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Winston Churchill with a Thompson Submachine Gun, WW2, 1940 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If those guys are Delta Force, then every single one of them is a hundred times more bad ass than any of us.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The guy with the glasses and hipster mustache in the bottom left is Mike Vining. I’m not in the habit of learning modern special operations names, but this guy was an early internet meme. I mean look at him and look at his uniform. He did all the things.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Holy hell! And a Sergeant Major to boot!

[–] Geobloke@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Is it just me or does he look like bad luck Brian all grown up?