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Amazing sequence! 

Why and How to Incorporate Wrestling in your BJJ Training – Firas Zahabi

This guy was not going to tap no matter what!

Inverted triangle ‘Diamond Choke’

Rafael Mendes – Movement For Better Jiu Jitsu

How to finish the kimura from bottom half guard 

Super slick takedown by Garry Tonon

Keenan Cornelius rolling with everyone who attended his seminar

Understanding the Heel Hook submission

Nice armbar setup

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Cops Release Disturbing Photos Of Couple Who Overdosed On Heroin While Driving With A 4-Year-Old

The boy was put in child protective services, and his mother, identified as Rhonda Pasek, along with driver James Pasek, face a variety of charges.

What $200,000,000 in cash looks like (article)

DEA agents Javier Pena and Steve Murphy, featured in Narcos, in Colombia in the the 90s

Woman marries daughter after the two ‘hit it off’

An Oklahoma woman and her biological adult daughter have both been arrested after local officials discovered the pair had married each other earlier this year.

Both Spann and 25-year-old daughter Misty have been arrested on charges of incest, which is a felony that carries a potential sentence of 10 years in prison. The Associated Press reported that the woman believed the marriage was acceptable because her name wasn’t on her daughter’s birth certificate.

The most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.

Audi TT after 135,000 kilometers without an oil change

This fully suited man climbed 110 sets of stairs in honor of his fallen brothers and sisters for 9-11

French Cake Decorations

1,011.5 lb. alligator caught in Hilton Head Alabama

How not to drown, explained by the US Navy SEALS

Commander Jeremiah Denton Blinks “torture” in morse code during North Vietnamese Propaganda video 

Nazi propaganda showing American forces as racists bombing innocent civilians

This is CGI

What a wave looks like under water

Aerial view of Burning Man taken from the International Space Station

During the Cold War, CIA agents used a method of communication based on how their shoelaces were tied.

World Tallest Cow,, 6’2″ From Hoof to withers

Skull of a 14 year-old girl believed to be a victim of cannibalism at the Jamestown colony in the winter of 1609

Dubai Has An Abandoned Luxury Car Problem

This isn’t a gif. Your eyes just can’t see all 12 back dots at the same time

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For the past 12 years, a Chesapeake-Lab mix named Bruno has been regularly walking four miles (eight miles round trip) to downtown Longville from his country home to socialize, collect treats, and hang around. His almost daily commute has made Bruno a beloved town legend.

“Everybody knows Bruno,” resident Sharon Rouse told KARE11 News. “[You] may not know the people, but you’ll know Bruno.”

The pup belongs to Larry and Debbie LaVallee, who took Bruno in after he appeared in a box on their driveway over a decade ago. They tried to keep him tied up, but the dog’s desire to roam was too great, and he started making his way to town every day.

Now, he’s somewhat of a celebrity, with regular stops at city hall, the ice cream shop, and the back door of a local grocery store, where employees help Bruno fuel up with deli counter scraps. People know and greet Bruno, sometimes to the surprise of the LaVallees, who only know a fraction of their dog’s many admirers. His wandering has even earned him the title of “Town Dog and Ambassador,” which is set in literal stone in a Longville statue.

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When did you decide you wanted to become a porn star?

I’ve always wanted to do porn! I don’t know why… maybe watched too much Howard Stern as a kid?

How do your parents feel knowing they have a famous porn star of a daughter?

They definitely wish I were doing something more socially acceptable, something they could brag to their friends about… but ultimately they are happy for me, and supportive of my decision to do porn. We talk every day, and have a great relationship still.

What is one thing you did and you didn’t think you were actually capable of doing?

DP! And I’m so glad I did. It’s literally the best sensation in the world, for me.

Is there anything you would absolutely decline, no matter how well it paid?

I would never eat shit, fuck a child, or fuck an animal

How many of your videos do you actually have an orgasm in?

Every single one. I’m very lucky, in that I know how to squeeze my pussy in a certain way to make myself cum. haha

What is the largest thing you ever fit in your poop hole?

Probably Mandingo’s dick. I’m not really a size queen.. bigger is not better for me. I could never date someone as big as Mandingo.

