Argghhh!

One more day, folks. Admittedly, yesterday was just mean of me, posting an internal fragment of a component of this admittedly badly damaged-by-time-and-poor-storage artifact of a bygone era and long-gone Army. In fact, every Army, from the one that originated it, to the one that inherited it, to the one that captured it, are all under new management. If you're new to this one - click here.So, here's a more complete picture for you....

If you need to catch up - click here.I gave you two hints yesterday, which I thought would at least get you to grenade, and possibly Russian grenade, in this case the M1912 "Lantern" grenade.In the previous post I italicized the word fragment in response to the previous visual cue. While I wasn't expecting anyone to really make the connection that the component I showed you was part of the structure that provided enhanced fragmentation effects for the grenade, I was hoping that the...

Specialist Jordan Shay was killed in Iraq, two weeks into his second tour, in one of those damnable vehicle accidents.He blogged from Iraq here, Through Amber Lenses.Army of Dude has more to say.It will always be difficult to hear a Regular soldier has been killed, but to see Jordan leave us too soon hits me especially hard. I didn't know Jordan personally, but I knew him well. I understand his need to commit his thoughts to writing to share with the rest of us. He spoke of his teachers and his...

If you need to catch up - click here.Here's the previous two components with a third. It's from Europe. It's a better picture. What more do you guys need? ...

In the 18 October Medal of Honor post, I made the following observation:In the first 50 years of the Medal's history - 98 percent went to living recipients. There are many reasons for this, not least among them was that the whole concept of medals like this was new, and it just didn't occur to people to award them to dead men. When I graduated from high school, there were 293 living recipients of the Medal. In July 2008, the Census Bureau reported the population of the United States to be...

Castle Security Enhancements® continue.Perimeter security patrols are that much closer to getting much more interesting.Humorless libs and other anti-gun types sit at their screens aghast. "You got all that mail-order!?!?!!!"Well, more accurately, internet-order-delivered-by-UPS....

Yes - There is one Republican in this picture: Boq