Argghhh!

Rummaging through the backroads of this information superhighway, I stumbled upon this picture of an Italian 2LT. The caption for this Bersagliero reads: NATO led peacekeepers in Kosovo (KFOR) attend a KFOR change of command ceremony in Pristina on September 8 , 2009. The KFOR command was handed over today at NATO forces from the outgoing Italy Commander Guisepe Emilio Gay to the German commander Markus Bentler. NATO has deployed its peacekeepers in Kosovo after its 1999 air campaign that ousted...

...yesterday Prodigal Son and his Significant Other added "father-in-law" to the list of titles. PSSO+1 are now fully incorporated under the laws of the state of Kansas! Still slightly grumpy about the sequencing, but that generation just takes a different view on things. Heh. Best line I heard at the reception following Dad's funeral last month: "When I asked your Dad how he felt about being a great-grandfather, he said, "I'm fine with that, I'm having trouble thinking...

Ya just can't have enough! ...

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Saldivar (left), from San Antonio Texas, of 2nd Platoon, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Spartan, gives directions to his soldiers, Spc. Zach Griffith (center) from Springboro, Ohio, and Spc. Kelbey Cranston (right), from Tyler, Texas, in the town of Kolagu, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2012. Taking a step back to let Afghan National Forces take the lead during Operation Khoti Kheyl to advance their presence throughout...

A traffic stop yesterday might have been interesting depending on the officer and the jurisdiction.... Four WWII Australian 3" mortar bomb boxes, some full of the fibreboard containers, some full of canvas and accoutrements for the 3" and 4.2" mortar. Two different worms for the 3" mortar, a one-piece and a folding version. Two different Aussie 4.2" mortar rounds (proveably empty, of course). A steel box for carrying PIAT bombs. And, of course, a PIAT. Not anything illegal...

The Taliban wants to take Kandahar. The Taliban *needs* to take Kandahar, both for the military advantage and the political leverage the victory -- even if fleeting -- will give it. Even if the Taliban only manages to take and hold one neighborhood for 24-hours, you'll see the MSM and the armchair analysys trot out the references to Tet '68 and declare that we've lost, still oblivious after forty years to the fact that Tet was a military defeat for our enemies, but a political *win*,...

You miss stories about the ER nurse talking about having the munchies after toking up.Yeah, the *ER* nurse.Werekitty, AKA Dbie, is in Health Care Hell, as she has spent the night in the ER waiting for admission to a ward - all while her family is elsewhere.The only folks holding her hand are doing so digitially (oooo, double-entendre!) so, either here (or, frankly, better yet, check her out on Facebook) go give the Werekitten some support and advice (good advice, she's already gotten a bunch...

8 August shares a distinction with 2 August with no Medals being awarded for actions on this day. So, today we'll go with an *almost* Medal of Honor. A Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest honor this nation can bestow upon our soldiers. On M ay 14, 2009, Staff Sgt Jarion Halbisengibbs was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in theSamarra, Iraq, on Sept. 10, 2007. Staff Sgt. Halbisengibbs led a combined assault force on agroup of farm houses known to be an insurgent...