How long are male performers supposed to last? What happens if they come too fast? What if they don’t cum? What happens then?

Porn scenes typically last between 25 and 35 minutes. If they cum too soon, (which doesnt happen often) we just wait for him to get hard again and continue. If he can’t cum, we usually give him about 30-45 minutes to jerk off. If he can’t cum after that, we either reschedule for just the cum shot, or on very, very rare occasions, call another male pornstar in to do a stunt pop shot.

Have you been in a situation where the male performer couldn’t maintain an erection? If so, How did you deal (personally) with it?

It definitely happens. I’m very accomodating though, I’ll suck his dick til it’s hard. Sometimes it takes one minute, sometimes it takes half an hour. If it takes longer than that, we usually just call it a day and reschedule. Everyone has bad days.

About those dorm invasion scenes, bangbus, or anything to do with fucking strangers, are those really strangers that you pick up on the street?

No, they are amateur porn performers

I once saw a video of you punching a guy in the balls for 20 minutes. What’s up with that? Was it weird?

It was crazy. I punched him in the balls as he was cumming, and everytime I punched, cum came flying out of his dick, past my face, and over my shoulder. It was weird in a good way.

Have you ever done a scene with an Asian male, and what is your opinion on Asian men in a sexual perspective?

Keni Styles is the only active Asian male pornstar right now. I love him! I fuck Asian guys- I fuck every race. Except puerto rican. Theyre bad luck for me.

Do you enjoy watching your own porn?

Yes. I try to watch every scene I do. I think it’s comparable to someone watching their own private sex tape they made with their boyfriend/girlfriend.

How long do you see yourself performing in front of the camera?

As long as people will watch me, honestly… When I first got in, I thought I’d just get it out of my system and do it for a couple of years. Now I realize I just want to do this forever…

A lot of men get their ideas of how sex should be from the porn they watch. Should there be some kind of porn public service announcement where actors tell viewers to distinguish between the sex in porn from “real sex”? And are there any “good” things they can learn from watching porn if they pay close enough attention?

I do wish there were some kind of disclaimer at the beginning of each movie, but I’m not sure it’s so realistic to think people would actually pay attention to it. I think there are lots of good tips to be learned from porn, but I definitely don’t think of porn as being educational. It’s Entertainment, nothing more.

What do you prefer more? Girls or boys? At what age you realized that you’re bisexual?

It kind of depends on my mood… But ultimately, I gravitate more towards men. It’s a boyfriend/husband I want in the end, not a girlfriend/wife. I was about 15 when I first hooked up with a girl.

What do you do about all the creepy guys wanting to take pictures with you? Be honest, you’d rather be left alone, right?

Hell no! I love being recognized, actually- my favorite thing is when someone comes up to me like “I jerk off to you all the time!” or if a girl is like “I learned to fuck by watching you!”

What hobbies do you participate in that people would least expect?

I love karaoke. I love reading. I love watching really bad television, and really good movies… I don’t know that any of these things would be surprising, haha

What’s your go-to karaoke song?

“Before he Cheats” by Carrie Underwood

What is something you are fascinated with?

Incest. Specifically twins. But not just in a sexual way.. although that is part of it. As an only child, my dream would be to have a twin brother who loves me so much that he won’t let anyone else near me. It’s dumb but it’s my fantasy.

You said your positive experience in the pornography industry isn’t representative of those of many other women and that the culture is one of emotional, financial and physical exploitation of desperate young women. Do you ever feel bad supporting an industry with a culture like this?

Porn has done nothing but good things for me, so of course I support it. While I believe there are definitely unstable girls in the industry who are in it for the wrong reasons (usually money,) I don’t think porn exploits people any more than any other job does.

Would you recommend another woman get into porn? And what should she ask herself/be sure of before she takes the leap?

I would make sure she knows that once she films her first porn scene, her life willnever be the same again. Doing porn is like getting a tattoo on your forehead- it’s forever, and everyone will know. Your friends, your family, your enemies, future employees… they will all find out. There will be lots of jobs that won’t hire you once you do porn. If you still want to do it, I’d recommend you contact a reputable agent like Mark Spiegler, LA Direct, 101Models… All three are easily google-able.

