May 2013 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Think You Hate Morning Commutes?

Just wait and see how he had to finish his: BOQ

Published Fri, May 10 2013 2:25 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

The "New" Army song

Isn't. New, I mean. We artillerymen have been happy to have you all standing to attention saluting as they played our song all these years. I guess this is intended to make so much noise we won’t be able to hear ourselves as we follow along with the proper lyric (which, I would note, extols combined arms virtues…). And people keep saying the words are new – they're not. This is the same lyric the song has had for decades. The change is they are directing the troops to use...

Published Fri, May 10 2013 5:24 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military

Something new at Castle Argghhh!

A new target for Celebrate the 2nd on the Fourth. Now with some cat hair for scale.

Published Fri, May 10 2013 4:45 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Castle Pr0n, salute products, spartan, steel target

Wish I'd Said That

I haven't been following the Benghazi hearings, and not really following the 'News" about it either. It ain't indifference concerning those events on my part. It might be the hyperbolic nature of some of the reports suggesting a "Watergate" like outcome, or simple skepticism?

Published Wed, May 08 2013 12:32 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Old Sailor Stuff

Sentry Duty

Geesh - I never thunk that a simple picture of an over-ambitious AirFarce Ninja Aspirant , would cause such an aflutter...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 7:27 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff

Finishing up the Whatziss...

No, it wasn't this... As J(NTA) figured, the french fuze was a distractor, the clue was the No 23 Mk1 rodded Mills bomb and the Pattern '07 bayonet ...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 6:41 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

All men are pigs

Ayup.

Published Wed, May 08 2013 6:38 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

I ought to be offended, but I'm not.

1. This guy Chris is a talented amateur. 2. "Ladd Everitt, spokesman for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, said the collection of images were 'pretty run-of-the-mill gun porn.'" 3. Clearly, I have better security and the Brady folks are slackers. 4. Castle Argghhh! - posting Gun *** on the Internet since 2003.... Weapons collector with 40,000 online followers accused of making 'gun porn' after posting pictures of firearms on cash, army camouflage and even cereal. There...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 5:37 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Media Morons, Moonbat Watch, Gun Rights

Caption Contest (HighSpeed Low Drag Edition)

BOQ

Published Tue, May 07 2013 10:49 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

The rise of the machines...

...or in this case, descent. NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (May 4, 2013) The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes its first shore-based arrested landing, or "trap", at Naval Air Staion, Patuxent River, Md. The unmanned aircraft used its tailhook to catch a carrier representative cable, known as the MK-7 arresting gear, to quickly stop the aircraft. This type of recovery is required aboard aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman...

Published Tue, May 07 2013 6:01 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, Aircraft, Navy, Patuxent, Pax River, X-47B

Not the Duffleblog...

This would be over-the-top for a satire site, so clearly... it's true. Head of Air Force sex-assault prevention busted for allegedly groping woman. Leave aside the irony - Clearly, the vetting process was flawed. And one wonders, over a career, how many times a problem with alcohol was covered by his bosses? I.e., a cultural problem in the Air Force? And the Navy. And the Army. And, frankly, probably the USMC, as well. And the Democrat party. And the Republicans. Heh. I see that ol' demon...

Published Tue, May 07 2013 5:07 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary, Observations on things Military

Dammit, Jim, you're dead.

"jim b leans forward up to the microphone ... clears his throat ... and says "no comment" ... then sits back." No more. James H. Brock, 65, of Kansas City, KS, passed away Friday, April 26, 2013 at his home, surrounded by his family.

Published Mon, May 06 2013 10:38 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

And now for something a little different...

Earning their Humanitarian Assistance Medal... NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY POINT MUGU, Calif. (May 3, 2013) Chief Naval Aircrewman Jay Okonek, left, and Naval Aircrewman 1st Class Jason Blase, both assigned to the "Merlins" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, help guide pilots as they fill a 360-gallon capacity precision helicopter firefighting Bambi bucket to help extinguish fires near Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu's base housing. Three helicopters from the San Diego...

Published Mon, May 06 2013 5:42 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Aircraft

On PT Belts Part II

Last week, Massa John informed us on the bane of garrison existence - The Dreaded PT Belts . Well, Holly Canolli!, I'm glad that a caped superhero is on the case...

Published Sun, May 05 2013 5:17 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!

Food For Thought

The one thing that sucks here... is that I didn't put it together.

Published Sat, May 04 2013 6:41 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..