May 2010 - Argghhh!

Okay, it's the *seventeenth* 'toon, but only the *sixteenth* Argghhh!-onauts 'toon. Don't mind me -- I'm still trying to figure out what comes after thirty...Anyway, since BCR has been biting her nails to the quick waiting for the weekly / bi-monthly / monthly / semiannual / annual / periodic / random 'toon update, I figured I'd better do one for the sake of humanity.She's on her last fingernail, and you *don't* wanna be around BCR when she's been biting her...

In today's From the Front : (Click on link to read stories highlighted below) This post is courtesy of The Thunder Run

General Tso once enjoyed his Chicken . The Taikonauts now enjoy...

Shamelessly swiped from Theospark after CAPT H pointed it out as a potential recruiting tool. And he's right, guns like that will certainly draw a whole new generation of Gunners.I don't feel bad about stealing if from Theo, since he swiped it from here....

[Frequent commenter and blogger AW1 Tim provides a guest post today - the Armorer]Private First Class Andrew R. Small, B Co, 1/32 Infantry, 10th Mountain Division.Andrew was a friend of my son, and lived up the road in Wiscasset, Maine. He was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2006, and his death was mourned through the area. Almost every store, business, church, school, had a message on their fronts, and hundreds lined the streets to view his funeral procession. His was a life of laughter, mischief...

There are two Medals awarded for actions on this day, both during the Civil War.Civil War. As a Redleg, anyone who saves the guns is all right by me. And Sergeant Ferrier's citation seems a little sparse for what looks to have been a hard ride.COUGHLIN, JOHN Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 10th New Hampshire Infantry. Place and date: At Swifts Creek, Va., 9 May 1864. Entered service at: Manchester, N.H. Birth: Vermont. Date ·S issue: 31 August 1893. Citation: During a sudden...

65-years have come and gone. The Red Ensign flies no more, but the good people of Apeldoorn never forgets. Eric and Capt H will surely like this one. Boq