Argghhh!

Seven Medals for actions on this day in history. One, a naval Medal during the "Interim Awards,1871-1898" period, four from WWI, and one each from WWII and Korea. The most famous of these Medal Holders is the Major who commanded the "Lost Battalion" in France in 1918. BELPITT, W. H.Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Born: 1859, Sydney, Australia. (Letter No. 126, 27 October 1884, LCDR Iverson, U .S. Navy.) Citation: On board the U.S.S. Monocacy, Foochow...

[Click the tank for a slightly larger version] Heartless Libertarian asks the Grognards, Assembled , to ID the tank and operator of same. Eclectic vehicle. I expect you'll get this quick. Sic 'em!

Dear WestPointer with the IMJGALT license plate... Yay. You went to West Point. Yay, you read Ayn Rand. As a vehicle pilot, you suck. Turn signals were installed on your car for a purpose. Random lane changes to establish positional advantage in a 30mph zone about to transition to the most heavily policed 20mph zone on the planet are an exercise in pointless alpha behavior that induced me to mock you publicly. That is all.

Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. ******************** In today's From the Front: (Click on link to read stories highlighted below) The Gun Line MkIII: How Things Are Going… Free Range International: The Internal Focus of ISAF In Iraq Now (at 56): Who Fights This War? -- Flight Medic 2 Jamie McIntyre's Line of Departure...

Long time readers will recognize some whatziss' in this clip... You might want to turn the sound down......

Soldier flagrantly avoids flag salute, sets off online outrage. I have a different take on this, coming as I do from an era where Retreat literally caused an installation to pause and face the flag - to the point of people pulling over and getting out of their cars, and end of day formations being scheduled to facilitate unit participation in the tradition. This is *not* that Army. I say that without rancor. It just isn't. And it isn't because *the leaders* have made it so. Anybody who wants...

Tonight President Obama will award a posthumous Medal of Honor to Paul and Janet Monti, the parents of Sergeant First Class Jared Monti, who earned his Medal as an infantilleryman fighting in Afghanistan. This will be the the sixth Medal awarded during the current war, all of them posthumous. After the award is made, I will add SFC Monti to the 21 June Medal of Honor post, as that is the day he transcended the average soldier.For those of you who are following these posts, I will go back and catch...