When you try to sex up your caption and you don't really know what you're talking about.... sometimes KISS is a better approach, when describing a Paladin of the First Battalion, Ninth Field Artillery (Battlekings) conducting a calibration shoot at Destiny Range in Mosul, Iraq. The First of the Ninth is a component of the 2nd Heavy Bridgade Combat Team (HBCT) of the 3rd Infantry Division. Photo by Specialist Gregory Gieske.
"gas propelled" should be "gas-propelled"; and, in fact, how else would it be propelled? All explosively powered projectiles are moved down the tube (barrel) by expanding gases.
"canon"; how about cannon; or, more properly, just "howitzer".
I like this site; don't degrade it by spelling or punctuation errors.
You're in trouble when an articulate, English major, who has worn battle rattle shows up....:) Perhaps you can employ them as your editor...:)
You're in trouble when an articulate, English major, who has worn battle rattle shows up....:) Perhaps you can employ them as your editor...:)
This would be in addition to the double-tapping punctuation-challenged sailor?
I'm a C3 - Chickenhawk Caption Criticizer.
Are they still using RAP rounds in the 155?
ML
I've sent a note off to the server gnomes. We'll see what happens.
Dude, if you want to nitpick the free ice cream, go ahead, but remember that it is free and you don't have to eat it. Nor does John have to put it out, but if he quit I guarantee you'd *itch about that too. Hyphenation is literally a small thing, and depends on your style (AP, Strunk & White, GPO, Chicago, etc.). If that's all you have to *itch about, then you've got it pretty good and might should consider a thanks or just keeping quiet. Or, *itch in private first as a real leader would. In case you missed it, I see a nice "Contact us" on the bottom of this page. Mayhaps your attention to detail is a bit, er, selective...
John, hope I didn't tread into "sensitve" territory here... Snerk.
LW
/end sarcasm
Nit picking is a sticky business.
Once they've snapped in, like, oh, xformed up there, they're fair game.
Prolly oughta go in and change that "contact us" to a more visible color, though. In ARR's defense, that's not very visible.
Spoff
I'll probably have to move the expectation bar lower still.
Frank - if you want your M548, find $44k you don't need and buy one here (next to the last item on the page).
nevermind.
Oooh, shiny!
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The rainy season has decided to extend itself this year...
You gun bunnies are so peculiar in your needs and wants for fire delivery. Just shoot up the very red and unleash the FPF! That'd clear the air, the ground, the woods a bit to our left flank, that low ridgeline a couple hundred meters to our front, and possibly cut a nice easy ramp down into that stream bed wandering near the right flank.
Now, I do admit to being attracted to weapons, but I've never gone so far as to lay one. A guy's gotta have his standards.
Eric, I still miss my Crusader. And the only way your PzHbtz 2000s got to Afstan was in the back of USAF C17s... but we did appreciate the effort.
548s? Bah! If you want a useless POS, how 'bout them gamma goats? Who thought that was a good idea?
Now, back in the day..... I was a very long-toothed keydet awaiting my comission, long story, nevermind the details, but I was at Ft. Sill with my Army Reserve unit of 155s. Yes, I know, it was an oddity of the Reserve system at that time...
Anyway, we were on our annual AT, continuining in our habit of outshooting the regular Army pukes, when the Battery leadership had to depart the area for some silly confab. You know the deal.
A few minutes after their departure, what should appear over the hill, but a full series of Army trainees... formed up in what I deemed an aggressive posture...
Guess who was in charge of battery defense and saw a prime opportunity for a training moment? (And yes, I had been given a very wide latitude in our batteries training... another long story.)
Sooo, the whistles blew, the response team formed up and every howitzer in the battery traversed turrets and laid in their guns for direct fire... Where is a beehive round when you need it?
I could hear the screams, hooping and hollering from seemingly a mile away as the whole series unassed the position and frantically scrambled back over the hilltop... hmph, so much for discipline.
Shortly thereafter, the battery command returned and while I was given some very odd, stern and possibly amused looks... nobody said a thing... at least not to me.
Oddly enough, at the end of AT, the Commanding General made a side note complimenting the aggressive readiness of Charlie Battery...
heh... just, heh....
Feh, heck no, useless, deafening things.
I would be far more interested in the Mules and the Weasel.
Outa curiousity, did you get your bid in on the 105? Only, $55k. SWWBO loves you, don't she?