October 2010 - Argghhh!

Skip asked in the comments to yesterday's Plane *** post: "...where do the empty shells go?"I responded with the datum that they cycled right back into the ammuntion drum. But, since a picture is worth a thousand words, and a reader sent me some pictures yesterday - let us illustrate it! Note the two feed chutes. One feeds complete rounds out to the gun, the other routes the empty casings back into the drum, which has a helical structure inside, kind of like a drum-shaped vending machine...

BTW - that's *Major* Donovan, Contractor Scum and Armorer of Argghhh!, to you, Senator . I worked *so* hard...

While The State of New York busies itself in disenfranchising their OCONUS Military Personnel, The State of Maryland is making sure to give a "friendly" heads-up to its political incumbents.

I like their PAO - and the helpful night shift PAO from JTF-101/RC-East - in today's case, TSgt Callahan. Faces of Combat. Meet some Screaming Eagles in Task Force Bulldog , and Task Force Currahee .

More accurately, their PAC ? Take a look at their endorsed politicians . Reid, Pelosi, Waxman, McDermott, Hastings, not exactly names that jump to mind concerning support for a strong national defense (though sometimes they can vote in ways we like on many veteran's issues.) They are not amused at This Ain't Hell and Blackfive . I have sent off a query to the VFW-PAC representative for Kansas. Looks to me, though, like for the most part, they've endorsed whoever is most likely to win...

I'm sure North Carolina has penalties for blatant littering... So, in the comments somewhere around here, Heartless Libertarian mentioned he was going to go earn himself some German jump wings. So, HL - are you one of those bundles of self-loading/unloading cargo going all Hollywood in this picture? U.S. Army paratroopers exit a German C-160 aircraft over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 6, 2010, as part of Operation Federal Eagle during which more than 800 American paratroopers earned...

Yanno, those hosers who pretend they were warriors. I blame Shakespeare - And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks...