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    1. AAAAHHHHHHHH! I had to exit safari, thanks urban dictionary!
      Congrats.
      (Felching…The guys were having lunch, had to read the definition. NSFW)

    2. Congrat’s Commissioner! We all bow to your coveted First! So let it be written, so let it be done!

  5. First, has anyone had any interactions with the Scottish American Military Society? Last weekend I was at a Highland Games and while talking with another individual, was offered a membership application. I am curious as to if it is worth the time and effort.

    Second, I had forgotten just how awesome a 10 year old Single Malt Scotch is when slowly sipped near a bonfire.

    Third, just when I thought that TDS has peaked, I saw the story about Judge Piro on the view, and it causes me to shake my head more and more.

    Fourth, my third comment has me wanting another Scotch.

    1. Used to be a member in the last century. Back then it was little more than a T-shirt and cap badge drinking society, from what I see these days, every one appears to be a Ranger, SEAL, SF, Marine Recon, or some combination thereof. Honestly not much to recommend it.

  8. With a full afternoon of … basically nothing staring me in the face, and my desire to get to it full force, I present to you all here at TAH the latest installment of my weekly silliness. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it for you!

    DID YOU KNOW…?
    Who was the first U.S. president for whom women were able to legally vote?
    By Commissioner Wretched

    And the hottest part of the year has now taken hold here in the South.
    Thank heaven for the invention of air conditioning!
    Next week or so, we’ll come to what are known as the “Dog Days” of summer. That’s a period when it seems to be the hottest, and since it happens in late July and August, it’s a good bet that it’s either the heat or the humidity that makes you most uncomfortable.
    Dogs feel the Dog Days too, you know.
    But why are they called the “Dog Days,” anyway?
    The answer involves, of all things, the night sky. It seems that Sirius, the Dog Star (brightest star in the Canis Major, or Big Dog, constellation) is rising just before the Sun does, and somehow the ancient Greeks and Romans connected that with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. You know, things that we now take for granted.
    Yes, they felt that a star a bit more than 8 and a half light years away had something to do with our planet getting warmer. (Hey, it’s as good a reason as any, right?) The fact that Sirius is the brightest star in the sky (next to the Sun, of course) didn’t hurt its reputation, either.
    But Sirius has as much to do with temperature on Earth as it does with trivia. Once you know how far away it is, you can move on to other things … like the rest of the column.
    Or e-mailing me, if you’ve a mind to, at didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com. I always answer.
    So let’s get “Sirius” about trivia!
    Did you know …
    … lobsters were once considered “poor man’s” food? They were commonly fed to prisoners and servants as well. (Sure, make something I love expensive when I come along to enjoy it.)
    … the founder of the online dating site Match.com lost his girlfriend to a man she met on Match.com? (No good deed goes unpunished, you know.)
    … studies from more than twenty nations show that people who drink in moderation have 20-40% less coronary heart disease than those who don’t drink at all? (But don’t try to expand the logic; if you drink more than moderately, you’re messing everything else up.)
    … the largest organ in your body is your skin?
    … Joseph Bolitho Johns (1826-1900) was Australia’s foremost prison escape artist? Johns, known Down Under as “Moondyne Joe,” escaped from prison so many times that authorities built a special, heavy-duty, extra-reinforced prison cell just for him. He escaped from that one, too. (It would be funny if he had later written the classic song, “Don’t Fence Me In,” but he didn’t. Darn.)
    … Warren G. Harding (1865-1923), 29th President of the United States, was the first president to own a radio? He was also the first to make a speech over the radio, and the first to ride to his inauguration in a car. Not only that, when women were grated the right to vote in 1920, the first presidential candidate they could vote for was Harding – and they did, too. Women considered Harding to be a very handsome man – hey, don’t kill the messenger; that’s what they said at the time – and, while he was pretty much a bust as Chief Executive, he was a pretty good-looking fellow. (I guess that means something.)
    … more than 75% of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce those partners? (Not to say “I told you so” or anything.)
    … the average single man is exactly one inch shorter than the average married man? (The jokes sometimes just write themselves, don’t they?)
    … there’s a whale that can smile and frown? The beluga whale is the only member of the cetacean order capable of facial expressions. The lips of the whale and a crescent of fat on its forehead are both highly mobile, causing beluga whales to look as if they’re smiling or frowning at times. (What would make a whale smile, anyway?)
    … the United States Army once accidentally ordered an 82-year supply of freeze-dried tuna salad mix for its troops stationed in Europe? (And it was ordered with typical bureaucratic efficiency, meaning they couldn’t send it back.)
    … if you don’t take in enough calcium, your bones can self-destruct? (That explains a lot, if you ask me.)
    … you can’t kiss your elbows? (Go ahead and try. Video it. Send it to me. I need a good laugh.)
    … as late as 1980, there was a country on Earth that had no telephones? Bhutan, a small kingdom in the Himalayas, had no phones up to that time. (They had no wrong numbers or troublesome robo-calls, either.)
    … singer Bing Crosby (1903-1977) played a role in the evacuation of Americans from Saigon in 1975? No, the Ol’ Groaner wasn’t there; the signal for Americans to get out of the city was the playing of his “White Christmas” over the radio. Since the evacuation happened in April, that was an obvious sign that things had gone fatally wrong. (“I’m dreaming … of an April helicopter flight …”)
    … the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was in no way affiliated with Charles Goodyear? Goodyear (1800-1860) invented vulcanized rubber, but not for the company that bears his name – which he didn’t found. The actual founders of the company merely admired Goodyear’s inventiveness. The vulcanization of rubber was such an easy process to duplicate that his competitors simply stole it, rather than honor his patent. The company was founded and named almost 40 years after Goodyear died.
    Now … you know!

