<?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>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:16:12 +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>Colonel Harold &#8220;Buz&#8221; Snyder Obit</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/colonel-harold-buz-snyder-obit.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/colonel-harold-buz-snyder-obit.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:16:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VMI]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5477</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the Richmond Times-Dispatch the obituary of Colonel Harold Buz Snyder for Commandant of Cadets.  I did not know him well, however he was held in high regard by the members of the ROTC detachment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/colonel-harold-buz-snyder-obit.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Huh!</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/huh.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/huh.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:53:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Army]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5471</guid> <description><![CDATA[From Stars and Stripes, WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/huh.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>RIP: Col Dabney &#8217;61, USMC (retd)</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/rip-col-dabney-61-usmc-retd.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/rip-col-dabney-61-usmc-retd.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:01:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VMI]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5465</guid> <description><![CDATA[It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Colonel Bill Dabney, one of VMI&#8217;s most distinguished graduates and a highly decorated Marine, shed the mortal coil today. He will be missed, but never forgotten. Among his greatest achievements was his spirited defense of Hill 881 South during the siege of Khe [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/rip-col-dabney-61-usmc-retd.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>This is Really Wrong</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/this-is-really-wrong.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/this-is-really-wrong.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:03:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gabby Giffords]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ray Mabus]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5462</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gabby Giffords was a good Congressman, in fact she was the only Congressman who had a dependent ID Card.  She has shown tenacity in recovering from her wounds, she is an inspiration; however she has done nothing deserving of having a Navy ship named after her. Let me be very clear, this is not an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/this-is-really-wrong.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8220;Leave the A-10, Take the Cannoli&#8221;</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/leave-the-a-10-take-the-cannoli.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/leave-the-a-10-take-the-cannoli.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:51:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>LTCOL P</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Close Air Support]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5455</guid> <description><![CDATA[An interesting take on the venerable A-10 Warthog, the &#8220;Vito Corleone of CAS&#8221;: I am going to do something for which I feel very bad; bang an additional nail into the coffin of the A-10 Warthog. I feel bad about this because I hold a deep affinity in my robotic heart for this unspeakably ugly [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/leave-the-a-10-take-the-cannoli.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Breakout The Class of 2015</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/breakout-the-class-of-2015.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/breakout-the-class-of-2015.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:31:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[VMI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Breakout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Class of 2015]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5448</guid> <description><![CDATA[Despite the fact there has been no real breakout for any class since the Class of 1867 (think about it) here is the link to the official VMI Video of Breakout for the Class of 2015.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/breakout-the-class-of-2015.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BOHICA Army Courtesy of the USAF</title><link>http://op-for.com/2012/02/bohica-army-courtesy-of-the-usaf.html</link> <comments>http://op-for.com/2012/02/bohica-army-courtesy-of-the-usaf.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:41:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Townie 76</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Why I Hate the Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A10]]></category> <category><![CDATA[C27]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Close Air Support]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States Army]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://op-for.com/?p=5445</guid> <description><![CDATA[The United States Army is really taking it in the shorts courtesy of the USAF.  It would appear that the USAF is going to renege on it promise to provide the C27 as a replacement for the C23 Sherpa, as it announced it would retire the C27 currently in the inventory even though these aircraft [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://op-for.com/2012/02/bohica-army-courtesy-of-the-usaf.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> </item> <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>9</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> </channel> </rss>
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