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Time to add a new caveat, because from email it's not clear to some folks (mind you, if you don't read this it won't matter...) Being an open post, people (collectively, the Denizens) other than I post in the H&I. They sign their work (most of the time) - keep that in mind when you want to flame someone in email please - if it doesn't say "The Armorer" or "John" then I didn't write it! And honestly - if you don't like something said or posted... leave a comment, and hash it out (within the context of The Rulez which are clearly posted on the comment form, I would add).
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David of The Thunder Run wants you to meet someone. After those deserters from yesterday... let's meet what David terms "The Epitome of a Soldier""
While anti-military thugs "protest" in Olympia, Washington a soldier assigned to Fort Lewis re-enlisted. That in itself is not remarkable, we all know that the members of our military are not the uneducated and poor that the left portrays them as such. What is remarkable is that this soldier re-enlisted hours after being wounded by an IED near Zaganiyah, Iraq, Nov. 13. Not the first time this has occured, but you won't read about them in the NYT or WaPo either.
Ladies and gentlemen allow me to introduce you to another hero that will be ignored by the mainstream media; Spc. Christopher Hoyt with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, WA.
David also just got himself into the Denizen blogroll, and will have Denizen posting access shortly.
Now, a little help for our friends from the Middle East Times: The acronym stands for Ground Based Operational Surveillance System, or GBOSS.
A well-written bit from an in-country milblogger, Army of Dude.
The Armchair Generalist notes neo-Luddites with NIMBY attitudes. -the Armorer
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More from the bulging files of "Classy Canadian Media": an online poll at Canoe.ca (Sun Media Group) that takes the pulse of a nation by asking the one question burning in all our minds - "How high will the final Canadian death toll be in Afghanistan?"
(Note also some significant innumeracy issues among those barren souls who actually responded to the poll.) - Damian
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Damian crashed me.
Everything is not about money. According to this report, the Saudis are leading the way with relief to Bangladesh with a donation of $100 million. While the US has only pledged $2 million. Except, of course, millions of dollars worth of navy ships, military personnel and already packaged "health kits" are on station and being delivered today. We are, of course, also using our equipment and fuel to deliver the other goods and donations of other nations. Who leads the way?
Over at Michelle Malkin's place, a report that MTV started a satellite station in the Mid-East over the weekend. Michelle thinks there's something wrong with MTV sacrificing some of their lewdness for these viewers when they wouldn't respond to conservative critics in the US. I think she's looking at it the wrong way. Think about it. MTV in the Middle East. Osama must be spinning in his cave.
-Kat
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He might be spinning in his grave, but Osama's happy with the New York DMV license plate people. -the Armorer
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Be afraid, be very afraid. On both sides of the issue. I'm surprised. I figured the Court would duck this one [goes to show what a bad court-watcher I am]. Get ready for an onslaught of emotional and bogus data, from both sides of the issue, that will make it hard to sort through for the nuggets. There's a *lot* riding on this one. The Supreme Court is going to hear the DC Gun Ban case. The political silly season is about to get sillier. If the Supremes rule in favor of DC - McCarthy's bill will move out of committee before the ink is dry. If they rule in favor of the citizens of DC... oh my the howls from our betters. -the Armorer
*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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