If you didn’t go into porn, what else did you want to be?

Fat.

What do you consider the biggest achievement you’ve made in your life?

Just the fact that I’ve had the courage to do exactly what I want : )

Whats the one thing you regret in life?

Not asking my parents for a younger brother or sister. I hate being an only child : (

What’s the best advice ever given to you?

Always pee after sex

What’s your very best life advice?

“I don’t want to” is a good enough reason.

What’s the most memorable butt-hole compliment you’ve gotten?

“Your asshole feels like a pussy”

Could you write us a haiku about your butthole?

anti wrinkle cream not just for the face and neck! now for buttholes too

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Gambling Addict Spends $1M On Lottery Tickets

Why Tipping Should Be Banned

Why you never rent a cheap exotic car

Two dolphins told to create a new trick. They communicated and did the new trick together

The oldest trick in the book from the Looney Tunes Guide to Parenting

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Here’s The Story Behind One Of the Most Heartbreaking 9/11 Photos Ever – Maxim

10 Adorable Clips That Will Surely Make Your Day – Ned Hardy

What Your Girlfriend Wants You to Wear – Cool Material

10 Mysterious Religions Practiced In The Shadows – Linkiest

A Lone Quote Helped Doom Once-Bright Silicon Valley Star – Newser

Celebrity Cribs: Drake Bought The Neighbor’s $2.85 Million House – Bossip

Somehow a human escaped a ridiculous parking garage predicament completely intact – Rare

Emily Ratajkowski in a super sexy dress – G-Celeb

Ariel Winter’s Pants are Too Tight – Drunken Stepfather

Abigail Ratchford lets in all hang out in this amazing magazine shoot – Faves

WWE laughed off CM Punk’s UFC loss with this clear jab at Backlash – Fan Buzz

Happy Bras Optional Monday (40 Photos) – Radass

Smokeshow Matchup from Hell – Kayla from UNH vs. Blakely from ASU – Barstool Sports

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 The Most Incredible Photos From Burning Man 2016 – Leenks

North Korea bans sarcasm because Kim Jong-un fears people only agree with him ‘ironically’ – The Blemish

Sexy Star Wars Cosplay – Gunaxin

25 Pics of Mysterious Mexican Melanie Pavola – Regretful Morning

In a perfect world of beautiful and busty (30 Photos) – Bad Sentinel

Our 100 Favorite Photos From Last Week – Suburban Men

HS Senior Leah Church Sets World Record With 32 Three Pointers in One Minute – The Hoop Doctors

Elizabeth Hurley ain’t bad – Celeb Slam

How To Learn In 2 Days What Normally Takes 6 Months – Medium

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Instagram

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Belly rubs all day

Underground nuclear test equivalent to 4.8 million tons of TNT

This birthday party was a blast

Michaela Meijer

How differenty countries count money

Dogs use teamwork to get ball out of the pool

Karin Hart golf ball juggle

Fallen power line electrifying a metal swing set

Forgot the handbrake but didnt forget to lock the car

Monica Bellucci at age 22

How to use a Demolition Hammer Properly

Crazy graffiti in an abandoned Greek hotel

She can cook for me anytime 

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Instagram

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Disclaimer: We do not condone any illegal activity cited in this post. This is post is strictly for comical value.

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How is a Barber Shop Different from a Salon?

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Redman’s cattle-prodded while performing on acid story

Archive footage from the 1984 Canadian federal election, when Canada’s political parties were given five minutes of prime-time television. This was the first and last time the Rhinoceros Party was allowed on CBC

This is what auctioneers are actually saying

This is awesome

The Marvel Symphonic Universe — Every Frame a Painting

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What Jim Carrey Explains In 1 Minute May Change Your Life Forever – Leenks

This Paralyzed Cat Helps Nurse Sick Animals And Even Saves Their Lives! – Ned Hardy

Here’s What $150 Can Do In Your Home – Better Homes

Celebrate 15 Years of Suicide Girls With These Killer Photos – Maxim

A judge called this HIV-positive man an "evil person" for what he used Craigslist to do – Rare

JonBenet’s ‘Socially Awkward’ Brother Breaks His Silence – Newser

Creepy Fertility Dr. Popped For Using His Own Semen…How Many Times? [Video] – Bossip

