H&I Fires*April 13, 2006

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Regardless of what she says at her place, SWWBO is a perfect 80.

While I got tired of the anti-war/anti-Bush/anti-anything-we-didn't-think-up crowds pointless blithering about how the Bush Twins didn't immediately enlist and become the point squad leaders of the lead squads of the lead platoon of the lead company of the lead battalion of the lead brigade of the Third Infantry Division during the March Upcountry - it also wouldn't have bothered me one bit if they *had* been. One thing you can say about the Royals, whatever their other problems, they put their share of flesh into the Line. Another Windsor steps up: Congratulations to Prince Harry on his passing-out from Sandhurst. Wonder if Prince William copped a pound for First Salute? Mine went to an SF Master Sergeant who made over $100 that day those many years ago. (Those who know, know)

Watch the trends - skip the headlines. -The Armorer

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This is so Not Right. Have you no shame, woman? -The Armorer

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You've been propagandized again, and again, and again. Most Americans don't even know it and won't because the media may be a watchdog against the government, but they certainly will not report about their own mistakes (or purposeful misleads). There was the 100k Iraqi Dead by Americans from Lancet, the fake wedding that was blown up, the fake missile attack. There are so many its nearly impossible to keep track. Most Americans turn on the TV for their hour news or catch the headlines on MSN or Yahoo or wherever their home page is. They are not doing the analysis. From all that, the only time they know they've been propagandized is when the media danes to tell them that their own government is doing it to them. Sure, Americans can judge that things from the Jihadists and noted as from the jihadists may have untruths and propaganda. But what about when the media presents the information as if it came from a legitimate, unaffiliated, "stringer" and keep printing his captions with it? Time the AP admitted they have a problem. Its always the first step to recovery.

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This sucks. But better to check it out and deal with it upfront than take the approach we took with Pat Tillman. Said event probably informing this news release. We should always strive for zero friendly fire casualties (and it's not confirmed these are) but, if you are living in adult-world, I wouldn't *expect* it. -The Armorer

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Yesterday, The Emperor put-up the following post. Thought that you'all might get a kick out of that.

Oh - And BTW. next time you pump yer car... BETTER WATCH YOUR SIX.

On a slightly more serious note... last Sunday, MSG Keith ran a post about taking an M42 Duster for a drink. Me thinks I found its present resting place.

The entire gallery can be found HERE. - BOQ

*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".