Feinstein live and uncensored. Its about ALL guns..not just so called assault rifles.

Gun Community.

THIS IS YOUR ENEMY.  Live and uncensored.  Let them win on this and the nose will be under the tent and they'll come back for all weapons.

She said "Mr and Mrs America turn them all in"...

This bitch can go munch on donkey dick.  It ain't happening.  I didn't want this to turn nasty.  I wanted cooler heads to prevail and hoped that this fight could be avoided.

Not now.  Lets just get it started so we can get it done. You can't negotiate with terrorist and the anti-gun people are the enemy.

You think I'm hardcore about gun rights? Guys are already going operational.

You think I'm a gun nut?

You think I'm hardcore when it comes to gun rights?

Not hardly.

But law makers better be aware and they better pay attention.  There are guys that are already going operational and taking active steps to ensure that their freedoms are protected for not only themselves but for their children's children.  Check out the video below but if you read between the lines (and its not hard to do) then its obvious that certain news items have prompted this activity.

What should be alarming to government officials and gun grabbers is the fact that if you go to YouTube you can find literally hundreds of videos educating people on how to cache their weapons and ammunition...some of the comments in those videos indicates that a certain number of people aren't doing that and are almost welcoming a confrontation.

This gun control issue WILL get messy.  I hope the President took some weight gainer cause the weight of his office at this point isn't going to be enough!

For the Star Trek Fans...

A Republican in name only...correction. Just another pathetic Democrat Senator.

Not much needs to be said about this walking, talking piece of shit.  Just take 15 minutes out of your day and listen to this guy weasel and lie.

BAD JOKE (funny as hell though)...NOT SAFE FOR POLITICALLY CORRECT WORK PLACES or the UK

WORLD WAR III IN THE PLANNING STAGES Former President Bush and VP Cheney are sitting in a bar. A guy walks in and asks the barman, 'Isn't that Bush and Cheney sitting over there?' The bartender says, 'Yep, that's them.' So the guy walks over and says, 'Wow, this is a real honour! What are you guys doing in here?' Bush says, 'We're planning WW III.' The guy says, 'Really? What's going to happen?' Cheney says, 'Well, we're going to kill 140 million Muslims and one blonde with big tits.' The guy exclaimed, 'A blonde with big tits? Why kill a blonde with big tits?' Cheney turns to Bush and says, 'See, I told you, no one gives a shit about the 140 million Muslims.

Mi-28

Ruger 10/22 Tactical Modifications.

I like the few mods this guy did to the rifle.  I'll definitely go with a different scope but I personally think I'm gonna be shooting the 10/22 more and more and making my other rifles safe queens just in case the idiot get their way.

My reasoning.  Shooting is shooting and if I can do it cheap, without attracting attention and still be within the law then its a win win.  I'm also thinking that I might stock up on alot more 10/22 ammo.  Bricks can be had for a song right now and no one seems to be thinking about that and the possibility of a wide ranging tax on ammo/firearms/accessories even if we beat back the gun grabbers.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY'RE REALLY AFTER.  THEY WANT TO TAX THE HELL OUTTA THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY TO PAY FOR OBAMA CARE.  That's how they went after cigs and it worked.  That's how they're going to let us think we won yet we'll still lose at the same time!

Mast mounted helo sensor goes the way of the Dodo bird.

via Naval Open Source Intelligence.

The Army’s OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter is getting a multimillion-dollar makeover that includes moving its distinctive top-mounted “beach ball” sensor to the aircraft’s nose — all the better for peering down at enemy forces in urban environments.
Lt. Col. Mathew Hannah, the Army’s Kiowa project manager, said the upgrades, which cost $4 million each, are under way, with the first modified Kiowa scheduled to fly in April.
Hannah did not comment on a recent Reuters report that suggested the Pentagon may spend $6 billion to $8 billion on a replacement for the Kiowa, but he said the upgrades will significantly extend the life of an aircraft that’s been neglected in recent years because it was, until recently, marked for retirement.

