A few observations which may - or may not - be relevant.
There is no such thing as a "former" intelligence analyst. Once one is roped in to that sort of life, he will forever after always be looking for rabbit warrens in everything. Which I imagine is why this guy Sam went from a government analyst to analyzing intel for the private sector - i's just what he does, what he is geared for, who he IS, and what he will always be geared for.
The "VBIED" in the Tesla truck appears, to me, to be more of an incendiary device than it was an explosive. It looks - to me - like it was designed more to destroy evidence INSIDE the truck than it was meant to damage anything OUTSIDE the truck. Any outside damage looks to me to have been purely coincidental, "collateral damage". A Special Forces Team Sergeant would certainly know the difference between the two, the proper applications of each, and how to go about constructing them properly for effect. The "fuel canisters" alleged to have been in the truck are a giveaway. With fuel, it is only THE FUMES that explode, not the fuel itself. That is spread around to create more fumes to burn. It's an incendiary accelerant, not an explosive.
An MOS of 18Z is Special Forces Operations Sergeant. He's like the "supervisor" of an ODA - AKA an "A Team". Not the "manager" which is higher up, but the day to day supervisor. He is usually the most senior enlisted man on an ODA, and has a broad knowledge base of the specialties involved so that he can properly place, deploy, and employ the various team members. He will have still had his specialty training and secondary cross-training, but in this guy's case I don't know what his primary or secondary functions were before he became a Team Sergeant. There are 12 men on an ODA, and six training specialties... so two men are primary trained in each specialty and everyone has cross training in a secondary function, for redundancy. Ideally, out of a 12 man team, each specialty will have 4 guys trained for it, either as primary or secondary, so that no matter who gets killed, the show can go on. Some of the specialties are Light Weapons, Medical, Demolitions, Communications.
The above information may be dated now - it's what I know from long ago, and may not accurately reflect the current composition of an ODA.
I'm not buying the "DNA don't match" scenario just yet. As far as I'm concerned, it's just an ass-covering rumor until more solidly verified. One report I got was that the DNA of the body in the truck didn't match that of his son. So is that the source of the paternal DNA, or is the source his actual DNA sample held by the military for ID of casualties purposes? Inquiring minds want to know. It makes a difference if the body in the truck is NOT him, and if it's not, we may never know because of the information or misinformation being broadcast right now.
"Gravitic propulsion" aside - which is really an entirely separate issue - I believe that at least a part of the recent drone invasion is sourced to foreign bad actors - whether Chinese, Iranian, Russian, or some combination thereof - for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) purposes. Some of them may also be US government drones, either trying to find out what the other drones are, or else just to muddy the waters In an effort to assist the foreigners in their intel gathering. Since the BidenHarris regime allowed a balloon overflight of the entire US publicly, and allowed it to "phone home" with the surveillance gathered before shooting it down after the end of it's mission, I don't put any amount of collusion past them.
Paranoia and hyper-vigilance can indeed be two of the symptoms of PTSD, but are not necessarily so. However, people thus afflicted don't generally off themselves - the whole purpose of the paranoia and hyper-vigilance is to enhance survival potential, which is at odds with someone who is suicidal. The PTSD allegations may just be an effort to make folks afraid of all veterans, since veterans, and especially Special Forces veterans, would be the pointy end of any anti-government activity if push came to shove. Maybe they think it's better to paint them as suspect proactively, before any shit hits any fans.
So, I dunno. The jury is still out, so far as I'm concerned. It may never come in, if the purpose is misinformation or obfuscation. One thing that intrigues me is the sheer number of videos suddenly surfacing in an effort to trash Shawn Ryan. It's curious the number of folks who are suddenly putting out information - or misinformation - to paint the story as a lie, and to wreck Ryan's reputation and paint him as a "liar".
As was mentioned above, it's a curiosity that is getting curiouser and curiousler. With only a single casualty, and otherwise only light damages external to the truck, it would probably be a non-story if it were not for the controversy swirling around "Whose telling the truth? Anybody?"
