, and shared, from an ongoing investigation by the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division from January of this year," Gordon explained.
While two soldiers have been arrested and brought up on charges, a number of other soldiers assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group remain under investigation by Army criminal investigators, 3rd Special Forces Group spokesman Nick Erickson told Connecting Vets.
"3rd Group spent months gathering evidence and helping builds the case [with] Harnett County law enforcement to facilitate yesterday's events," Erickson explained. In addition to the criminal charges that Wallen and Rahmer face, the Army is pursuing administrative action.
LINK
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Wallen was taken into custody along with another soldier named Staff Sgt. Travis Rahmer.
"Rahmer is a Psychological Operations Specialist assigned to 4th Psychological Operations Group and Wallen is a Special Forces Communications Sergeant assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group," USASOC spokesman Russell Gordon told Connecting Vets.
"They were charged with felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. The apprehensions by the Harnett County Sherriff’s office are a result of information gathered, and shared, from an ongoing investigation by the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division from January of this year," Gordon explained.
While two soldiers have been arrested and brought up on charges, a number of other soldiers assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group remain under investigation by Army criminal investigators, 3rd Special Forces Group spokesman Nick Erickson told Connecting Vets.
"3rd Group spent months gathering evidence and helping builds the case [with] Harnett County law enforcement to facilitate yesterday's events," Erickson explained. In addition to the criminal charges that Wallen and Rahmer face, the Army is pursuing administrative action.
LINK
re: Teacher, 3 students, you know the drill
Posted by 38tigers on 10/24/23 at 4:51 pm to Bamboozles
White women frick adult White men challenge: impossible difficulty
There's a metric frickton of former Delta Operators posting on IG and going on podcasts now. Even posting helmet cam footage from operations. Could be a new recruiting push. Either way I'm less interested in inter-service rivalries than the fact that our military personnel wear the uniforms of foreign countries while conducting operations. Not good for accountability.
US Troops wore IDF uniforms in Israel (old controversy)
Posted by 38tigers on 10/24/23 at 12:29 pm
Former Delta Force chief shunned for relating experiences in book
By Sean D. Naylor
snaylor@militarytimes.com
Delta Force and its higher headquarters have declared retired Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin -- the controversial former senior Pentagon intelligence official and ex-commander of the secretive unit -- "persona non grata" for writing about the force in his memoir, according to sources in the special operations community. Being "PNG'd" has no legal significance but requires members of the organizations involved to shun the person.
Boykin is in hot water for breaking the unwritten rule that Delta operators should not publicize their experiences in the unit and including in the book a photograph of him and a future Army chief of staff wearing Israeli uniforms while working in Israel for Delta, according to the sources.
In a telephone interview, Boykin said the only action he was aware of was the withdrawal of an invitation to speak at a Joint Special Operations University event, "Combating Terrorism Executive Interagency Seminar," held July 29-30 in northern Virginia for senior intelligence and Defense Department personnel. That was when his book was published.
But Boykin said that being PNG'd from Delta would have a significant emotional impact.
"It's not superficial," he said. "Obviously it bothers me. ... I don't have any intention of spending a lot of time in the compound, but to be isolated from an organization that I spent so much of my life in would be a very painful thing." U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Ken McGraw declined to say whether Delta or its higher headquarters, Joint Special Operations Command, had PNG'd Boykin.
McGraw said "USSOCOM does not provide information concerning special mission units." However, McGraw issued a statement about what he described as "the unauthorized publication of classified information."
The statement said: "It is surprising and disappointing when former service members who held positions of special trust and responsibility elect to release information that is sensitive, classified or otherwise protected. The release of such information may put people, relationships and operations at risk and is contrary to the values and ideals of special operations forces." Boykin is not the first former Delta member to be PNG'd for going public, but he is by far the highest-profile alumnus of the special mission unit to be treated in such a manner. An original member of Delta, Boykin was the first person to complete the arduous 40-mile march in Delta's assessment and selection process. He rose to become the deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence from 2003 until his retirement in November 2007.
Boykin became the focus of controversy in October 2003 when NBC News and The Los Angeles Times reported -- falsely, he claims -- on speeches he had given to Christian groups. The controversy dogged the remaining years of his career.
Boykin's side
To present his side of the story, Boykin wrote (with Lynn Vincent) a book called "Never Surrender" that was published July 29. While the book rebuts many of the criticisms, (he denies accusations that he made negative comments about Islam or cast the war on terrorism as a religious war), much of "Never Surrender" is a recounting of his career in the special operations community, with a particular emphasis on the time he spent in Delta, which is based at Fort Bragg, N.C. The unit's full name is 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta.
While Boykin and other sources in the special operations community acknowledge that the book contains little in the way of new information on Delta and its operations (Boykin turned over command of the unit in 1994), the response from Delta and its higher headquarters was swift.
