H&I Fires* 12 JAN 2008
Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite.
You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place...
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).
Just quick since were slow today....
CFPA...Chick Fighter Pilot Association lists some cool chick fighter pilot call signs.
"POLAR"NEW! - An Acronym for Peed On Leg And RTB'd (Good thing she's mastered the piddle pack now! Not to mention, she's Bi-Polar...but only when she drinks!)"MOUNDS" -"Almond Joy's Got Nuts, MOUNDS don't"
H/T Blackfive
Japan rejoins US in Afghanistan
Opposition Party wins Big in Taiwan...Guess what that means.
-Kat
When Free Men Display Their Spines...
Go watch this. Now. It is probably the most impressive YouTube clip I have watched in, oh, five years. If this man's attitude was presented as forcefully by our political class, our media, and our intelligentsia, we wouldn't be talking about a long war. -Instapilot
*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."
