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Let's get a little free advertising out of the way...
The Bouhammer Gear store is open, for you fans of Troy who don't already know.
And, so that he'll quit pestering me, go visit Crittenden's Boutique Right Wing Warmonger Bookshop, and get that linkwhore, er, professional, off my case! He really does have a pretty good reading list.
Okay, enough crass commercialism and blog-pandering... oh, wait! Not true! Remember the ROTC Link ad at the top of the right sidebar! Click it at least once a day every day! Consider that the cost of your subscription to Castle Argghhh!!! And, if you *are* a member of the target audience of cadets and alumni, give a thought to registering. I did. I gave it more than a thought, I registered. Now on to other stuff...
That other stuff being - gimme some more of this.
One hopes, however, that the villagers can work a better loss-exchange ratio. Probably by cooperating with authorities and not shielding the militant. Which is, of course, easy to say for a guy who is sitting in his basement in the middle of the United States, and not watching Talibs flitting through his woods. -the Armorer
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In today's From the Front series:
America's First Sergeant provides us with an after action report on his birthday
Doc H finishes his pre-deployment training
Sour Swinger posts lots of video
111 Infantry Recon has three great photo essays
Sgt B says: "I hate running!" <--- [The Armorer heartily recommends this one!]
Bill Roggio reports that Anwarul Haq Mujahid has been captured by Pakistani Police
C.J. Chivers reports on the challenges Afghan forces pose to US goals
Coalition Forces move out of Outpost in southeastern Mosul
AF flight surgeons hand over training mission to Iraqis
Special Ops Forces Open Regional Commando Battalion
Children used to carry out attacks
Iraqi Commander Receives Coveted Award
Afghan, Coalition Forces Seize Weapons, Drugs, Suspects
Pakistan tribesmen battle Taliban
20 Rebels, One Policeman Killed In Afghan Violence
Villagers fight Taliban after mosque blast
U.S.-Afghan operation kills around 30
And More....
The Thunder Run's From the Front is a daily series highlighting news and personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
David M
Editor: The Thunder Run
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Let's get a little free advertising out of the way...
The Bouhammer Gear store is open, for you fans of Troy who don't already know.
And, so that he'll quit pestering me, go visit Crittenden's Boutique Right Wing Warmonger Bookshop, and get that link
Okay, enough crass commercialism and blog-pandering... oh, wait! Not true! Remember the ROTC Link ad at the top of the right sidebar! Click it at least once a day every day! Consider that the cost of your subscription to Castle Argghhh!!! And, if you *are* a member of the target audience of cadets and alumni, give a thought to registering. I did. I gave it more than a thought, I registered. Now on to other stuff...
That other stuff being - gimme some more of this.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Villagers in northwest Pakistan have attacked Taliban militants killing seven of them in revenge for a bomb attack on a mosque that killed at least 40 people, a top government official and residents said on Sunday.
One hopes, however, that the villagers can work a better loss-exchange ratio. Probably by cooperating with authorities and not shielding the militant. Which is, of course, easy to say for a guy who is sitting in his basement in the middle of the United States, and not watching Talibs flitting through his woods. -the Armorer
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In today's From the Front series:
America's First Sergeant provides us with an after action report on his birthday
Doc H finishes his pre-deployment training
Sour Swinger posts lots of video
111 Infantry Recon has three great photo essays
Sgt B says: "I hate running!" <--- [The Armorer heartily recommends this one!]
Bill Roggio reports that Anwarul Haq Mujahid has been captured by Pakistani Police
C.J. Chivers reports on the challenges Afghan forces pose to US goals
Coalition Forces move out of Outpost in southeastern Mosul
AF flight surgeons hand over training mission to Iraqis
Special Ops Forces Open Regional Commando Battalion
Children used to carry out attacks
Iraqi Commander Receives Coveted Award
Afghan, Coalition Forces Seize Weapons, Drugs, Suspects
Pakistan tribesmen battle Taliban
20 Rebels, One Policeman Killed In Afghan Violence
Villagers fight Taliban after mosque blast
U.S.-Afghan operation kills around 30
And More....
The Thunder Run's From the Front is a daily series highlighting news and personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
David M
Editor: The Thunder Run
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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.
Re: Nortwest Pakistan Villagers
Welcome to the lands of “I against my brother; my brother and I against our cousin; my brother, my cousin and I against the stranger.”
One of the continuing themes at the “Jihad Watch” web site is that Western civilization is better served by trying to keep the internecine Islamic stew on the boil rather than helping them to make nice. Of all the religions in the world, Islam is the one most likely to keep tribal cultures stagnated both spiritually and socio-politically.
A Soldier Reports to God:
The soldier stood and faced his God Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining Just as brightly as his brass.
Step forward now, you soldier, How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek? To My Church have you been true?"
The soldier squared his shoulders and said,"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns Can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent, Because the streets are awfully rough
But, I never took a penny That wasn't mine to keep...
Though I worked a lot of overtime When the bills got just too steep,
And I never passed a cry for help, Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place Among the people here
They never wanted me around Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here, Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much, But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was a silence all around the throne Where the saints had often trod
As the soldier waited quietly, For the judgment of his God,
"Step forward now you soldier You've borne your burdens well,
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in Hell."