VINING THREAD

>>30314943
Who is he?

>>30314993
The IRL Solid Snake

>>30314993
Probably some stolen valor fag.

>>30314993
American Rick Maranis

>>30315166
Vinnie: The Fashion Assassin

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I wonder if he knows he's a meme operator.

>>30314993
>>30314943
someone post the copypasta with the map of his deployments worldwide and the antartica thing

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>>30314993
>Who is he?

The question isn't who he is, it's where he is...

Don't turn around...

>>30315401
he looks so smug in that photo like how i would imagine pepe holding it

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Unfortunately, I don't have an impressive Vining collection.

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>tfw nobody posts vinning greentexts where he says some sort of cryptic joke before operating on some helpeless fool.

>>30315491
>That one smug black guy

>>30315491
>all that muzzle flagging

top kek amerifat special forces more like special education retards.

fucking welfare queens enjoy dying for your 1% so you can afford healthcare and that associates degree.

>>30314943
What if one of you walked into a surplus store and saw what he was wearing in this image?

How much would you think it'd cost? What would you pay?

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>>30315420

This exists?
Gimme.

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>>30315491
>dat token
I know that feel

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rare vinning

>>30315166
>>30316449
These pics always get posted in Vinning threads, am I retarded or does this look nothing like Vining aside from being a nerdy looking operator?

>>30316498
That is rare but again, are we sure this is actually Vining? He looks nothing like him and seems much taller, Vining is a manlet isn't he?

>>30316530
I was thinking the same thing

>>30316561
I've never actually seem anyone else bring this up so I just assumed I was retarded, but yeah, I don't think that's him.

Maybe this is a Vining disinformation strategy.

>>30316530
>>30316561
Its his brother Mark, Mike was still operating elsewhere that day so Mark filled in.

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>>30316939
>you will never go to Applebees and see that smug face in one of the booths

His product reviews are really good.

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>>30314943

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He's got wicked calves

>>30317732
Holy shit

>>30317732
>$10 says that's Lebanon, KS
>$5 says he hiked there from Virginia

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>>30317732
Damn, his calves are wonderful.

>>30317732
jesus christ I bet he could topple an entire regime with one well-timed flex

>>30317732
His wife has a nice pair of boobs.

>>30316498

Velcro patch panel with a velcro flag patch? Were those even things back in desert storm?

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http://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=102761

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superior delta coming through

https://youtu.be/6mrbmf3IRi4

BBC interview with Vining.

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>>30316498
>tfw you thought you were gonna operate and instead your stuck on bodyguard duty

>>30320434
He's operating on another level.

>>30315441
He looks like Rivers Cuomo

>>30320434
>Implying he's not in a deep focus fighting a telepathic mind battle against multiple Imams.

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>>30317907
Soldiers would sew them on, similar to raid mod stuff seen later.

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Truly a Man's man in a world filled with beta cucks.

Mike Roger Vining was born in Greenville, Michigan on 12 August 1950 to Roger and Arlene Vining. He graduated from Tri-County High School in 1968 and enlisted in the Army in July of 1968.

After completing Basic Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he attended the Ammunition Renovation Course, at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Sergeant Major Vining completed the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Program, Indianhead, Maryland in May of 1969 and reported to the Technical Escort Unit, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland during which time he completed the Nuclear Weapons Disposal Course. In 1970 he deployed to the Republic of Vietnam where he was assigned to the 99th Ordnance Detachment (EOD), Phuoc Vinh. Upon completion of 12 months of combat duty, Sergeant Major Vining was honorably discharged from the United States Army on February 1971.

Sergeant Major Vining reentered the Army in 1973 and was assigned to the 63rd Ordnance Detachment (EOD), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. In 1978, he was accepted to the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment (SFOD) - Delta, where he served with distinction until 1985. He completed the first Operator Training Course, subsequently participating in numerous combat operations including Operation EAGLE CLAW, the Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission and Operation URGENT FURY, the invasion of Grenada. From 1985 to 1986 he was assigned to the 176th Ordnance Detachment (EOD), Fort Richardson, Alaska. He then returned to 1st SFOD - Delta from 1986 to 1992 where he served as Chief EOD Technician, Research and Development Sergeant Major, and Breaching Sergeant Major. During this tour he deployed in support of Operation DESERT STORM, Saudi Arabia. He served as Exercise Planner at the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) from 1992 to 1996. During Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Sept-Oct of 1994, he served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Joint Special Operations Task Force aboard the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. America (CV-66) off the coast of Haiti.

>>30321266

He served as the Explosives Expert on the Downing Assessment Task Force, which investigated the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Sergeant Major Vining's last tour of duty was as the Joint Special Operations Command J-3 Special Plans Sergeant Major. Sergeant Major Vining retired from the Army, 31 January 1999.

Sergeant Major Vining's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit Medal, Bronze Star Medal, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, the Army Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, two Joint Service Achievement Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, nine Good Conduct Medals, two National Defense Service Medals, two Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, the Vietnam Service Medal with three Campaign stars, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, two Humanitarian Service Medals, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Medal, two Joint Meritorious Unit Awards, the Valorous Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit commendations, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation. He is authorized to wear the Combat Infantry Badge, the Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Military Free Fall Parachutist Badge, and the Austrian Police High Alpine "Gendarmerie-Hochalpinist" Badge.

Sergeant Major Vining holds a B.S. Degree in Sociology from the University of the State of New York. He is married to Donna Ikenberry and has two children, Terri and Lorri, and six grandchildren, Mitchell, Dillon, Kyle, Victor, McKinley, and Rainier. He currently resides with his wife in South Fork, Colorado.

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this guy put in some work.

heres a pic of Vinning from the early 90s

the midget on the far right with the giant glasses and shit eating grin

>>30321425

Here he is again in Pamana. You can make out is glasses frames

>>30316449
>>30316498
These are not Mike.

That man is too tall for one, and that guy is from the USAFs VIP protection detail. I think they are special CID operators. Can't remember for sure though.

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>>30321446

forgot pic

>>30315491
>that one guy in the back with a Galil
>that one sniper in the front with a M21

YOU GUYS HAD TO BE DIFFERENT, HUH.

as a reservist with 15years in, in really good shape...how do I into Delta?

>>30321533
I doubt you're eligible now. One of my former Gunnys was invited to Delta. He was a fucking go-getter though. 28 years old and a fucking beast of a man. If you've been in 15 years, you're over 30. I don't think they accept new guys beyond that age. Or maybe that was SEALs.

>>30321607


The avaerage age of Delta is 35

>>30321607
Thats SEALs. Delta is usually as >>30321757 says...but how do I get on the radar? My CoC likes me...my CSM knows my name for good stuff....but we are nowhere near Bragg....

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Greetings from /tv/, we love your boy, as well as his doppelganger in Sicaro.

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>>30314943

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>>30323236

TFW your posts have been screencapped.

>>30321791
Apply for SFAS. If you can make it in the green berets than you'll at least know that you might have a shot at delta.

>>30319703
normie get out

>>30317708
such a baby face when he was in Nam

In other threads about vining I see "natural gas accident" come up a lot. How did that start?

>>30317732

Vinning never skipped leg day.

>>30321447
It might be vining, look at his right wrist in this picture, then Vining's wrist in this current picture. I could be autistic but it looks like in each picture there is some band on his wrist

>>30314993
A liar and a fraud