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Castle Adjutant Barb sent me this link: Afghanistan's Korengal Valley - The Big Picture - Boston.com
There are some simply amazing bits of Gunner Zen and Grunt Zen on this page.
This is the intro:
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Interesting lead in an email from Jules Crittenden this morning:
Go read the rest, at Faux Coconut. Clever take, Jules. -the Armorer
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CJ has a tear-jerker over at A Soldier's Perspective. -the Armorer
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Bill's Kaydets aren't the only Iraqi military personnel who have an appreciation for the sacrifces made on their behalf by Americans. Some Iraqi troops expressed their appreciation by sending aid to California fire victims.
‘We want to send a message to the American president and the American people,’ said Abbas. ‘We feel that we are a family – one body. When one part of the body suffers, the other parts suffer too.’ -the Armorer
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Heh. Always have your cell phone handy. And *always* know where your bullets are going to go. If you don't know, don't pull the trigger. H/t, Kevin. -the Armorer
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Castle Adjutant Barb sent me this link: Afghanistan's Korengal Valley - The Big Picture - Boston.com
There are some simply amazing bits of Gunner Zen and Grunt Zen on this page.
This is the intro:
Mr. Moore has done an outstanding job. Click that link and you'll see what I mean. -the ArmorerYesterday was Veteran's Day (or Armistice or Remembrance Day, depending on where you live), a day set aside to honor those who have served in the military. Today, on the day after, it seems appropriate to share some photographs of U.S. soldiers currently in the thick of war in Afghanistan. Getty Images photographer John Moore spent some time recently in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, near the Pakistani border, with Viper Company of the 1-26 Infantry, and brought back these images, documenting what he saw. The final two photographs do not involve Korengal, but are striking examples of these difficult and complex times, and the sacrifice of one American family.
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Interesting lead in an email from Jules Crittenden this morning:
M1 Brain, Fake, Ready To Think: GI Dave, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?
GI Dave: No, not at all.
M1 BFRTT: Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive but during the past few weeks, I’ve wondered whether you might be having some second thoughts about the mission.
GI Dave: How do you mean? I love splattering Taliban, you know that.
Go read the rest, at Faux Coconut. Clever take, Jules. -the Armorer
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CJ has a tear-jerker over at A Soldier's Perspective. -the Armorer
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Bill's Kaydets aren't the only Iraqi military personnel who have an appreciation for the sacrifces made on their behalf by Americans. Some Iraqi troops expressed their appreciation by sending aid to California fire victims.
‘We want to send a message to the American president and the American people,’ said Abbas. ‘We feel that we are a family – one body. When one part of the body suffers, the other parts suffer too.’ -the Armorer
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Heh. Always have your cell phone handy. And *always* know where your bullets are going to go. If you don't know, don't pull the trigger. H/t, Kevin. -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.
