November 2009 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Happy Thanksgiving!

That's what I've been hearing from the kaydets, non-stop. Yup, they know about Americans and Thanksgiving -- they're just a little hazy on whether we eat turkey because it's a Thanksgiving tradition, or we started the Thanksgiving tradition as an excuse to eat turkey.I'm knocking off work early, but if I come back and see any comments dated *today*, I'll give ya'll a scathing lecture on *priorities*......

Published Thu, Nov 26 2009 5:19 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Postcards from the Edgy, Bill's Excellent Adventure

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 19 November

There are six awards of the Medal of Honor for actions on this day. 5 of them are posthumous. All of them are from the modern era, starting in WWII.World War II - ask yourself, warrior - could you do what Captain John Cromwell, USN, did? WWII also gives us our only survivor - Joe Foss, who I have had the honor of meeting.*CROMWELL, JOHN PHILIP Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Navy. Born: 11 September 1901, Henry, Ill. Appointed from: Illinois. Other Navy award: Legion of Merit. Citation: For...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2009 5:08 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

Gotta admit...

...I enjoyed yesterday's election returns much better than a year ago.Now to see what message who takes away from it - aside from the Dems spinning the NY-23 election as the single most important indicator of anything that occured yesterday and those two governorships as meaningless, and the Republicans spinning them (probably more correctly, but no doubt overstated) as the opposite.That said - the Republicans need to understand that what happened yesterday wasn't Republicans going to the...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 5:56 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politics, Rino-plasty

A White What???

Senator Reid grew-up in and around a Cat House in his hometown of Searchlight Nevada...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 5:26 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politicians Hit Bottom, Dig...

Deployment

Same Uniform, Same Army, Same War. Same Tearful Good-byes, Same Invocation By The Chaplain...

Published Fri, Nov 20 2009 7:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is...

Today's medal of Honor Moment for 17 November

There are seven awards of the Medal for this day, spanning from the interim period of 1817-1898 to World War II. We meet some famous holders today, such as "Hiking Hiram," not to mention the scion of two famous Admirals, and a darling of the anti-war Left.We open with a naval lifesaving award, which today would be covered by the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest award for non-combat heroism.Interim Awards, 1871-1898.MITCHELL, THOMASRank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 4:13 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

And then there were 93...

...living Holders of the Medal of Honor. There are 100 Senators. When I joined the Army, there were 293 living Holders. There's good news and bad news in that - the good news is... we haven't had to fight the kinds of wars that produce large numbers of Medals. The bad news, is that empirically, the Services seem to be gravitating to making it harder and harder to earn a Medal without dying during the act. But that's a different rant. From the American Legion:Comrades: Col. Lewis Lee Millett...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 6:07 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Medal of Honor, In Memoriam

Argghhh-onauts: Numbah Ten!

Bad Cat Robot has a comix jones, and she's taken a page from John's playbook by mercilessly and continuously busting my chops gently chiding me from time to time, so in order to get her off my %$#@! case enliven her Sunday morning, we present, without further ado, Number Ten in the Series.Yeah, yeah, I *know* what "Numbah Ten!" connotes in a certain SouthEast Asian cultural context.Accuse *me* of eating cheesy bean burritos, will ya?...

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 3:08 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Postcards from the Edgy, Bill's Excellent Adventure

Heartless Libertarian reports from Afstan

As of today, there is a brigade (a small one by US standards - 2 infantry battalions, plus support, including artillery, helos, and UAVs - but still a brigade) of French troops operating under the command of the American general in RC-East. The French are responsible for Kapisa province and the Surobi district of Kabul province. Ever since they lost 10 troops in a battle in Surobi last summer, the French have, in the words of a 101st planner, "had their game face on." Kapisa and Surobi...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 5:46 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., Artillery

Teacher Unions - Subverting Our Children

I always thought that Teachers Unions were left leaning partisan organizations. But never thought that they would actively work to destroy the foundations upon which our republic is founded on...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 10:41 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

Giving Thanks

May all pass this day amongst loved ones. And for those who can't, may their reunion be as heartfelt as HER's . Happy Thanksgiving! Boq

Published Thu, Nov 26 2009 5:24 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

Probabilities or Prejudice?

After a long absence (Mien Gott! Has it been that long?), in the immortal words of Gen. MacArthur, I have returned. For a short visit. A tragedy has occurred on Fort Hood, one of the busiest military bases in the United States. A base that has experienced the highest number of casualties in the War on Terror...Islamist Extremism...Insanity. Information remains sketchy. They are putting together a profile of the gunman. As the Armorer would have warned me long ago, until all information is in we cannot...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2009 11:28 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is...

Answering the Whatziss

Yes, Sanger had it right in the first post. Eric knew what it was, too. This pic's for you, Eric. John Not-the-Armorer knew what it was because he sold it to me.It's a single action Nagant pistol, that was cut-away (most likely a home-grown job, not an arsenal-quality piece of work) and then stored badly (as Tim noted).The Nagant's claim to fame is that unlike most revolvers, this pistol actually seals at the breech. The bullet is seated well down inside that cartridge case (yes, that's...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2009 5:48 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Gun Rights, Gun Pics, Pistols, Guns by Nation

The Human Spirit

At the American Veterans Center conference I recently attended, General David Petraeus mentioned a young wounded soldier as one of his heroes, saying they had recently gone running together. What made me think of it again today (and think to search for a report of Petraeus' run with him) was reading of another remarkable story, though this one is as tragic as it is heroic.

Published Mon, Nov 23 2009 5:59 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Something for the Soul, General Militaria

Love that salute, girl.

Dear Blogger, Please enjoy this sneak peak of upcoming material from Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Archie & Friends meet president obama President Obama has asked teens to volunteer and Veronica Lodge, the richest girl in comics, has stepped forward to answer the call.

Published Fri, Nov 20 2009 5:18 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..