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  <updated>2012-01-06T18:25:31Z</updated>
  <title>Comments for Some more Gunner&apos;s Zen</title>
  <subtitle>We&apos;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</subtitle>
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    <published>2008-10-13T15:23:14Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T15:26:00Z</updated>
    <title>Some more Gunner&apos;s Zen</title>
    <summary>This one from Rick vH, a longtime reader, with the following note: Loved the 5&apos;&apos; 54 shot. Here&apos;s a pic to equalize the yin-yang.

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    <author>
      <name>The Armorer</name>
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    <category term="Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose&apos; of the fiddly bits" />
    
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      <![CDATA[This one from Rick vH, a longtime reader, with the following note: <em>Loved the 5'' 54 shot. Here's a pic to equalize the yin-yang.<br /><br /></em><img alt="A M198 sends one downrange, somewhere in Iraq." src="http://www.fototime.com/273CAFEF8A11C8D/orig.jpg" />]]>
      
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79133</id>
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    <title>Comment from Dad on 2008-10-14</title>
    <author>
        <name>Dad</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[Have we resorted to black powder prop charges these days?&nbsp; Fired lots&nbsp;of rounds from 75mm to 16 Inch (The Missouri in Korea) &amp; the only time I saw smoke that black was firing salutes with blanks.&nbsp; Wouldn't want to be waiting for counterfire&nbsp;with that kind of a position&nbsp;signature&nbsp;]]>
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    <published>2008-10-14T16:27:55Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-14T16:27:55Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79114</id>
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    <title>Comment from ErrolC on 2008-10-14</title>
    <author>
        <name>ErrolC</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[In the same vein, here's an old-school example (in fact, it's one of the ones that Murray had a 'fight' with).<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/2227539901/in/set-72157603813724614/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/2227539901/in/set-72157603813724614/</a><br />]]>
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    <published>2008-10-14T05:00:26Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-14T05:00:26Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79112</id>
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    <title>Comment from XBradTC on 2008-10-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>XBradTC</name>
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        <![CDATA[Sorry, Mike, but you're wrong. Where the heck else would a trooper want to put his goggles? They are where they can be used. A nice set of goggles in the CVC doesn't keep dust out of your eyes. <br />]]>
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    <published>2008-10-14T04:46:59Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-14T04:46:59Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79103</id>
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    <title>Comment from BillT on 2008-10-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>BillT</name>
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        <![CDATA[Mike -- when you see my post tomorrow, remember I *didn't* know your feelings on the Rommel Look when the pic was taken.<br />
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However, I *did* know when I stuck it in the post.<br />
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*getting the duct tape for his head ready*<br />
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<br />]]>
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    <published>2008-10-13T22:32:22Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T22:32:22Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79097</id>
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    <title>Comment from fdcol63 on 2008-10-13</title>
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        <![CDATA[This pic really makes you appreciate a bore evacuator, doesn't it?&nbsp; LOL]]>
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    <published>2008-10-13T20:38:04Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T20:38:04Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment from RetRsvMike on 2008-10-13</title>
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        <![CDATA[ah, yes, the solution to not having a ready beastie with a sufficient bustle rack to carry the impedimentia...<br />]]>
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    <published>2008-10-13T20:18:47Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T20:18:47Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79090</id>
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    <title>Comment from Pogue on 2008-10-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>Pogue</name>
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        <![CDATA[Sniff...&nbsp; I&nbsp;miss the M198, not to mention the smell...&nbsp; In defense of the googles on the helmet (yeah, mine are there) when you're in the desert you get to frequently put them on as the dust blows through - particularly on the gun line.&nbsp; I'm not sure where else you're supposed to stow them if you plan on using them as required...&nbsp; My ruck was usually in the 5 ton when we were doing fire missions.]]>
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    <published>2008-10-13T19:45:01Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T19:45:01Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79089</id>
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    <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>John of Argghhh!</name>
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        <![CDATA[Yeah, with the &quot;50 Mission Crush&quot; and the Rommel Goggles...]]>
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    <published>2008-10-13T18:21:42Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T18:21:42Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment from BillT on 2008-10-13</title>
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        <name>BillT</name>
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        Oooooh! The ones of you wearin&apos; the khaki bus driver&apos;s hat?
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    <published>2008-10-13T18:04:30Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T18:04:30Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>John of Argghhh!</name>
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        [Hurriedly stashes the pics of the Armorer as an O/C in the Desert]
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    <published>2008-10-13T17:52:35Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T17:52:35Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9855-comment:79084</id>
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    <title>Comment from BillT on 2008-10-13</title>
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        <name>BillT</name>
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        <![CDATA[It's not a &quot;Rommel's Goggles&quot; look -- it's the ground-pounders' way of simulating the visor on a flight helmet.<br />
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Wearing googles or shades on a soft cap is also a handy way of obscuring your employer's logo when you want to be incognito around snoopy photogs... <br />]]>
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    <published>2008-10-13T17:50:52Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-13T17:50:52Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment from RetRsvMike on 2008-10-13</title>
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        <![CDATA[does anyone else get peeved by the whole &quot;Rommel goggles&quot; look?<br />
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i swear, for some reason that always just chapped my buns.<br />
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either wear them, or stow them.&nbsp; parking them on the front of the k-pot just makes ya look like a tool.<br />
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i had one CPT in particular that i would generally abuse for it, and he learned to carry them around in his CVC bag after only three iterations....<br />]]>
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    <published>2008-10-13T17:13:29Z</published>
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