Not an unexpected development...the mast was designed for the European fight against the Soviet Union.  Thankfully Army helicopter tactics have evolved away from that.

The next issue for the Kiowa community is to finally acknowledge that they are no longer a recon asset and now a light attack platform.

UAVs have taken on the scouting role and Kiowa is now doing what it has always done but only full time now...fighting and killing the bad guys.  Once Big Army accepts that as fact then Big Army can work on a REAL replacement for the airplane.  Until then all the talk about a next gen helicopter is nothing more than wheel spinning.

SOCOM under the budget gun?

I said budget gun in the title because I believe that when you boil it all down in the military it all comes back to budget.

But the main story is this.  SOCOM leadership wants a clarification on future roles...a couple of things are happening.  First you have the Big Army getting into the Special Forces mission of Foreign Training.  Next you have Washington D.C. relying more and more on drones to simply kill terrorist leaders.  Check out his tidbit.

The hunter-killer approach has worked for the past decade and reached its apex with the Osama Bin Laden raid in May 2011, Robinson argues in a recent essay in Foreign Affairs.
U.S. SOCOM Commander Adm. William McRaven is ready to move forward to a new era of fewer raids and more long-term partnerships with friendly nations’ militaries and civilian agencies, she says. The so-called “indirect” approach to combating terrorists, Robinson says, is more effective in the long term and will help U.S. special operations forces regain some balance after a stressful decade of nonstop fighting.
“Many people in the special operations community tell me there ought to be a pivot away from direct to indirect approach, relying on partnerships,” Robinson says in a Dec. 18 conference call with reporters. “This is a perfect moment in the post Bin Laden era to pivot away from the extreme focus on drones and unilateral raids to let the special operations community use an indirect approach.”
“McRaven is serious about this,” she says. He has become alarmed by U.S. overreliance on drone attacks, Robinson adds. “This is really the fork in the road that Washington faces. Will it take a more balanced approach or not?”
U.S. SOCOM officials are frustrated because they see official Washington becoming excessively infatuated with the kill-and-capture tactics, says Robinson. Many lawmakers and Obama administration officials view these tactics as the silver bullet that will eradicate extremist groups that threaten the United States. That thinking is misguided, says Robinson. Organizations such as al-Qaida replace their leaders after they are killed in U.S. raids, she says. “Networks can regenerate.” There is also political and diplomatic fallout from unilateral operations that will hurt U.S. efforts in the long run, she says.

I trust McRaven about as far as I can throw him.

If he thought direct action raids could continue as they have for another decade then he'd be all over it.  Thats why I say follow the money and check the budgets.

My guess is that some smart boy in DC finally number crunched SOCOM and found that it was cheaper just to blast targets with drones.

McRaven's real problem is that the Marine Corps and Big Army are getting into the Foreign Training mission, Direct Action missions are drying up and the State Dept is finally getting its own little military (along with air support) so the opportunities to grow SOCOM have come and gone.

Read the whole article here but my guess is that SOCOM only has one growth area left...find a new low tech war somewhere with an enemy that has a different name than AQ.

A note to a FEW of my British readers.

This doesn't apply to All of my British readers...just the guys that keep chiming in on our gun control debate.

FIX YOUR OWN DAMN HOUSE BEFORE YOU COMMENT ON MINE.  via The Mail Online.

Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it has been revealed.
Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa - widely considered one of the world's most dangerous countries.
The figures comes on the day new Home Secretary Alan Johnson makes his first major speech on crime, promising to be tough on loutish behaviour. 

Read the article here.

What ya got to say about that Darren???

NOTE:
What the fuck guys!  I was aiming this at the anti-gunner, make the USA a British colony again, if it ain't the UK it ain't right people that keep popping up on my page and even the guys that I agree with in the UK are taking it like I'm talking about them.

The operative word in my statement was "FEW"!

It wasn't aimed at the vast majority of the blokes (yeah I picked up the lingo when working with the Royal Marines) that come here (being redundant but its necessary to drive home the point).  So if you feel like this applies to you good.  I hit my target.  If it doesn't then relax and enjoy the ride.

