H&I* Fires 10 JUN 2007
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News from MNF-I:
New British commander to Iraqis: 'We will stand by you'
Ah, but did anyone tell the incoming British government?
New police training center promotes law and order
A tough job in a culture as permeated by corruption as a way of life as many Middle Eastern states are.
'Embedded' assistance for combat brigades
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Jules Crittenden - One my honor, I will do my duty... Swore that oath myself.
More Jules - The Gay Bomb. Mind you - given, at least in that era, that I believe the Air Force was the most gay-hostile service (based on numbers of discharges) this doesn't surprise me - the underlying premise of the concept.
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CAPT H provides lessons in Ozzie, mate! NSFW in a Ms. Thang-style environment.
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Wanderin' 'mongst the Denizens...
Damian educates journos at the Torch.
Princess Crabby flirts with a new look.
Fuzzybear goes through Blogger Anguish. We all do it, Fuzzy.
AFSis discovers the *true* cause of Global Warming. Hint - it really *is* our fault. Sorta. But not us guys - it's the chicks, man.
The Snarkatron takes you down a twisty path to the Lolrus's bukket. Those who know, know. If you don't know - you should go educate yourself.
Cassandra has a musical interlude... I will praise you in this storm.
Alan, sometimes just doesn't seem very Canadian. At other times... well
Jack is taking a break from the world. So are Trias and JTG for that matter. And Sergeant B. and 1SG Keith and 74. Somebody go check the NCO Club and see what the Sarges are up to. And the Grand Poobah of the League of Disgruntled Majors is apparently relatively gruntled of late, too.
Rammer worries about the Russian nuclear program, so you don't have to.
Murray is, well, Murray. Which is always a fun read.
Patrick Lasswell blogs the Kurds.
Well, that's enough for now. Your turn. -the Armorer
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Strategy Page has a link to an amusing newsreel the Germans put out regarding D-Day. By that time in the war, I wonder if German movie-goers recognized the recycled training scenes, shots of coast defenses nowhere near Normandy, scattered footage from Dieppe, etc, mixed in amongst the more timely (or at least accurately placed) footage. -the Armorer
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If the USAF does this...again...I'm moving to Australia.
(Note: The wing commander objected to the ladder door art on my jet as being "too warlike" (!) when I was in the Flying Tigers, and that was in 1981) -the Instapilot
Now British nose art is banned:Risque images of women that have decorated warplanes since the First World War have been scrubbed out.
The Ministry of Defence has decreed they could offend the RAF’s female personnel.
Officials admitted they had no record of any complaints from the 5,400 women in the RAF.
But commanders are erring firmly on the side of caution and “nose art”, as it is known, has been consigned to the history books.
Harrier jump jet bombers currently launching daily airstrikes against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan have been scrubbed clean to comply with the orders.
Britain is doomed.
H/T: Tim Blair
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Who was that masked man? Ennyway - SWWBO has posted about yesterday's visit to the new demesne. Me, I suddenly developed an interest in the county land-use plan. Don't want to get surrounded by Gun-Fearing-Wussies... we look pretty safe. We're in the area they want to preserve for agricultural use. -the Armorer.
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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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