<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>OP FOR</title> <atom:link href="http://op-for.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://op-for.com</link> <description>Fair Specimens of Citizen Soldiers</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:39:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>VMI Football Coach Bob Thalman RIP</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/vmi-football-coach-bob-thalman-rip.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/vmi-football-coach-bob-thalman-rip.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:08:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[VMI]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5440</guid> <description><![CDATA[Coach Bob Thalman, the last VMI football coach to have a winning season, died on January 31, 2012 in Atlanta Georgia.  Thalman was uncermoniously fired by the then Superintendent Sam Walker and Athletic Director Eric Hyman.  In his last winning season 1981, the VMI Keydet&#8217;s defeated West Point at West Point.  Yes his last three [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/vmi-football-coach-bob-thalman-rip.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Crossing the Helmand River with the 6th Marines</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/crossing-the-helmand-river-with-the-6th-marines.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/crossing-the-helmand-river-with-the-6th-marines.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:29:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Long War]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5437</guid> <description><![CDATA[Watch and listen. No better friend, no worse enemy.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/crossing-the-helmand-river-with-the-6th-marines.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Minuteman Rifle Course, 31 Mar &#8211; 1 Apr</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/minuteman-rifle-course-31-mar-1-apr.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/minuteman-rifle-course-31-mar-1-apr.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:58:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Long War]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5435</guid> <description><![CDATA[The most excellent John R. Murphy of FPF Training has posted his 2012 calendar. He&#8217;s running a Minuteman Rifle Course on 31 Mar-01 Apr. I&#8217;m signed up for it. There are ten (10) seats left. It would be a blast to get a group of loyal readers in that class. Go sign up, now. And [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/minuteman-rifle-course-31-mar-1-apr.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cuts Ahoy!</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/cuts-ahoy.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/cuts-ahoy.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Strategery]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5433</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stand by to repel boarders.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/cuts-ahoy.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rescue in Somalia</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/rescue-in-somalia.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/rescue-in-somalia.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:28:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Long War]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5427</guid> <description><![CDATA[GREAT NEWS. I&#8217;ve heard some differing details, but the outcome is the same&#8211; two good people rescued, alive. And better still, nine dead Somalis. One of the things I love most in the world is a dead Somali. There&#8217;s no one on earth more worthy of a righteous bullet between the eyes than the snarling, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/rescue-in-somalia.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What Has the Army Learned From Iraq and Afghanistan</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/what-has-the-army-learned-from-iraq-and-afghanistan.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/what-has-the-army-learned-from-iraq-and-afghanistan.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:36:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Learning Organization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5421</guid> <description><![CDATA[Over at Tom Rick&#8217;s Best Defense there is an interesting discussion regarding &#8220;what the Army has learned from the wars of 9-11?&#8221;  I have posted a very long comment to his original blog post; I would recommend you read the blog and the comments and then come back and read my comments which are posted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/what-has-the-army-learned-from-iraq-and-afghanistan.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Another Conservative Perspective</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/another-conservative-perspective.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/another-conservative-perspective.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:37:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5417</guid> <description><![CDATA[While we generally think of &#8220;conservatives&#8221; as being strong supporters of the American military; there is an older tradition in which conservatives argued for less foreign entanglements and a small military.  Mr. Robert Robb over at the Arizona Republic makes a strong argument for a return to an older and more traditional National Defense Strategy.  The heart [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/another-conservative-perspective.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Adding &#8220;Optics&#8221; to Your Guns</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/adding-optics-to-your-guns.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/adding-optics-to-your-guns.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:42:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Firearms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prepping]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5412</guid> <description><![CDATA[Talk about coincidences. Last friday we did a branch range day; I brought not only the daily carry piece, the 1911 .45, but the AK clone with the red dot sight (aka Vlad the Impaler) and the S&#38;W M4gery. I wanted to double-check the 50m zero on the first, and put some long overdue rounds [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/adding-optics-to-your-guns.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Just Because the Army Says You Are a Career Field 59 (Strategic Plans and Policy) It Does Not Mean You Are a Strategist</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/just-because-the-army-says-you-are-a-career-field-59-strategic-plans-and-policy-it-does-not-mean-you-are-a-strategists.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/just-because-the-army-says-you-are-a-career-field-59-strategic-plans-and-policy-it-does-not-mean-you-are-a-strategists.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:11:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Army]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Before anyone thinks I don&#8217;t know from whence I speak, when I retired in 2009 I was a Functional Area 59.  I was a good planner but I was not a Strategist.  I never pretended I was. I hope this offends every Army Officer out there who indicates in their signature block they are Strategists.  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/just-because-the-army-says-you-are-a-career-field-59-strategic-plans-and-policy-it-does-not-mean-you-are-a-strategists.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Let&#8217;s Latinize That</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/01/lets-latinize-that.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/01/lets-latinize-that.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:56:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Our Beloved Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supporting the Troops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5402</guid> <description><![CDATA[Attention all Latin scholars. In recognition of the recent bladder voiding in Afghanistan (gasp!) who can come up with the catchiest new Latin motto, either for that battalion or&#8211; in extremis&#8211; Our Beloved Corps itself, in case it is forced to prostrate itself before the false gods of political correctness? My entry: &#8220;Micturimus Inimicis&#8221; or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/01/lets-latinize-that.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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