February 2010 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 25 February

There are two Medals awarded for actions on this day. Both from Vietnam, and both posthumous.Vietnam. Two examples of self-sacrifice for others. The first one just kinda pisses me off. Not at Staff Sergeant Connor, but at the nameless people who made that grenade.*CONNOR, PETER S. Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), FMF. Place and date: Quang Nag Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam, 25 February 1966. Entered service...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:29 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

But What About Kilts?

The Equality and Human Rights Commission in Britain has issued a 68-page finding in which amongst many other leftist inanities, warns:

Published Sat, Feb 27 2010 4:30 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

Snowscapes

Same Snow - Same Reverence - Same Tombs. Two Countries...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 7:27 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Militaria

Dedicated ground attack bird...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 5:45 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!

If you're still interested...

...in Courtney Cook's crie-de-coeur on "how to dump your soldier" pubished by Salon , there is a discussion, from a more wifely perspective, going on over at Cassandra's place .

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 5:04 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

H&I Fires* 18 Feb

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. ********************* From MaryAnn at Soldier's Angels Germany - Rufus - Hero of Bravo 2-121 of the Georgia Army National Guard. From our own Dusty - a link to a fascinating album of pictures from Iwo Jima . Be warned - wartime photos. Over at Gateway Pundit (via SWWBO) - The Cult of Obama gets...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2010 9:45 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

'Murican's round the globe

Facilitating access to those raisins...Doing PT of a nature I do.not.miss......and soldiering on when they'd probably rather be in a rack in the Arsenal of Argghhh!Mebbe those old soldiers will retire under the provisions of Foreign Military Sales and get repatriated to the US via the CMP. One can only hope![Caption pic one: 02/19/2010 - U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jesse Underwood engages enemy forces during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010. The International Security Assistance...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:20 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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

From the Front: 02/26/2010 [via The Thunder Run]

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 7:51 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary, Global War on Terror (GWOT)

Caption Contest - K9 Tactical Perimeter Defense Edition

I have no idea what the Asian militaries want to do with their pooches. Boq

Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 6:15 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Furry Family Members

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 24 February

There are three Medals awarded for actions on this day. One during WWII, two during Vietnam, one of which was posthumous.World War II. Another grenade duel, with Staff Sergeant Cooley probably grateful at the poor quality of Japanese grenades by this stage in the war.COOLEY, RAYMOND H. Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Lumboy, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 24 February 1945. Entered service at: Richard City, Tenn....

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 4:42 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

Charisma Of The Quiet Assasin

Some one has the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low grade bank clerk.

Published Sun, Feb 28 2010 6:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Given the fact...

...that Congress's approval rating is slipping from "Low" to "Lowest" in the eyes of the people......and that the Dems just tried to sneak into law when no one was looking some verbiage aimed expressly at the CIA (mind you, they didn't want to do it openly, they used the not-so "Bright! Shiny!" of the Health Care Summit to try to sneak it by everybody),and given where the real job growth in this country is... this seems apropos: A new job training program, appropriate...

Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 5:45 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Politics, Politicians Hit Bottom, Dig...

AAR, Part Two: "How To Catch Pneumonia Without Really - errrrr - What I Did On My Winter Vacatio - ummmm - Aaaaah, Forget It"

Now, as some of you (about twenty, unless ElTee is ditzier than she pretends to be) will remember, I mentioned in Part One that I had once again demonstrated the futility of attempting to gain instant acclimation to sub-zero (Centigrade, Aaron) temperatures by wandering around in a blizzard immediately (okay, fourteen hours – picky, picky, picky) after departing the lush greenery of Mesopotamia. Not that I don’t *enjoy* dressing up like Roald Amundsen and daring the elements, y’unnerstand...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 10:48 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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

EOD - Third World Style

Mines and IED's all have a logical structure to their designs, thus they can be safely handled by expert hands. The technician in this video surely knows his craft. Still, I personally would be a wee bit more careful than he. Though I have to thank him for showing us all the fiddy bits of the boom-boom thingie, and making that jungle trail a bit more safe for all who transit through it. Still, does anyone in the UXO community out there can I.D. this beastie? Boq

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 4:35 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Ammunition

From the Front: 02/25/2010 [Via The Thunder Run]