November 2010 - Argghhh!

Well, sure, anything labeled "SAFETY ALERT" in all-cap, block lettering, with extensive underlining and Safety Yellow highlighting is gonna catch your attention, right?Particularly when it's set squarely on the end of your dining table, protected by about 10 mils of clear plastic sheeting (aka, our tablecloth).So, that's why it caught *my* attention.Heh. WHILE OUTDOORS ON COS WARRIOR ALLUS FORCES, CONTRACTORS, ANDCIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WILL:WEAR REFLECTIVE BELT OR VEST BETWEEN HOURS...

Meet Marine Corporal Dakota Meyers . The Marine Corps has recommended that a former corporal receive the Medal of Honor for braving a hail of enemy fire in September 2009 to pull the bodies of four U.S. troops from a kill zone in eastern Afghanistan, Marine Corps Times has learned. Dakota Meyer, 22, of Greensburg, Ky., was recommended for the nation’s highest award for valor, according to a source with knowledge of the process, speaking on condition of anonymity. Click the link above for the...

...or are hiding on the back sides of hills or in the urban canyons. For those, you grab the High Angle sticks . If your maximum ordinate is high enough, you have to call Dusty and make sure it's okay with him. Bill, not so much. Somewhere, somewhen in the sandbox, some Redlegs engage in some High Angle fires... Other targets are closer - and you snag the Low Angle sticks from the fire direction kit. Or, worse yet, you, as the Gunner, can *see* them (we prefer to leave that kind of simple gunnery...

It'd frost Damncat's, too, but he's 'nardless.As is, evidently, Michael L. Rhodes, director of administration and management at the Pentagon.In May, the commission met with representatives of 60 veterans organizations to solicit their views. They had hoped to create an advisory board with representatives of officer and enlisted ranks from each of the services. Our source said Mr. Rhodes would allow only one veteran, at most. The commission had planned to meet in October with representatives...

Last last week a call went out. A call to help shield a family in their time of need...

Now we know what happens inside one of them freedom flights Boq

...this one's for you, Boq - per your request! The Master and Mistress of Argghhh! are back on dry land. The drunken weaving walk is not due to alcohol or Parkinson's - we finally got our sea legs, so, of course it was time to debark... BTW, Boq - are these things fueled by customer feedback?

On a day like today a President dedicated just under two-an-a-half minutes of his valuable time to redefine the fundamental principles of our republic. Let us pray that neither we nor future generations are called upon to reforge our republic as they once forced to do. Boq