    1. Actually, if Sirius ligt measures anything close to 1 percentage then it would mean a 1% increase in visible light radiation which will be absorbed by the ground and be re-emitted as infrared (heat radiation) and potentially raise the temp by one tenth of a degree.

        2. I just discovered there is sound to this clip after the 3rd time watching. I echo 2/17. 🙂

    8. You’re such a poor, deprived man, Dave…

      Absolutely stunning… and talented!

    1. No Bud light until I see a 5988-E on that buffer, Soldier. If it’s not up to -10 -20 standards, your weekend is in jeapordy.

    2. “Budlight?”

      I figured for sure you’d be scouring the post for a couple of these to make it through the weekend:

      7930-045-6912*

      * do the Google-Fu search if you’re really interested in what they are./smile

      1. TO beer… Bud Light ain’t. HOWEVER- if you take a Bud brewer tour where they tap a tun of BL before pasteurization… heavenly. Then they screw it up.

    6. I personally prefer Arrogant Bastard Ale®™️, some people I know swear it’s named after me. They say that Bud Light was almost named “Sex in a Canoe” because it’s next to fucking water!

  13. I received letter yesterday telling me the TRICARE Retiree Dental Program was ending 31DEC2018. The Russian and I do have the option of enrolling in FEDVIP, the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program. Open season for enrollment in one of the many companies offering the plan(s) is NOV – DEC. Has anyone else received notification and, if so, does anyone have any insight into these programs?

    1. Received the notice but i don’t know anything about the FEDVIP plan. Its got to be cheaper than the ones out on the market, be worth looking into.

      1. I did a quick look-see and the cost for both the dental plus vision plans combined was less than what Delta Dental is currently charging.

        1. I’ve had the FEDVIP for a couple of years now through my work, and I have nothing to complain about.

        2. I did quick check once I got around to it. In the dental plan list one of the providers is Delta Dental. One of the vision plans is VSP(Vision Service Plan). I have used both and was satisfied with both plans. VSP has a basic copay of $10.00 each for the exam, frames, and lenses. There are price ranges for frame and lenses which if exceeded will increase the copay rates. The prices hadn’t been available when I first looked.

  15. Present and not to be held accountable for anything.

    And it is raining quietly in my kingdom, a real soaker, which means that the weather gods finally listened to me and decided “it is time”.

    Chocolate ice cream is good as a snack.

    1. Ex, is that all your eating today, Ice Cream? My new favorite is Ben & Jerry’s Everything but the kitchen sink! That is the best ice cream I have ever had!!! What is for dinner tonight? I’m looking forward to drooling over your menu!! Have a great weekend!!!

      1. Very, very bad man. Cast iron cookware is to be used for self-defense, not for attacking your hostess.

        He is a very bad man. Very bad.

    3. No, the ice cream is simply a snack on a muggy day.

      Supper is pasta carbonara (with LOTS of bacon) and a green salad, and lemon ice (sorbet) for dessert, plus a good book.

      Good food!

  16. AW1Ed, if you got year ears on, the Oshkosh EAA Air Adventure is in town!

    Some of the military air power:

    KC-10A Extender
    HC-130N Combat King
    HH-60G Pavehawks
    KC-135R Startotanker
    F-22A Raptors
    B-1B Bomber
    B-52 Stratofortress
    F-16C Fighting Falcon
    A-10C Warthog
    F-15C Eagle
    F-35 Lightnings
    C-17 Globemaster
    F-16 Viper
    F/A-18F Super Hornets
    EA-18G Growlers
    plus all of the vintage warbirds on the Warbird tarmac.

