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Dangit! I was number 50,003! Congrats to Adjutant Brab for crossing the 50K visits mark! Here's one reason why you should go visit...
Too fun - the war in Europe has receded enough for there to be some nostalgia... and with that comes re-enacting. In this case, re-enacting Polish Cavalry charging German troops... H/t, Kevin G.
Canadians At War - the Spectral Flea sends us thither - to the National Post, to read about the QRF in action.
Speaking of the Flea... in a stunning display of the rot that has set in in the Brit armed forces (where there are *still* hugely competent warriors, who chafe at this) we find that the Iranians tried to pick a fight with the Aussies *five* times before shifting fire to the Brit Navy. One is almost surprised Nelson didn't topple from his column.
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From MNF-I
Admiral surprises Soldiers with candid, detailed answers
Coalition forces seize multiple weapons caches
Citizens gather to join ranks of Lutifiyah's Iraqi Police
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Fred Thompson as boyfriend extraordinare? - FbL
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Heh. I can beat Fred Thompson and since Sugar Buttons was kind enough to provide a TINS this morning, I thought I'd share my own TINS (no guns involved) from the VA Stand Down: I still got it!
*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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