Monatsarchiv: Juli 2017

Wooden Walls Wednesday: Constitution Floats Again!

Veröffentlicht am Juli 26, 2017 von vmijpp

Thanks to DaveO– how did this escape my notice??– comes news that the world’s oldest warship still in commission has completed her spell in the dry dock and is headed back to duty. If you haven’t read Six Frigates, you … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter History, Navy | Kommentar hinterlassen

Weapons Wednesday: „The Sling Bow“

Veröffentlicht am Juli 26, 2017 von vmijpp

This weapon has just been made legal for hunting small game, deer and turkey in Virginia. The great Bill Cochran from the otherwise stupid Roanoke Times had a good article on sling bows the other day, which led me to … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Arms and the Citizen, Hunting, Readiness | Kommentar hinterlassen

Anyone Remember „OJ’s Legal Pad“?

Veröffentlicht am Juli 20, 2017 von vmijpp

A brief and light-hearted note on all the OJ parole mania and trial retrospective. Does anyone remember this book from back during the trial-of-the-century days? HA! It’s insanely funny, and not a little offensive too. Might want to get a … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Humor | Kommentar hinterlassen

On a New Frigate for the Navy, and the LCS

Veröffentlicht am Juli 20, 2017 von vmijpp

A pair of complementary pieces on the state of construction of U.S. naval surface combatants: The Navy Is Looking for a New Frigate to Replace the Troubled Littoral Combat Ship Why Do We Keep Building LCS? (Hint– the LCS figures … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Navy, Readiness | 1 Kommentar

Stray Voltage: Urban Warfare and the VA

Veröffentlicht am Juli 19, 2017 von DaveO

Austin Bay looks at urban warfare in his post on “Mosul and Urban Warfare.” Blogging lesson learned: if one wishes to blog about a tweetstorm, either post right away or use screen captures. Mr. X tweetstormed an interesting take on … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Chaos, Stray Voltage, Veterans' Issues | 3 Kommentare

„The Forest Brothers“

Veröffentlicht am Juli 17, 2017 von vmijpp

Many thanks to the excellent MDL for this tip. (It was also cited, today, at WRSA in another form.) „NATO Reenacts Baltic Guerrilla War“: a synopsis of the extensive anti-Soviet resistance movements in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that fought on … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Arms and the Citizen, Resistance, Russia | Kommentar hinterlassen

Stupid Idea

Veröffentlicht am Juli 17, 2017 von keydet1976

Another stupid idea from the Sergeant Major of the Army–SMA Dailey let me remind you that Command Sergeant Majors are not general officers. Maybe if you worried about Sergeant Major entitlements and more about the troops the Army would be … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | 5 Kommentare

Stupid

Veröffentlicht am Juli 16, 2017 von keydet1976

One of what makes the Army National Guard a hometown force is that the National Guard Armories have always been available to the community. It would appear no more–once again FEAR has caused us to be stupid. Slowly but surely we … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Army | Verschlagwortet mit Army National Guard, Force Protection | Kommentar hinterlassen

One Is None, But Two Is One

Veröffentlicht am Juli 11, 2017 von vmijpp

Last night, construction work on the roof at the very important FAA center in Leesburg, VA, caused a building evacuation that completely shut down all the air traffic in, out of, and over Dulles, Reagan National, and BWI airports. (Mine … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Readiness | 2 Kommentare

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