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Heh. Told ya so. Carefully released late Friday, to avoid the news cycle: U.S. May Revive Guantánamo Military Courts. Told ya the tune would change when they got the real, classified, briefings, and that life would not be as simple and obvious as you were allowed to portray it on the campaign trail, Mr. President. They really are some very dangerous people, and we really did use some sekrit squirrel stuff to catch 'em and charge 'em, didn't we? Gosh, there might have been actual, good reasons that Chimpy McBushitler went the military commission route. Who'da thunk it? -the Armorer
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For those of you eligible to retire or in the process of retirement from the service need to check this out - The Greyhawk Clause. You might want to relook your plans in light of this information. -the Armorer
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Today's Whatzit is provided by Argent... -the Armorer
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Chuck Z, stoned out of his mind on painkillers, seduces some poor fellow with no prospects (that's the reason we all join, right?) to join the Army. Pretty good sales job, if you think about it, since he was doing it down a digit or so and only half the balls he started with... Chuck shoulda been sent to Recruiting Command, not ROTC Command.
So, not content with having ruined the man's life and prospects, Chuck wants to start a long-range harassment campaign...
Get the details from Chuck, here. -the Armorer
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Heh. Told ya so. Carefully released late Friday, to avoid the news cycle: U.S. May Revive Guantánamo Military Courts. Told ya the tune would change when they got the real, classified, briefings, and that life would not be as simple and obvious as you were allowed to portray it on the campaign trail, Mr. President. They really are some very dangerous people, and we really did use some sekrit squirrel stuff to catch 'em and charge 'em, didn't we? Gosh, there might have been actual, good reasons that Chimpy McBushitler went the military commission route. Who'da thunk it? -the Armorer
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For those of you eligible to retire or in the process of retirement from the service need to check this out - The Greyhawk Clause. You might want to relook your plans in light of this information. -the Armorer
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Today's Whatzit is provided by Argent... -the Armorer
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Chuck Z, stoned out of his mind on painkillers, seduces some poor fellow with no prospects (that's the reason we all join, right?) to join the Army. Pretty good sales job, if you think about it, since he was doing it down a digit or so and only half the balls he started with... Chuck shoulda been sent to Recruiting Command, not ROTC Command.
A few months after leaving WRAMC, Chris up and joined the army, went to OCS, and is now a serving officer in Iraq. He claims it was because of his contact with me that he was driven to join the fight. Although humbled, I think it has more to do with him being a stellar human being than anything I said or did (I was stoned 24/7, after all.)
So, not content with having ruined the man's life and prospects, Chuck wants to start a long-range harassment campaign...
For your part, I wan't y'all to send him a note, a card, a care package--anything you can, to tell him that you appreciate his service.
Get the details from Chuck, here. -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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