H&I* Fires, 08 MAY 2007
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Things Denizens Do. In this case, what Bloodspite and his blog/work-buddy kdwill were doing during their recent visit to KC! -the Armorer
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Happy V-E Day! - Maggie
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How long before CAIR sues the John Doe for revealing the Fort Dix plot?
Cassandra has a toothsome one this morning! All sorts of crunchy-media goodness. And don't miss that NQSFW caption contest she's got! -the Armorer
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Since we have a bunch of techi geek army guys that hang out here, I thought you might be interested in this article: Bots on the Ground
Almost Mother's Day! What are you giving your mom? Drop and give your mother 20!
-Kat
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Speaking of giving people things, we got a message from one of our troop commanders yesterday about the importance of our care packages and I wanted to share:
"Hello and good evening, I just wanted to drop a line to say thank you for all that you have done. My soldiers of the[redacted] Stryker Brigade are very appreciative of all that you all have done for us. On the night that our FOB,was attacked by 17+ mortars, one hit our ammo storage and gave us a fireworks of our own ammo that my soldiers would never forget. It even made the news. When the dust cleared we had been humbled. We were, (due to un-exploded ordnance) stuck in our barracks. The dining facility was all but destroyed, as well as the gym, laundry facility and MWR. We also had no bath water. We could not leave the barracks. If it wasn't for the, "Soldiers' Angels" and all the packages they sent to us, we would have starved the first few days. Thank you for being there when it truly counted. I just wanted to tell you all that."
Be there when it counts! Soldiers' Angels
(No opsec rules were broken with this post as this incident was previously reported in open source media)
-kat
*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 (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's 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. It's also an open trackback, so if 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".
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