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Cannonballs got you down? Just got 'em laying around gathering dust but suddenly aren't sure whether or not they're live?No, really. I'm serious - read this article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:When General William T. Sherman rode through in 1864, folks got out of the way; and hundreds of Kennesaw State University students were evacuated from a classroom Monday because of two live cannonballs on campus.They were not uncovered during construction or an archeological dig, but...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 6:54 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Artillery, Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Ammunition, Pugnacious Stupidity, Castle Pr0n

The End is Here, Not with a Bang, but with a Whimper [David M]

PARDON me for a few if I slip away from my typical method and indulge in some introspection. Galrahn of Information Dissemination has a rather salient point to be made about the end of combat operations in Iraq, that being, that for the most part, there has been no generational impact upon the American people because of Iraq or Afghanistan theatres. Not surprisingly the meme coined by some Marine in theatre: “America isn’t at War, the Marine’s are at war, America is at the mall”...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 2:00 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

Since our demographic skews older...

...let us conduct a test.

Published Sun, May 16 2010 9:05 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!

Entropy. It Sucks.

There's a hole in Lex's household that's thirteen years' deep......

Published Fri, May 14 2010 3:16 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Postcards from the Edgy, Furry Family Members

Time for a little he said / he said.

There's been a good chat in the comments on this DADT thread. I thought I would cherry pick Bill's comment and append my own - if only to bring the discussion back to the fore.Bill said responding to me (the part in italics):Things in society at large are different now than they were back when DADT was implemented. Accounting for the realities of the Current Operating Environment seems to be to be a rational approach.The difference I see is that the groups that are the most vocal about repeal...

Published Sat, May 15 2010 6:50 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., Politics, Citizenship

And now...

...an object, if unwitting lesson from HGTV on how *not* to display the US flag . You can find relevant guidance on the US flag code here at the Cornell University Legal Information Institute. Some of the relevant verbiage:

Published Wed, Jun 12 2013 6:02 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Citizenship, All That For A Flag?, us flag, disrespect, proper display

Carrier quals... sorta.

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 11, 2012) An Army AH-64D Apache helicopter prepares to land aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15), during an exercise. Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock ship, was converted and reclassified to fulfill a long-standing U.S. Central Command request for an AFSB to be located in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jon Rasmussen)

Published Tue, Nov 20 2012 10:20 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., Aircraft, Helicopter Pr0n - 10,000 fiddly bits all flying in formation...

Welcome home, Sergeant

There ain't no justice. Sometimes, in war, you're just screwed. We're currently running an ad for a small "coupla guys in a garage" operation that riffs off the old soldier bromide of "Somewhere out there, there's a bullet with my name on it." The corollary is, "That's not the bullet you need to worry about, it's the one addressed "To whom it may concen." This is a story of that bullet. Of an air crewman who dodged the bullets with his name...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2011 6:46 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Something for the Soul, In Memoriam, marvin steinford, welcome home, MIA, flying fortress, POW

Artillerymen lend dignity to what is...

...otherwise a vulgar brawl. From a glass, not the bottle. Here's a young artilleryman doing his best to improve his morale and the morale of some french civilians "somewhere in France," 1944. It's important to have a proper prop temp, and once the container is opened, you have to use the propellant, lest it lose potency.

Published Mon, Jun 24 2013 5:29 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, I think it's funny!, Artillery

Ammo ***

That's what this is, in an era where our local Cabela's limits 22LR purchases to 100 rounds per visit. Just delivered yesterday, via the Big Brown Truck of Joy and Goodness, via Ammo Supply Warehouse. I didn't tell anyone about it until I had it. Because one of you would have been lurking in the bushes waiting to score the delivery, and I like my UPS guy and didn't need anyone going all Jesse James on him...

Published Wed, Jun 19 2013 6:37 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Ammunition, Castle Pr0n

Caption Contest (Granny's FAL-a-la Edition)

And who said that Granny couldn't go *er* "caroling in April? Boq

Published Sun, Apr 18 2010 6:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

Patriots' Day

Today the Gadsden flag flutters at Castle Argghhh!235 years ago... Stand your ground! Don't fire unless fired upon! But if they mean to have a war, let it begin here! Captain John Parker's orders to his troops. Like many good quotes, probably apocryphal - but part of the mythos, regardless, and captures the spirit of the restive residents of Massachusetts. BY the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 8:02 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politics, Citizenship, News from a forgotten war

Whodathunk?

Hey, for every choice, there are consequences. Just because you make the choice people who aren't your customers urge you to make, doesn't mean that your customers are going to like the choice, does it? Even in cloud-cuckoo-land? I suspect they'll survive and recover. Coke survived New Coke. Ford survived the Edsel. Might lose a few employees over it, but that's acceptable collateral damage. It's for the children, after all. ***’s Sales, Stocks Drop Following Black Gun Ban

Published Thu, May 02 2013 6:21 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Pugnacious Stupidity, Gun Rights, Gun ban, sales drop, Dicks Sports

By their tools...

...shall you get some sense of the men (and latterly, women) they were... Charleville Musket - Nicholas Meriwether of the Contiental Line during the Revolution.. Springfield Model 1835 (percussion conversion) - William Meriwether, 5th Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, War with Mexico Enfield "Three band" rifle, Stephen and William Meriwether (a different William), and Pappy Hays, my great-great grandfather - a member of the Orphan Brigade. Springfield M1873 "Trapdoor" - Thomas...

Published Mon, May 26 2014 12:56 PM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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

And now for something completely different from the boxes in the basement...

A Mark 9 Mod 2 reflector gunsight.

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 10:36 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, Aircraft

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