tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6893- 2012-03-24T15:45:33Z Comments for Motivators... We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6893 2006-12-28T16:28:49Z 2007-04-16T04:01:48Z Motivators... Joe is back. With more. I think the thing I like the most about this picture is... the cooler. And what it represents about US soldiery. The thing that has kept enemies for over a century thinking we're weak and unable to fight. We like our comforts. And we'll still rip your guts out, ascetic-boy.... The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com Joe is back. With more.

Screw Fairness

I think the thing I like the most about this picture is... the cooler. And what it represents about US soldiery.

The thing that has kept enemies for over a century thinking we're weak and unable to fight.

We like our comforts. And we'll still rip your guts out, ascetic-boy.

]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6893-comment:54508 Comment from BillT on 2006-12-28 BillT http://www.thedonovan.com The caption reminds me of something I used to tell the Hangar Tourists: "Ideally, we'd engage tanks just outside the maximum effective range of their antiaircraft weapons -- they could probably see us, but they wouldn't be able to shoot us while we're putting missiles into them. It may not seem fair -- and it probably isn't -- but you don't pay me to fight fair. You pay me to *win*..." 2006-12-29T02:16:21Z 2006-12-29T02:16:21Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6893-comment:54504 Comment from BillT on 2006-12-28 BillT http://www.thedonovan.com Heh. I know a pair of Chit-hook pilots who deployed to the Stanbox with their trail bikes strapped behind their seats -- and one of my jobs back in '04 was to make sure *at least* one of the Conexes accompanying my old Battalion was packed to the rafters with Charmin. One of these days, I'll tell you guys about the Great IV Corps TP Shortage -- which transpired immediately following the POTUS' declaration that "There are no American combat troops in the Mekong Delta." 2006-12-29T01:25:10Z 2006-12-29T01:25:10Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6893-comment:54471 Comment from MajMike on 2006-12-28 MajMike http:// a cooler and a bustle rack chock full of goodness... it just doesn't get any better than that! 2006-12-28T18:17:41Z 2006-12-28T18:17:41Z