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/2008/08/lookin_around_d.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:28:16 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification A U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicle embarks aboard the U.S. Navy's amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall, July 19, 2008. The Marines, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are taking part in the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group composite unit training exercise COMPTUEX, Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Loy U.S. Marines pick up chicken to go from Iraqi employees at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the Hey Al Dubat area of Fallujah, Iraq, July 16, 2008. This and other businesses have become popular with local residents as a result of security improvements in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flies over eastern Baghdad as the command staff of the 10th Mountain Division conducts an aerial reconnaissance of major joint security stations and combat outposts in Baghdad, Iraq, July 25, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/lookin_around_d.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/lookin_around_d.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:33:58 -0600 Ah, on the Marine amphib vehicle: Fred Reed used to terrorize slightly-more-youthful-and-callow Marines than he was, when driving/navigating one of those things, by shouting "Dive! Dive! Dive!" It seems that the politics of Marines, and former Marines, are all over the map, but one thing they all seem to share is a low, nasty sense of humor. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/lookin_around_d.html#comment-76156 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/lookin_around_d.html#comment-76156 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:38:30 -0600
(I guess living in a war zone can affect your perception of normal, huh?)]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/lookin_around_d.html#comment-76141 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/lookin_around_d.html#comment-76141 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:46:21 -0600