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Gotta get in on this one and keep the streak going!

Doh, of course I'd spot this seconds after asking about it in an email ... please disregard ... the tax insanity coming from Sacramento and Washington must be affecting me. :)

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Why did it get the lock?

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well I'll tag this since I lost track on the older thread some time ago.
Any new summary or info I may have missed lately?

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So I post my way of saying "I'm In"...

Start watching Hells Kitchen.....

During commercial break, check my tags.............


Damn Mac....you've already got page one back to it's original look.

Are you sure you only have dial-up.....


Never trust a Spook...

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Never trust a Spook...

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Tag. I have some stuff to send off from a cub scout support drive.

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Never underestimate the warp-speed capability of 'copy & paste' .... *snorts*

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So let me get this right. The Navy still uses carbon paper and Elmers glue

Kewl....so do I. And in triplicate no less.

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I'll take that as a compliment ... even though I was only such for just over 5-years ... then it was on to my true calling as an MA ...

ETA to ALL:  UPDATED info on 'the shot" from a long, long, long conversation Nick and I had a couple days ago.   There's a whole lot more to the story than what we were aware of ...

Updated Background on the shot.

There were four bad guys operating in the area who had been attacking local workers trying to intimidate them and keep them from helping with the reconstruction projects in the area. The day before (Jan 1) these same bad guys captured and beheaded four workers - thus the decision was made to hunt them down.

The mission was assigned to the snipers of Recce. The guys left the FOB at night and made their way to the area where the bad guys were suspected to be and established hides.   Later in the day the four bad guys were finally spotted - however, given the range, the only snipers with the capability of "reaching' them was the Barrett team - Nick w/Simpson spotting.

Once the team went 'on target' and 'had them' ... the Platoon's SFC gave the order to take the shot.   Nick put a .50 cal round through his back that, to quote Nick "it literally threw his body down the mountain" ... the rest scattered.  The team immediately switched over trying to target the second bad guy but he had taken cover behind a huge rock - so, as we knew, the team called in an Apache gunship operating as their air support.

The pilot radioed that he could not see/identify the target - so Nick started shooting the rock that the bad guy was hiding behind.  The Apache pilot then broadcast - quote:  "I can see your sniper's fire" and was given clearance to launch a Hellfire.

Target #2 disappeared in the subsequent explosion.

Target #3 was subsequently identified and taken out by the Apache's 20mm a few minutes later.

Target #4, as he was trying to run and escape - was taken out by Nick ... with another 2000-meter + shot ... at a moving target.

Rough Dope on the initial/record 2100-meter shot (a Cold Shot!!!): at 4000' above sea level; considering Afghan mountain temps in January; winds, air density; temperature, etc., etc., etc.)  12-feet elevation ... 17-feet right windage

Wondering if Ronnie Barrett ever envisioned his Barrett being used as a targeting designator for air support... ??  

Shooting a rock?! Never underestimate the ingenuity and quick thinking of our American soldiers !!

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Tag. I have some stuff to send off from a cub scout support drive.

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In.

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Not to mention an good ole IBM Selectric II typewriter with that fancy-dancy rotating ball that you can change out to get the font of choice !!   Damn, technology RULES !!  Whoo Hoo !!

We might have just absolutely and totally confused some of our younger members .... Hey - I still have an Atari WITH pong stored out in the my garage  !!!

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Here's the score from the Cub Scout drive:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/ozzy033/100_3515.jpg

3 of those boxes are going to the Army Cav scouts in Iraq, Some to a Dad of one of the kids at the school, and some to a couple of other Soldiers from Michigan. Not as big a turn out as the last one we did a couple of years ago, but not bad at all. This will be the first time for us not using flat rate boxes. We got ahold of a contact with the AMVETS who gets these put directly into the Military mail system on the local base for us. If this works the way it should it will be a big help in the future. We can pack a lot of stuff in these boxes!

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Checking in.

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You really need to update your sigline. Something like "Proud Member of Ranstad's Militia...The Fantastic Bastards"





And I Mean Now Mister............

Quoted:To all you babies born after 1980....that's no typo...IT IS PONG...not BONG.

Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. Men, all this stuff you’ve heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball player, the toughest boxer. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.

Now, an Army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. The bilious bastards who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Saturday Evening Post don’t know anything more about real battle than they do about fornicating.

We have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit and the best men in the world. You know, by God I actually pity those poor bastards we’re going up against. By God, I do. We’re not just going to shoot the bastards, we’re going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We’re going to murder those lousy Hun bastards by the bushel.

Now, some of you boys, I know, are wondering whether or not you'll chicken out under fire. Don't worry about it. I can assure you that you will all do your duty. The Nazis are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood. Shoot them in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do.

Now there’s another thing I want you to remember. I don’t want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We’re not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we’re not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose and we're going to kick him in the ass. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose.

There’s one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home. And you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now when you’re sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what did you do in the great World War II, you won’t have to say, "Well, I shoveled shit in Louisiana."

Alright now, you sons-of-bitches, you know how I feel. Oh, and I will be
proud to lead you wonderful guys into battle – anytime, anywhere.

That’s all.

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Hell, I got a great link from your said e-mail.

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If the package is approved after that - SF will have him pulled from the school (they have priority) and he'll start about two-years of specialized training.

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Not to mention an good ole IBM Selectric II typewriter with that fancy-dancy rotating ball that you can change out to get the font of choice !!   Damn, technology RULES !!  Whoo Hoo !!

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Be seated....




Guess what was on AMC last night

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UPDATE:

Nick goes in front of the Sergeant's Board on Monday - March 2nd.  Keep your fingers crossed!  

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UPDATE:

Nick goes in front of the Sergeant's Board on Monday - March 2nd.  Keep your fingers crossed!  

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UPDATE:

Nick goes in front of the Sergeant's Board on Monday - March 2nd.  Keep your fingers crossed!  

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What exactly goes on there? Do they just review his actions and see if he'd be a good sergeant? What does he have to do?


Yeah, I'm an ignorant civilian.

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Also, we've reached cut off for the 1-22 guys.  I actually think we are a couple of days past it as I got word today that the first of them head south in a week.