During a video teleconference, JSOC commander Vice Adm. William McRaven told his subordinate commanders to avoid contact with Boykin, on account of Boykin allegedly violating the trust placed in him, said a source who served with Boykin in Delta and who has known him for almost his entire military career.
Delta's commander, a colonel who Marine Corps Times agreed not to name in this story at the request of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, issued a memo "basically saying [Boykin's] no longer welcome on the [Delta] compound," said a Fort Bragg source. The Delta commander acknowledged in the memo that he had not read Boykin's book, but he noted with concern the book's inclusion of a photograph of Boykin and thenDelta officer and future Army chief of staff Peter Schoomaker in Israel wearing Israeli uniforms, the Fort Bragg source said.
In the Marine Corps Times interview, Boykin said he had heard that McRaven had discussed his book in a video teleconference. However, he said he'd spoken with USSOCom commander Adm. Eric Olson and U.S. Army Special Operations Command chief Lt. Gen. Robert Wagner, and neither they nor any JSOC or Delta official had told him about being PNG'd.
The book has left a lot of Delta personnel "pretty disappointed," said a former member. "It's kind of an understanding that if you go to work there, you don't talk about it."
COURTESY HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
William "Jerry" Boykin, right, is shown with Pete Schoomaker, a former Delta officer and later Army chief of staff, in Israel in a photo that sources say raised concerns about Boykin's book "Never Surrender."
Non-profits don't have the legal authority to stop child traffickers. It's a grift. If you want to help support your local LE who put in long hours for little pay, social workers, and vote for tough on crime prosecutors.
Ex-police officer Eric Moutsos, friend of Tim Ballard, says he believes Ballard's accusers
Posted by 38tigers on 10/22/23 at 11:59 am
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Eric Moutsos, former Salt Lake City police officer and friend of Tim Ballard, told 2News on Wednesday he's spoken to six women who accused Ballard of sexual misconduct -- and believes they are telling the truth.
"You know when you know," said Moutsos, now a podcaster. "With my law enforcement background, I've interviewed hundreds and hundreds of people, and I know when a victim is speaking."
Moutsos was a high profile opponent of forcing people to take COVID-19 vaccines, and of health mandates during the pandemic. He also helped organize a "Night of Liberty" to burn a model of a giant syringe outdoors in central Utah.
And until a short time ago, he was all in---in supporting Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad---the anti-human trafficking organization made famous in the hit summer movie 'Sound of Freedom."
"I was actively defending him, and his movie and everything," said Moutsos, "until I was presented with these truths."
Asked if he were still a police officer, would he recommend criminal charges against Ballard, Moutsos replied, "Absolutely, without question."
Moutsos said some of the women told Ballard "to stop, stop doing this, stop, as he continued with his sexual predatory behavior."
Ballard has labeled as "false" the accusations against him.
"We are under attack," Ballard said on Instagram. "The work to rescue children who are being abused in the worst way around the world, is under attack by all sorts of falsehoods, false accusations, and everything else when you're fighting against evil."
Ballard said his wife prompted him to post the message.
"I am faithful to my wife and my God," he said, "and that is the truth."
But Moutsos said some of Ballard's accusers have told him "there are days they just don't want to exist."
Moutsos organized "an event" with Ballard, and shared a photo of the two of them together a couple of years ago looking fit and smiling, but now Moutsos is urging people to read two lawsuits filed against his old friend.
LINK
"You know when you know," said Moutsos, now a podcaster. "With my law enforcement background, I've interviewed hundreds and hundreds of people, and I know when a victim is speaking."
Moutsos was a high profile opponent of forcing people to take COVID-19 vaccines, and of health mandates during the pandemic. He also helped organize a "Night of Liberty" to burn a model of a giant syringe outdoors in central Utah.
And until a short time ago, he was all in---in supporting Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad---the anti-human trafficking organization made famous in the hit summer movie 'Sound of Freedom."
"I was actively defending him, and his movie and everything," said Moutsos, "until I was presented with these truths."
Asked if he were still a police officer, would he recommend criminal charges against Ballard, Moutsos replied, "Absolutely, without question."
Moutsos said some of the women told Ballard "to stop, stop doing this, stop, as he continued with his sexual predatory behavior."
Ballard has labeled as "false" the accusations against him.
"We are under attack," Ballard said on Instagram. "The work to rescue children who are being abused in the worst way around the world, is under attack by all sorts of falsehoods, false accusations, and everything else when you're fighting against evil."
Ballard said his wife prompted him to post the message.
"I am faithful to my wife and my God," he said, "and that is the truth."
But Moutsos said some of Ballard's accusers have told him "there are days they just don't want to exist."
