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Finally - access!
From MNF-I:
Commander of Multi-National Force - Iraq Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Army, re-enlists more than 500 U.S. service members during a reenlistment, naturalization and Independence Day ceremony at the Al Faw palace in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 4, 2007. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy, U.S. Army. (Released)
Naturalization, re-enlistment ceremony held on America's 231st birthday.
Top U.S. commander enters the 'Lions' Den'
356th BOD bids farewell to Iraq
IAs, GIs bring security to Arab Jabour
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FbL wants you to know:
Supposed terror plans by doctors in the US.
From CNN, an organization that supports military families. Probably familiar to many readers, works with Soldiers' Angels, I believe.
From Captain's Quarters, British attacks trace directly to Zarqawi.
Pakistan allowing the US to actively hunt al-Qaeda? -FbL
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I'm busy today, moving stuff to the farm, mowing, and awaiting delivery of appliances... but I can amuse myself when taking breaks by plinking with one of my .22 cal trainers... -the Armorer
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Oh! CAPT H. was pretty sure the Denizennes would be interested in this... -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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