If it doesn't and you're still pissed then get over yourself.  Now excuse me but I'm going out in the cool morning air and enjoy my 2nd Amendment rights and destroy some coke cans and expend about 500 rounds of 22lr in the process.  Yeah I can do that in the land of the free.  Can you?  Oh wait.  You lost the right!  WOW!  No wonder some of you are pissed.  Perhaps you should use all that venom to petition your law makers to get back what was freely given up all those years ago.

A SMART Car made into a 4x4

In the pic above you see a SMART car parked beside a Ford F-250 pickup.

No.  It is not a toy car.  Its actually real.  Yes.  I know you've seen ATV's that are bigger but that's the point.  The SMART car is suppose to be an urban commuter.

The thought of turning it into a Rally Car boggles the mind.  Well drug legalization must have come to Italy because that's exactly what the Italians have done.  Not only have they turned it into a Rally Car but they are planning on running it in the most brutal off road race going.  The Dakar Rally!  Check out the pics below from the Auto Blog.

Check out the vid below.

Betcha 50 cents they don't finish.

Are Para-Rescue Jumpers suffering the highest casualty rates in SOCOM?

Are PJ's suffering the highest casualty rates in SOCOM?

I don't know but will definitely look into it.  The reason why I ask is because I was listening to the interview between Marcus Luttrell and SOFREP and Luttrell made the comment that all the PJ's in one of his courses had been killed.

I never met Luttrell but he seems like a no bullshit kinda guy...especially when talking about something like that...which led me to my question.

I stand by my thinking that the USAF should stand up a couple of Direct Action Units to help bolster SOCOM and utilize PJ's as primaries in that unit...but by Luttrell's statement it seems like they're busy as hell as it is.

The interview is a weird mix of sad, funny, informative and bust your gut laughing...I won't spoil it but do yourself a favor and listen to it all here.

Age of Warriors: Steel Knight.

Clarification. The Chinese TU-22's are Dokdo, Canberra and Type 22 LHD Killers...

Ask the surface or carrier Navy here in the US and they'll tell you that the two most important ships in the fleet are either the Aegis Destroyers or the Nuclear Aircraft Carrier.

Ask the leadership of S. Korea, Japan, Singapore and Australia what their most important ships are and they'll say the LHD.

That is the target of the Chinese TU-22.

The Flag Ship of almost every other nation except our own and a few allies...the big deck amphib capable of launching F-35B's.

Quite honestly we can probably assume that in a future conflict the real target for enemy sea strikes will be our own America Class LHD's instead of our big aircraft carriers.  They have a smaller escort, have a greater capability to influence events on land and are least capable of dealing with an all quadrant multiple dimension attack.

When attempting to determine Chinese intentions when it comes to the inevitable clash with them its essential that we adjust our thinking...China is more a naval threat in the coming conflict than the Soviet Union ever was.

The Soviets attempted to deny access.  I believe the Chinese are seeking to accomplish much more.  I believe that they are seeking to integrate Land-Air- AND Sea Battle.  Where our current thinking stops at the shore line I believe that the Chinese believe that events on land will influence the sea and air battle and vice versa.

If I'm right then not only is the TU-22 the biggest indication that the Chinese are preparing to dominate the region, but it also means that the doctrine that we're currently developing is inadequate.  We're playing chess while the Chinese are playing 3 dimensional chess!

If the Republicans were smart they'd let the fiscal cliff last awhile.

Head over to CDR Salamander's house to read his write up on the fiscal cliff situation and those poor bastards in New York's reaction to it...but it dawns on me.

If the Republicans were smart they would fight for cuts...and if they couldn't get them then they'd simply let the fiscal cliff stew for a couple of months.

It would be painful for mostly BLUE states.

You know.

Those Democrat controlled states with the highest tax burden from local, state and now federal taxes.

Those states that have in some cases artificially inflated pay scales to support all that extra government...and services....

If the Republicans were smart they could turn this around and make this a Democrat problem.  As it is now though.  Everything remains the same.  Economic troubles are still number one on the plate.  The administration can try and spin it that everything is ok but everyone that has a brain cell knows better.