    Two Tuskegee airman (Col. Charles McGee & LTC. George Hardy) will be present.

    One week long, over 500,000 visitors, 10,000 individual planes landing, 3,000 plus aircraft on static display (military, ultra lights, home built, vintage, war birds, seaplanes, etc.).

    A virtual airplane orgasim! LMAO

    How do I know this? Because I live a number of miles outside of town and the planes are stacked up over my head flying to the airport.

    If you ever come to AirAdventure and need a place to stay AW1Ed, you have a fellow TAH Dickweed with a place to hang your hat for awhile.

    https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/features-and-attractions/aircraft-areas

    Oh yeah, eleventy first.

    Have a safe and great weekend all of you fellow (and fellow-ette) Dickweeds.

    2. What, no Compass Call? Heavy Chevy is going to be SO disappointed. However, since the show is in Wisconsin, he should be able to meet his cheese 🧀 intake requirement pretty easily.

      1. I’m making chili today. I make the ‘best’ chili in town. I make large amounts, suitable for freezing. Chew on it for a week or so, repeat in a few weeks. Still haven’t been able to figure out how to make a decent cornbread. Mom and Grandma just threw stuff into a bowl, never measuring, and their cornbread was out of this world.
        To commissary yesterday for a ‘few’ things. The total would have made a decent dent in the national debt. Found that I can buy frozen blueberries for less than the fresh ones cost. Consumer Reports and other ‘experts’ (Google it) say that frozen fruits and vegetables are as good as the fresh variety. We go through a lot of frozen fruits. I make sure the Russian has at least three smoothies per week. Blueberries, especially, are packed with antioxidants. Throw in a banana and occasionally another fruit and we’re good to go.
        Hoping for a good, healthy weekend for my fellow miscreants. Ex-PH2 will be supplying sandwiches for all hands later in the afternoon.

      2. I think that the frozen vegs are even better than fresh. I think they’r flash frozen, but not sure about that but they keep well and frozen green beans sauteed with white wine and a little bacon and some mushrooms and onion make a nice addition to any meal.

        I’m disappointed that no one has yet flown into Oshkosh’s fly-in in a reproduction WACO CG-4A, or maybe a reproduction Horsa. That would be awesome.

    3. While we’re keeping tabs on all of our favorite peoples, any prognosis on Jonathan Idema’s AIDS?
      Anyone want to start a dead pool on our SV/embellishing/all around douche features?

      1. I’m juat wondering when whatsherface is gonna shut down the website.

        Or any of the other dickweeds who have threatened to sue or actually sued Jonn.

        1. I know, its he could be deader for my liking, him and Master Queef (Dishonorable) Dirty “Can’t Fly/bad ‘lawer’ Guy” Bird-nasty.
          Sic Semper F**kfaces.

  18. Purple Heart Returned:

    Purple Hearts Reunited return medal to family, shed light on loved one’s service to America.

    We all have to be conservative with which projects we take on, and one of those worthwhile charities I dedicate my time to is Purple Hearts Reunited, started by Zach Fike, who is an Army major and Purple Heart recipient himself. If you take a moment to read his background and hear his story, you will see why he was nominated as Soldier of the Year by the Army Times.

    Purple Hearts Reunited is the only organization in the country returning lost or stolen medals to Veterans and military families at no cost. The non-profit organization spends a considerable amount of time researching and locating the original recipient of the medal or family and, when possible, conducts a “Return Ceremony” to reunite the Veteran or family with the medal.

    Fike’s passion to reunite lost medals of valor from our Veterans to their descendants will spark almost divine spiritual moments among these families and bring history and sacrifice to the forefront. In many cases, these families didn’t even know about grandpa’s brother who was killed fighting the Japanese or Germans and died at age 18. His history stopped that day when he paid the ultimate price for our country. Rediscovering medals from fallen Veterans brings their stories back to life. No person is truly gone as long as their memory is passed down and honored.

    Last week, we were able to return Pfc ”Pat” Pepe’s Purple Heart to his niece Donna Carpenter and nephew Mike Pepe. Pat was one of three children, with a younger brother Al and sister Rita. A replacement medal was acquired, and Purple Hearts Reunited framed and presented the award to the family.

