USAF Newsletter - Weekend Edition
USAF Media
Dateline: Friday, May 27, 2016 (Day 3111)
Location: United States Armed Forces HQ, Denver
In Today’s USAF Newsletter:
: 1 : Congress Considers Massive Tax Drop
: 2 : Resource Wars Map & Update
: 3 : USAF Cancels Order for New Q8 Tanks
: 4 : Recipe for Success: Teamwork
: 5 : Humor in Uniform - Caption Contest
: 6 : America at War
: Video : M1 Abrams - US Armed Force Main Battle Tank (Documentary)
Editor’s Notes: Monday is Memorial Day in the US, and we'll do a couple of special features to honor soldiers who gave their all in service of their country. If you have a personal story to share, perhaps that of a relative who served and died in war, please do send that to me.
Congress Considers Massive Tax Drop
_by Congresswoman Ilene Dover
link in article:
https://forum.erepublik.com/index.php?/topic/4727-resource-wars-update-with-questions-and-answers/page-2
link to forum post:
The Legislative Branch » Public Congressional Proceedings » [discussion] Taxes and the new economic module
The
Update: Because a Proposal/Vote can't roll over from one session to the next, a new Proposal has been made. It's also been asked if the time may be waived so this can go immediately to Vote, even as the initial Sign-In is underway.
Resource Wars
Resources we don't have: Rubber for Weapons, and Titanium and Neodymium for the Unknown Industry.
There are times when we want to win a mini battle, there are times when we want to lose it. Sometimes we just want to accelerate or slow down the rate at which we earn domination points. The only way to be sure, to know that you're fighting in the right place at the right time and on the correct side, thus making the best investment of your valuable Fights, is to follow DoD Orders or get into IRC Rizon #ResourceWars and let a Battle Manager direct your fire.
IRC Rizon #Resource Wars is our AWAC, where Battle Managers direct fighters' most effective damage.
At 22:50 Thursday night, Battle Manager Yui1 brought us in right on target and secured Saltpeter.
Then at 05:50, he got Cobalt for us! o7, Yui. OOOh-rah!
Ilene Dover continues to provide the best Resource Wars analysis, in her Resource Wars II series in The Maiden's Peach.
An excerpt, from her latest edition:
2. Three quarters of the Unobtanium (rea
😛Neodymium) has been placed. The first went to Pakistan, with the second going to Poland. Japan took the third, in the delightfully named Kinki region. There is just the one Neodymium left! Expect fierce competition for this one, and interference from rivals who can’t claim it themselves.
USAF Cancels Order for New Q8 Tanks
The Q8 GCV was intended to carry troops into battle, replacing the backbone of American battlefield strength, the Q6 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Q7 M1/A2 Abrams tanks. Critics of the program pointed to additional requirements that caused its weight to balloon above 70 tons, and called for existing armored fighting vehicles made by current Weapons manufacturers to be considered as a cheaper alternative to an all-new vehicle.
The Congressional Budget Office had estimated developing and building more than 1,800 GCVs would cost $29 billion, but a senior USAF official said he would review the existing requirements to reflect changing combat needs, include technology improvements and ensure it was affordable.
Executive Officer Azazel Romanov, head of the Army’s ground combat program office, told reporters that this would include reviewing the size and weight, how many troops it could carry and whether the turret-mounted gun was manned. Another upgrade to the Bradley would also be considered.
The USAF Newsletter is currently investigating reports of there being new weapons systems in development, including an electric drive tank carrying a tactical laser system. Watch this space for future reports.
Recipe for Success: Teamwork
Humor in Uniform
Post your funny caption in the Comments, below.
Readers will Vote their favorites. Multiple Votes are okay.
Be sure to check back later to see more entries. Votes will be tallied late Sunday night.
One winner of One Gold will be announced in the Monday Newsletter.
Your production of Food, Weapons and Houses keeps the War Machine running!
Shout it out, “OOOh-rah!”
USAF members who comment receive 10 q7 weapons!
USAF Weekend Newsletter
www.erepublik.com/en/article/2599173/1/20
Congress To Vote on 1% Tax
USAF Cancels Q8 Tank Order
Recipe for Success: Teamwork
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USAF Weekend Newsletter
www.erepublik.com/en/article/2599173/1/20
Congress To Vote on 1% Tax
USAF Cancels Q8 Tank Order
Recipe for Success: Teamwork
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while the "Q8 tanks" piece is clearly fiction based on fact, I did not make clear the distinction between various battle vehicles.
The Bradley is primarily a troop transport, adaptable with a variety of weapons, as was the cancelled GCV. the M1A1 Abrams is a battle tank, manned only by an operating crew.
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http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-2599286/1/20
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Once again excellent work by the 'Old Man' and his team...o/
Great job
thank you. I just wish more people were seeing this stuff.
seriously tho. Tyler Bubblar better be shouting this at the top of his lungs man. this article took at least 3-4 hours of work. a lot of love went into this.
hell, I probably spent that long just learning about the Ground Combat Vehicle.. fully loaded, including a turret mounted giant Navy destroyer cannon, that 84-ton mutha would not only carry a dozen soldiers into battle it'd clear one hell of a path along the way.
This is simply fantastic.
Ohio - fish? Really?
another fine issue old man
PS: love love love the vintage propaganda poster
Great article. "OOOh-rah!" 10 q7.
I love it. Great article like always. OOOh-rah!!! o7
well, that's it, kids... we just fell off the 48-hour Live media list.
42 Votes, though.. that's not bad.
no one has even gone for the Caption This contest..
looks like an easy free 1 gold if only one person does it.
as always, get your butts into #ResourceWars and see what you can do for your Battle Managers.
Memorial Day Newsletter
www.erepublik.com/en/article/2599577/1/20
Tribute Video
Photo Story
Resource War
Forever Young
the weekend being definitely over, it's time to announce winners of this edition's contests.
no one offered a caption to the silly photo, so no winner there.
no one sent even a suggestion for the Recipe for Success, so no winner there.
we did take in some good change in Endorsements, though, so we are banking up toward a decent prize, maybe next weekend.