Moutsos organized "an event" with Ballard, and shared a photo of the two of them together a couple of years ago looking fit and smiling, but now Moutsos is urging people to read two lawsuits filed against his old friend.
LINK
quote:
I find it hard to believe that anyone in SOF, especially Delta, never fired a shot in anger. We have regions on the globe that are free fire zones.
Not really. 90s guys will freely admit that there was no active combat going on outside of the Battle of Mogadishu.
re: North Carolina and North Dakota Police Chiefs and Federal Firearms Licensees Indicted for
Posted by 38tigers on 10/20/23 at 6:03 pm to TigerRoyale
quote:
Is this the same Delta Larry Vickers. American hero?
Same Vickers. Though I would hesitate to call him a hero. Post 9/11 Delta veterans have never been happy about him using his time in the unit to market himself when he never fired a shot in anger.
North Carolina and North Dakota Police Chiefs and Federal Firearms Licensees Indicted for
Posted by 38tigers on 10/20/23 at 5:38 pm
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging five defendants with a conspiracy to illegally acquire machineguns and other regulated firearms. Charged in the indictment, which was unsealed yesterday are: Sean Reidpath Sullivan, age 38, of Gambrills, Maryland; Larry Allen Vickers, age 60, of Charlotte, North Carolina; James Christopher Tafoya, age 45, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Matthew Jeremy Hall, age 53, of Four Oaks, North Carolina; and James Sawyer, age 50, of Ray, North Dakota.
The indictment was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Toni M. Crosby of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) Baltimore Field Division; Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Baltimore Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Kareem A. Carter of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), Washington, D.C. Field Office; and Inspector General Joseph Y. Cuffari of the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (“DHS OIG”).
According to the 26-count indictment, Hall and Sawyer were Chiefs of Police in Coats, North Carolina and Ray, North Dakota, respectively. Sullivan was the owner and operator of Trident, LLC, located in Gambrills, Maryland, and was also an Intelligence Analyst with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations. Sullivan and Trident were Federal Firearms Licensees (“FFLs”) and Special Occupational Taxpayers (“SOTs”), which allowed them, in certain circumstances, to possess, import, manufacture, and deal in fully automatic firearms (machineguns) and other regulated firearms. Tafoya and Vickers owned and operated firearms related businesses in New Mexico and North Carolina and were also FFLs and SOTs.
The indictment alleges that, beginning in at least June 2018 through at least March 2021, the defendants conspired to acquire machineguns and/or other restricted firearms, such as short-barreled rifles, by falsely representing that the firearms would be used for demonstration to law enforcement agencies, including the Coats Police Department and the Ray Police Department. The indictment further alleges that Hall, Sawyer, and other conspirators signed law letters with no expectation that the weapons would ever be demonstrated to their respective law enforcement agencies.
The defendants allegedly intended to impermissibly import into the United States and resell the machineguns and other firearms for profit or to keep for their own use and enjoyment. Sullivan allegedly submitted the false law letters to the ATF seeking to import the machineguns and other restricted weapons. Once the firearms were received, Sullivan allegedly kept some of the machineguns and other restricted weapons and transferred some of the weapons to Vickers, Tafoya, and other conspirators.
In addition to the indictment, Larry Vickers pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in the conspiracy to import and obtain machineguns and other restricted firearms and admitted that he received some of the imported machineguns and other weapons. As detailed in his plea agreement, Vickers kept some of the machineguns and other restricted weapons in his personal collection and transferred other machineguns and restricted weapons to other FFLs and third parties. Vickers also pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions against a foreign firearms manufacturer between July 2014 and March 2021, in the Southern District of Florida.
Vickers faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate federal law regulating firearms and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin has not yet scheduled sentencing for Vickers.
If convicted, Sullivan, Tafoya, Hall, and Sawyer face a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate federal law regulating firearms and for each count of false statements related to submission of a law letter. Sullivan and Tafoya face a maximum of five years in federal prison for each count of unlawful importation of a firearm and for each count of making a false statement in records maintained by FFLs. Sullivan also faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of unregistered machineguns and 10 years in federal prison for using criminal proceeds to conduct financial transactions. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. Sullivan and Tafoya have already had an initial appearance U.S. District Court in Baltimore and were released pending trial. Hall and Sawyer are expected to have an initial appearance at a later date.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.
United States Attorney Erek L. Barron commended the ATF, the FBI, the IRS-CI on behalf of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and DHS-OIG for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys P. Michael Cunningham and Christine Goo, who are prosecuting the case and recognized Trial Attorneys Menno Goedman and Sean O’Dowd of the Justice Department’s National Security Division and Criminal Division, respectively, for their work on the Vickers guilty plea.
For more information on the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, its priorities, and resources available to help the community, please visit LINK and LINK
LINK
The indictment was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Toni M. Crosby of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) Baltimore Field Division; Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Baltimore Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Kareem A. Carter of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), Washington, D.C. Field Office; and Inspector General Joseph Y. Cuffari of the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (“DHS OIG”).