Daisy Lowe in Tights and See-Through – G-Celeb

Lindsey Pelas just turned 25, so let’s celebrate with some of her best revealing photos – Faves

Unhappy With Local Graveyards, This Guy Is Keeping Grandma’s Casket In His Backyard
– Slip Talk

This nasty face zit explodes from the first cut, and it acts like a volcano when it keeps exploding (Share) – FanBuzz

Haunting Photos Of America’s Execution Chambers – Linkiest

Community College Football Player KO Referee – The Blemish

Rhian Sugden Nude for Instagram on her 30th Birthday of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

Busty Girls Always Make Monday Feel Better – Bro My God

27 Hot Girls in Jeans – Regretful Morning

Anastasiya Kvitko : Russian Hottie – Gunaxin

This booty is pretty much perfect – Ehowa

Hot girls with glasses are definitely my cup of tea (28 Photos) – Bad Sentinel

Nina Agdal is a damn fine human – Celeb Slam

David Bowie’s Ashes Scattered at Burning Man – Evil Beet

Top 25 Under 25 NBA Players for 2016 – The Hoop Doctors

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Instagram

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Overcoming a 150lb weight difference

Dat Flying Kick!

Dude has a good chin, takes like 4 clean shots before getting knocked out!

Getting cocky gets you knocked out!

Prince Naseem Hamed was always fun to watch

When you learned how to fight from watching anime

Dude has good takedown defenese

Nice to see a hand shake after a fight

Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin

The wrestling of Demian Maia

Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook: Highlights

MMA Fighter Runs Into Douche Disrespecting A Woman, Makes Him Cry Like A Baby

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Why are European and South American soccer teams so much better than the USMNT and what are the most important elements of success lacking in the US Team?

The European and South American soccer teams are better than the USMNT for 3 reasons:

1. Diversity (or lack thereof): You can also call this fact the limiting pool of players available to the USMNT. Imagine you are a baby boy born in say, Argentina or the Netherlands and your parents are going to give you a gift. If it’s going to be a sporting gift, 99% of the time you are going to get a soccer ball. If you are a baby boy born in America chances are you are going to get a basketball, a football, a baseball or even a hockey stick and a puck before you get a soccer ball (these days you might even get whatever they use to play lacrosse before you get a soccer ball). The diversity in America makes it very difficult or almost impossible to recruit the best athletes for soccer. I’m sure America has tons of great athletes that, with proper instruction, could be equal or better than Drogba, Sterling, Ronaldo, Robben, etc. I’m equally sure there is an American kid right now that could be a big soccer start in Europe in 2105 , maybe not at the same level as Messi or Ronaldo but right below them but guess what? He has never touched a soccer ball in his life! He’s playing wide receiver in the NFL or is an outfielder in MLB or is a winger in the NHL. Not much you can do around this other that give it time: the soccer culture is starting to take hold in America and I can see it more and more when I travel. I’ve been here for 20 years as an expat and when I arrived in America I would be the only one in say, an airport with an Arsenal shirt or a Maradona shirt. These days I literally cannot go through an airport and not run into kids that are wearing Barca shirts, Messi shirts, Manchester United shirts, Brazil shirts and so on. It’s happening, you just need to give it time. As more kids play soccer the USMNT pool of players will get better. Right now it has to go outside its borders to find players as Klinsmann has done with so many German Americans (Jermaine Jones, John Brooks, etc.) and Mexican Americans (Ventura Alvarado, Michael Orozco, etc.)

2. Creativity: This one is totally an education issue or, in this case, over education and is totally in US Soccer hands to fix. If you are a boy growing up in South America, Europe or Mexico you just go play on the street or the park and there is where you can run wild, try to do crazy things with the ball and do it over and over. It is all unsupervised from the coaching point of view; it’s just kids playing soccer.  America takes the opposite approach: everything is scripted. Leagues like AYSO are great for introducing kids to soccer but they are so heavy on instructions and drills that the kids’ creativity has no place to develop. American soccer needs to get away from being so rigid on formal training. I can guarantee you Ronaldinho did not come up with his awesome tricks (a small sample below) during drills or conditioning. He came up with them just playing with his buddies on the street.  America should encourage that and it is not doing it enough of it. American soccer players will never be outrun (they have great conditioning, not a problem there) but they are not creative. The USMNT needs a maestro like Ronaldinho or Xavi who is creative. Michael Bradley is probably the best we have right now and, as good as he is, he’s not a maestro or an orchestrator; he’s a defensive midfielder trying to be one and Klinsmann knows this. If Jurgen had a choice he would not have deployed Bradley as a creator, he just does not have enough creative players to have an alternative.

