Astronauts and combat

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https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/voss-ji.html

Beginning of career: Infantry Basic Course, Airborne and Ranger schools. Infantry Officer Advanced Course

End of career: oss served as a mission specialist on STS-44 in 1991 and STS-53 in 1992, was the payload commander on STS-69 in 1995, and again was a mission specialist on STS-101 in 2000. During 2001 he lived and worked aboard the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition-2 crew. A veteran of five space flights, Voss has logged 201 days in space, including four spacewalks totaling 22 hours and 35 minutes of EVA time. Jim’s last role with NASA was as the Deputy for Flight Operations in the Space Station Program Mission Integration and Operations Office.

How did he do it, lads?

>>34616778
By combat would you include aerial engagements?

John Glenn:

>In the last nine days of fighting in Korea Glenn downed three MIG’s in combat along the Yalu River

(https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/glenn-j.pdf)

>>34616778
Every goddamn last one of them. You think them damn grey aliens aren't down here right now, probing everything in sight and taking our jobs because of their innate goodness? You better wake up, sunshine. America's astronaut program is the earth's first, last, and only line of defense against the extraterrestrial menace. They're up there right now, making holy war to keep complacent little shills like you safe and secure in the greatest country on God's goddamn green earth. So the next time you want to question their bravery, you better keep in mind that their sacrifice makes your life possible and show them some damn respect.

>>34618021
Well you're not a flat earther so that's pretty good. I'm still not convinced you're not a lizard man though. You wouldn't happen to hold a political office would you?

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have something somewhat relevant, and just neat art

>>34617447
He applied and got selected.

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Is this a Space Marine thread?

>>34618021
>see you Space Cowboy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITi6uat0BuQ

>>34617447

He was an officer. Going to Ranger school and Airborne school is normal, and required after you hit O-3 if you're infantry.

Ranger tab doesnt mean you're a Ranger. Ranger school is a leadership course. So he wasnt an operator, he was an officer who completed Ranger school.

And anyone in infantry can get sent to airborne school. It's only 3 weeks, so even legs end up getting to go sometimes.

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>>34618396
And yet he got into space and pierced the heavens, the sneaky fucker

>>34617997
john glenn the original space marine. are you going to keep him out??

>>34616778
The better question is how many astronauts are newtypes.

>>34616778
not a full astronaut yet, but goddamn, check this out:

Dr. Jonny Kim has been selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He will report for duty in August 2017. The California native trained and operated as a Navy SEAL, completing more than 100 combat operations and earning a Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat “V”. Afterward, he went on to complete a degree in Mathematics at the University of San Diego and a Doctorate of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

There is a SEAL in the astronaut pipeline right now. He's a Roof Korean too from California.

>>34618516
>>34618526
Why would NASA need former Navy Seals?

>>34618537
we're going to invade and conquer Ganymede

duh

>>34618537
He's was a surgical resident at Mass Gen. They need medical personnel on each mission. Preferably ones with balls of steel.

All of the early Astronauts were test pilots and most of them flew in Korea. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn, Wally Schirra (who served on the USS Alaska before going to flight school).

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>>34618526
>>34618516
>Kim enlisted in the Navy as a Seaman recruit following graduation from Santa Monica High School in 2002. After completion of training at Naval Special Warfare, he was assigned as a Special Warfare Operator to SEAL Team THREE in San Diego, California. He served as a combat medic, sniper, navigator and point man on more than 100 combat operations spanning two deployments to the Middle East before accepting the Navy’s commissioning program in 2009. Kim was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) into the Medical Corps following graduation from the University of San Diego in 2012. At the time of his selection in June 2017, Kim was a resident physician in emergency medicine with Partners Healthcare at Massachusetts General Hospital.

>Military decorations include Silver Star Medal; Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V”; Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat “V”; and various other service awards. Special Operations Medical Association 2006 Naval Special Warfare Medic of the Year; 2012 Tillman Scholar

FUCK

>>34618594
Why do so many SOF enlisted end up commissioning when so many conventional enlisted don't? Just a more alpha personality?

>>34616778
It's a happy coincidence. Mission commanders and pilots are qualified test pilots.There are three test pilot schools in the U.S., two of which are operated by the DOD. So it goes that the majority of test pilots are military pilots (usually with experience in fast jets).

>>34618603
>Higher ASVAB scores than average recruit
>better PT scores than average recruit
>more often join out of a duty to serve and maximize their potential, rather than a need for bennies or a stable career they can't find elsewhere

It's a natural progression. If you've already proved yourself as a badass but still want to serve (and make a lot more money) why wouldn't you?

