We'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 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:15:12 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...you've seen me give hat-tip credit for the atrocious puns and oddball jokes with which V29 and Doc E bombard me (thereby reinforcing my rep as a real stand-up, albeit strait-laced, individual) and you've "met" V29 via his semifrequent comments and the TINS Times Two we tag-teamed on a while back. So, I figger it's time to introduce Doc E. He's the guy on the left who forgot his sunblock. And, yes, he really *is* a doctor (even though he's never played one on TV), or, more precisely, he's now a *retired* doctor. But he prefers playing with his 'puter... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:54:40 -0600 ...the name of the guy in the silly conical hat JTG -- That'd be WO1 Leroy Dike, is my guess (the pic was taken after I left). The 55-gallon drum structure is our above-ground bunker (the water table was nine inches below the surface), which would withstand direct hits from 81mm mortars, but not from 122mm rockets. The background hootch looks like one of the wooden barracks they built after yours truly had departed for the Land of the Big PX.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66040 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66040 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:30:06 -0600 Well, the Doc is striking a noble Napoleonic pose there. What I wanna know, is the name of the guy in the silly conical hat, showing his tummy. Bill? P.s. I can't see Youtube vids on this ancient system. Are the images of which you write available as stills someplace? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66033 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66033 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:07:23 -0600 Thanks! You say the sweetest things :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66031 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66031 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:05:11 -0600 The caveat was for the kids who wander in, Barb. Castlekin have tougher psyches. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66021 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66021 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:01:40 -0600 I didn't look away, Bill. It's the least I can do to honor the men who died. Thanks to Doc E for putting that together. It's a perfect reminder of the importance of Project Valour-IT. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66015 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66015 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:40:22 -0600 G'Day John, I visit your blog probably not as often as I should, but reasonably often. Sadly, there have been a couple of quite recent Aussie casualties in Afghanistan. Yes, there is a price tag on freedom. Lest We Forget. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66011 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/for_what_its_wo.html#comment-66011 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:02:55 -0600