Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

A Kansas Wedding

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:51:33 -0600

What wedding in Kansas wouldn't be complete with the tail of a swirling whirlwind...

The American Warrior

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:02:57 -0600

As the caption that came with the pic says, "I don't care how much of a badass you think you are or what kind of artillery you're carrying, when you see a little cute puppy you squat down and pet it."

Damn straight. Puppies are part of our tribe.

O Noes - Koal Kills!

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:42:10 -0600

Moonbat Alert Just for spite, I feel like pouring some petroleum product on a duck.

BOQ

Female Soldiers Sue U.S. in Challenge to Combat Limits

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:42:02 -0600

Honestly, this took about a month longer than I expected. I say toss the entire personnel policy of the Armed Forces to the Courts. These two women are selfishly out for themselves. Our black-robed bretheren are all smarter and better educated than we are, and, solons that they are, will be impartial judges on the merits. And, given the bit about damaging future earnings, etc, I think the suit should be expanded to promotion policy as well. I know I was screwed, and dammit, it wasn't fair, etiher.

And as we all know, combat outcomes not based on fairness just aren't socially just.

All snarkage aside - we'll know people are serious about this when we set gender-immaterial physical standards for the close-combat jobs. There can't be any gender-norming there. Other armies have done it (Canada, for example) but for the nonce, I don't trust our PolMil leadership on that issue.

Read the article at Bloomberg.

Ah for the days when Hollywood was on board...

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:25 -0600

The whole PVT Snafu series can be seen on YouTube.

Every Private Snafu produced by Leon Schlesinger at Warner Brothers for Frank Capra and the US Armed Forces. Directed by Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett,with the help of Theodore Geisel(Dr.Seuss) and Ray Harryhausen, during World War II on the Army-Navy Screen Magazine. Mel Blanc would appear to be most of the voicing.

Heh. They were the heroes of my Saturday morning, too!

H/t, Kevin.

Gunner and Tanker Zen...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:52:09 -0600

My thought was... targets.

I respect the power in this video, but I'm frankly not that worried about it. Chinese nerds are the scary weapon in their quiver.

Old Bess Bomb

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:36:15 -0600

It's time we'd show her some respect...

A mystery solved...

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:05:58 -0600

A moment of Political Zen

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:01:54 -0600

Click this link to "Glen Woodfin Cafe, Ron Paul Supporter Outwits Obama." Trust me. You will be happy you did.

Well, you will unless you're one of the few Obama supporters who hang out here. And even then, you'll giggle despite yourself, because none of you are high school civics teachers who tell students they'll go to jail for disrespectin' Da Wun!

The Washington Post brings up the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, an event where a Mormon militia slaughtered a wagon train of Arkansans, and wonders how all that might possibly swirl around Mitt Romney and his faith (turns out, not as much as I think they hoped).

As well to write about the Mau-Mau uprising in Kenya, and tie that to Mr. Obama. The links seem about as direct.

West Point's standards have really gone to hell...

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:59:19 -0600

Must be the pressure trying to produce sufficient cannon fodder to feed the war machine.

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Capt. John Anthony
To:
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:06 PM
Subject: I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, I found you listed in the Trade Center Chambers of Commerce directory here in Iraq; I want to offer you my partnership in business. I want to solicit your Attention to receive money on my behalf. My name Capt. John Anthony, an officer in the US Army, and also a West Point Graduate currently, serving in the Military with the 82nd Air Borne Division Peace keeping force in Baghdadi am on the move to Afghanistan from Iraq as the last batch just left, and I really need your help in assisting me with the safe keeping of two military trunk boxes which has arrived USA from Iraq. I hope you can be trusted? I will explain further when I get a response from you.

Best regards,

Capt. John Anthony

A Moment of Purple Heart Zen...

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:04:30 -0600

"So, we're in Dr. Mephisto's Pain Emporium getting jacked by the Painmeisters, when Pegleg Skywalker there looks at me and sez, "Dude! You've got a dolphin jumpin' out yer shoulder!" and I said, "WTF?" But I looked in the mirror and sure as shit, there it was.

So I sez to Pegleg, "Yanno - you can run from it, but you can't hide. So what the hell..."

"EMBRACE THE SUCK!"

In FishMugger's Dreams

Tue, 22 May 2012 04:16:38 -0600

A Tarpon and a 'Cuda... Looks like someone got himself a twofer.

BOQ

It's the jacket that makes this really pop...

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:28:25 -0600

I recognize that smile anywhere. It's the smile that comes to you when you realize that a firearm is an artifact, a tool, and a challenge - and fun. Not an evil presence hiding in shadows that will make you do evil. It's a thing. Any other attributes it has are brought to the table by the user, not the artifact.

Caption Contest

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:23:30 -0600

White smocks and rubber gloves must make her happy.

BOQ

Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs...

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:17:54 -0600

...blocking up the scenery, messing with your mind. You can't say you weren't warned. The Banished Officer's Quarters/Bachelor Equine Quarters are about what those of us of an age in the service remember... Please don't poke your nose where it doesn't belong. And, lastly, really. If you're here... better check for the red range flag and hope it's not flying - because if it is, that noise you hear is *not* a horse fly buzzing around your head......