H&I Fires*, 20 April

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Today is March on Washington Day... well, not really. It's SWWBO and The Armorer fly, comfortably and for free, to Washington, to get in some sightseeing and attend the Milblogger Conference this weekend.

Hee! I read Jim Dunnigan - I wonder if he reads me?

Oops. The ACLU lost one.

The Snarkatron takes on the latest silliness in the Quota Wars.

Alrighty then. I gotta pack. CYA in DC (or in an airport on the way...) -The Armorer

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Mudville Gazette highlights some very interesting background info on the Fran O'Brien's-Hilton saga. - Fuzzybear Lioness

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Ah; the great event has begun, all Milblogers in this fair land are coming into D.C. this week-end. Certainly, all the great Monuments and Marbled Buildings will be on the top of everyone's list to hit during their stay. However, there are a few out-of-the way jewels that are hidden here and there for you to discover. Maybe your children are aproaching their 18th B-Day, or you may want to take advantage of The G.I. Bill once you are discharged from the service.

Did you know that, the D.C. Region is graced with World Classed Institutions of Higher Learning?

O.K. Boys, hum me something august and scholarly to march to: ***.

There’s Georgetown (What in Pete’s Sake is a Hoya anyways)…
Catholic University, with its graceful Basilica,
Trinity College,
American University,
George Washington University,
Howard,
Gallaudet,
George Mason University,
University of Maryland (my 2nd Alma Mater)…

And then there is: ***... UDC.

Then again, why go see The University for Dumb Children.

Have fun everyone!!! - BOQ

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The latest on Fran O'Brien's: Buzz Patterson is on the warpath, and I think we've reached the tipping point on this story. - Fuzzybear Lioness

*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".