Argghhh!

Following a thread... sort of

With yesterday's post about Heartless Libertarian's visit, I thought I would flesh out all the gun-mentions with some visuals... So - first up, listing from top to bottom in all pics, the Swedish Ljungman (6.5 Swede) a developmental contemporary with the M1 Garand, with his son, the Egyptian Hakim (7.9mm Mauser).

Published Sun, Jun 03 2012 8:32 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Castle Pr0n, Rifles, Retired and living the dream...

Hafta love the innertubez...

Without it, I wouldn't have read this, about the EPA droning over cowpies , which led to this Tweet: “You can now marry your same-sex first cousin in New York and get an abortion with taxpayer money, but you can't have a large Pepsi.” ...and caused me to find this guy's Twitter account... ...who *also* thinks Debbie Schlussel is a wasted sack of protoplasm pulsing with sensitized nerves who is the embodiment of the impetus behind a famous quote from Shakespeare (which is not...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 6:40 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Cowpies, EPA, Debbie Schlussel, Todd Kincannon

D-Day, the Navy on the beaches (Updated)

[NB: The update is the addition of pictures courtesy of Fishmugger.] This is an excerpt - the whole article is here . To clear the beach, the invasion planners envisioned an aerial and naval bombardment sweeping the coastline. Then the initial wave of infantry, supported by specially designed amphibious tanks, would land at low tide after dawn and rush up to secure the beaches. Following in their wake, the NCDUs would land with a mission to blow a 50-yard gap in the German obstacles, and place markers...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 5:41 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff

I love it when people are surprised that militaries...

...sit around and plan for war. They would be irresponsbile in their duties if they weren't doing that. Of Course the PLA is Planning for a 'Short, Sharp War' Oddly enough - so did Hitler. Or the Soviets, when they went after Finland. And us, in Iraq and Afghanistan. Problem is, that pesky enemy gets a vote. However, in this case, the net long-term risk to China is negligible, if they can force the coup de main without getting their ass handed to them. Because the likelihood of the Japanese...

Published Tue, Mar 18 2014 5:31 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Wars and rumors of war.

Articles of note...

I am apparently one of the sources of all that is wrong with the budget.I mean, Jeebus. Everything is my fault. I'm sorry. I'll just go shoot myself now. If we all did that, there'd be no problem. Of course, then they'd get grumpy about all the suicides. Damn. Catch-22 Clearly, the solution is that we all get canned at 18 years.Snarkage aside, they do need to relook the system, as the pay increases needful to maintain the volunteer force are only now really starting to manifest in...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 6:25 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Observations on things Military, Politics, General Disgust with Everybody

DC Gun Grabbers (Parts II & III)

Yesterday, I posted Emily Miller's article on SFC Corrigan and his travails with the District of Columbia's Injustice System. Well, strap on to your seats, for below are Parts 2 and 3 of a 4-Article Series. Part 2: The Raid And the Kafkaesque trip down the rabbit hole... Part 3: D.C. Jail Why - Why in God's Green Earth, would anyone put up with this? BOQ

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 11:04 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody, Gun Rights

June 26th DOD Pride Day

Article HERE I read of a Marine Sgt. who said that when he joined the military being gay was illegal. Then it was optional. He said he was retiring and getting out before Obama made it mandatory. That being said, I look forward to the first Cross-dressing Marine Drill Instructor/Instructress over at Parris Island. Boq

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 12:41 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

Fascinating vid with some rare pictures in it

Including this one:

Published Sun, Jun 17 2012 8:28 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits

Freedom isn't Free

...however, my peeps need a rest. How 'bout some of you other guys (especially you "duty-to-protect" types) pick up the tab on this one? A Lincoln Brigade For Syria We've got some spare kit we could provide, and I'd be happy to train you in battalion and brigade staff roles and responsibilities and employment... Finally, a chickenhawk argument I can live with. If only because it has such a nice historical ring to it.

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 6:15 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Politics, Citizenship, Defending the Homeland, Chickenhawks, Duty to Protect, Syria, Lincoln Brigade

Another chance to score the Expeditionary Medal on the horizon?

By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2011 - The United States military "is in the planning and preparing mode" on Libya, and will be able to provide the full range of options for national leaders, Pentagon spokesman Marine Corps Col. Dave Lapan said here today. The U.S. military is moving naval and air forces to the region, he said. President Barack Obama asked the military to prepare these options as the situation in Libya gets worse. News reports indicate...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 3:30 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., Politics, qadaffi, libya, nato

Busted.

Cricket spotted me at work......

Published Tue, Mar 01 2011 9:51 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!, Bill's Excellent Adventure, Aviation

A note from inside the belly of the beast...

“Gents, It is with great sadness that I confirm that Ranger School will be co-ed in January 13. Remember neither the CSA nor the CSMA is a ranger. Wonder how Robert Rogers feels about this? Can the Q course be far behind? Sorry to be passing this on. J” I must note it is a single data point, unconfirmed by other sources, but hey, this is a blog, right? And we're every bit the valid news source MSNBC is. I, for one, welcome our new genderless overlords. Let’s go hit the Pointe...

Published Sat, Jun 23 2012 5:10 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., Politics, Co-ed, Ranger School

Those silly Norks...

Apparently the Norks haven't read the Supreme Court decision that says this is just protected political speech . Besides, declaring war is *so* passé. We haven't done it since June 5, 1942, when we declared war on Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.

Published Mon, Jun 25 2012 11:13 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, I think it's funny!, Artillery, Moonbat Watch, Defending the Homeland

Leviathan

This happens because we LET it happen.

Published Tue, Jun 26 2012 9:55 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: The American Soviet

Goad Your Goat

(Click for Embiggenation) U.S. Army Spc. Samantha Hall, attached to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 4-25, pets a goat during a presence patrol in Loy Murghoz, Khowst Province, Afghanistan on June 8, 2012. BOQ

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 6:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..