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/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:29:34 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Pakistan was the dry run for my current Extended Practical Exercise. I remembered what I figured I'd need but didn't and *did* need but forgot, so I packed the big-item gotta-haves and figured I'd visit the local BX/PX to pick up anything I'd overlooked. Or which happened to break in transit. My soap dish was a casualty. No problem, I thought -- what's easier to find in a PX/BX than that quintessential item of military hygienic equipment, the plastic soap dish? Soooo, one month ago, armed with ID and a copy of my LOI declaring me Mission Essential *and* Emergency... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:34:42 -0600 *deftly sliding the fainting couch into the point midway between Cricket and the floor* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-71018 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-71018 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:46:55 -0600 As a Virgo, I hate it when my soap dish or dispenser is non-functioning. The world gets so full of...germs. BillT in a thong? *thud* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70994 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70994 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:18:58 -0600 I sure can see PKM (7.62 I presume). It’s got a fairly long barrel. How does it perform compared to your mini gun in the other bird? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70977 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70977 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:07:46 -0600 Clearly that is one of the locks to the portal of R'yhllah. Or a ginormous lock washer. Or a North Korean luxury condo. Or a hellaflopper anchor. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70972 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70972 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:27:27 -0600 fauna, or fawn-a, Blackhawk? As JMH would say.... cheers! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70971 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70971 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:07:06 -0600 It's a salt lick mounted to a drop pod. It's currently upside down, for inspection, prior to deployment. We use these all the time, to 'support the local fauna'. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70970 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70970 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:19:57 -0600 I don't mind the thong as long as he has an abaya over it... But then, if he has nice ankles, he'll get hit on by the indigenous male population... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70967 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70967 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:24:25 -0600 in that case, i gotta guess it's a pintle base for a Belgian Crap-Sprayer? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70963 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70963 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:43 -0600 On the other hand, some of us would pay good money not to see him in a thong. Pat http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70960 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70960 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:40:32 -0600 I have no clue on the whatchamacallit. But I would pay good money to see Bill in one of the thongs ;~P I have a feeling I'm not the only one, either. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70959 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70959 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:10:23 -0600 I still say it's a (as JimB has helped me name it) a Swivel and Shoot. BANG BANG BANG http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70955 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70955 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:08:16 -0600 Heh. I was going to say something like a FLIR unit or other radar device, but Bill seems to have blown that out of the water. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70953 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70953 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:24:22 -0600 Heh. Wait 'til you see it in context. And I have neater stuff to go on eBay, if I can find a cardboard mailer big enough for a 57mm antiaircraft gun... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70952 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70952 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:58:01 -0600 Actually Bill has no idea what it is either .. he simply found the thing and is trying to figgur out what to call it on ebay. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70950 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70950 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:47:32 -0600 base mount for an antenna matching unit?? Leave it to a treadhead to make something mundane of such an esoteric item. IOW -- nope. Sis -- nope. *anticipating John's next futile effort* -- nope. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70949 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70949 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:43:39 -0600 base mount for an antenna matching unit?? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70948 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70948 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:31:17 -0600 jim b walks through just in time to watch AFSister coin a new name for this object... it's a swivel and shoot.... a cupholder for belt feds. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70947 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70947 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:21:11 -0600 OK. So it's not a hardened hole in the sand. How about a mount for a rotating gun, maybe a 50 cal or something? The rubbed-off paint ring tells me something turns in there. And since it's military, I'm guessing that something shoots something. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70946 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70946 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:54:31 -0600 I'm dissapointed, Bill. You didn't ask Sam for a rubber ducky too? man..... I guess I'll have to continue the fight from here. Those poor duckies. All they want is a chance to play in the shower with all you big, strapping men.... but do they ever get the chance? NO. DEEE-NIED... It's no wonder they all look like they're about to cry. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70945 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70945 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:51:52 -0600 You guys do this stuff on purpose, don't you? No, I'm sure KLM broke my soap dish strictly by accident. And I'm in Iraq just because I was looking for a quick way out of leaf-raking... *blink-blink of wide-eyed innocence*]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70943 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70943 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:04:13 -0600 Ha! You guys do this stuff on purpose, don't you? Well, you will pay... :p http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70941 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/chuhchuhchuhcha.html#comment-70941 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:44:54 -0600