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Russkis on the march in the Crimea?

Those pics reactivated some long-dormant synapses....

Published Mon, Mar 03 2014 8:12 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, Militaria

The DHS keyword list.

Let's test their image search capabilities. Since we blathered on yesterday about DHS keyword list, and you all decided to publish the list everywhere... let's see how their *image* scanning is working out. Good staff officers never throw anything away. Completely unclass, not even an FOUO marking on it. And it came in handy recently for something I'm working on. The data in this book has been tweaked so that it's "not quite right" and therefore unclassified. This was used...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2013 5:21 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, I think it's funny!, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Ammunition, Castle Pr0n, Militaria

A Christmas Bleg from Vietnam - David M

I want to thank John for posting the link to my bleg over at The Thunder Run. I thought I'd add a couple of images of the patch in question. I think what my father-in-law really wants is one of the unit patches from 69-70 when Walt Disney had been added to the patch after the unit received authorization from the Walt Disney Company to use their Captain Hook Figure. A little about this authorization can be found by clicking on this line drawing from the Walt Disney Company: A similar version of...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2011 6:03 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary, Historical Stuff, Militaria

The Long Way Home

Been There, Done That -- and probably 80% of you who comment or lurk have experienced taking the Long Way Home..Now a friend of one of my Viet Vet buds has written a song about it with Carol Ashton, and I think you'll like it. There's no embed code for this particular site, so you'll have to scoot over to Smashune to see the vid -- and if you like it, vote for it. I liked it, or I wouldn't have asked you to spend four minutes listening to it....

Published Tue, Jun 06 2011 11:39 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Postcards from the Edgy, Something for the Soul, Militaria

Shilling for an advertiser (and a friend)

Something new has been added -- see the ad for My Bullet in the sidebar?I am in the unique position of being able to tell you that it's a genuine Good Deal. I know the product, and I know one of the guys who owns the company -- LTC (Ret) Paul Spangler's a fellow Viet vet Army Aviator (okay, he mostly flew fixed wing, part of an outfit that Wasn't There and did things You Can't Prove). Ya see, when Spanky (we call him Spanky on the Viet vet Aviation forum) got the idea for My Bullet...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2011 6:47 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Postcards from the Edgy, Ammunition, Militaria

From The E-Mailbox

The Army Aviation Community isn't as small as it once was, but anyone in it is still only about two degrees of separation from any other member, and us older guys still look out for the young sprouts. This falls into that category.> Subject: FW: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Survey (UNCLASSIFIED)>> PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE.>> *****************************************>> TO ALL FORMER AND CURRENT MILITARY HELICOPTER PILOTS AND AIRCREW:>>> 1. BACK AND NECK PAIN AFFLICTS...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2011 5:39 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, Veteran's Issues, Postcards from the Edgy, Militaria

Castle Technical Rapid Surgery Team

Doing the rounds around the web, is a LITTLE CLIP on a Jeep rapid disassembly drill team...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2010 6:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Militaria

Better pics of the rabbit ear whatzis...

Okay, the whatzis was an M65 Battery Commander's Periscope, on the M48 mount, with a small tripod that actually was developed for the intended replacement of the M75, the M43. Bill, Blake and I (and I'm sure others of you) used these instruments back in the day, before they were replaced by frankly more useful laser instruments. These things are heavy, being made of brass and steel, with a fair amount of glass in the optics. The odd color that many of you commented on was an artifact of bad...

Published Sat, Jul 07 2010 7:54 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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

Out of all the spam, comes some good stuff!

My kinda email! John, speaking of M5 Stuarts I ran across this the other day at Bernard Zee's sight. Mr Zee likes to take pics of airplanes and other things http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/home.html The Chino Airshow has WW-II re-enactors at the event and thought you might enjoy a small diversion from your daily toils. http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino10/Reenactors/Reenactors.html I thing the 40mm would look good next to the mountain howitzer, just in case the zombies learn to fly. Aw what...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2010 6:42 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, Militaria, General Militaria, Gun Rights, mvpa, hawt chick sniper, stuart tank, chino airshow, re-enactors, sherman tank

Caption Contest (Irish Pennants on Israeli Sox Edition)

The real caption reads...

Published Tue, May 05 2010 6:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Militaria

Snowscapes

Same Snow - Same Reverence - Same Tombs. Two Countries...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2010 7:27 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Militaria

Caption Contest (Evil Eye Edition)

As I am unsure of the provenance of this picture, I do not know whether the Petty Officer was Photo-shopped into it or not. But, if he did a peek-a-boo in the flesh, I wonder what he was thinking. Boq

Published Tue, Dec 12 2009 5:41 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Militaria

Caption Contest (Bored Edition)

Yahwn - It's so boring today. SLEEPY GUARD: A member of the Royal Guard yawned before the arrival Monday of Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet at the Prado Palace in Spain. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press) Boq

Published Tue, Dec 12 2009 6:05 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Militaria

Doing What Has to be Done

Yesterday, I posted the first of three essays about my father-in-law. It was appropriate to the day, but I didn't get it done until late; thus, this after-the-fact notice. If you care to read it, click here . -- SangerM

Published Thu, Nov 11 2009 7:14 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Militaria

Update on the Castle Technical

Sportin' her new summer duds..."Does it make my butt look fat?" she wonders, as the horses wonder if my presence will result in grain and/or treats...Stylin' with the Temporary Light Artillery of Argghhh! The gun's not ours, alas, just being stored here prior to moving on to her eventual home in Australia. Which is an odd place for an ex-Finnish french-made anti-tank gun. But I suppose no more odd than having been a "touchdown gun" for a northeast Kansas high school...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 8:33 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, Militaria

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Russkis on the march in the Crimea?

The DHS keyword list.

A Christmas Bleg from Vietnam - David M

The Long Way Home

Shilling for an advertiser (and a friend)

From The E-Mailbox

Castle Technical Rapid Surgery Team

Better pics of the rabbit ear whatzis...

Out of all the spam, comes some good stuff!

Caption Contest (Irish Pennants on Israeli Sox Edition)

Snowscapes

Caption Contest (Evil Eye Edition)

Caption Contest (Bored Edition)

Doing What Has to be Done

Update on the Castle Technical