Argghhh!

This is one I ask myself as I watch the Spartans, er, LEOs deploy when they decide to start swarming - from an email conversation I was party to... The question: Why oh why do all LEO SWAT wannabes wear ACU? WHY? What are they gonna do when we go to multicam or the next flavor of the day, waste tax dollars on that too? The Anwer:

Candidly I'd forgotten this; perhaps you had as wel. Operation Praying Mantis – 25 Years Later Just before 5 p.m. on April 14, 1988, the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) struck an Iranian M-08 naval mine while participating in Operation Earnest Will in the central Arabian Gulf....

Afghanistan, U.S. Army Pfc. Rex Davis, of Woodbury, Ga., a gunner with 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Destroyer, fires an automatic grenade launcher against anti-Afghan positions during a complex attack against Combat Outpost Bari Alai, April 10. Afghan national army and International Security Assistance Forces fought off AAF throughout the afternoon of April 10 in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province. The event started when an estimated 30 AAF fired on...

Sometimes, it doesn't translate well....

The Medal has been a harsh mistress on this day in history, with five of the six Medals awarded for actions on this day being posthumous awards. Four of them are from Iwo Jima, two from Vietnam.World War II*BERRY, CHARLES JOSEPH Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 10 July 1923, Lorain, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as member of a machinegun crew, serving with the 1st Battalion...

BOQ

The wheels on the bus go round n' round... BOQ

Let us continue - what to offer for a hint? That this, and similar objects, are key components of the collection. Yeah, that's it. A true statement that should quite possibly obfuscate and confuse far more than it reveals and clarifies.And no, Og, you can't "embiggen" it. Not that it would help, materially.Russ - we *did* have a milking tank out at the Castle. We sold it to our local distillery, where they use it for their vodka production....