Archiv der Kategorie: Just for Fun

Asking Why

Erstellt am Dezember 29, 2017 von DaveO

From each of us here at In The Old Corps to each of you, please have a joy-filled and safe celebration of the new year. Recapping 2017 proved easy. There were only 2 news stories this year: at any moment … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter History, Just for Fun, Stray Voltage, VMI | Kommentar hinterlassen

Looking around

Erstellt am Dezember 1, 2017 von DaveO

Blogging here at intheoldcorps and previously at OPFOR is fun and engaging. We blog about VMI, the military and society in general, and specialize in outrages. What one notices going through the posts is just how cyclic the outrages are. … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Just for Fun | 1 Kommentar

Trip Report through the Southwest

Erstellt am November 28, 2017 von DaveO

Thank you for your patience with my absence. I enjoyed my first non-working vacation visiting Santa Fe, Patagonia, and the Mojave between Palm Springs and 29er Palms. No itinerary beyond moving around and seeing the people and places and trying … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter History, Just for Fun, VMI | Kommentar hinterlassen

Happy Easter to All!

Erstellt am April 16, 2017 von vmijpp

From all of us here at ITOC.  

Veröffentlicht unter Just for Fun | 1 Kommentar

Rogue 1: a Battle Study

Erstellt am März 3, 2017 von DaveO

This battle study is brilliant!

Veröffentlicht unter Insurgency & Counterinsurgency, Just for Fun, Recommended Reading | 1 Kommentar

Ghost Stories

Erstellt am Oktober 27, 2016 von DaveO

Practically the only ghosts at VMI are First Classmen in good standing and with a full tank of gas. Because VMI’s history as an armory, and as a source of military personnel – some of whom were killed in action … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter History, Humor, Just for Fun, Rockbridge County, VMI | 12 Kommentare

Tanks for Sale

Erstellt am September 7, 2016 von vmijpp

YES! Clearance sale by the Normandy Tank Museum, which is, sadly, closing its doors (hatches?). And more than just tanks, in fact all sorts of vehicles, including a 1943 Harley in US Navy livery. That’s pretty neat. How did the … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter History, Just for Fun, Navy | Kommentar hinterlassen

Gunday Sunday: Transformation Hunting, Barbary Sheep in New Mexico

Erstellt am Juli 31, 2016 von slater

There I was with only two weekends left on my tag.  I’d just changed assignments and had come out of NTC as an OC/T 1 February.  I’d been pretty beaten up, was starting to rebuild my body so that I … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Army, Constitution, Gear, Hunting, Just for Fun, Uncategorized | 3 Kommentare

Thursday Theater: March or Die

Erstellt am Juni 16, 2016 von vmijpp

Anyone remember the great old film from the late 70s, „March or Die“? I remember it well, my father took me one saturday to see it. At that point in my life I was not fully capable of appreciating the … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Just for Fun | Kommentar hinterlassen

Op-Ed on UCMJ and Sexual Conduct

Erstellt am Mai 6, 2016 von vmijpp

URR sent this last night during a mutual exchange of Flashman Day greetings. (And that’s not a euphemism, either.) Why would the UCMJ ban threesomes, or all group sex for that matter? How is doggy-style or cowgirl (including reverse) less … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Humor, Just for Fun, Marine Corps | Kommentar hinterlassen