>>34618603
SOF enlisted are typically the only enlisted personnel that could even be considered intelligent so they are a great pool for successful OCS candidates.

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>>34618594
>SEAL trident on his NASA jumpsuit

Wonder if he'll find a way to get it on his EVA EMU suit.

>>34618695
Most don't go through OCS. It's kinda hard to earn your degree on your own time when living the SOF lifestyle. They get Academy or ROTC spots.

So do a lot of aviation maintainers and Intel guys. I'd be willing to bet they make up 75% of mustangs these days.

>>34618594

That is one high-octane motherfucker.

>>34616778
John Glenn saw some combat. Most, if not all of the Mercury 7 did.

>>34618950
>The U.S. Gov will never again seek the absolute most mentally, physically, and emotionally resilient men in the nation to volunteer to push the boundaries of scientific achievement

Feels bad man

>>34619037
>the absolute most mentally, physically, and emotionally resilient

the would be exclusionary you fucking bigot

>>34619096
>screened and chosen in late 50s

The colored water fountain is over that way, my melanin-enriched friend.

>>34618594
fucking azns amirite..........
crying in a corner as I think about my own life...

>>34618603
It's easier to join SOF as enlisted. Only like 10% of any selection course is reserved for officers.

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>>34616778
Buzz Aldrin flew 66 combat missions in Korea and had two MiG kills

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>>34619158
>crying in the corner
You'd never make it through selection with that faggy personality. Blame yourself. And get off my board.

>>34619305
10/10 doco

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>>34618594
SEAL
Sniper
Navy Medic
Emergency Room Doctor
Astronaut

That's a Batman level of skillsets right there. What's fucking next for this guy?

>>34617447
Holy fuck he was the professor for my Introduction to Human Spaceflight class.
http://www.colorado.edu/ASEN/asen3036/

gettting into the astronaut program isnt that hard, if you are military, you usually have a higher chance of gettign it. Also going into a niche STEM field helps to up your chances for consideration. You have more competition as a civilian.

>>34620273
Yeah, totally not that hard to become an officer, pilot, test pilot, and get ~6,000 hours in high performance aircraft.

How retarded are you?

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>>34616778
the xeno scum ain't gonna kill itself

>>34619211

>kill commies for freedom
>get historically sidelined by the idiot lucky enough to step out the airlock first

>>34618594
nice guy, he's even married to a smoken hot azn qt and has a kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m43RSoibhw

>>34620095

Selling American secrets to China.

>>34621289
>killing Xenos
>not fucking them and showing them the superiority of Human culture
Man, I miss Humanity Fuck Yeah stuff. It's been like, 4 years since I saw a thread for that kind of stuff, and it was always /k/ as fuck. Hell, there was one that was distinctly "/k/ goes into space and scares the shit out of an ayy" IIRC.

>>34619305
im old and its too late for me

mistakes were made

>>34618594
>the trident on his name tab
fucking legend

>>34618594
>the asian chris kyle
minus the fact of not getting ded'd

>>34618594
>Asian
>mfw still not a doctor or navy seal
Fuck. I need to get my shit together. My family is plotting to kill me.

>>34621502
He's based korean

He will kill Gook Jong Un and liberate the north all by himself.

Its why we are training him as an astronaut. As part of the tier zero space corps SOF.

But seriously, he would be a perfect Space Corps SOF operator. Helljumpers confirmed for happening.

>>34621979
I roomed with a girl like that in college. When she changed her major to chemical engineering from pre-med, her family acted like she was quitting school to shoot porn and fuck black guys. As an outsider, it was hilarious.

>>34622301
what a great fucking picture.

>>34622478
>Fuck. I need to get my shit together. My family is plotting to kill me.

Maybe it's because I'm 0% azn but this attitude towards higher education in asian families puzzles me. It's almost as if there is some heavenly mandate upon birth that every single child is given where a future career outside of medicine or law is grounds for death by firing squad or some shit. It's total mystery as to why korean and Japanese kids are more than happy to high-five a bullet train rather than live with the same of being a fucking safety inspector.

>>34618594
Damn, that's a 99% Completion of The Game of Life

>>34622707

I know the feeling. It's almost embarrassing to be white and know for certain that there are non-whites out there with more ambitions than us. Now we know how it felt like to be Ancient Greeks, pointing our fingers and laughing at those Roman upstart up north. What do they know about running an empire anyway?

>>34621289
>be space faring humans
>be relatively peaceful unless provoked
>humanity is poked and prodded into fighting back by an alien species
>pic related
>aliens observe the odd holographic helmets
>"ok, what exactly is that image of, Kisoufdinsiirvvy?"
>"Those seem to depict their internal skeletal structure"
>"don't they die from exposing their skeletal heads?"
>"they do, but their culture seem to view their own 'skulls' as some sort of talisman or charm and representation"
>"against what?"
>"not against, FOR something"
>"for what exactly?"
>"death."

