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Heh. 'Nuff said.
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It's a video Daily Double at Castle Argghhh!.... for those who missed the Milblog Conference, if you'd like to catch MG Oates' call in from in-theater in Iraq, here it is.
Video embed courtesy the Greyhawks at Mudville Gazette. -the Armorer
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Scientific consensus, under attack. What killed the dinosaurs? -the Armorer
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Heh. 'Nuff said.
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It's a video Daily Double at Castle Argghhh!.... for those who missed the Milblog Conference, if you'd like to catch MG Oates' call in from in-theater in Iraq, here it is.
Video embed courtesy the Greyhawks at Mudville Gazette. -the Armorer
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Scientific consensus, under attack. What killed the dinosaurs? -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.
"nuff said"... INDEED!!!
I suppose you have a time machine down there with The Collection, and you take a favorite gun with you when you decide to wipe out velociraptors, or something.
No wonder coyotes are easy prey for you...
Avian flu. Once archaeopteryx took to the skies, it was all over...
Smoking un-filtered Camel cigarettes...never knew what hit 'em.
*Bill's* the one who's older than mud.
MG Oates' VTC was great! It's wonderful to see a General truly enthusiastic about not only blogging but having his soldiers blog. HIs motivations behind it - as a source of insight into the thoughts of his soldiers - are great. My hope is that he and GEN Caldwell are no longer exceptions to the rule.