October 2009 - Argghhh!

Nine years ago today, far from the safety and securty of America, 17 Sailors made the ultimate sacrifice. 39 more were injured. Maggie

Machine guns fire red tracer rounds at enemy vehicles with an illumination flare overhead, Sept. 27, 2009 at U.S Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, concluded the second phase of the Clear, Hold, Build Exercise after five days of combined arms urban operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill A young Marine from whom I have one degree of separation notes this about the "Enhanced Mojave Viper" training of...

There are seven Medals awarded for actions on this day in history, and a "Special Legislation" Medal awarded on this day to a soldier of the Great War. We open with the Civil War and a little clear and hold action at Jefferson, Virginia, in 1863.DOUGHERTY, MICHAEL Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place and date: At Jefferson, Va., 12 October 1863. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 10 May 1844, Ireland. Date of issue: 23 January 1897. Citation...

First, the good news.Although I missed it on Friday, Chuck pointed it out in an email. 42 years ago, on 9 October 1967, Che Guevara was stood up in front of a wall and shot without trial (hey, it was Che who said, "judicial evidence is an archaic bourgeois detail" so he had no objections, I'm sure), and a very lucrative t-shirt and poster marketing idea was born.Now the bad news. Do Pikachu's lords and marketing masters know about this?H/t, Boquisucio for the landmine pic....

There are no Medals awarded for actions on this day in history until WWI.*BLACKWELL, ROBERT L. Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company K, 119th Infantry, 30th Division. Place and date: Near St. Souplet, France, 11 October 1918. Entered service at: Hurdle Mills, N.C. Birth: Person County, N.C. G.O. No.: 13, W.D., 1919. Citation: When his platoon was almost surrounded by the enemy and his platoon commander asked for volunteers to carry a message calling for reinforcements, Pvt. Blackwell...

Morning at the Castle. I'll be busy with the Heart Walk today - see ya later!Of course, a little sun makes a big difference....

From an email - just going to show that great minds think alike:I think that pretty much sums it up. He hasn't actually DONE anything, besides say the kinds of things that the kinds of people who sit on the Nobel committee like to hear, and, of course, not being GWB. Which is probably the most important thing, in the committee's minds.I mean, come one, "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people's?" The people of Afghanistan sure...