Argghhh!

George Hobson attended the Auld Soldier's funeral last month, there to honor a warrior from a war they held in common. For like the Auld Soldier and Hal Moore, George Hobson was a soldier once, and young:Hobson, 66, retired more than a decade ago as inspector general at Fort Leonard Wood, but on this day he had agreed to talk about something else. Thirty-nine years ago, Hobson was commander of a force of outnumbered, outgunned soldiers who escaped from a battle in Vietnam that has been nicknamed...

...yesterday Prodigal Son and his Significant Other added "father-in-law" to the list of titles. PSSO+1 are now fully incorporated under the laws of the state of Kansas! Still slightly grumpy about the sequencing, but that generation just takes a different view on things. Heh. Best line I heard at the reception following Dad's funeral last month: "When I asked your Dad how he felt about being a great-grandfather, he said, "I'm fine with that, I'm having trouble thinking...

Posting from me has been light due to PSSO+1 incorporating under Kansas law getting married, and SWWBO and I had +1 for the weekend while PSSO had a very short honeymoon free from the attention-sucking food processor bundle of joy that is Miles. Miles (+1) likes the beard. Hmmm. I have to come up with new acronyms now that Prodigal Son and his Significant Other have merged. Last Saturday found 1SG Keith celebrating a natal anniversary, and despite being warned by the Adjutant, I spaced it. Happy...

Let's start with a quick Caption Contest: There's more over the fold...

When the Medal was orginally authorized by Congress, the Navy was specifically granted permission to award it for peacetime actions in recognition of the special perils inherent in the Naval Service in it's day-to-day operations. Today, those kinds of actions would be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, but back in the day, they were Medals of Honor. We start the six Medals awarded for actions on this day in history with two of those Naval Medals.Interim Awards 1871-1898 FLANNAGAN, JOHNRank...

"Pour le encourager les autres." That will have a far more noticeable effect than making flag officers sit through a class on how not to be a butthead. Set the example, Secretary Hagel. Fire people. With predjudice. From the WaPo: Military brass, behaving badly: Files detail a spate of misconduct dogging armed forces.

Same Uniform, Same Army, Same War. Same Tearful Good-byes, Same Invocation By The Chaplain...