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Hard to believe I'm the first one here to set up the H&I post, all you folks to the east must be busy. Be sure to scroll down and catch Bill's note from the edge, and Kat's take on developments in the Pat Tillman story.
I'm going to grab a second cup of coffee, and head over to Andi's to read her second installment on those Worthless Military Wives / Mothers. She's just hitting her stride, too. Part one is here. - Barb
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Oops! As Bill properly points out in his comment below, today is the commander's Natal Day. Use the comments for your wishes and virtual gifts...
Happy Birthday, John! My gift is this heavy artillery wagon, complete with crew.
- Barb
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As was noted in the comments - the Armorer was busy today, getting the present he got himself... the new Assault Tractor of Argghhh! (armored cab sold separately).
Good thing I was gone, too - geez, you guys embarrassed me with the whole respect-based thingy in the comments. Sniff, sniff. Dang hydro fluid, gets in yer eyes sometimes.
Anyway - driving the new Assault Tractor is serious business - as you can tell from the look on the operator's face. Plus side - I may fire it up on cold winter days... just to smell the smell of diesel in the morning. It smells like... border duty.
As for reminding me of the closing percentage gap between Bill's age and mine... thanks, I guess...! 8^ ) -the Suddenly Auld Armorer
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John, since you enjoy playing Whatzis so much, here's a gift from Bill to puzzle over.
-the Adjutant
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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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