    IMAGE: Donna Carpenter and Mike Pepe (brother) (Former Marine)
    Donna Carpenter and Mike Pepe

    Here are the details about Pepe’s service as provided by Fike to the family:

    “Pfc. Pasquale “Pat” Pepe was born 12 April 1922 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania to Italian immigrants Michele Pepe and Mary Carmen Marfangel. He grew up in the Bronx and attended one year of college before being inducted into the Army on 10 December 1942. He was assigned to Company M, 351st Infantry Regiment.

    The 351st Infantry Regiment was activated July 1942 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma as one of three regiments forming the 88th Infantry Division. The regiment was comprised of selective service personnel and was the first all-draftee unit to see combat in WWII. It was sent to the Mediterranean Theater where it engaged in operations on the Italian Front from early February 1944 to the close of hostilities in May 1945.

    On September 23rd, 1944 the regiment moved to the line and attacked Maraduccio Italy. Upon capture of the city they continued to Castel del Rio, where they engaged in a pitched battle. Castel Del Rio was the regimental objective. It was here that the 132d German Infantry, commanded by Major Leitner, had its command post located in a castle from which the town derives its name.

    On 25 September 1944, during the attack of the castle, Pfc. Pasquale “Pat” Pepe lost his life in defense of our county and the liberation of his parent’s homeland. He was returned to New York on 26 November 1948 and was interned at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.”

    The Pepe family has a proud family history of serving our nation; many members of the Pepe family went on to serve in the military. Surviving members of the family is now tasked with carrying the torch of “Uncle” Pepe’s memory.

    If bringing history to life is something you might be interested in, please contact Jessica Jaggars at Jessica@purpleheartsreunited.org and apply to be a member of the Valor Guard. We are always looking for fellow Veterans to experience this incredible journey of bringing history alive.

    Semper Fi!

    About the author: Lt. Col. Mitch “Taco” Bell joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and was winged a naval aviator in January of 1991. He flew the KC-130 in Cherry Point, North Carolina, Okinawa Japan and Fort Worth, Texas in the Reserves. His primary duty has been recruiting for nine of his 29 years in the Marine Corps. In 1998, he left active duty, was hired by American Airlines, and currently flies as a captain on the Boeing 737 around the United States. As a Reservist, he ran an old Mig Base in TQ Iraq from 2005 to 2006 and worked with the Afghan Police for 8 months in 2008 and again for a short tour in 2009 with Prison Corrections in Afghanistan. Bell currently assists with numerous charities and Veterans organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He directs the Purple Hearts Reunited Valor Guard, a return team dedicated to delivering lost medals of valor across the country. In addition, Bell has conducted return ceremonies himself, on behalf of Purple Hearts Reunited.

    These folks do honorable work and would appreciate any extra dollars you might sent their way.

    1. HMC, it is my understanding that the Purple Heart medals are only engraved with the name of the deceased veteran? If you are awarded the Purple Heart for just a wound in combat, they are not engraved? Please let me know if I am correct in my assumptions? I would love to return the Purple Heart medal my pos brother has to the rightful owner if so engraved?
      Thank you,
      Willy

      1. Willie: Yeah, your brother is a piece of work. How he has pulled it off defies understanding. I believe you are correct re the Purple Heart. I realize now, after a re-read, that he opening paragraph in my posting might suggest I have an affiliation with the organization. I do not. That para was just part of the article. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
        Willie, I don’t for the life of me understand how your brother can pull the stuff he does. Can’t you rat him out under the whistleblower’s program and be compensated for your efforts? Man, I thought my brother was a piece of work, but your brother takes the cake.
        So, yes, wounds resulting in death have the Purple Heart engraved and not so if wounds do not result in death. I believe that to be the case.

        1. Thanks HMC, I have ratted him to everybody and their brother, yes, I have even gone to the whistle blower sites and tried there as well. Nobody seems to give a shit?? I am almost ready to give up, but I still keep trying…………

  19. The dems’s last slogan didn’t work out so well so they have come up with a new one. Talk about idiots who can’t learn. The new slogan is “For The People.” 10-9-9-7-Stop!
    How far did you make it before you said,
    “F the people?”

    1. So that’s where you’ve been! Welcome back. Sounds like good news on the procedure(s).

    2. MCPO, I wish I could find a good back surgeon, I have had pain issues for years and nobody has been able to fix it yet?

      1. Hospital for Special Surgery NYC. People travel in from all over the country and world for the best care.

      2. Dr. Frank Cammisa, Jr. he is the best and takes cares of Veterans. He knows the deal with the OTHER hospital system that is suppose to take care of us. They failed me horribly.

