March 2011 - Argghhh!

Funny you should ask.*ringing phone*Me: Hello?Female Animal Rescue Volunteer: Bill? [name redacted]. Listen, we've got a dog and she needs some help. Me: As in...?FARV: Well, she's not socialized, and she's never had any training, and you're good with big dogs, and ['nother name redacted] won't go near her because -- well, the people we got her from say...*conversation trails off*Me: *What* did they say, specifically?FARV: They said she hates men.Me: Ahem. I'm a man.FARV...

I have to be the first to admit that I had no idea that the original ( well almost, more on that latter ) Screaming Eagle sits proudly overlooking the Hemicyle of Madison's Capitol...

Meanwhile in Libya, I wonder whether we should check the engine fluids while at it. Boq

I wouldn't swat at the beehive, if I were them... Boq

Just some filler. Boq

Capt. Marisa Catlin (left), 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pilot, flies back from a recent reposition mission in Kunar province with 1st Lt. Nathan Lowry, 83rd ERQS co-pilot. USAF photo by Captain Erick Saks.If you'd like a closer look at the office and the cubicle-dwellers (my kinda cubicle!) within - click here. If you'd like to read the articles about the HH-60's of the 83rd, or Captain Catlin, the pilot in command of this particular Pave Hawk - click those links in this sentence...

As we watch the drama of Japan and Libya unfold, let us not lose sight of this, a little news from a forgotten war:The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Mecolus C. McDaniel, 33, of Fort Hood, Texas, died March 19 in Khowst province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd...