October 2012 - Argghhh!

Both awards were posthumous. *GORDON, GARY I. Rank and organization: Master Sergeant, U.S. Army. Place and date: 3 October 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia. Entered service at: ----- Born: Lincoln, Maine. Citation: Master Sergeant Gordon, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as Sniper Team Leader, United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. *SHUGHART, RANDALL D. Rank and organization...

BOQ

Behold our future. BOQ

I surrendered to peer pressure and mockery from my friends and acquaintances and finally got a cell phone. Not that it matters that much to them - there's a reason it generally sits unused and turned off , and doesn't live in a battery charger. If the battery is dead, it can't be hijacked. They still can't get me any easier than they used to. But I can get them when *I* want to...

Longtime reader and Armorer-friend Navig8r lost a friend and wishes to note his passing. I'll let him take up the thread... On 19 September, 2012 Sheriff Larry Dever was killed in a tragic one car rollover on his way to join family members for a hunting trip in northern Arizona. I knew of him for the 10 years and some change that I have lived in southeastern Arizona, and have experienced his leadership for the three years that I have been privileged to serve as a volunteer on the Cochise County...