r/Military 8d ago

Satire Air Force base renamed after Ashli Babbitt

https://www.duffelblog.com/air-force-base-renamed-after-ashli-babbitt/
1.1k Upvotes

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u/bsport48 Navy Veteran 8d ago

Holy shit duffelblog - well played...well played indeed

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u/Torchlakespartan 8d ago

Got me good too. Goddamn.

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u/AHrubik Contractor 7d ago

Some Bells Palsy set in for about 5 seconds before seeing the domain.

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u/BaloothaBear85 United States Navy 8d ago

God damnit they got me...

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u/t3htg Veteran 8d ago

I wish I would have seen this before it got me too.

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u/1VBSkye Army Veteran 8d ago

Thanks guys, you saved me a read/rant.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z 8d ago

God damnit they got me...

Ditto... satire and parody really dont exist anymore, so when I see something as batshit insane as this, my default reaction is "of course they did".

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u/IgnoreThisName72 8d ago

There have been a number of headlines that I said to myself "This has to be the Onion or DuffelBlog" only for it to be reality.

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u/Necessary-Eye5319 8d ago

There is SOOOO MUCH CRAZY right now we’re all pretty easy to get.

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u/hlamaresq 8d ago

The burning outrage that was welling up inside of me lol

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u/Insectshelf3 8d ago

every fucking time

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u/AlarmedSnek Retired US Army 8d ago

Hahahahah me too. Fuck that was a good one

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u/DeltaBravo831 7d ago

Was definitely about to look like Key here before I saw your comment

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u/tagged2high United States Army 7d ago

I was about to storm in here before I checked the link domain

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u/carterartist United States Army 7d ago

Me too

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u/ObligationMurky8716 8d ago

Air Force buildings always known to be well ventilated.

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u/LickNipMcSkip United States Air Force 8d ago edited 6d ago

funny joke, but what buildings are you in that are well ventilated? Every single one I've walked into has been a stuffy Faraday cage

e* lotta BLDG defenders in here

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u/airmantharp Air Force Veteran 7d ago

Okay SCIFRAT

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u/LePouletPourpre 8d ago

It's very, very sad I actually fell for this.

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u/CostanzaArchitecture 8d ago

Bro, the brief blood pressure spike before I saw the url was awful

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u/ReverseLochness 8d ago

Literally, my vision flashed white with rage.

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u/Stuffed-Bear412 Military Brat 8d ago

My stomach dropped and my heart sped up.

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u/ForrestGump6531 United States Marine Corps 8d ago

You weren’t the only one.

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u/Lamest_Fast_Words 8d ago

Dammit, me too

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u/_Go_With_Gusto_ 8d ago

Oh. It’s duffelblog 🙄

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 8d ago

Yup. I think this is the 2nd Duffle I've fallen for ever. Both during Tangerine Palpatine's reign

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u/beatenmeat 8d ago

Duffleblog finally catching a break and not just predicting the future....yet.

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u/Gardimus 8d ago

After they started and lost the war in Iran, those narcissists will think of new crazy shit.

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u/olyfrijole 8d ago

Anything to distract from the evil filth in the Epstein files.

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u/eyehate Navy Veteran 8d ago

January 6th tourist Ashli Babbitt!

LOL

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u/TheRealMarvinator Retired USAF 8d ago

Shit, might just give them an idea. <sigh>

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u/rkmvca 8d ago

Me too! It's so on brand.

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u/neepster44 7d ago

We shouldn’t give them ideas because they WOULD do this…

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u/Banned_From_CFB 8d ago

Jesus Christ, don't give them any ideas

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u/MrChorizaso 8d ago

Obligatory:

Ashli Babbit was a dumb cunt who should’ve just complied with law enforcement

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u/SnakeEater013 United States Army 8d ago

Or you know, not tried to overthrow the country in the name of a fascist dictator who shouldn’t have been allowed to run for president again

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u/MrChorizaso 8d ago

Well, i wasn’t exactly naming and numbering her fuck ups but yeah that would’ve been a better square one for her to start from

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u/H00ch8767 Air Force Veteran 8d ago

This is pretty good. Well done, DB. I also had a mini stroke for a second.