According to the 26-count indictment, Hall and Sawyer were Chiefs of Police in Coats, North Carolina and Ray, North Dakota, respectively. Sullivan was the owner and operator of Trident, LLC, located in Gambrills, Maryland, and was also an Intelligence Analyst with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations. Sullivan and Trident were Federal Firearms Licensees (“FFLs”) and Special Occupational Taxpayers (“SOTs”), which allowed them, in certain circumstances, to possess, import, manufacture, and deal in fully automatic firearms (machineguns) and other regulated firearms. Tafoya and Vickers owned and operated firearms related businesses in New Mexico and North Carolina and were also FFLs and SOTs.
The indictment alleges that, beginning in at least June 2018 through at least March 2021, the defendants conspired to acquire machineguns and/or other restricted firearms, such as short-barreled rifles, by falsely representing that the firearms would be used for demonstration to law enforcement agencies, including the Coats Police Department and the Ray Police Department. The indictment further alleges that Hall, Sawyer, and other conspirators signed law letters with no expectation that the weapons would ever be demonstrated to their respective law enforcement agencies.
The defendants allegedly intended to impermissibly import into the United States and resell the machineguns and other firearms for profit or to keep for their own use and enjoyment. Sullivan allegedly submitted the false law letters to the ATF seeking to import the machineguns and other restricted weapons. Once the firearms were received, Sullivan allegedly kept some of the machineguns and other restricted weapons and transferred some of the weapons to Vickers, Tafoya, and other conspirators.
In addition to the indictment, Larry Vickers pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in the conspiracy to import and obtain machineguns and other restricted firearms and admitted that he received some of the imported machineguns and other weapons. As detailed in his plea agreement, Vickers kept some of the machineguns and other restricted weapons in his personal collection and transferred other machineguns and restricted weapons to other FFLs and third parties. Vickers also pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions against a foreign firearms manufacturer between July 2014 and March 2021, in the Southern District of Florida.
Vickers faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate federal law regulating firearms and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin has not yet scheduled sentencing for Vickers.
If convicted, Sullivan, Tafoya, Hall, and Sawyer face a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate federal law regulating firearms and for each count of false statements related to submission of a law letter. Sullivan and Tafoya face a maximum of five years in federal prison for each count of unlawful importation of a firearm and for each count of making a false statement in records maintained by FFLs. Sullivan also faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of unregistered machineguns and 10 years in federal prison for using criminal proceeds to conduct financial transactions. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. Sullivan and Tafoya have already had an initial appearance U.S. District Court in Baltimore and were released pending trial. Hall and Sawyer are expected to have an initial appearance at a later date.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.
United States Attorney Erek L. Barron commended the ATF, the FBI, the IRS-CI on behalf of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and DHS-OIG for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys P. Michael Cunningham and Christine Goo, who are prosecuting the case and recognized Trial Attorneys Menno Goedman and Sean O’Dowd of the Justice Department’s National Security Division and Criminal Division, respectively, for their work on the Vickers guilty plea.
For more information on the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, its priorities, and resources available to help the community, please visit LINK and LINK
LINK
Yeah you're right that some retired guys choose to blur out faces. IMO it's mostly to spice things up. If they were really concerned they wouldn't post the photos at all. As for the active Delta Operator with an IG, I have no idea how he hasn't got int trouble for that. There's a few easter eggs in his posts.
Though I will say, the way this was treated compared to how Trump's photo with SEALs in Iraq is extremely hypocritical by the media.
Our service member's identities are not classfied, even if they are active in SMUs. Blurring out faces was a trend started by people on airsoft forums to try and seem cool and in the know. Hell, there's an active duty Delta OTC instructor with a public IG.
There's some debate on whether these guys are Delta or whatever new acronym the Army came up with for CIF companies.
There's some debate on whether these guys are Delta or whatever new acronym the Army came up with for CIF companies.
US SOF on the Ground in Israel
Posted by 38tigers on 10/18/23 at 8:47 pm
re: Paul Skenes had a good time at the Auburn game
Posted by 38tigers on 10/18/23 at 9:59 am to Jack Crevalle
PSA: Livvy has a sex tape. Use Reddit.
Former Ranger, Green Beret, and military reporter Jack Murphy on the prospect of American military operations inside Gaza:
LINK
LINK
re: Palestinians in Baton Rouge
Posted by 38tigers on 10/11/23 at 6:51 pm to Epaminondas
Why do we have a jewish community in the US?
re: Why do women's gymnasts look like transgenders?
Posted by 38tigers on 10/9/23 at 1:44 pm to 21JumpStreet
quote:
Post livvy
Popular
74
