Argghhh!

This note is about Soldiers' Angels in particular, but the point is universal to anyone for whom "Support the Troops" is a definite verb... Hello my name is MSG [redacted] and am with 7th Special Forces Group out of Fort Bragg, NC. I recently recieved some boxes* for my team and they all loved each one. The item that was really needed was the blankets that were put in each one. We enjoyed how each one was different. You are wonderful Americans and we appreciate all of your support from...

Last night saw a retired AF buddy bring his Naval Academy son and two of his friends over for a Shoot and Tell. One of the younglings was a brand-shiny-new Ensign, the other two (including the son in question) are still romping through the dreamy fields of Annapolis. Exceedingly polite and attentive, as one would expect. And smart (Dad's hand also in this next bit, methinks) - they brought good tequila for the Armorer, good red wine for SWWBO, and dog biscuits for the External Guard. The Internal...

...we're going to have some places like this, where people just put their tools away, and never came back. I want one of those tanks ...

At first blush, at least, I think it's an improvement - though our Vietnam-and-earlier era readers might notice some similarities to how we used to train in combat units...Nothing new under the sun, in a sense. Anybody remember the 5 event PT test? My bet, based on a long-simmering cynicism born of 50+ years around the Army? Soon after energetic combat operations are over, this will fall to the wayside, for many of the same reasons the other one did. Too expensive to maintain the facilities....

Now that Putin has the Sudetenland, he's aiming for the rest of Czechoslovakia, from his speech to the Duma: "We're one nation. Kiev is the mother of all Russian cities." I suspect this isn't over, and blood will be shed. While I suspect that's not the case for my gaggle of interested persons, if you are confused by the post, you need to catch up on modern European history that you slept through in HS and/or college. A Russian Army officer, back to camera, helps an armored...

Our C-in-C decides to redecorate our military's Ribbon Bar without bothering to ask permission from Congress and promptly skeedaddles to Rio - The Land of Eternal Samba. Meanwhile our Secretary of Defense makes himself scarce and leaves Adm. Mullen , holding the bag. At least now we know the real reason why he made it to Russia. At least he gets to play with big bang-sticks. Boq