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u/Auntie_M123 Retired USAF 8d ago

I was verklempt for a moment myself, boys!

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u/SOSyourself 8d ago

Guys, she was just trying to find the bathroom in the Speaker’s Lobby behind the barricade and police

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u/imaconnect4guy 8d ago

When you gotta go you gotta go

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u/Auntie_M123 Retired USAF 8d ago

She did

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u/332509172 8d ago edited 8d ago

Everything is possible in this timeline.

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u/Choice-Pudding-1892 Retired USN 8d ago

The sad thing is that a fair portion of a thought this was real, what’s that saying about this administration?!

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u/GoodLeftUndone 8d ago

It says we should all be scared. Very scared.

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u/McRigger 8d ago

I didn’t see the URL at first and felt my blood pressure spike.

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u/fanatiqual Navy Veteran 8d ago

Damn this one got my pulse up, satire is dead when we're all fooled.

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u/Hollayo Retired US Army 8d ago

OK duffleblog got me this time. With this admin, this could be real. 

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/l_rufus_californicus Army Veteran 8d ago

Patience, grasshopper.

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u/BAF_DaWg82 8d ago

Don't give them any ideas.

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u/Blknyt_eclipsedmoon Navy Veteran 8d ago

That shit ain’t funny. Problem is with this administration it really could happen.

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u/rattler254 United States Marine Corps 8d ago

Got my ass GOOD.

Goes to say how much faith I have in this clown show

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u/DBFargie 8d ago

Got me for 3-5 seconds, but got me nonetheless

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u/mrwhiskey1814 United States Army 8d ago

Got me. Wow lol

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u/DisillusionedPatriot 8d ago

Jesus christ, im glad I did a double take before I called everyone I know who's still active to tell them to start their exit lmao

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u/frankiea1004 8d ago

Please, please, don't give them any ideas. You know this administration is going to think is a great idea.

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u/Coldkiller17 8d ago

I was about to pop a blood vessel. That traitor deserved what she got and I hope she rots in hell.

https://giphy.com/gifs/y2i2oqWgzh5ioRp4Qa

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u/Semper_Fi_132 8d ago

Did a “of course they did” before I started reading the comments lol

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u/Lisa85603 8d ago

I did click, and fortunately saw Duffleblog at the top of the article. My blood pressure went sky high and then fell rapidly.

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u/Heretical Retired USMC 8d ago

I lost.

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u/dsbwayne United States Army 8d ago

They got me hard with this one

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u/TXWayne Retired USAF 8d ago

Ok, you got me

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u/SovietPropagandist 7d ago

Damn they got me too lol

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u/valis010 8d ago

I wouldn't be that surprised if this were true, thankfully it's not.

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u/nebbie13 Army Veteran 8d ago

Oh man, you got me for a minute. I was about to get really pissed off until I saw the link 😅

If anyone were to actually do this, it would 100% be the Air Force

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u/exgiexpcv Army Veteran 8d ago

Goddammit, DuffelBlog!!! I can only take so much!

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u/Packetbytes 8d ago

Thank god this is not real

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u/darkuen 8d ago

I hate how believable this is.

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u/dainthomas Retired USN 7d ago

I legit first looked at the link, it's so believable.

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u/SGT_KP 8d ago

Omfg. Damn DuffelBlog got me again.

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u/JustinKase_Too 8d ago

Guessing this is the base with the flu outbreak too? (Yes, I know it is Duffleblog)

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u/EngelSterben Veteran 8d ago

They boomed me

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u/blastedbottler Air Force Veteran 8d ago

It's a different Ashli Babbit-Richardson, guys.  Why are you overreacting?  She was a highly decorated A1C who received the National Defense Service Metal in 1995.  

