December 2009 - Argghhh!

Now with more fiddly-bits! ...

There are twelve Medals awarded for actions on 30 December. There are two others which cover this date in the period of action, but they will be noted on the last day noted in the citation, as has been the convention for those awards in this series. There is only one posthumous award. Civil War. There is one Medal for an aggressive reconnaissance conducted at Matagorda Bay, Texas, in 1863. The remainder are for actions involving the rescue of the crew of USS Monitor, when she sank in a storm off...

Whenever I can, I try to listen to John Batchelor ...

5 awards of the Medal on this day in our history - with the modern era being particularly brutal, as all three those awards are posthumous.Civil War. Ya just can't keep a horse soldier down, even if you shot his horse.SOWERS, MICHAEL Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place and date: At Stony Creek Station, Va., 1 December 1864. Entered service at: Allegheny County, Pa. Born: 14 September 1844, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Date of issue: 16 February 1897...

Not his best speech, but let's face it, as a community organizer, about the last thing he wanted was to be a wartime CinC, so his heart isn't in it the same way many of us are, who are in the fight or know people in the fight. He seems to understand the danger, but I think he is really resentful that this is getting in the way of his remaking the US into a good little socialist eurostate that understands that it's nothing special in regard to anyone else. After all, taking over 1/6th...

Three Medals on this day in history, and all recipients survived to receive their Medals!Civil War, and two steely men manning an iron ship. DITZENBACK, JOHN Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1828, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: Indiana. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S. Monitor Neosho during the engagement with enemy batteries at Bells Mills, Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn., 6 December 1864. Carrying out his duties courageously during the...

Stray thought #1 -drinking the "Green Tech" kool-aid has punched a great hole in lefty philanthropy.And now - a whatziss. One I expect will go fast, or will require more hints.The arrow is a key clue. But probably *not* what your first gun-collector instinct would lead you to. And no, Mikey - it's not a part of a Belgian Crap Sprayer. Though, some day I'm going to get a picture of one for you....

Current Operating Environment Pentagon Football RulesNew SecDef Directive: Joint Rules for the Army-Navy-Air Force-Marine Corps Game. Under provisions of the Goldwater-Nichols Act, all Services must be present and participate in the planning and execution process.These are the Pentagon-announced ROE for the 2009 Army-Navy-Air Force-Marine Corps football tournament:1. Only flag football will be played. The Joint Chiefs deemed tackle and touch football too dangerous. First, because of the CNN factor...