September 2012 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Shameless pandering works...

So, yesterday, there was this discussion on a Facebook post (where I posted the "Keep Calm and Fix Bayonets" picture)... Leslie Applegate ‎"Fix" bayonets???? Were they broken?.... 16 hours ago · Like John Donovan Comedy Central on line two. "Fix bayonets" is shorthand for "Affix Bayonets." We're into brevity. 16 hours ago · Like · 1 Leslie Applegate Sorry, my shotgun doesn't have a lug to attach anything except a flashlight...

Published Tue, Sep 11 2012 7:14 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Castle Pr0n, shotgun, M590A1, trench gun, Mossberg

Mr Toad's Wild Ride...

So, in response to rumors about a film being made in the US, Islamists representing the footsoldiers of the religion of peace trash two embassies and kill an ambassador. "If your freedom of speech has no limits, may you accept our freedom of action." Thanks for the warning. Meh. A religion of peace only after you've accepted our religion as the only religion, and trashed that silly constitution of yours and obey our religious book. If I were Europe, I'd be very nervous. If I were...

Published Wed, Sep 12 2012 5:37 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politics, Liberty...and its Detractors, General Disgust with Everybody, Defending the Homeland

Face Palm

In a half-hearted attempt to show the world that The Democrat Party is all for the troops and our military, their convention featured a tribute to our US Navy. Small detail though, their backdrop graphics featured: a) Turkish Fighters Flying In Formation, b) A Column Of Ruskie Ships. We appreciate your sincerity. Article HERE BOQ

Published Wed, Sep 12 2012 1:03 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politicians Hit Bottom, Dig...

I like this approach...

Kevin Williamson, writing at National Review Online : How to respond to the attacks on U.S. diplomatic interests in the Muslim world? One especially appropriate tool we have at hand involves the State Department itself: the issuance of visas. If the Egyptians cannot bring themselves to behave like civilized human beings, then there is no reason to extend to them the benefits of international norms that they have no intention of respecting. It would therefore be appropriate for the United States to...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2012 6:59 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., Liberty...and its Detractors, General Disgust with Everybody

Bumppidy-Bump

BOQ

Published Wed, Sep 26 2012 12:31 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politicians Hit Bottom, Dig...

Combat

Helmet-cam style , from a young man who was knee-deep in the grass of the meadow where the Iron Crosses grow. Just so you have something to compare video games to.

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 12:40 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is...

Gunrunning on the Pan-American Highway...

A traffic stop yesterday might have been interesting depending on the officer and the jurisdiction.... Four WWII Australian 3" mortar bomb boxes, some full of the fibreboard containers, some full of canvas and accoutrements for the 3" and 4.2" mortar. Two different worms for the 3" mortar, a one-piece and a folding version. Two different Aussie 4.2" mortar rounds (proveably empty, of course). A steel box for carrying PIAT bombs. And, of course, a PIAT. Not anything illegal...

Published Tue, Sep 04 2012 11:07 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Artillery, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Ammunition, Castle Pr0n, 3" mortar, PIAT, 4.2" mortar

Yes, I want one.

Published Sun, Sep 30 2012 6:11 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits

Meanwhile, over in Afghanistan, they're after Captain Wales...

Artfully understated press release . And what isn't stated is significant, in terms of aircraft losses. If it wasn't, there wouldn't have been any reassurance that air operations would be unaffected. Because people who know people at Camp Bastion have already heard about the aircraft losses from email, etc. And I love the way battle reports have become police reports. Everything is an "incident under investigation..."

Published Sat, Sep 15 2012 7:02 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., ISAF, Camp Bastion

The guy in the second row on the left looks like he's having fun...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Sept. 13, 2012) Sailors assigned to USS Constitution preform a 17th-century-era boarding pike drill during Buffalo Navy Week. Buffalo Navy Week 2012 is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The weeklong event commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kathryn E. Macdonald The pic enlarges by clicking on...

Published Sun, Sep 16 2012 6:54 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military

September 17, 1862.

No one knew it at the time, but this was the end of the beginning, just as Gettysburg was the beginning of the end. Antietam . Our bloodiest day of combat. Here's a wargamer's blog with some excellent pics of a re-enactment at Antietam during the 150th anniversary of the battle.

Published Mon, Sep 17 2012 11:18 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Artillery, Antietam

It's a technique...

Second Lt. Cari Butler, a public affairs officer with the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Hawaii Army National Guard, stands under a waterfall to cool off during a patrol near Check Point Naychin, Afghanistan, June 30, 2012. Photo by 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii)

Published Wed, Sep 19 2012 6:48 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is...

On the luck of being born...

149 years ago today, Private Alfred B. Hays - later known to his family as "Pappy" - shouldered his Enfield 3-band rifled musket, formed ranks with his fellow soldiers of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry of Helm's Brigade, Breckinridges division of Bragg's Confederate Army of the Tennessee, and charged into the teeth of MG George Thomas' breastworks at Chickamauga. My middle name is Hays, and I was named thusly for Pappy, my great-great-grandfather. As the box in the graphic indicates...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 7:35 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Something for the Soul, Castle Pr0n

So that's how they do it.

I wondered how airplanes knew their crew...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 5:28 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Aircraft

Caption Contest (Hung-Up Edition)

BOQ

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 6:56 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politicians Hit Bottom, Dig...

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Shameless pandering works...

Mr Toad's Wild Ride...

Face Palm

I like this approach...

Bumppidy-Bump

Combat

Gunrunning on the Pan-American Highway...

Yes, I want one.

Meanwhile, over in Afghanistan, they're after Captain Wales...

The guy in the second row on the left looks like he's having fun...

September 17, 1862.

It's a technique...

On the luck of being born...

So that's how they do it.

Caption Contest (Hung-Up Edition)