Syria is sizzling and ready to explode.  Afghanistan is still a mess.  Egypt is confused, Libya in a daze and Iran still stubborn.

Obama care still has to be implemented, the EPA is making enemies of energy production and the administration is confused on the fraking issue.

All that and they're trying to do gun control too?

I don't think so.

Time to start reviewing the info we were first fed on Sandy Shooting.

Exhibit number one.

I don't know this "medical examiner" and don't want to ... but this guy is a strange son of a bitch and I'd take pleasure in telling him that face to face.

One thing is obvious though.

He got his ten minutes of fame and lied through his ass. 

He told the whole world that those children were killed with an assault weapon...a reporter tried to help him back off the claim but he charged straight ahead.

The Sandy Shooting is a tragedy.

But we need facts first and not this knee jerk reaction from our elected leaders.  

Various UK Ministry of Defence Photos.

Note:  The photos of the Royal Marines show them training with Albanian forces.  Does any other units (talking worldwide) operate in the field while wearing berets?  Or was this simply a photo op?

China gains kinetic weapons projection and no one notices.

What would be the world's reaction if the Israeli government bought the rights to the B-1 Bomber production line?

Do you think we'd hear outrage from every Muslim nation in the region?

Yeah.  You would.

That's why I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more airplay today.  The Chinese just bought the TU-22BM line from the Russians.  Check this out from International Aviation News.

China buys from Russia the production line of Tu-22MB bombers for US$1.5 billion including transfer of all the technology for the production.

China has already imported 6 such bombers as the bombers are much better than China’s own H-6 bombers in bigger load and larger range.The Tu-22MB Tupolev Backfire is a supersonic, swing-wing, long-range strategic and maritime surprise strike bomber.According to Chinese military expert Ma Dingsheng, the swing-wing of Tu-22MBenables it to conduct surprise stealth maritime attack. It can first adjust its wings in a position that enables it to fly at super-low attitude without being detected by enemy radar. When it comes near its target, it changes its wing position to enable it to clime up quickly to conduct sudden attack.However, Ma said that for production of the bombers, China still needs quite a few parts that it cannot produce especially the engines. It is said that there is a contract to supply the parts for the production of 36 such bombers.China has to develop its own ability to produce the parts, especially the engines. Otherwise, if Russia refuses to provide more parts, China will be unable to produce more and even have difficulty in maintenance of the bombers.Source: China Times

I don't know if the analyst in this piece properly characterized the airplane but he was right about one thing.

The TU-22MB is perfect for maritime strike.

US Navy Carrier Forces just got a new threat.

HE LEFT THE AR-15 IN THE CAR.

Interesting.

I remember watching the news coverage of the Sandy Shooting and the Coroner of the town told everyone that would listen that the children were shot with an AR-15.

NOW WE FIND OUT THEY WEREN'T.

My sympathy still extends to the victims and their families.  BUT.

The lies must stop.  The use of the children to push an agenda must stop.  Several million law abiding citizens must not pay for the sins of one madman in  one of the most "gun regulated" states in the nation.

A Ranger SSgt training the old skool way!

Don't let the smooth looks fool ya...he'd fuck you up in a heart beat!

Via SOFREP via SOC.mil from 75th Ranger Regiment.

"A Kaibil student must do several events in order to eat," said Rodriguez. "Run 2 miles in 18 minutes or less in full combat gear, conduct five pull ups and 10 pushups. Then we duck walked 50 meters to the dining facility and while waiting to enter the building, we had to stay in the duck walk position."Once the students reached the Dining Facility, they were given 30 seconds to eat.

Wow.

Follow the link to read it all.  That is one tough training course. 

Bloomberg is an idiot and this pic is awesome.

$596 Million dollars worth of C-27's down the drain.

This is almost too painful.

I can't figure out whether its a USAF issue, an Alenia issue or just another example of Afghanistan being one of those problems.

Read the pain and misery here.

The next great Marine Corps thinker?

