June 2011 - Argghhh!

(Click to make the tongues larger) TUMACO, Colombia (June 9, 2011) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kirby Boudreaux, from Louisiana, plays with a patient during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event at Escuela Max Seidel. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kim Williams/Released) Boq

Which is an improvement on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings which were hot and muggy. So, while SWWBO went to market with her yarns, buttons, and eggs, I fed and watered the herds and flocks, handled the newest bunnies so that they are people-tolerant, replaced the tailights in the PickUp of Argghhh! and did some shooting. Specifically the Winchester M1 and SIG 250, with the .40 S&W barrel installed. [Click the picture to enlarge it] Had to take the Garand out for a test drive.

[Click the pics to enlargify]An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 breaks the sound barrier during an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean on June 6, 2011. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are currently underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis K. Mendoza, U.S. Navy. (Released)06/06/2011 - A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter...

Oh BTW - Happy Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. LaCroix...

This one really hurts just down the road at Fort Riley. One of "those" emails... DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of five soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn. They died June 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire. They were assigned to the1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. Killed were: Spc...

First up – SWWBO and I only hung around for the gathering and the rally – we left before the march started, because it was hot, muggy, and there was nothing but polite people behaving themselves while engaged in the typical self-licking ice cream cone “we all think alike” rally blather.In other words, it was just like any other gathering of this type, especially here in Leavenworth, regardless of the political vector the fellow-travelers follow. Nothing like what the Left...

Donald R. Burgett - a Screaming Eagle of the 101st Airborne who dropped on D-Day. An excerpt from his book, Currahee! A Screaming Eagle At Normandy, which is well worth the read.The time was 1:14 A.M. June 6, 1944. Suddenly the green light flashed on."Let's go," screamed Lieutenant Muir at the top of his voice, and he, along with Carter and Thomas gave the big bundle a shove. Lieutenant Muir followed it out; Carter did a quick left turn and followed him into the prop blast; Thomas did...