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H&I Fires* 2 Oct 2008

By Denizens on October 2, 2008 | | Comments (3)

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.

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A little Canadian tankishness, just because.  Lord Strathcona's Horse.  I got this one on my own, without any push from CAPT H.  -the Armorer

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How could I not acquiesce to a request like this...

 

Hello John,
Just in time for tonight's debate, we at Atom.com just launched the VP EDITION of our popular game at http://www.kungfuelection.com!

You can now fulfill your weeks long fantasy of beating the living crap out of either Sarah Palin or Joe Biden, Mortal Kombat style. Palin's weapon of choice is a hockey stick while Biden swings a big sword. Help Palin practice her debate skills by shooting her political enemy (her secret weapon of course).

Heh.  I chose Biden and let Palin slice him and dice him...  which is the closest I'm going to get to the debate.  SWWBO now... she's on KMBZ's panel of citizens who are providing debate reax - and you can catch on the air tomorrow...  she's already done it once!  -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. Of course, now I have to call them UAS's, because someone got a Legion of Merit for the name change.Anyway, I call the post H&I Fires 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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By RetRsvMike on October 2, 2008 4:17 PM
..and what loverly beasties they are!
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on October 2, 2008 6:59 PM
 I do remember Trooper Ells ...

Cheers
 
By Holdfast on October 3, 2008 10:56 AM
Wainwright traning areas (Ex Prarie Ram perhaps?) - good times (in retrospect),  I remember my first time working with those LEOs as an attacked Engineer Section.  Holy sh*t those things are loud, and you feel like a bug on a table, never sure if the drivers can see you or if you are about to become track pate.