June 2010 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Some days I wake up, read the news, and wonder...

...if there is political and military leadership worthy of the followership of these guys and gals? Sigh. 06/11/2010 - A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team (RCT) 7 patrols near Kochibad, Afghanistan, June 11, 2010. RCT-7 is deployed in support of International Security Assistance Force. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Yellowhorse, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 6:26 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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

Yeah! What he said!

Is corpulence really a disqualification for the presidency in the land of supersized fries? If so, that's a shame. America might do better with a fat president. After all, some of our best have been big fellows, and lately the trim and ambitious types haven't served us so well. "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much. Such men are dangerous," Shakespeare's Julius Caesar comments to Marc Antony. "Let me have men about me that are fat ... such as sleep...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 6:25 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Politics

When in the tropics, you have to be alert!

For one thing, the bugs are simply huge down there... ...and for another, you really have to clear your yard of all obstacles before mowing....

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 6:05 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, Helicopter Pr0n - 10,000 fiddly bits all flying in formation..., Rifles

A boy and his dog

Lance Corporal Daniel Franke, a dog handler attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, lays in the prone on an overlooking hill with his dog, in Towrah Ghundey, June 11. The Marines posted on the hill soon received enemy contact and suppressed the enemy, causing them to retreat. Photo by Corporal Daniel Blatter...

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 6:54 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., Defending the Homeland, Uh-oh, Scruples are loose!

Happy Father's Day from Castle Argghhh!

As the first official storm of summer (this pic was taken one hour after the summer solstice this morning) looms north of Castle Argghhh!... ...yet, the fresh rain-washed stillness of a new summer morning calls, even as Reggie the Peacock proclaims his dominion over all that he can see - and issues a call to arms to those who would challenge his suzerainty (present company excepted, of course - Reggie may be King, but I am God-Emperor of Argghhh! and he durn well knows it)...There is but one possible...

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 6:38 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Castle Pr0n, Gun Rights, Shameless Self-Promotion

Oh noes! Ceiling Cat, Save Us!

The bad hyoomans are making a muvie! Moonbat quotes via WND, regarding the new Red Dawn:"Later this year, America's dream factory will foist upon an already blooded-up America a remake of 1984's 'Red Dawn.' It's probably the most unnecessary, irresponsible, Sinophobic film in America's history, and that's saying a lot," wrote a commentary at The Awl, a New York-based website that boasts of its discussions on "the issues of the day." "In it, the...

Published Sat, Jun 19 2010 8:05 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Politics, Liberty...and its Detractors, Media Morons, Moonbat Watch, General Disgust with Everybody, Pugnacious Stupidity, Scraping the Bottom, Movie Reviews

WARNING

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear....

Published Sat, Jun 19 2010 8:01 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Aircraft

You're a tougher man than I, Marine.

From this year's Rolling Thunder tribute.

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 4:00 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., Something for the Soul

Movie Review - RESTREPO

IF your view of the war in Afghanistan is shaped by what you read in the New York Times or see on the news, then you can be forgiven if you believe that it’s all drones dropping bombs on the Taliban in the mountains along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. If you want to know what it is really like, then take some time and view the movie RESTREPO being released by Outpost Films and National Geographic Entertainment on June 25, 2010.

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 1:26 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Movie Reviews

First Things First - The Feds Vs. Louisiana

Millions of barrels of oil lap the shores of the State of Louisiana. You'd think that we'd be throwing everything including the kitchen sink to mitigate this disaster...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 9:53 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

From the Front: 06/18/2010

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

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 8:52 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Global War on Terror (GWOT)

We were soldiers once, and oh so very young.

North Africa. Crew of M-3 Tank #309503, 2nd Bn., 12th Ar. Reg., 1st Arm. Div., at Souk el Arba, Tunisia. (23 Nov 42) Signal Corps Photo: NA-COO-42-211 (Cooper)Now they're filling the national cemeteries at a rapid clip. If you know a vet - see if they're interested in participating in the Library of Congress Oral History project. Capture the voices and stories before they are forever stilled....

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 6:20 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military, Tanks and AFVs

Marine ***

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (June 4, 2010) Marines assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon of the 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion (3rd AABN) conduct amphibious assault vehicle maneuvers on Red Beach at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Dawn Blitz 10. Dawn Blitz is a series of amphibious operations involving Sailors and Marines to reinvigorate the core competency of amphibious operations and enhance interaction between the Navy and the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 5:59 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, Tanks and AFVs

Culling The Slow Ones

With help of the very intelligent Team Ziegenuße , Massa John has set himself up a Genuine Brewery ...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 5:08 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

Weapons Violation

Toy plastic soldiers, like the ones I used to have by the bucket, are banned in Rhode Island...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 12:42 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..