Argghhh!

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

There are twelve Medals awarded for actions on this day, from the Civil War through Vietnam, including a future US Senator. Two are posthumous.Civil War. Eight Medals, a mix of Navy and Army, covering three battles.BRINN, ANDREW Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: New York. Birth: Scotland. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Mississippi during her abandonment and firing in the engagement at Port Hudson, 14 March 1863. Remaining under enemy fire...

Last Saturday was a red-lettered day to remember...

BOQ

There are five Medals awarded for actions on this day. All are in the modern era and all were posthumous awards. World War II. The Germans may be collapsing like a shattered window - but there were many sharp slivers of glass. Private First Class Stryker, along with Sergeant Robert Stryker who earned a Medal of Honor in Vietnam, are the namesakes of the Stryker series of combat vehicles.*PETERS, GEORGE J. Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry, 17th Airborne...

Attention, all personnel in the compound! Today is the anniversary of the first appearance of Attila the Gundriver -- in this particular incarnation, anyway.Happy Birthday to Dusty of Argghhh!Get it? Dusty? Alarm *Beige*?You're hopeless.Here's my present -- cover in the egress!Okay, so during an actual egress under fire, he'd have been flying *below* the Cobra -- it's the thought that counts.Resume normal operations and Commence Presents!...

We're BAAAAA-aaaaaaaaack!