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H&I* Fires 30 SEP 2007

September 30, 2007 | | Comments (15) | TrackBacks (0)

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Grandma Guavin’s rosary is getting a real workout thanks to the Taiwanese senate vote. Maybe all that idle talk we had not too long ago won’t turn out to be so idle? Gawd, I hope it remains absolutely idle. Please.
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Supporting the Troops starts long before they step on the field, and it doesn’t end when they step off either. I may not be on the same page as Phil Carter over at Intel Dump, but we’re at least in the same chapter of the same book.
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I wonder what the feeling on this one will be around here? Not really, I know, it just pisses me off someone would say that and I’m looking to share the outrage on it.
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ry to Labo(u)r MPs: Don’t.
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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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By Marine6 on September 30, 2007 10:23 AM
All one can say about the jerk who wrote the Oakland Airport story is that he is beneath contempt. Unfortunately the entire San Francisco Bay Area seems to be infected with the anti-military virus. As a young Marine said recently, America hasn't gone to war, America has gone to the mall.
 
By Casey Tompkins on September 30, 2007 12:43 PM
Ry, Don't let the China situation upset you. I can practically guarantee the mainland won't do anything until at least 2009. Why? The Olympics. Red China won't do a single thing to jeapordize their chance to host the games; they would lose too much face otherwise.
 
By BillT on September 30, 2007 2:47 PM
Heh. Chuckie's kind of a dolt, isn't he? He stepped on it in his post, got a message from the Hive Mind that he's supposed to *support the troops but not the mission*, did an update and decided it was fabricated (should've done a fact-check, Chuck -- it's not), then proved he didn't even comprehend what he was reading (nooooo, the chaplain didn't write the e-mail, he merely confirmed the incident happened), and finally suggested that the airport build an additional terminal for military passengers to preclude a recurrence of the incident he thinks is a fake. But the best line in the whole post is "Anyone else remember Vietnam?" According to his personal info, he's 35-years of age. The war was over before he was a year old, and he *remembers* Vietnam?!? Wotta rectal chapeau...
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 30, 2007 3:19 PM
Chuckie's really in trouble if any Marines find out he's been calling them... soldiers. They hate that worse than someone referring to their widdle feelings. One wonders if Chuck would be so, um, dismissive face to face. 8^ ) That said - did anyone go read the "About Me" section, and try to square that with the post?
 
By BillT on September 30, 2007 4:41 PM
That said - did anyone go read the "About Me" section, and try to square that with the post? Yeah -- that's how I bumped into his age. He doesn't like chaplains, that's for sure, and his views on the troops have evidently changed as often as the name of the blog. Interesting that he claims to be right of center -- his blogging background info and the language in his posts screeches "moonbat"...
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on September 30, 2007 7:47 PM
1. He's lived in SW Detroit all his life. 2. From the entry on Lincoln Park: "The School district has also failed to pass the meap(?) in most categories." Chuck must be a proud exemplar. 3. A SH-Prac shell has more explosive power than his literariness. 4. But he's not witless: "Life’s a bummer, then you get married." But it may be a quote, vice one of his major life lessons. Cheers Cheers
 
By Trias on September 30, 2007 8:25 PM
Yes, I also read the about me right after the post. He's got more baggage than an airport and isn't really worth reading.
 
By Barb on September 30, 2007 11:22 PM
He's got more baggage than an airport and isn't really worth reading. LOL! You completely nailed it, Trias. He's just a wannabe ... something. I didn't read the About Me until you guys discussed it (because I wasn't that interested). One corn-fuzed guy.
 
By ry on October 1, 2007 2:47 AM
I've been watching the CHina thing for a few years now, and one thing I can say is don't think they're real predictable. The Olympics is huge for them, they've spent a busload of money on preparations for it. But, the nationalism plank is the tent pole about which the legitimacy of the regime is built. If it fails, the CCP has a real problem. Letting Taiwan go is a threat to the central tent pole regardless of whether losing international face and money over the games due to military action. It is, as usual, a bit complicated. It may become something, and it may not. I'm hoping not. There's a lot more to go than a senate vote---there's been a few of these over the years---before they really go independent and therefore require more than a stiffly worded diplo-note from Beijing. But I bet the threatcon boards are getting updates hourly in a couple headquarters for the next week or so. I wouldn't want to be an intel guy in PACCOM right now, ulcercity. M6, damnit. I keep hating that phrase(because it carries more than a little truth). I hope this place reminds you that not all of us are at the Mall. Not all of us Normals are at the Mall.
 
By kat-missouri on October 1, 2007 2:50 AM
Actually, I think the most interesting thing that's been going on with China is its cyber attacks on western countries. buckle up boys, its going to be a bumpy ride.
 
By ry on October 1, 2007 5:48 AM
Actually, I think the most interesting thing that's been going on with China is its cyber attacks on western countries.
but they've been doing that for *years* and intensively. It is far from a new thing. So too have they had people infiltrate to do industrial espionage, for years. Yeah, it's going to be bumpy. But bumpy is all I hope it ever is, and not truly raucous or interesting.
 
By BillT on October 1, 2007 6:46 AM
But bumpy is all I hope it ever is, and not truly raucous or interesting. "May you live in interesting times." --one of the more scrutable Chinese curses.
 
By John of Argghhh! on October 1, 2007 7:21 AM
Kat - the cyber-attacks have been going on with serious intensity, and for long enough, there are unclas books written about it. The good thing about them is - they're practicing on us, we're learning from them. There's some downsides, too, but the unclas books haven't been written about those yet.
 
By ry on October 1, 2007 7:30 AM
"There's some downsides, too, but the unclas books haven't been written about those yet." You mean like them moving to Linux as a result of seeing how porous Windows based stuff is? I know, I know. YOu see no evil, you hear no evil, you sure as hell aren't going to tell me. ;)
 
By John of Argghhh! on October 1, 2007 7:50 AM
8^ ) Ry, you assume I have something to tell.
 

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