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    <title>Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah&apos;s Military Guys..</title>
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    <updated>2012-02-08T17:40:23Z</updated>

    
        <subtitle>We&apos;re the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost.  All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT,  and KA 2003-2010</subtitle>
    

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        <entry>
            <title>On the importance of clarity in communications...</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14131</id>

            <published>2012-02-08T18:39:27Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-08T17:40:23Z</updated>

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                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>A rogue&apos;s gallery...</title>
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            <published>2012-02-08T13:09:31Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-08T15:20:35Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[No, not these Denizens of Castle Argghhh! trying to get in on the photo shoot (oh, wait...)...But rather these guys.&nbsp; Some of you among us may experience a heebie-jeebie attack.&nbsp; But at least there aren't any bayonets in store to upset a certain grunt among us. [This pic can be made much larger if you know how]The Arsenal's holdings of Warsaw Pact squad light automatics, from left to right - a Polish DP (Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny), Bulgarian RPD (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova), and Romanian RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova)....]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Oh, life on a farm is kinda laid back...</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14129</id>

            <published>2012-02-08T12:02:15Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-08T15:08:16Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[...and you see stuff you just don't see elsewhere.&nbsp; I don't care how fresh the supermarket professes their eggs to be, they aren't this fresh.

Nor, do you see this kind of egg.&nbsp; The Castle Argghhh! Super-Low Cholesterol Egg!&trade;*

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                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Caption Contest (The Wunderkind Edition)</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14128</id>

            <published>2012-02-07T20:46:54Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-07T20:48:05Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">Boq</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Ouch.  That hurts.</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14127</id>

            <published>2012-02-07T18:48:15Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-07T17:32:10Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Anyone who has read me from 2003 on knows I was not a fan of invading Iraq, or trying to build Afghanistan into a modern state - if only because I don't believe the US has the stomach for that sort of thing. I'm not sure anyone does, any more, since colonialism has fallen into severe disfavor (and not without good reason).&nbsp;

The only people who were any good at it were the Romans and the Brits, and theirs was a centuries-long approach, unfettered by instantaneous communications, which make the bad immediate, and isn't really interested in the good, because... it's slow, and it's boring.

Doesn't mean I didn't support the troops, or try to support and explain the mission, even as I had misgivings about whether it was going to work in the long run - made easier by the fact that casualties are historically low, regardless of the obsession over numbers (and the real pain of real casualties).

I'm in the &quot;smash and grab&quot; punitive expedition camp.&nbsp;Smack 'em upside the head, kill the senior people, and leave a note saying, &quot;Don't f*ck with us, or we'll be back.&quot;

And then develop the true intel capacity (which means that ugly old stand-by, humint) to keep an eye on things.

Truth, lies and Afghanistan
How military leaders have let us down
By LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS

I'm currently reading We Meant Well:&nbsp;How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by Peter Van Buren.&nbsp; It hasn't improved my attitude any, as it is just chock full of what for me is bias confirmation.&nbsp; Review forthcoming.]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Where have all the milblogs gone?</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14126</id>

            <published>2012-02-07T18:09:17Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-07T15:17:15Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[David M at Thunder Run wants to know.I think he hits at most of it.&nbsp; Some of it is fashion - blogging is old hat now, and has been impacted both by ubiquity (gone are our days of 10K+ visits) which lead to niche choices - just like the proliferation of cable channels reduced the no-other-choice artificial numbers of the big tv nets.&nbsp; Social media has changed dramatically, with Facebook and Twitter being much easier to use (and tailor who recieves the data) than maintaining a blog.Plus, DoD has learned that happy soldiers don't blog, and don't use Twitter and...]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Caption Contest (Channeling Barney Fife Edition)</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14124</id>

            <published>2012-02-07T13:41:25Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-07T13:47:39Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">All&apos;s Secure In Mayberry.


BOQ</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>A moment of Infantry Zen...</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14125</id>

            <published>2012-02-07T13:28:39Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-07T14:07:01Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[...Winter War version.  The Castle's semi-auto M31 Suomi submachinegun.

[This pic embiggens]As is common with weapons of it's pre-WWII era, the thing is built like a tank, and massive. &nbsp;The only real cosmetic difference between this one and one in original condition is this one is parkerized vice blued, and has an extension welded to the barrel in order to meet legal requirements for barrel length, so as not to have to be registered as a &quot;short-barrelled rifle&quot; under the NFA, National Firearms Act.

We have both the drum and stick mags for it. &nbsp;I shot it this past weekend, and, unlike many of these kinds of conversions, this one is reliable and accurate. &nbsp;I was shooting at the steel silouhette targets at 100m - and &quot;pinged&quot; every time, from the first shot of 30. &nbsp;Not bad for a 9mm subgun. &nbsp;Of course, it really is more like a 9mm rifle...]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Another empty bowl on the floor...</title>
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            <published>2012-02-07T13:27:47Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-07T14:14:50Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">...and a huge hole in a family&apos;s heart, and a knife twisting in the gut of a deployed soldier.

Ah, Major, we hardly knew ye.  As a rare four-footed furperson visitor to Castle Argghhh! the Exterior Guard has lost one of *their* guests as Carren Ziegenfuss had to make the call and say goodbye to Major, and much too young was our gallant field-grade puppy.</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Soldier&apos;s Angels... they&apos;re everywhere!</title>
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            <published>2012-02-06T13:43:24Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-06T13:46:39Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[&nbsp;
A C-130J Hercules from the 146th Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard, conducts flare training off the Ventura County coast Jan. 10, 2012. The flares are used as tactical infrared countermeasures to confuse and redirect heat-seeking missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Dave Buttner)]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Another moment of Gunner (and Castle) Zen</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14121</id>

            <published>2012-02-06T13:37:15Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-06T13:41:46Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">What a difference a day makes...

[As usual, this pic enlargifys]</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>A moment of Gunner Zen</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14120</id>

            <published>2012-02-05T20:48:38Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-06T13:57:47Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">050834SFEB2012, Somewhere in northeastern Kansas...

[This pic embiggenates if you know the sekrit]</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Winter comes to the Castle</title>
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            <published>2012-02-05T18:55:45Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-06T17:53:26Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Finally. &nbsp;Of course, with temps in the '40s, it will all be gone by sundown.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the end, the enduring ephemeral core of day-to-day at the Castle is what keeps it interesting; vice the drab, day-to-day sameness of the suburban landscape.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or the chaos of the urban landscape that obscures the ephemera, unless you concentrate on it. &nbsp;But even then, you're living in a concrete canyon....]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>All That For A Flag?</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1.14118</id>

            <published>2012-02-05T18:31:28Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-05T18:37:08Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">Yes - For it&apos;s not for free, Michelle.

(Click to engranden your heart)


U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cari Brooks, a member of the security forces squadron for the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, rests against a wall before she goes out to patrol the perimeter of the base at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Jan. 30, 2012. Brooks and the security forces squadron routinely patrol the base perimeter to look for suspicious activity and ensure the security of assets and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James Lieth)
BOQ</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>&apos;Nuther Reason Why I Won&apos;t Be On The T.V. Today</title>
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            <published>2012-02-05T14:40:45Z</published>
            <updated>2012-02-05T14:42:09Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">

Boq</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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