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...

Heartless Lib reports from Afstan:Today, December 1st, is Romanian National Day, recognizing the unification of the provinces of Romania from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following WWI.Romania, with 23 million citizens, became a NATO member in 2004, and currently has 1200 troops deployed in Afghanistan.Most of the troops from the former Warsaw Pact countries haven't forgotten that the Afghans played a role in freeing them from Moscow.An amusing quote, from an anonymous Romanian officer...

The press finding Iraq to be boring these days I thought this story would be of interest. It's the kind of story that the MSM would have little interest in trying to find time or space for, especially since there's no blood or policy failures involved - which makes it perfect for this place, where we like to tell the tale not told.Lieutenant Colonel Melanie Meiers was, until her call-up to active duty, my state representative, and a fellow defense contractor working at Fort Leavenworth. She's...

Sheesh - Those Tires that they use in Syria are really dangerous. Pop goes the Pilgrims! Boq

On this, one of the most famous days of our military history, there are 17 awards of the Medal of Honor. 16 for one battle. And while that sort of number in one fight is usually a phenomenon of the Civil War - I suspect 90% of us who read this place know that is not the case on *this* day. Eleven of the Medals for that day were posthumous presentations.Civil War, and a sharp little fight at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, early in the war.BLACK, JOHN C. Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 37th Illinois...

Over thirty-five years ago, Tony Orlando captured the imagination of the nation, with his simple ditty...

...Reality - 0.Being a continuation of the exploration of the multitudinous uses for carbon nanotubes....