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 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:45:33 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 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.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:28:49 -0600 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*..." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html#comment-54508 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html#comment-54508 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:16:21 -0600 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." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html#comment-54504 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html#comment-54504 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:25:10 -0600 a cooler and a bustle rack chock full of goodness... it just doesn't get any better than that! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html#comment-54471 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/motivators_1.html#comment-54471 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:17:41 -0600