3. Coaching: Most coaches in South America and Europe (not only at the pro level but pretty much every level below it) have spent their whole life either playing or coaching soccer. The elite ones have gone abroad to study and learn from the best soccer academies of the world. Tell me how many American coaches have had a similar life, not many. Who’s the best American coach right now? Most people would not disagree that Bruce Arena is the one or one of the top ones and he has never coached outside the United States. He and his brethren should have had experiences at Manchester United, Real Madrid, Ajax and so on. If you want to improve you have to learn from the best and it starts with the coaches. I don’t see it happening right now but I hope I’m wrong. The other alternative is you bring coaches from abroad which is why Jurgen Klinsmann is the national team coach. I highly doubt there is an American coach as qualified as him.

– Icaro Vazquez

How do people make/steal money using credit card skimmers?

First and foremost, a credit card skimmer is just an easy way to collect a pool of credit card numbers. The pool will keep getting fresh new data as long as the skimmer is well placed/hidden (ie. a gas station pump). Also, the magnetic strip on your credit card contains a ton of information including but not limited to the name on the card, the credit card number, and expiration. The first 6 digits of the card even identify where the card came from (such as bank, issuer, etc.)

Let’s call the guy who made/placed the skimmer the “fraudster”. The fraudster collects the credit card data that the skimmer has read and can do multiple things with it.

1) As mentioned, he/she can sell large swaths of these CC numbers online in auctions (usually anonymously on TOR). Since they know the first 6 digits, they can even bucket them into high value cards. For example, Amex cards typically have higher credit limits than a regular debit card. They might organize the Amex cards into one list and earn more on that list than they would from say, Bank of America debit cards.

2) Another thing they can do is transfer the stolen card info onto a new card (someone mentioned this) BUT it is actually not as common to do this onto an existing card with the fraudster’s name on it. Instead, these fraudsters usually buy blank hotel keys in bulk (very easy to purchase, common item for hotels/motels). They now have 500 physical cards that they can transfer the stolen credit card info onto. Now these cards are just blank white plastic cards, so going to a store and using them is pointless and too risky. Instead, they sign up to get their own credit card machine. Some are pretty cheap or even free (such as PayPal Here or Square). They can pretend to be some store using fake information and then start physically swiping the cards with the stolen data. The advantage of physically swiping them is the transaction will appear to the processing company and bank/card issuer as done “in-person” since the card was swiped. These are seen as lower risk transactions since most fraud is committed via just “keyed-in transactions” (such as online purchases, over the phone purchases, etc.). The machine that reads the cards only reads the magnetic strip, so it doesn’t recognize that these are just generic hotel keys or crappy plastic cards someone bought online. So to the machine/reader, and to the credit card company and the credit card processor, it is just a normal physically swiped transaction.

There are more nuances and ways this can get more lucrative but that’s the basics of it. Luckily most cardholders are protected from this kind of fraud by their bank/card issuer. If you recognize bad transactions they will cancel the card, refund your money, and send you a new one. The bummer is the people who get hosed are the businesses that might unknowingly accept your stolen card information and sell something. When you get a refund from your bank after “disputing” a transaction – that money typically comes from the business it was used at, not the bank. So if a business is tricked into selling a $2,000 painting over the phone to a guy who gave them a stolen credit card number – that business is going to lose the painting and the money and there’s nothing they can do about it since the responsibility to investigate was theirs (according to most processors).

– CleanAxe 

What exactly is a surveyor doing when he’s looking through that thing on a tripod? What does he do with the information afterwards?

