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).
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A note from Lisa-in-DC, about Soldier's Angels:
Hi all!
Do you have five minutes to spare? You could help get a nice donation and some free publicity
(interview on The Today Show) for Soldiers' Angels!Brandon - the Army soldier and son of Patti Patton-Bader who inspired his mom to start Soldiers' Angels - has nominated his mom for "Most Inspirational Mom" in AmericasFavoriteMom.com's 2008 recognition contests.
Brandon did the hard part, now all you have to do is create an account (just a couple minutes to
get a login and password) and then vote for Patti. If you have a spare minute ANY and EVERY day
until March 31st, you can vote once each day!This link will take you directly to Patti's page.
Lisa's blog post can be read by clicking here. -the Armorer
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Last week I had a memorial post up for my mother, who died a year ago. Scott Elliot, the Blogging Caesar of Election Projection, lost his parents four years ago - in Mosul, Iraq. -the Armorer
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The little grassroots efforts of support for the troops and usually the mission, too, are popping up all over, such as this one, which has received little attention, true enough.
On March 1, 2008 a group of Veterans set off from the NC/SC line on a 16 day mission to walk to Washington , DC to raise support for our troops, the Military leadership, the mission and the "Resolve to Win".The effort "Resolve to Win" is being co-chaired by the American Legion from Virginia and the VFW from North Carolina . In addition it has gained the support of the Gathering of Eagles, Eagles UP, Patriot Guard, Rolling Thunder and the Combat Infantry Association amongst others.
It's Day 16, which culminates this evening at the Lincoln Memorial. The Castle has been remiss (as in non-existent) in our support of this event. If you live in the DC area, and have the time - check out today's route and see if you can't go give some suport.
You can track their progress today by clicking here. -the Armorer
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*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."
