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 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/a_little_gunner_2.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:34:39 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Private First Class Jerry Cleveland (left) and Specialist Brett Mitchell, with the International Security Assistance Force, fire a 120 mm mortar during a combat operation in the Da'udzay Valley in Zabol Province, Afghanistan. Photo by Sergeant 1st Class Jim Downen... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/a_little_gunner_2.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/a_little_gunner_2.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:37:55 -0600 Whee! I lurrve pics of high-energy gizmos in action! Mortars are extra-cool, having no moving parts, but requiring some intelligence (in both senses) in their employment. P.s. Major Unger said I would have made a pretty good mortarman, or his driver, but he wouldn't have trusted me as radioman due to my tendency to tell people *exactly* what I think of them. I seem to have mellowed a bit as I've aged. Or become more aware of the the consequences of "fightin words." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/a_little_gunner_2.html#comment-67160 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/a_little_gunner_2.html#comment-67160 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:03:24 -0600