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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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Yesterday was a long day. First, the celebration of Sue Johnston's life at her funeral, then, hope in the car and head for Rosebud, Missouri, to pick up three more goats for the Angora Tribe of Argghhh! The tribe joins the Pack. Clowder and Flocks of Argghhh! Didn't get back until a little bit after 2300...
There is a new Outpost flying the Argghhh! Banner, so to speak. 22AD Artillery...
Greyhawk has a must-read: I am going to die well.. You'll meet John Eade, and read about surviving the fight, but - not really. H/t Jules Crittenden, who has his own good post on the subject.
I was going to do a post on Ross McGinnis and his Medal of Honor, but, well, Chuck Simmins has a better one than I would have produced. -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 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 that particular topic. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".
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