Argghhh!

This one really hurts just down the road at Fort Riley. One of "those" emails... DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of five soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn. They died June 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire. They were assigned to the1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. Killed were: Spc...

Someone still doesn't know the fifth service branch. Must have been a corpseman that tripped him up Boq

Note from Sean: John: I think J.M. Heinrichs wants some tank ***. Here's some tank *** fresh from the front to satisfy the cravings. All the best, -Sean

[This pic enlargifies] Tech. Sgt. Sam Pastor, a vehicle maintainer attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires the Mk 48 machine gun at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)

Interestingly enough, my post yesterday about the Taliban declaring victory is an example of starting a post with one intent, and then having your inner demons hijack your typing fingers and take it in a different direction. Doctrine Man, over on his Facebook Wall, today went where I was *actually intending* to go yesterday. [This pic embiggens]

There are eight Medals earned for actions on this day, or a period that ends on this day. There are a slough of Medals from the Fort Fisher campaign that will show up in January, but cover actions on this day as well. Six are from the Civil War, one is a lifesaving Medal, and the last was earned during World War II.Thus far in our military history, the gift of Christmas is that there are as yet no posthumous awards for actions on this day.Civil War. Note the "rank" of Robert Blake. A liberated...

Wanna know the true history of the now ubiquitous MEME floating around? Keep Calm and Keep that Stiff Upper Lip. Boq