Argghhh!

Thank God there were no incoming boogies...

I admit I'm a slug. It's funny though. When the company I used to work for tried to talk me into moving back to corporate headquarters in the DC area, they used to wax eloquent about all the cultural opportunities therein contained. I queried them about the last time they had been to one of the Smithsonian's museums, Colonial Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, the Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, etc. They admitted that they hadn't been in a long time. I pointed out that absent the performing...

U.S. Air Force officers controlled traffic from this makeshift setup at Port-au-Prince’s airport on Monday, Jan. 18 (Julie Platner for The Wall Street Journal) Boq

...but we get *paid* to do this! 11/26/2012 - U.S. Army Spc. Richard Burton leans out the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to get a better view of the ground during a flight mission over Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Nov. 26, 2012. Burton is a crew chief with the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie, U.S. Army. (Released)

What? No Frappuccino Mocha Venti Latte? Boq

Administration proposal for a new tank to replace the Abrams - perfect for a hollow army configured for peacekeeping, and can deploy a battalion of them via one FMTV.

Earning their Humanitarian Assistance Medal... NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY POINT MUGU, Calif. (May 3, 2013) Chief Naval Aircrewman Jay Okonek, left, and Naval Aircrewman 1st Class Jason Blase, both assigned to the "Merlins" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, help guide pilots as they fill a 360-gallon capacity precision helicopter firefighting Bambi bucket to help extinguish fires near Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu's base housing. Three helicopters from the San Diego...

Fair and balanced, that's us! We also got pimped today by Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness.(Hint: This will be the anti view)" Seven Reasons Why Women-in-CombatDiversity Will Degrade Tough StandardsDear John,Defense Department officials keep claiming that when direct ground combat assignments are opened up to women, female trainees will be held to the same standards as men.This analysis, produced by the Center for Military Readiness, sets forth seven major reasons and...