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There is no such thing as a "former" intelligence analyst. Once one is roped in to that sort of life, he will forever after always be looking for rabbit warrens in everything. Which I imagine is why this guy Sam went from a government analyst to analyzing intel for the private sector - i's just what he does, what he is geared for, who he IS, and what he will always be geared for.
The "VBIED" in the Tesla truck appears, to me, to be more of an incendiary device than it was an explosive. It looks - to me - like it was designed more to destroy evidence INSIDE the truck than it was meant to damage anything OUTSIDE the truck. Any outside damage looks to me to have been purely coincidental, "collateral damage". A Special Forces Team Sergeant would certainly know the difference between the two, the proper applications of each, and how to go about constructing them properly for effect. The "fuel canisters" alleged to have been in the truck are a giveaway. With fuel, it is only THE FUMES that explode, not the fuel itself. That is spread around to create more fumes to burn. It's an incendiary accelerant, not an explosive.
An MOS of 18Z is Special Forces Operations Sergeant. He's like the "supervisor" of an ODA - AKA an "A Team". Not the "manager" which is higher up, but the day to day supervisor. He is usually the most senior enlisted man on an ODA, and has a broad knowledge base of the specialties involved so that he can properly place, deploy, and employ the various team members. He will have still had his specialty training and secondary cross-training, but in this guy's case I don't know what his primary or secondary functions were before he became a Team Sergeant. There are 12 men on an ODA, and six training specialties... so two men are primary trained in each specialty and everyone has cross training in a secondary function, for redundancy. Ideally, out of a 12 man team, each specialty will have 4 guys trained for it, either as primary or secondary, so that no matter who gets killed, the show can go on. Some of the specialties are Light Weapons, Medical, Demolitions, Communications.
The above information may be dated now - it's what I know from long ago, and may not accurately reflect the current composition of an ODA.
I'm not buying the "DNA don't match" scenario just yet. As far as I'm concerned, it's just an ass-covering rumor until more solidly verified. One report I got was that the DNA of the body in the truck didn't match that of his son. So is that the source of the paternal DNA, or is the source his actual DNA sample held by the military for ID of casualties purposes? Inquiring minds want to know. It makes a difference if the body in the truck is NOT him, and if it's not, we may never know because of the information or misinformation being broadcast right now.
"Gravitic propulsion" aside - which is really an entirely separate issue - I believe that at least a part of the recent drone invasion is sourced to foreign bad actors - whether Chinese, Iranian, Russian, or some combination thereof - for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) purposes. Some of them may also be US government drones, either trying to find out what the other drones are, or else just to muddy the waters In an effort to assist the foreigners in their intel gathering. Since the BidenHarris regime allowed a balloon overflight of the entire US publicly, and allowed it to "phone home" with the surveillance gathered before shooting it down after the end of it's mission, I don't put any amount of collusion past them.
Paranoia and hyper-vigilance can indeed be two of the symptoms of PTSD, but are not necessarily so. However, people thus afflicted don't generally off themselves - the whole purpose of the paranoia and hyper-vigilance is to enhance survival potential, which is at odds with someone who is suicidal. The PTSD allegations may just be an effort to make folks afraid of all veterans, since veterans, and especially Special Forces veterans, would be the pointy end of any anti-government activity if push came to shove. Maybe they think it's better to paint them as suspect proactively, before any shit hits any fans.
So, I dunno. The jury is still out, so far as I'm concerned. It may never come in, if the purpose is misinformation or obfuscation. One thing that intrigues me is the sheer number of videos suddenly surfacing in an effort to trash Shawn Ryan. It's curious the number of folks who are suddenly putting out information - or misinformation - to paint the story as a lie, and to wreck Ryan's reputation and paint him as a "liar".
As was mentioned above, it's a curiosity that is getting curiouser and curiousler. With only a single casualty, and otherwise only light damages external to the truck, it would probably be a non-story if it were not for the controversy swirling around "Whose telling the truth? Anybody?"
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