Very much in line with what we’ve been talking about on the Old Contemptibles, here is a question from Sipsey Street: A reader asks, and although I have my opinions, I’m wondering what you readers have to say. Remember to look at it from two points of view, from the big shooter forced to deal [...]
Obviously They Haven’t Learned the Lesson
PsyOp Cop sent this to me: PALISADES PARK, N.J. – Japanese officials are asking a small northern New Jersey town with a large Korean immigrant population to remove a public monument dedicated to women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II. … Town officials have declined the request to [...]
The “Old Contemptibles” and Their Marksmanship Challenge
Go here. Read the links. Try the marksmanship and gunhandling challenge with your bolt gun, over iron sights. Even if you only have a 100 yard range; use a smaller target and see how well you do. Report results!
Hoss Unloads
Apparently, the Air Force ain’t the only ones having a bad week: The Pentagon should brace for another $250 billion or more in cuts even if sequestration does not occur and must revolutionize how and what it buys, warned Hoss Cartwright, former vice-chairman of the Joint Staff, in a speech that savaged sacred cows from [...]
Stolen Weapons
WHAT THE HELL?? American troops sold $2 million worth of weapons and combat gear, including assault rifles and night vision goggles to street gangs and to foreign countries, including China, in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy uncovered by a Navy probe, according to military officials. A two-year undercover investigation has implicated more than 60 individuals, an [...]
New Market Day, 2012
15 May 1864– always remember. (Looks to be a good chance of historically accurate weather, too.)
2012′s Valedictorian
Looks like an impressive young man. [T]he U.S. Air Force has been researching the fundamental dynamics of flapping wings, whose properties would allow a small, unmanned, aerial vehicle to hover and fly in a straight line and perhaps blend more naturally with its surrounding environment. And Virginia Military Institute Cadet John Alerding IV of Lexington [...]
“Not Sure What Is Wrong With This”
Ronaldus Secundus sent this in under the subject line, “Not sure what is wrong with this.” I’ll let you weigh in!
Welcome Aboard, Mate
“A new career and a new life.” Were I a restless younger man, I might be tempted.
Army Drill Sergeant School
To my brethren (and sist’ren) in the Army, can anyone confirm or deny this story? Things are about to get very ugly in the wake of the Army’s suspension of a Black female E-9 last fall as commandant of the Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson, S.C. CSM Teresa King has filed suit against the [...]
