Argghhh!

critters must eat!...

This would be it.

And this one is Cav red 'n' white, rather than generic aviation blue.It's been a while since I've popped a TINS! here, so I guess I owe you kids one.And -- providentially enough -- one of my Viet Vet aviator buds just narrated one worth a wider audience.Spoiler alert: He was still strapped into the cockpit of that inferno when the pic was taken. That said, I'll let him take it from here...Quick and dirty, of the picture, is that it happened in the spring of 70 just outside of...

[Click the picture to meet my mama] A U.S. Marine helps a fellow Marine through a muddy obstacle at the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, April 29, 2011. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patricia D. Lockhart

...everything starts looking like a nail. Everything. The American Civil Liberties Union has released the results of its year-long study of police militarization. The study looked at 800 deployments of SWAT teams among 20 local, state and federal police agencies in 2011-2012. Among the notable findings: 62 percent of the SWAT raids surveyed were to conduct searches for drugs. Just under 80 percent were to serve a search warrant, meaning eight in 10 SWAT raids were not initiated to apprehend a school...

The Medal is no respecter of holidays. I was glad to see that the Medal didn't rear it's head on November 11, 1918. Sometimes you can have too much irony, even if it's all imputed, vice intended.Four Medals were earned for actions on this day, from the Indian Campaigns to World War II.Indian Campaigns. An immigrant soldier earns his place in the United States the hard way.STICKOFFER, JULIUS H.Rank and organization: Saddler, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Cienaga Springs...

Best buds. Molly provides a warm little pocket of happiness for Suellen. And the excessive cuteness of it all melts an Armorer's heart. Damncat sez, "Attention whorez."