March 2012 - Argghhh!

Greetings! Your friendly Castle storyteller, here. I’ve been allowed a blog post to ask a question.A bunch of us writers have noticed a problem. The sense of wonder that used to run through all the great science fiction books is gone--at least in the books you find in the bookstore. The books that are getting through the mainstream publishers feature depressing, grey, soul-sucking wastelands of futility and political correctness. They seem to expect the reader to be ashamed of being human-...

Since you guys and gals seem to be having fun with the WWII pics, here's another, and a mission: what gun is that those Brits are using?

...simply because you don't look at it like they will. Given the ongoing brouhaha over the HHS contraceptive mandate, Townhall plays into the Left's hands... Townhall Magazine's cover for their next issue. "Race to 1144..." You know, when Gherardo Caccianemici was elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II Maybe I'm the only one who will notice.

Note that... "Other buggies fled the scene." Where's the video, dammit?

This is one of my favorite videos of a relatively typical outpost fight in Afghanistan. Paratroopers from Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, "The Rock", 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, defend their outpost in Chowkay valley, Afghanistan. One of the first things I always note - movie combat always sounds more dramatic than this. And, of course the Redleg in me loves the mortar crew popping out an "immediate suppression" mission - smoke, followed...

Boq

In my post about Neptunus Lex, I talked about the early days of millblogging, and some of the motivations this very eclectic group has. Yesterday, I had a Facebook post up about a VA blog discussing the very real impact of the thrice-damned "Veteran As Dangerous Damaged Goods" meme that is hard to beat down to a manageable noise in the culture at large. One of the reasons I started this blog was to point out that guys like me live among you and yet you are not threatened by us. But you'll...

...find the gust front. General Officer Announcements The chief of staff, Army announced today the following assignments: Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan to deputy commanding general, 1st Corps and Joint Base Lewis McChord, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. He most recently served as director, J-9, United States Forces-Iraq. Maj. Gen. Anthony A. Cucolo III, director, force development, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commandant, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Maj. Gen. Patrick J....