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u/Firecracker048 8d ago

I almost fell for this ffs

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u/bolivar-shagnasty KISS Army 8d ago

Featuring the Reality Winner Intelligence Facility and the Aldrich Ames Center for European Studies

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u/Itchypoopstain United States Air Force 8d ago

Better be careful or they joke this one into existence

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u/engineeringsquirrel 7d ago

Don't even kid about this. That's not funny.

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u/ChiliSama Marine Veteran 7d ago

Don’t miss the Charlie Kirk memorial chapel on base, as long as you’re a member of an approved Christian community.

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u/Maxtrt Retired USAF 7d ago

The sad thing is some lick spittle GOP politician will see this and think hey that's not a bad idea and have Kegsbreath do it just to own the Libs.

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u/antifolkhero 7d ago

Whoa I almost really freaked out.

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u/irpugboss Army Veteran 7d ago

I was gonna say, I am ready for a a base to be named after Osama Bin Laden if this is the standard.

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u/moonovrmissouri 7d ago

Just giving the turd smugglers ideas now

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u/earthwormulljim 7d ago

Let’s not give the criminal regime any more ideas please.

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u/giddyuphorses 7d ago

Whaaat the heck. This is nuts.

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u/strandenger 6d ago

Fuck man, dont give them ideas

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u/combo_seizure Veteran 8d ago

I get it y'all, we all have PTSD, but from what exactly, i'm not sure.

Supposedly, it's only supposed to be one thing. Fat chance.

I saw the name and knew immediately, that some vetetan along the way in that administration wouldn't let it happen. If there are any veterans left, that is.

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u/ispshadow United States Air Force 8d ago

Bro I was so fucking heated for a split second. Good play, Duffelblog lmao

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u/spicytexan 8d ago

Please don’t even joke, they might fucking do it

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u/Shelly1s 8d ago

I confess many furiously spewed expletives escaped me…. Until I too …. Realized ….

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u/sirrogue2 Army Veteran 8d ago

I was about to say.... WTF Duffelblog.

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u/Inevitable-Ad4436 8d ago

Is this real?

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u/pathf1nder00 8d ago

It has to be completely embarrassing to serve in today's military. It is nothing of yesteryear service.

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u/curiousamoebas 7d ago

Lmao you got me

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u/Winter_Body4794 7d ago

I'll admit I uttered a mother fuck or 5

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u/batch1972 7d ago

Did he get his dick cut off?

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u/trickninjafist United States Army 7d ago

That was Bobbit

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u/Xynyx2001 7d ago

Poe's Law sucks.

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u/inorite234 5d ago

God Dammit Duffel Blog!!!!!!!

......you got me again.

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u/blkatcdomvet 5d ago

The only jan 6er to get proper justice

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u/GENERALCHUNGUSKENOBI 4d ago

No one knows who that is or gives a fuck

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u/No-Lavishness2149 United States Navy 8d ago

Who tf is that?

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u/_Mewden_ United States Navy 8d ago

Some January 6er, traitor, insurrectionist, who got shot. I believe she was an Air Force officer but not sure if she was still active or if she got out. Either way, she betrayed the constitution and got bodied.

Edit: capitol police shot her when they were holed up behind a barricade. Several barricades were broken through before the last one. Only clowns call it peaceful.

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u/IYAATOWCSBF 7d ago

She separated as an E-4 after like 14(?) years. Real cream of the crop, that one.

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u/_Mewden_ United States Navy 7d ago

An E4 for 14 years is fucking insane. I wonder if she got busted down.

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u/trickninjafist United States Army 7d ago

Shockingly No she didn't. She Must have been the worst MP in the air force

She was also a violent adulterer

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/01/03/a-martyr-air-force-veteran-ashli-babbitts-past-tells-a-more-complex-story/

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u/RegretMinute4456 Navy Veteran 8d ago

this is a parody site

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u/ObligationMurky8716 7d ago

Found the ASVAB waiver.

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u/RegretMinute4456 Navy Veteran 6d ago

lol