February 2010 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) Reunion - 18-21 March, 2010

So, I've never been to Branson myself.....but if anything could lure me there...... USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) Reunion – 18-21 March, 2010 The crew of the USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) will hold their 2010 reunion from the 18th to the 21st of March, in Branson, MO.

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 10:17 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

From the Front: 02/24/2010 [Via The Thunder Run]

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

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 7:55 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Call Me Whatever You Want

Donny Deutsch a leftist talking head, threw an insult at me.

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 6:07 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

Tidying up the Whatziss

Okay, as Flintlock, Blake, and others noted, the whatziss was the guts of the rotary magazine from a Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifle, specifically the M1903/14 Greek rifle from the 1927 Breda contract. Here's some more pictures to satisfy your need for gunmetal and brass...This is what the magazine looks like loaded, from behind. It holds 5 rounds. The rounds in it are .308 Winchester because they'd fit well enough for the picture (but are too wide when the magazine is installed in the rifle...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 5:39 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Gun Pics, Rifles

Knock knock!

Who's there? Another Candygram For Mongo![Caption for first pic: U.S. Army soldiers destroy an abandoned compound near Highway 1 in Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell]{Caption for second pic: A U.S. Marine fires a Javelin anti-armor missile at a Taliban position on the outskirts of Marja, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2010...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 5:14 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., Tanks and AFVs

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

Some Quiet Time...

...isn't necessarily what you'd like it to be.One of the things I look forward to whenever I get home is the joyous, jumping, swirling, noisy, furry hurricane going in circles around my feet, welcoming me. Jake is especially vocal, and I can't count the times I've told him to quiet down.I don't think I'll ever tell him that again. For Carrie and her family, the joyous, jumping, swirling, noisy, furry hurricane will be less so, now...Please add a new member to Piddlers'...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 10:59 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Something for the Soul, Furry Family Members

From the Front: 02/23/2010 [Via The Thunder Run]

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

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 9:49 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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

Der Commissar комисса́р

The HARD Commissar: The Soviet Armed Forces of old had embedded in each and every unit, a Commissar..

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 9:29 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Global War on Terror (GWOT)

War Trophy

A long forgotten Nazi War Trophy is now causing an international kerfuffle...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 6:30 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff

That Whatziss, completed

And you see why I don't give that kind of clueage! Too easy for the grognards among you! Indeed, the guts of a Greek M1903/14 Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifle from the 1927 Breda contract. Designed in Austria, built in Italy(or, as some sources contend, merely sourced through Italy to get around some legal niceties), and used by Greece. More later....

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:47 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Rifles

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 23 February

There are six Medals awarded for actions on this day, all in the modern era, World War II and Vietnam. Any day you earn the Medal is by definition a hard day, but 23 February is a particularly harsh day. Five of the six Medals awarded for actions on this day were posthumous awards.World War II. I can imagine PFC Grabiarz spent a lot of time in the barracks being called "Grab-ass." And I'm just as sure he was hard enough to take it. Corporal (later Warrant Officer 4) Wilson would spend...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:39 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

Plus ça change...

...plus c'est la même chose.We're an Army at War - with exceptions.The Admin Army still rules in back here in the 'States. As Heinlein noted, the system is dominated by the Practical Joker Department, a branch the size of a Cold War Corps, with branch offices at every installation. The Fairy Godmother Department, on the otter heiny, is staffed by a part-time Grandmotherly type in the basement of the NSA, where she has NIPR access in a SIPR-only environment. And her rotary phone...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 4:44 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., Pugnacious Stupidity

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

You Are A Becerra!!!

A language lesson is in order...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 11:51 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politicians Hit Bottom, Dig...

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