March 2013 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Gimme summa dat!

Marksmanship fail. And, please, please, attack me using your weapons like that, dressed like that. Please.

Published Wed, Mar 13 2013 6:11 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, GWOT Whatever it is..., I think it's funny!

Not Going There

And who ever said that jarheads didn't have brains: BOQ

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 12:18 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Militaria

But what about the chat rooms of "Brotherhood of War" and "Liveleak?"

For analysts, combat stress felt far from fight. By Lolita C. Baldor - The Associated Press Posted : Monday Mar 11, 2013 7:53:11 EDT LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. — They may never come face to face with a Taliban insurgent, never dodge a roadside bomb or take fire, but they still may be responsible for taking lives or putting their own colleagues in mortal danger. And now the military has begun to grapple with the mental and emotional strains endured by these Air Force personnel. I spent two...

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:05 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Good

Official: Production stopped on cyber medal. Let's fix that whole order of precedence thing.

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:04 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Unit-level sequestration guidance.

Click here for the memorandum in pdf format .

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:03 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Now that's some good army trainin', right there!

Even if they *are* Marines. That reminds me of a story... take away the weather-appropriate clothes, add three decades of wear and tear and a beard, ditch the weapons and replace them with a standing rib roast, ribeyes, and 1.75 liters of tequila... and that could be me! Marines patrol through strong winds and heavy snow March 2 during a comprehensive bilateral field training exercise as part of Exercise Forest Light 13-3 at the Hokkaido-Dai Maneuver Area in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. The FTX began...

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 6:34 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military, I think it's funny!, Castle Pr0n

President Obama to award the Medal of Honor

'Bout time on this one. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2013 President Obama to Award Medal of HonorOn April 11, President Barack Obama will award Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Chaplain Kapaun will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed...

Published Mon, Mar 11 2013 11:23 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

Rectal-cranial infarct alert!

The Senator has no filters. Sometimes, you wonder if she can *hear* herself. Oh, I know what she meant in her head, but good golly gee... Senator, just when did it become *legal* to hunt humans... with any weapon? You only object to being able to do so with hi-cap mags? So, as long as I use a baseball bat... it's apparently okay with the Senator from California.

Published Mon, Mar 11 2013 10:59 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Moonbat Watch, Pugnacious Stupidity, Gun Rights

Something else that J(NTA) dropped off during his drive-by...

M2 Carbine double-size cut-away trainer. Complete but for the front barrel band. Anyone has one (narrow, Type 1, plz) lemme know! No? Yeah, I didn't think so. I can prolly try to fashion a substitute. And I know a guy who actually hand-hammers medieval pattern plate armor who could school me on the shaping.

Published Mon, Mar 11 2013 6:11 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Castle Pr0n, Rifles

The lances...

So, here's pics of markings on two of the lances I got on Friday. Lance heads clearly marked with the Brit double-broad-arrow surplus stamp, and one with "Enfield." Butt sockets are marked with 12th Royal Lancers correct ash shafts for post 1880s. The only kicker is... all the officially adopted lance heads I can find reference to are... triangular - not like these. A mystery, and part of the fun. And causing me to order a copy of Skennerton's tome on the topic. This is what I believe...

Published Sun, Mar 10 2013 9:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Castle Pr0n

It was a good day, 'Tater!

Them M&Ms was wunnerful! (+10 bragging rights for getting the reference). J(NTA) finally made the trek!

Published Sat, Mar 09 2013 5:01 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Castle Pr0n

Because, sometimes...

...you just need a tank. Battle-damaged Renault FT-17 at the National WWI Museum, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 5:43 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Tanks and AFVs

It's gonna be a good day, 'Tater!

First off, morning has broken at the Castle... And better yet, John (Not The Armorer) will be stopping by this afternoon on his way to a big show back east... WITH TOYZ!

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 5:15 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

Bleargghhh

Still *hating* the Army uniform. 03/05/2013 - From right, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III attend a hearing of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies in Washington, D.C., March 5, 2013. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade, U.S. Army/Released)

Published Thu, Mar 07 2013 7:30 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, General Disgust with Everybody

That's some good Army training right there...

Not our Army perhaps, but so what? 02/28/2013 - A New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team member drives a light armored vehicle away from the firing line to discharge smoke grenades during a live-fire training exercise in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013. The vehicle was equipped with eight 76 mm multibarrel grenade dischargers capable of firing high-explosive or smoke grenades. (DoD photo by Sgt. Christopher Bonebrake, U.S. Army/Released)

Published Wed, Mar 06 2013 4:30 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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

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