>>34623210

You Sir, have a beautiful mind.

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>>34618594
>yfw you realize you aren't the main character of this reality
>LT Jonny Kim is

>>34620095
Race car driver
Ninja
Olympian
First man on Mars

>>34622707
Poo in loo/American by birth/British here

It's all about status. It started by wanting your kids to be better than you. But once you reach the stage where everyone and their mothers cousin is a nuclear physicist, or a successful doctor, it's really looked down upon to be anything else. I'm an AFROTC scholarship fag, and my mother who's white British is really fucking proud of me. My dad's family think I'm thick as two short planks, and my sister, who's going to med school is the best thing ever.

I have to wonder how some people just seem to be born with all this direction and drive. Pretty damn crazy.

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>>34620904

there are 2 types of astronauts, astronauts and astronaut pilots, only one of them requires pilot experience

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>>34616778
>tfw you will never fight space battles with your pulse rifle
why even live. born too early for true space combat that doesn't involve shining a laser pointer at enemy satellites to dazzle them.

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>>34624239

most of the time its just people stopping themselves. The requirements are not impossible, but people put up mental barriers against it by saying "whoah its so hard i could never make it"

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>>34622997
>>34621979
>>34620904


be the first enlisted space /k/ommando anon

>>34624352

You don't need to be a genius to do any of this. Confidence and drive is the biggest barrier.

>>34624352
one man above the LAW

>>34618166
556 is best moon caliber.
>three times the range as on earth
>stopping power not a concern, make 2 holes in the enemy's suit and that's it for him
>lightweight so you can carry more ammo per shipment to the moon
We are going to see a lot of ARs with 22 inch heavy barrels and 12-24x scopes in moon warfare

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>>34624402
Enlisted personnel are too dumb to make it through NASA selection

Its like SOF with women, its open but they haven't managed to qualify.

>>34618591
John Young was a gunnery officer in Korea on the USS Laws

>>34625508
>Enlisted personnel are too dumb to make it through NASA selection

>Its like SOF with women, its open but they haven't managed to qualify.

t. butthurt officer who got mad that a pfc with a masters degree in his field corrected him

>>34626701
In what world does a an enlisted have a Masters and isn't something silly like an E-6/7+

>>34616778
If I recall correctly, the best way for an infantry officer to make it to space is to get to the mission where you are flying out of Washington DC in the helicopter. When it crashes you go to a cut-scene where you are an astronaut.

But then the EMP kills you so there is a downside.

>>34627514
There are a few enlisted retards who have Masters degrees in meme fields like Sociology but I think they realized it wasn't worth much and end up a 40 year old E-7.

>>34627514
>>34627572

A guy at my unit was a neuro surgeon, who decided his life was basically meaningless since he was single (no gf) and just had lots of money, so he decided to join the military for the lulz one day

>>34618021
we wuz da men n black n shit

>>34627514

most branches will give you e2/e3 for having a degree,

it is possible to get a degree while in and still not go OCS, some people just like enlisted jobs more but dont have a civilian transferable skill, like >>34618594

at least the guy had medical quals before he got his degree, but there are not many civilian friendly jobs that you can use SEAL training for (unless fitness trainer)

>>34627654
Yeah, but even if you go in with your degree, surely it takes a few years for things to calm down enough for you to focus on something like a masters? If you're a pilot in the USAF, you're advised to wait at least two years before even attempting the Masters.

>>34627751

The coast guard has quite a few people with degrees joining too, you get automatic E-3 with a degree, but over a 6-8 year span, it is possible to slowly get a masters (if you start at 18, join at 22, you have a degree by 28-30) that means that you could reasonably have a masters in STEM which you could use to be astronaut technician

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>>34627654
There are a fuckton of SEALs in the medical field. And I don't mean a fucking nurse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKJgsx8FAlY

>>34628191
medical field is realistic, but unless you want to join a police and look like mall cop and relive your days as a operator, there is not really a job where you can put a door kicking skillset to use

>>34618594
What the fuck man.

>>34628345
What are you doing right now you fucking queer. Fucking put in your package.

>>34624788
And what's even more fucked up is that even if we create self-sealing pressurized suits, the guy hist by a bullet would just bleed out and end inhaling his own blood.

>>34628456

aren't the suits more or less compartmentalized? there was one time when a astronaut took off his glove because his 1st gen suit inflated from the air pressure and he could not fit into ship