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Toluca Nole sends us this - on the subject of Michael Vick.
Mike D, who just qualified for government entitlement payments at midnight PST last night, sent us this - asking, "How red is your neck?" When it comes to the subject of that work-safe video, my neck glows cherry red. -the Armorer
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Oh! And we *live* for emails like this:
It is with great satisfaction that I have, and quite by accident, found your page. If only I had know it was here sooner. I will of course be sending links out to all of my fellow Redlegs. As a field Artillery Section Chief, (M-109 Paladin) I was amazed by the vast Arty knowledge located in your archives. It will take me weeks to catch up on it all. But I wanted to take a moment to be sure and say "Thanks!" There is a ton of stuff in here that I didn't even know and I've been in the field for eleven years. I believe that your site may even be toasted at the next Field Artillery punch ceremony that I attend.
Thanks Chief! And you're welcome! -the Armorer
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Featured YouTube Smackdown video for August 7:
IED large compilation. Irak war Iraq - Heriotz
Thought for the day: YouTube takes down videos uploaded from cell phones where kids are slap fighting and pulling at each other's hair in schoolyards. YouTube prefers not to take down videos of jihadis celebrating detonations of IEDs under humvees. Call me when you have that one figured out. - Rickbert
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Well Done! to the soldiers of Camp Anaconda. -the Armorer
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Via W. Thomas Smith, Jr, and National Review Online - meet Marine Corporal Zebulon "Zeb" Webberley - someone you should know. -the Armorer
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Yer all in real trouble now - I've gotten *two* head-swelling emails today. And we all know how big the Giant Waterhead Cranium of Argghhh! already is! From a gov't PAO-type:
I'll also add you to our news releases list, so you get all of our news. We talked about bloggers, and there are blogs like yours that are reputable and stand out from all blogs. If you know of other "reputable" bloggers we ought to include, please let me know. Have a good day.
They must mean Bill 'n Dusty... -the Armorer
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Kewl is creating a special edition Halo 3 Zune.
Really Kewl is giving a bunch of them to deploying soldiers ...
A group of soldiers leaving for active duty yesterday from the Baltimore Washington International airport were the first to receive the new Halo Zune devices. Working closely with the USO, a non-profit organization focused on improving the quality of life of service members, Microsoft contributed 300 of the new Zune players to the USO of Metropolitan Washington to be part of a special USO care package the soldiers received."Microsoft has been a great partner to the USO of Metropolitan Washington for several years, supporting both our U.S. soldiers and the USO's mission," says Elaine Rogers, president of the USO of Metropolitan Washington. "From Zune devices and Xbox 360 gaming consoles to new computers with the latest Windows Vista and Office software, Microsoft's technology has helped service members stay connected and entertained."
Microsoft is offering the Zune - Halo 3 Military Edition to military personnel and their families at discounted rates through military retailers, including AAFES, and Navy and Marine Corps commissaries, beginning in early August.
**Update**
A quote from one of the Microsofties who was present ...
“It was quite a sight to see a couple of hundred troops with their Zunes in the USO. They were TOTALLY psyched and totally blown away that Microsoft would do such a thing. As I said a hundred times yesterday, it is the least we could do.”
My co-workers make me very, very proud. - Barb
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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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