There are a few different things that may be on that tripod, but traditional surveying is “rod and level surveying”. He is looking through whatt is essentially a magnified scope which is made to be level with the ground. When he looks at what the other guy is holding, the rod, it has heights marked on it. So the guy with the rod puts it on top of a benchmark, or a spot with a known elevation, and once the surveyer reads the marking on the rod he can add it to what he knows that points elevation is to find out the exact elevation of his level.

Once he knows the elevation of his level, the rod guy can go pretty much anywhere within sight distance of the level, and do the same thing again. Only this time, the level man subtracts the reading on the rod from the elevation of his level. By doing this, he can find the elevation of any point around, and create a ground profile, find the high and low spots and where water will want to flow.

Typically this information is used to determine placement of any structure or the layout of projects

– PFCommentation 

What is the Wells Fargo Scam all about?

Bankers get a commission (extra money,) for certain actions. These usually invoice opening accounts. The more accounts you open, the more money you get. Commission is a bonus. It’s not a requirement for your base salary. Many banks create a quota of sales that they expect their bankers to hit. When accounts are opened with certain products(direct deposit, online banking, etc) is profitable for the bank.

Wells Fargo had an environment, where if your bankers were not making enough commission, they were reprimanded. Every location has a limited amount of customers. The quotas at Wells Fargo were much higher than achievable. This is a tactic for any sales force to raise the bar higher to get your team to perform harder. Unfortunately the quotas were so high, and the pressure on the employees was equally high, many resorts to illegal actions to achieve those goals.

Bankers opened accounts without the owners permission. Credit cards, checking, savings, online banking, bill pay. They would transfer money around to these accounts, simulate the activity that would get them paid, and transfer it back. The banker hits their numbers, three bank looks profitable, no one thinks about it. This goes on for years, and customers are asking about credit cards/accounts they never applied for.

Keep in mind, when we say bankers, we mean regular employees who make 25k-35k a year before commission.

This type of stuff isn’t uncommon, but such a drastic beach across the board showes that when you create a highly pressured incentive based system, and punish those who perform poorly, you’ll create a corrupt system. There was no one looking to see if these dates were legitimate, they only cared that numbers were met.

– Mixairian 

How can an airline justify me not being able to update a plane ticket to someone else’s name? It’s paid for, who cares who uses it as long as they’re notified?

“Updating” a ticket to someone else’s name is not really “updating” — you are trying to transfer your ticket to someone else. Some tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable. Others can be transferred to another person, if you pay a fee. Changing the name due to a spelling error or even a name change is usually allowed, as long as it’s the same person.

Why do they sell non-transferable tickets, and why are they so picky about charging fees for transferable tickets? For one thing it helps them control reselling of tickets. If it was as easy as you’d like it to be, you could potentially scalp airline tickets the same way people scalp concert tickets.

Also the airline makes more money if they force you to buy a new ticket for someone else if your original ticket is non-transferable.

Why don’t college football offenses work in the NFL?

1. NFL players are better – less than 10% of Div I players every play a down in the pros
2. College talent is thinner – there are 32 NFL teams, but over 200 Div I-A and Div I-AA college teams, so the average talent level on each team is lower
3. NFL players are more experienced – a typically college player might get 1 or 2 seasons as a starter, compared to a 10 year pro in the NFL
4. NFL players are bigger – a typical male does not stop growing until his early twenties…NFL players aren’t getting used to changing bodies
5. NFL players are pros – they don’t have to worry about passing grades or how their parents are going to make rent…they can dedicate themselves completely to learning a complex playbook
6. NFL teams have tighter competition – a top college program is designed to beat up on creampuffs and maybe have 2 or 3 competitive games each year…most games are competitive in the NFL
7. College is a different game – it has different rules and is officiated in a different manor…different games need different strategies

Take the QB position. The worst starting QB in the NFL is around the 32nd best QB in the league…he might be worse the a few backups, but probably at least mid 30’s. The same is true with other positions, every NFL team can assume that worse case, they’ll have at least the 30th some odd worst player in the league.

In college, there are 119 Div I-A football teams last time I counted. That means the worst QB is at best in the 100’s, and because top teams horde prospects, possibly in the 200 or 300’s. And the same is true with other positions. Plus there is a lot more uncertainty with athletes coming out of high school. So even a top team might have the best QB, but only the 70th best receiver. You have to design an offense that works for a broader range of skill levels, and that means dumbing things down.

