May 2012 - Argghhh!

FORT KNOX, Ky. (May 9, 2012) Engineman 1st Class Kenuan Lawrence, assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 1, mans a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise. The squadron completed a three-day field exercise to prepare for their final evaluation problem that will qualify them for deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Hoskins)

A Tarpon and a 'Cuda... Looks like someone got himself a twofer. BOQ

...that the TC of that BMP had better situation awareness than the crew of that T-72.

Boq

As a follow-up on my earlier post: HERE ... I found this other picture, taken from a slightly different angle, and much tighter lens (16 or 22) obturation. What I found worthy of note, is the full panoply of expressions on the Presidential Reelection Props...

...as we recently were, here and here, JTG brought up the Stokes Mortar and its round, so I thought I would poke through the Holdings, and see what we had. This is the result! JTG mentioned the Stokes Mortar of WWI, details of which are available here and here. I would note that Sir Wilfred pretty much got it right the first time - just about everything since has been tweaks. The Wikipedia article has a photograph with a projectile of the type in the Holdings. As you can see, the Stokes round is...

From: The Armorer Co-Commander in Chief, Castle Argghhh! To: Visitors to Castle Argghhh! 1. Statement of Purpose & Necessity: Some people are idiots and require guidance.

Honestly, this took about a month longer than I expected. I say toss the entire personnel policy of the Armed Forces to the Courts. These two women are selfishly out for themselves. Our black-robed bretheren are all smarter and better educated than we are, and, solons that they are, will be impartial judges on the merits. And, given the bit about damaging future earnings, etc, I think the suit should be expanded to promotion policy as well. I know I was screwed, and dammit, it wasn't fair, etiher...