If you don't know or haven't heard of Capt Brett Friedman then you haven't been paying attention.

I just finished reading an article that he wrote for the Journal of Military Operations that Jonathan sent me (thanks dude!).  I was intrigued and did a little search and all I can tell you is that he's at the Naval War College right now...but that's not the point.  He's pretty widely published and not saying he's right but I definitely agree with many of his views.  He gets it.

Is this the next great Marine Corps thinker?  Is this how the Marine Corps is developing its next gen?  Not in the traditional way...not through publications that are peer reviewed and critiqued but in open media available to all?

I don't know but I think I like it and I also think it bodes well for the future of the Corps.

Good thing too.  They're going to have a mess to clean up after the next few years.

When a gang banger/politician figures this out its over.

Photos are from Sniper Central.  Click here to read the specs on this gun.

I'm already pounding walls so hard over this gun ban thing that I'm about to voluntarily give it up and just go dark on the issue (don't think for a minute that I won't harass my representatives about the issue though).

Having said that I have to add this closing tidbit.

Everyone is so fired up about so called assault weapons.

They're big.  They're ugly.

But compared to a properly equipped 22lr they're nothing in an urban setting.  All the CCTV cameras.  All the sniper detection devices.  All the UAVs, helos.

All that would be irrelevant with a shooter that had basic training and was able to employ a 22lr properly.  An assault weapons ban will do nothing as long as evil is in peoples hearts.  Some just don't get it...You can't legislate morality.

Are we losing Africa? UPDATE

You've heard all the stories and projections.

Africa is the next "gold mine" of natural resources left on the planet (well...ignoring the two poles) and the US and China are locked in a race to the riches.

So what happens when our side appears to be getting run out of town?  Check this out from Marine Times.

By Lolita C. Baldor - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Dec 27, 2012 21:03:27 EST
WASHINGTON — The State Department is closing its embassy in the Central African Republic and ordering its diplomatic team to leave as rebels there continue to advance and violence escalates.
U.S. officials said the U.S. ambassador and about 40 others, including a number of Americans, were flown out of Bangui (bahn-GEE’) on a U.S. Air Force C-40 headed to Kenya. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were unauthorized to discuss the evacuation publicly.
Rebels have seized at least 10 towns across the sparsely populated north of the impoverished country, and residents in the capital of 600,000 people fear insurgents could attack at any time.
On Sunday, the State Department issued a warning recommending against travel to the country and authorized non-emergency personnel in Bangui to leave.

I find this interesting on two levels.

The first that the fear of another Libya has become so great that even in an Embassy, it is thought better to evacuate rather than reinforce it.

The second thought is this.  I haven't heard of our allies or the Chinese evacuating.  I usually frown on face saving but if we're leaving and they're staying then  something is out of whack.

Africa will be the future Middle East (meaning an intractable problem) unless we get a better handle on things.

UPDATE:
Naval Recognition tells me that while we "leave" or "run" or "evacuate" or however you want to call it, the FRENCH are reinforcing!  Amazing.  The French stand tall and we go away?  I'm almost ashamed.
Read about it here and here.

Blast from the past? Bachem Ba349-A Natter.

Another blast from our WW2 past.

Check out this plane at the 456th Fighter Interceptor Squadron website.

This is why we could lose the gun control fight.

I posted this on Soldier Systems (one of those gear websites that is beginning to look more and more insider everyday...)

i went to Troy’s site and i saw that they have pre and post ban AR’s out. is that a typo or something i might have missed before or is it a response to recent events? if this is new then SCREW troy forever. they’re giving up before the fight has begun.

Instead of the blog editors saying that they will look into it, or that this is just the price of doing business with a possible gun ban coming...what did the son of a bitch say?  Check it out below...

 Sol, you need to do a little research. There are areas where consumers cannot purchase weapons unless they are in Ban-configuration.

I need to do research?

Seriously?

I have more trigger time than this guy has time alive and he wants me to do research?

I follow this issue like a hungry dog on a meaty bone and he wants me to do research?

And then he tosses that in some areas you can't purchase weapons unless they're in "Ban Configuration"?????