Why don’t we see this in soccer? Well, soccer, especially in Europe, is not tied to universities. In England alone, there are 140 leagues with nearly 500 divisions, arranged in 24 levels of amateurs, semi-pros, youth, B-team, regionals, all the way up to 5 levels of premiere leagues. This ensure that players are well stratified based on ability level. Compare this to the American football, which basically has 4 or 5 levels, most of which are artificially attached to colleges.

How do modern infantry soldiers get “good” at war?

Yes a bullet from an amateur kills just the same as a Spec Ops would but war isn’t about killing. War is, and always has been, about morale. Morale is and always has been the key component of winning battles. It’s why our Ancient brethren bunched up in phalanxes to mutually support each other. It’s why early muskets, despite all their issues, were still used en masse and were wildly successful; they go boom really loudly and scare the piss out of the other group of people. It’s why line tactics were used and it’s why, to this day, some armies are inherently more professional and well performing than others.

I mean just look at your assertion and compare it to the real world. If you were correct then two groups of roughly equal (materially) groups of men would perform equally as well no matter the situation. This flat out isn’t true; look at the ISIS conflict for the perfect example. The Peshmerga and other professionalized forces, using almost precisely the same equipment as their counterparts, absolutely dump on the rabble that is ISIS. It’s why the Iraqi army, with all their tanks and jets and modern weaponry got manhandled; they had no morale and just did not stand up to a fight. This has to do, mostly, with training. It’s why countries recruit mercenaries with years, if not decades, of fighting experience instead of just picking up Joe Schmoe on the side of the road.

Training is nothing more than rote memorization and mindless repitition over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Doing something so many times and getting so familiar with it you do not have to think to do it. You shouldn’t have to consciously think about pulling a magazine out of your pouch and reloading your gun. You shouldn’t have to consciously think to keep your hand steady when being racked with gunfire and think about dropping that grenade on accident. It’s so that when you’re thrown into real deep shit and you’re freaking out, whether visibly or not, your combat efficacy is not affected. You can still follow orders, you can still provide covering fire and clear a jam, you can still stay aware of what your unit is doing even if your entire being is shaking from fear. This extends, even further, with combat experience. It’s why veterans are preferred over “green” conscripts; the veterans have “trained” in combat so to say and are used to it. They know how to act in it. Being able to function under threat of death, more than anything else, is the admirable quality in every single war in every single period of history.

That is what truly separates soldiers which are “good” at war and those who are not. It’s why irregulars near-universally get routed by professional soldiers; the former are not a cohesive unit while the latter are. The latter are groups of men who have, in general, spent months and usually years training together. They have been in stress together and know how eachother function. They are a unit who has spent months/years running through scenarios hundreds of times so that when it actually happens they just…do it. They don’t freeze like a deer in the headlights because they always got themselves under control. They don’t panic. They do their job and hold the line.

It’s a common (and true) historical fact that, in the age before armored warfare (technically 1916 onward but, truly, the 1930’s onward) the most men died when one side routed. That is when the two phalanxes met or the two lines of musketeers met the poking of spears, swords, and musket fire did not kill all that many actually. The actual battle itself was surprisingly non-lethal. Why? Because as a unit you are strong and have mutual protection. However when that unit is shattered and turn and run that is when the cavalry and everyone else swarms in and cuts everyone down as individuals. That is what training prevents; it prevents units from breaking down into a bunch of self-serving individuals.

War today is in the same vein and wants the same goals. Except instead of lines of men in a grouped spear formation or lines of muskets meeting with cavalry support we got a lot more firepower packing and a lot more distance between us; fights happen at 600m not at 3 feet. In this day in age this truism only gets truer; modern war on the infantry level, at its core, is not about killing the other people. It is about suppressing them to allow your side to maneuver around them and continue to suppress with. As you gain superior firing position you put even more fire on them as they can put less fire on all of your men (either from just lack of firing position and just being overwhelmed) and are forced to withdraw. Being able to do that better than the other guys is not luck but a unit being able to act as a cohesive unit under pressure and to not freak the fuck out more than anything else.

– elos_ 

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