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Warning. Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear.
An F-15E Strike Eagle soars over the mountains of Afghanistan providing close-air support to deter enemy activities. The F-15Es and other coalition aircraft flew 111 close-air-support missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung) -the Armorer
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A father proud of his son: You have posted stuff about my son before. Today he musters out and as a proud dad I wrote this tribute in my blog.
Today my hero Captain Jon Brooks is mustering out of the Army. The pride I have in my son is unexplainable. I well remember pinning those gold bars on him at New Mexico Military Institute in 1999. I never dreamed then that we would see what we have seen and that he would be thrust into a war. In all he spent twenty nine months of his twenty nine years in a combat zone deep in the heart of Baghdad. What all he and the men he led endured I will probable never know. What I do know is enough to create within me both pride and awe.
My son would be embarrassed to know that his Dad posted this. Throughout his entire military career he has never been one to blow his own horn. Half of all that he accomplished we found out almost by accident. I would Google his name and find an article on him or his unit that he either never told us about or did not know existed. Once in a telephone call he stated, “Oh yeah, I was awarded the Bronze Star the other day.” I will never forget the Christmas that after talking on the telephone with the whole family laughing and joking with us he said, “Hey, Mom let me talk to Dad.” He then matter of factly told me he had been wounded the night before but was fine.
Read the rest here. And you should. -the Armorer
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From a buddy in the Navy - a tank for an agressive Christianity. -the Armorer
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The RAF bomber pilot who single-handedly recovered the body of the co-pilot and comrade he lost on Berlin raid 60 years ago. Good on ya, PO Wilson. H/t, Kevin. -the Armorer
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Perhaps the church tank could be featured in a Pythoneque movie.
Multi-tasking - how to do more than one thing, poorly.
As I type, jihadi websites the world over are dissiminating this picture as proof of evil western designs upon their lands!
The Dark Imperium of the 40K universe has arrived!
But nothing beats an Intruder loaded up with 28 Mk. 82s.
Something to add to your list of 'THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IN YOUR REARVIEW MIRROR."
And they cried "Death to the followers of the False Emperor!" "Blood for the Blood God!"
Kevin will understand... :)