WHAT UTTER BULLSHIT!

This is why we could lose.  Bullshit is being fed from the Government and from people that are SUPPOSE TO BE on our side.

Quite honestly its time to par down on news sources, be suspicious of most of the stuff you read and write your Congressman.  This is war.  A different type of war, but war none-the-less.

Royal Marines of 40 Commando on Patrol in Afghanistan

Rest in peace big guy..

Details are few but Stormin' Norman died today.  We could sure use another 10 more like him today.

Assault Weapons Ban Agenda Confirmed

Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:

• Background check of owner and any transferee;

• Type and serial number of the firearm;

• Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;

• Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and

• Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration

Read the write up on the Assault Weapons Bill that Feinstein is going to put before the Senate here.

One question though.

Do these people know what they're risking here?

You can have all the impassioned liberals from both coasts screaming for a gun ban but the rest of the country is not going to take this lying down!  I don't want it but I really would expect trouble if this thing is passed.  I hope they realize it before its too late but if they don't then this is going to get real nasty.

I hope someone in Washington wakes up before its too late, but I don't expect it.  Additionally you have companies like Troy Defense that were expecting to simply modify their weapons to fit a new ban and now that they can't you can expect tons of money to flow into the pro-gun effort.

*Syria is on fire and about to implode...
*The economy is still weak...
*We're spending money as a nation that we don't have...
*Healthcare is about to be taken over and the costs are going to skyrocket...

And many other issues that I can't recall at this time.  All that and they pick a gun control fight?

They campaign like champions and govern like idiots!

RNLI Shannon class lifeboat

I found this on "Bayou Renaissance Man's" website (go there to read the rest and consider subscribing...its a mix of different things and I find it a great daily read).

But the applications that I find intriguing for the Marine Corps is that boats of this type should take weather out of the equation when it comes to landings.  Anything short of hurricane swept seas should be doable, it self rights like a champ and can even beach itself if you're willing to either destroy it on the beach or recover it after landing of the main force.

The use of these boats by SOCOM is a given but if you gave some to the Small Boat Companies then they could gain a place of prominence in planning anything from raids to scouting ahead...they could even be useful in the current darling of planning---disaster relief!

Quote of the Day.

“I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.” — 27 April 1995.
Senator Diane Feinstein.

Ironic ain't it???

Troy Defense turns on gun owners!

I saw this on the Troy Defense website and wanted you all to take a real clear look at one of the major "training and AR manufacturing" firms.

They've already laid bets that an Assault Weapons Ban will come back into force.  Maybe that's just being practical.  Maybe as a firm they have to plan on this type of thing...but the timing sucks, the battle hasn't been fought and its obvious where there politics are.

Spare me the whining and the excuses.  In my opinion Troy Defense is dead as a corporation.  I mean seriously!  A ten round polymer mag before its called for by law and they wrap it up in a full capacity body?

These bubba's can pound sand.

Pacific Rim --- and you thought the Chinese are tough?

The Australian Army.

I got this from Sharkey Ward (yeah the guy that hammered the Argentinians during the Falkland's War) and it made me laugh so hard I had to share it.  Enjoy.

“Dear Mum & Dad,

I am well. Hope youse are  too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and  clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to  stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz  there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing!

At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been  on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in  the back paddock!!

This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull  got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of piss!!  You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting  truck when you reload!

Sometimes ya  gotta wrestle  with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy -  it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve  and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster.
Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's  got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers -  he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders  and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I  fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer.

I  can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before  word gets around how bloody good it is.

Your loving  daughter,

Sheila"

Chinese Y-20

CGI via Chinese Military Review.

CGI via China Defense Mashup.

Note all the pics were designed by Gaoshan

Bedouin Scouts...

The Bedouin Reconnaissance Battalion works to thwart illegal infiltration attempts into Israeli territory. They track down anyone from terrorists to drug smugglers. The latest generation of trackers recently concluded their basic training, and are currently in the middle of a course meant to further hone their skills, held twice a year in the Central Command.