October 2014 - Argghhh!

...of the following award. The Auld Soldier, AKA "Dad," will be inducted into the Missouri University ROTC Hall of Fame on 1 November, 2014. Ceremony at Crowder Hall, UMC Campus, with another presentation at half-time during the Mizzzou-Kentucky football game. Good.

[By Castle Denizen: Boquisucio - since it's No More Che Day here's a reposted rescue of a post apparently destroyed in the mists of time and server-crashes.] How many degrees of human contact separate this WOMAN , from these MEN ? Cuba this, Cuba that; Cuba blah-blah-blah. Ever since one of those two megalomaniacs decided to spend the remaining days of his life planting red petunias, all we hear is Cuba-Cuba-Cuba. Well, growing-up in the Island of Tropical Breezes, you couldn’t help...

I do like it when the civilian leadership joins us in our "Yes, I am too macho to come in out of the rain" games. UnderSec Visits USASOC FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- The Under Secretary of the Army, Hon. Brad Carson, discusses weapons systems with a Special Forces Soldier during a walkthrough on Range 37, Fort Bragg. Hon. Carson met with USASOC Soldiers to gain firsthand knowledge of Army Special Operations Forces and their capabilities. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Daniel A. Carter, USASOC Public Affairs...

As Heartless Libertarian noted on Facebook - - why are ground forces important? Because that where the people live. America's Big Military Mistake: Cutting Land Forces Too Quickly.