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Yesterday, today, and who knows, maybe tomorrow, the Master and Mistress of Argghhh! will be out searching for a new location to raise the Standard of Argghhh! Several hundred miles of travel already, searching out those sites that call to us. There are two that are candidates, and both will probably support the Armorer's Dream - a place suitable for shooting from the deck without annoying, scaring, or endangering the neighbors. Which means - not many neighbors. The Master and Mistress of Argghhh! are somewhat curmudgeonly and retiring people. But it would be good for a blogmeet, too.
We saw a place yesterday that when you come upon it, it sits in a forest glen, with a split-rail fence in the front yard... just begging for a 12 pounder Napoleon. Even SWWBO agrees.
Moving along...
Another mugged liberal. Welcome to the fold, State Representative Michael DeBose (D-12) of Cleveland.
News from the Front:
BAQUBAH — Coalition forces rescued seven kidnapped victims during a three-day operation in Chibernat, a village north of Baqubah, Wednesday.
BAGHDAD — The acute care clinic of the 399th Combat Support Hospital at Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher is one of the busiest U.S. clinics in country.
CAMP BAHARIA — The sounds of men shouting cadence, boots stomping down baby powder-fine sand and rocks skittering across the ground fill the air. Iraqis in green flight suits, helmets and bullet-proof vests hold their rifles in front of their chest and march in time to the commands of their blue-shirted drill instructor, an Iraqi policeman by the name of Mohammed.
TIKRIT — About 45 local sheiks met with Diyala provincial leadership in Baqubah, Iraq, to discuss their tribe’s concerns, reconcile grievances and discover solutions to rid terrorism from the province, May 23.
Separated at birth? Did my Mom and Dad have a sekrit? This guy and I must share some DNA...
From Denizen Netbrad:
...I found your Doppelganger at Jamestown, working in the armory. Enjoy and have a safe and happy weekend.
Heh. I actually intend to start making firearms like the ones this gentleman is handling. Even more appropriate, perhaps - on my mother's side, the family first appeared on this continent in the form of Nicholas Meriwether at Jamestown circa 1650.
Oh, and I can't stand it - this is funny. -the Armorer
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For light Sunday reading... a Sea Story. Here's a taste of a naval aviator's report on his first attempt to qualify (CQ) to fly on and off an aircraft carrier at night. Complication? He's being told to do it in the middle of minimal visibility:
As I cross the shuttle, CAG is in tension and is quickly fired off the bow, disappearing immediately ! As I go through the cockpit checks, I try to keep my voice as low as possible (trying not to do a Tiny Tim impersonation) and keep my heart from pounding a hole in my chest... Truthfully, Marine or not... I was scared s______ !This is a good one! - FbLGod never made a blacker void than off the bow of the boat at night with no stars and no moon... Only those of us who've been there... can truly appreciate what I'm saying, here... By this stage of my life, I'd been shot at... missed and hit... but never had anything make me as tense.
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*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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