H&I Fires* 27 Feb 06

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"Mr. Tracy, call your office..."

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently transitioned a wrist-worn video and graphics display system to industry. On-the-move warfighters needed information on demand and with no increase to the weight they carry. The laboratory developed a new, lightweight, on-the-move information capability for aircrew, soldiers, sailors, controllers, and commanders.

Wow. Today in 1991 the ground operations phase of Desert Storm ended. It just doesn't seem like 15 years ago. -The Armorer

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Support the Troops' Families! - Fuzzybear Lioness

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News from the squishy center - RINO Sightings!

But will the new bill cover the House, Senate, and Executive Office Buildings? (reg req'd, use www.bugmenot.com)

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Seventy-seven percent of U.S. adults watch local broadcast news, while 71 percent watch network news, compared to 18 percent who read a national newspaper.

SWWBO and I have been giving the local broadcasters a shot. That was a mistake. We've already given up on the national ones, except for breaking news. We'll stick with words on the screen.

Dear Hillary - don't run. From Tampa Bay Online:

They fear, Hillary, that you would doom Democrats to impotence for decades. Republicans might relish that prospect, but on reflection, they would acknowledge the importance of a strong two-party political system. Should the Democratic Party be crippled, the Republican Party is likely to become complacent, uninspired and unaccountable.

Too late. At least from the Republican side. Which is not an endorsement by this space of the Democrats or their platforms. Just sayin' -The Armorer

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Sometimes, the MSM gets it right, too. -The Armorer

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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.

Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.

Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*

The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.

I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. It's also an open trackback, so if (Don Surber uses it this way a lot) someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".