I Miss Iraq. I Miss My Gun. I Miss My War
A really good take on war, adjusting, and today’s society from someone who has been there is in Esquire this month. “On one mission we slip away from our trucks and into the night. I lead the patrol...
View ArticleThree Decades of Choppers Shorty M16s and Lip Lizards
A 19-year old Warrant Officer William R. Halevy, then a pilot with D Troop, 3/5 Cav, puts on his most distinguished look in Quang Tri, Vietnam, in 1971. Back in the “Charlie Dont Surf” Air Cav,...
View ArticleYour excuse is invalid
Ever feel tired and just don’t want to go to the gym today, or circle the parking lot looking for a good spot so you don’t have to walk further to the door. Well, when you do, think about CPL Todd...
View ArticleField Artillery p0rn via Croatia
Found this Series of pictures of a battery of Croatian army howitzers going boom. Enjoy! The gun in the first, second and fourth image is the Argentine made L33 155 mm howitzer Model 77 (CITEFA...
View ArticleJungle Style Your Magazines
Across the steamy jungles of the South Pacific, American soldiers and marines in the Second World War often used the tactic of taping multiple magazines together to speed up their reloading process....
View ArticleHagel plans to drop military to pre-WWII levels
Its been widely reported this morning that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel plans to shrink the United States Army to its smallest force since before the World War II buildup in a new spending proposal...
View ArticleHouse panel says nope on saving the A-10
Even as five SF soldiers were killed in a suspected blue-on-blue incident involving close air support by the supersonic B-1B bomber this week , the House Appropriations Committee, headed by Rep. Hal...
View ArticleLooks like Iran is slipping Iraq some jets on the low-low
According to the BBC, Iran has supplied Iraq with attack jets to help it counter an offensive by Sunni rebels led by the Islamist group ISIS/ISIL. The jets, Russian-made SU-25s (NATO reporting name...
View ArticleLooking for a (possibly) Sandbox used AR?
Centerfire Systems is selling some scratch and dent DPMS AR-15A/3 carbines in used condition that have been re-imported into the country. Now they look like they have seen lots of use and may have some...
View ArticleBring your chem suits with you to Iraq
It seems that ISIS (ISIL, IS, Taliban 2.0, et al) has decided to up the ante on abominations and the rules of war. According to the WaPo, they have used chlorine gas on Iraqi police at least three...
View ArticleOld Ponce ready to zap badguys
The USS Ponce (LPD-15/AFSBI-15) the last ship standing of the 1960s era Austin-class amphibious transport docks, has been floating quietly in the Persian Gulf since 2012 as an “Afloat Forward Staging...
View ArticleAnd away we go
Click to big up An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Royal Maces” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)...
View ArticleNavy releases more info on Ponce laser
141116-N-PO203-042ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 16, 2014) The Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (ASB(I) 15) conducts an operational demonstration of the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored...
View ArticleMine Baby Samuel B Roberts back home for good…
“Frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) Returns to Naval Station Mayport. Courtesy HD Video | Navy Media Content Services | Date: 12.15.2014. Family and friends welcome back the guided-missile frigate...
View ArticleGrunts of the Air
David Axe at War is Boring found this great 18-minute official U.S. Air Force documentary about the A-10 Warthog . Never formally released to the public (possibly because the USAF has long tried to...
View ArticleLast ride of the Phrog
Photo: Cpl. Owen Kimbrel | Department of Defense | 141029-M-CJ278-111 CLICK TO BIG UP 2000×1124 After six decades of Marines, the final CH-46E Sea Knight in U.S. service made its last flight and she is...
View ArticleThe lost Fast 50s of the Kiowa
Although the Bell Helicopter OH-58D Kiowa Warriors have been withdrawn (regretfully) from service, the air frame design dates back to Vietnam and had served the Army well for five decades. In its final...
View ArticleSaudis serious about LCS
Apparently the Kingdom of Saud is for real on their intentions to pick up one of the U.S. Littoral Combat Ship designs– that of Lockheed’s mono-hull Freedom-class 150428-N-TC437-320 PACIFIC OCEAN...
View ArticleHere’s some 21st Century warbird nose art for you: A High Value Target EW...
From the Aviationist The image in this post shows the nose of a VAQ-137 EA-18G Growler aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, supporting Operation Inherent Resolve against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria....
View ArticleAnd so goes the Viking
151218-N-QK571-984 VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2016) The last two U.S. Navy S-3B Viking aircraft soar over Laguna Peak at Naval Base Ventura County, California. In January, one aircraft left Air...
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