August 2009 - Argghhh!

Not all Canadian Soldiers fight in Canada's Army.During my war, the news was always about the flight of US cowards to the North. Never a word was said about the arrival of Canadian heroes who came Due South.There were three Canadians in my flight platoon in Vietnam. They weren't Canadian pilots flying with us, they were Canadians who had joined the US Army and gone through flight school *in order* to fly with us.There are still Canadian heroes in the US Army -- and sometimes, they, too, take...

Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. ********************** Two interesting views of Senator Kennedy, as a part of the Liberal sentimentalizing of their fallen hero. Which, when he's *not* your hero, falls discordantly on the ear. First up - Melissa Lafsky bravely addresses the Mary Jo Kopechne story from an outside the box and...

Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. ********************** In today's From the Front: (Click on link to read stories highlighted below) Bouhammer : Another Example of Election Day Violence Uncle Jimbo : Robert Stokely remembers The Quatto Zone : Connecting More Than An (Army) Wife : Great Deployment News Mohammed at Iraq the Model...

The Medal waited for over a century after its establishment in July 1863 to make an appearance, doing so in a sharp firefight in Quang Tri province - and the all-to-common covering a grenade, though it must be noted that Lance Corporal Anderson was fighting like a lion and already severely wounded.*ANDERSON, RICHARD A. Rank and organization: Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company E, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division. Place and date: Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, 24 August...

Proof that Chuck really did report to Fort Leavenworth and isn't AWOL on a beach somewhere...Chuck, Carren and the kids came to Castle Argghhh! yesterday. SWWBO got up at 4AM to start the brisket smoking and to make a Castle Cake for Carren's 21+N birthday.Which was celebrated in a typical (well, it *should* be typical) Gun/Milblogger fashion...The Castle Technical gave it's first rides to Chuck's "Dismounts" and Carren and the Dismounts got reblued on Basic Cavalry - click...

...want to fort up the portals and keep the DoD networks sterile and non-interactive with the rest of the world, the Army continues to resist. Well, that's a little harsh.Whether with it's own new portal designed to better allow soldiers and the leadership to interact with public, or in appointing leaders, such as Major General Ferriter, the new Chief of Infantry, who set forth this philosophy in his "Hi! I'm the New Boss!" letter, the Army is pushing forward, not retreating...

Chuck and Carren, their kids, dog, and a few firearms and a growler of Chuck's home-made brew are coming this way to demolish the brisket SWWBO is smoking, along with home-made ice cream and a Castle Cake - since today is Carren's 21st+N Natal Day.Chuck is already planning ahead for mischief and mayhem - this is the response he sent to the update on the Castle Technical:Dude....Two of my neighbors actually get erections when a jeep drives by. Any Jeep.That'd give them coronaries.You gotta...