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  <title>Comments for H&amp;I Fires* 27 Aug 2007</title>
  <subtitle>We&apos;re the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost.  All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT,  and KA 2003-2007</subtitle>
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    <published>2007-08-28T04:56:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-01-14T21:02:44Z</updated>
    <title>H&amp;I Fires* 27 Aug 2007</title>
    <summary>Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That&apos;s only polite. You&apos;re advertising here, we should get an ad at your place... *********************************** Tankers - can&apos;t live with &apos;em, don&apos;t wanna live without &apos;em. Then there&apos;s those days where nothing goes right... -the Armorer *******************************...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p><em>Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite.</p>

<p>You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place...</em></p>

<p>***********************************</p>

<p>Tankers - can't live with 'em, don't wanna live without 'em.</p>

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<p>Then there's those days where nothing goes right...</p>

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<p>-the Armorer</p>

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      <![CDATA[<p>*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>*Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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"</p>]]>
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    <title>Comment from Eric Wilner on 2007-08-27</title>
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        That first video puts me in mind of Yoda hitting R2D2 with a stick.  Nnnnnn!  Mine!
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    <published>2007-08-27T23:42:57Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from MajMike on 2007-08-27</title>
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        now i don&apos;t care who ya are, that right thar is funny!
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    <published>2007-08-27T21:53:45Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Murray on 2007-08-27</title>
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        Its a hell of a job, but someone has to be at the top of the food chain.

And out of the mud.
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    <published>2007-08-27T21:43:49Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from BillT on 2007-08-27</title>
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        Heh -- *love* John&apos;s giggly comments in the first vid...
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    <published>2007-08-27T19:06:12Z</published>
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