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  • Mike Stokely's Birthday

    Celebrated at Assoluta Tranquillita and the Thunder Run. If you've been around here long enough, you know of Mike's Dad, Robert, whose letters we have posted. More about about Mike here.
  • The McChrystal Report

    The Inspector General report on GEN (now retired) Stanely McChrystal is out. You can read it here. There might have been a different outcome in his *cough* retirement status if the Obama administration had waited for the report, rather than fire the guy...
  • Thoughts and Prayers Needed

    Storms ripped across the South yesterday, and not only hit my hometown, but the street I grew up on. For all the desctruction there, it is nothing compared to what hit the Carolinas. This ain't Hell has more info, and a timely post. Please note that...
  • For Palm Sunday...

    Six Palm Sundays ago, a hero volunteered for a rescue mission that cost him his life. He is remembered here.
  • Want A Signed Copy of Mad Mike's Next Book?

    Yep, Michael Z. Williamson has another book on the way, and he has a way for you to order a signed copy of "Rogue" in advance. As he puts it: With the gracious and expert help of Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore, we are starting the...
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  • Welcome Home

    Probably one of the most heart warming and poignant, yet heart wrenching homecoming pics you’ll see. 3 Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment returns home and those who just got back get to see those who were wounded on their tour for the first time. If you’ve...
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  • NATO powers- not so powerful minus US

    I praised the Tripartite Alliance of America, Britain & France yesterday as a reminder to the rest of the world that liberal western democracies still rule. Or at least will speak with one voice against tyranny and in favor of liberty. Or at least...
  • A strategy for Libya

    Maybe. It is the most coherent statement about what our goal and mission there is. David Cameron, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy upped the stakes in the Libya conflict last night as they vowed to fight on until Colonel Gaddafi is ousted. In a joint...
  • No Slack!

    U.S. Army soldiers From the 2/327th No Slack Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, return fire from behind cover during combat operations in the valley of Barawala Kalet, Kunar province, Afghanistan March 29, 2011. Photos by PFC Cameron Boyd of Joint Combat...
  • The 2011 Best Ranger Competition Starts Tomorrow!

    First, GEN (ret) Stan McChrystal announces the 2011 Best Ranger Competition will get underway soon. The events are typically: UNKOWN DISTANCE RUN / PUSH UPS / SIT UPS MALVESTI CONFIDENCE COURSE AIRBORNE OPERATION RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP...
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  • Navy lasers and pirates

    Well this could be fun. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A ship-based laser tested by the Navy's research arm could put the heat on Somali pirates. The Navy for the first time last week successfully tested a solid-state high-energy laser from a ship. The beam...
  • Qaddafi Hacked

    Sergeant Nick sent us this great piece about hacking Colonel Drag Queen's telecom and cell networks: A team led by a Libyan-American telecom executive has helped rebels hijack Col. Moammar Gadhafi's cellphone network and re-establish their own...
  • Debbie Lee is at it as usual. Here is the latest way you can help her do good things. To commemorate “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” Wednesday, she visited a number of Surprise restaurants, coffee shops and other places of business in the hopes of...
  • Obama to cut Defense- Gates, not so sure

    Man this Obama guy is an amazing leader and manager. He can plan massive cuts to our national security and not even have to talk to his Defense Secretary. Although the defense secretary believed the Pentagon could not be "exempt" from efforts...
  • The Amazon Legion

    Well, we talked a bit about it a while back, but Tom Kratman's book The Amazon Legion is now for sale. Pity that Toni wouldn't let him go with The Amazon's Right *** (scroll down), but... *G* Rather than pull up my writing about Tom and the...
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