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H&I FIRES* 12 JAN 2010

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Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 9:12 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 13 January

Civil WarToday is a pretty light day for the Medal, and all the awards were in the 19th century era. None were posthumous.Civil War. There are several Medals that are for actions on this date, but they span several days from December through January, all at Fort Fisher. They will appear on 15 January, the closing date of the citation. Quartermaster Stevens is the exception, with his Medal solely for actions on the 13th.STEVENS, DANIEL D. Rank and organization. Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 5:28 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

Haiti and the Reverend Robertson.

I'm not a biblical scholar, and while I am spiritual, I am not a confirmed member of anything, though I subscribe to the Christian tradition. So, mebbe I'm missing something with this whole "God as vengeful punisher" thing. Strikes me that the Reverend Robertson perhaps quit reading The Book when he hit the part where some editions start printing certain passages of text in red?I thought the rainbow was kinda His promise he wasn't going to go slinging weather and rocks around...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 5:48 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary, Petulant Pundits, Something for the Soul

Ya gotta love the South

Heh.Tennessee The owner of a golf course was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, "You graduated from the University of Tennessee and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?" The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, "Everything but my earrings." Alabama A group of Alabama friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 8:34 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Postcards from the Edgy, Bill's Excellent Adventure

Toooo Funny.

Gun Control. Or maybe reality bites? Made me laugh anyway...

Published Sat, Apr 27 2013 3:25 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Old Sailor Stuff

So that's where it goes.

Old Kandy Korn. 04/24/2013 - A U.S. Air Force AC-130W Stinger II aerial gunner reloads 30mm ammunition during a flight at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 24, 2013, in support of exercise Emerald Warrior 2013. Emerald Warrior is an annual two-week joint/combined tactical exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command designed to leverage lessons learned from operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 11:42 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Well, damn...

Minicapt sent me this a short time ago. I knew about it thanks to an NTSB feed I subscribe to but hadn't seen the above-linked video he sent.

Published Wed, May 01 2013 2:14 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Aircraft

Meh. There's a reason I no longer post at Breitbart's Big Peace

Like breathless links from Drudge to Chicken Little blurbs on Breitbart... Pentagon May Court Martial Soldiers Who Share Christian Faith Actually, they say that they'll prosecute people who break the law. Not that there isn't room for mischief there, with the greivance kulturkampf in full swing - but then I've worked for bosses who displayed their own brand of ski-pilotry harder than appropriate while standing in their official capacity. Me, I just winced and let it slide, because it...

Published Thu, May 02 2013 6:47 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, courtsmartial, faith, expression

More Collector's Logic...

Who *doesn't* want an early example of a wrapped brass cartridge, in this case an Indian (from the sub-continent, not Native American) Police Buckshot cartridge. I mean, really? Why wouldn't you want one?

Published Fri, May 03 2013 10:02 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, Ammunition, Castle Pr0n

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

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..

Now this is an office I can relate to

The back office in an AC-130... Service of the piece, AF-style...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2013 6:27 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, Artillery, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, 105mm howitzer, ac-130

A family reunion!

The Family of American Small Arms... And yes, the pic embiggens. I'm not *that* mean. And it's all legal, Federal, State, and Local, where I live - which may not be true of whatever Borg Collective you reside in.

Published Sat, Jun 08 2013 3:00 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Castle Pr0n, winchester, garand, remington, Mossberg, trapdoor, 1911a1, springfield, American small arms

Rivrdog asked...

Rivrdog receives....

Published Sun, Jun 09 2013 10:43 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Artillery, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Ammunition

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 9 February

There are four Medals awarded for actions on this day, three of them posthumous, all of them from the modern era.World War II. A rough day in the fight for Manila in 1945. Three Medals to the same battalion, two of them to a very dangerous BAR team. Three Privates, the likes of which make winning wars that much more likely, if their efforts aren't squandered by the folks senior to them.*CICCHETTI, JOSEPH J. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A, 148th Infantry, 37th...

Published Tue, Feb 09 2010 4:12 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..