    4. I always suspected you needed a good screw. Now you’ve got three.

      Glad to hear you are shipshape and able to navigate the stormy seas again.

      Welcome back!

    1. If you didn’t see this, prepare yourself. You’ll either punch your monitor or just chuckle out loud. San Francisco has just extended voter registration to non-citizens, including illegal aliens. The limited purpose is for voting for school board members and the rationale is that parents, whether citizens or not, should have a say-so in their child’s education. So, this affects only parents of school-age children? No, but the child must be not yet 19. So, that leaves the parents of babies, toddlers, and small children able to register and vote, despite the fact that their little illegals are not in school. Of course, that rationale can easily work for extending the vote to other matters, such as city gov’t. (i.e., Shouldn’t Frisco residents have a say-so in their gov’t?) And so it begins. One small step for a city. One giant step for the destruction of a nation.

      1. I’m not that far out west, thank God.

        In fact, boss man said fly home versus drive home next week, come back around the 29th.

        So I got that going for me, which is nice.

      2. This will pass upper court challenge.

        Won’t pass in the new USSC.

        Ha!

      4. Yeah, liberals bawl about foreign interference in our elections while screeching for illegal aliens to vote, further proof that liberalism is a mental disorder!

  22. Sorry, Sparky. I was going to ask you, working what? but I was fearful of the answer, so I deleted it but inserted a new comment that has nothing whatsoever to do with whatever or whoever it is you’re working.

    1. Well, unlike Phildo and the rest of the poseurs, it’s not balls behind the truckstop.

      Just a little work so the good people of New York have some lights at night.

      1. NH, Did you ever make down to PR or USVI for electrical grid repair? Sorry if I did not ask before.

        1. Nope, not yet.

          Operative word, “yet”. In my new job (I switched about 3 months ago) I belong to the national group, so while most of my work is regional, I can be sent anywhere in the country, and outside it, if needed.

          Aside from the fact PR hotels are scarce and expensive (kinda like when I was in west Texas), it would certainly be a worthwhile experience, corruption, etc, notwithstanding.

    1. We had them underway on longer ops, provided you bought a “beard chit” (aka a $10 donation to the Rec Fund.)

      1. Z-Gram 57 about a year before I enlisted. Beards were allowed, but due to my heritage I couldn’t grow anything but a cheesy mustache.

      2. Yeah, we had underway beards, cruise beards … but through the late 70’s and early 80’s most of the mid to senior ranks sported old school nautical facial hair … many other things we did then too that let’s say will not be discussed here.

    2. Growing mine back after a several decade hiatus. No, that’s not gray, it’s blond. Yeah, blond…

      1. When Zumwalt made them legal I took a chance at one. After about a year I gave up. Scraggly looking piece of fuzz.

  26. Army has a new machine gun:

    FOX FIREPOWER 1 day ago
    Army’s new machine gun will blast like battle tanks
    Allison Barrie By Allison Barrie | Fox News

    Army’s new firearm puts power of a tank in soldiers’ hands
    Defense Specialist Allison Barrie has a first look at the Army’s new machine gun, which is made to be lighter, shoot farther, and pack the power of an M1 Abrams tank in the palm of soldiers’ hands.

    The Army’s new weapon will look like a light machine gun, but will put M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank-style blasting power literally at the fingertips of U.S. soldiers.

    The new light machine gun will weigh less — and yet shoot farther. It should make U.S. soldiers even more lethal and enhance their speed and mobility while improving their safety in future combat.

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    The Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR) may replace about 80,000 SAWs (the M249 squad automatic weapon). The well-known and loved M249 SAWs were already beasts — now the Army’s light machine gun is going to get even more powerful.

    Armed with the NGSARs, soldiers will have the confidence of knowing the new weapon can be relied on for stopping power against sophisticated adversaries who arrive to fight in advanced body armor.

    INNOVATIVE PROJECT HARNESSES LEGOS AND SMARTPHONES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INVISIBLE, DEADLY WEAPONS

    The goal is for the weapon’s chamber pressure to achieve similar levels to battle tanks. Recent conflicts have shown that currently issued weapons have not been sufficient when tackling the challenge of forces with defense innovation and access to modern equipment.

    BarrieSAW2
    File photo – a U.S. soldier with an M249 SAW (U.S. Army)
    Even if a threat is about 2,000 feet away and seemingly well protected, the new weapon will blast through enhanced body armor.

    Distance, accuracy, ergonomics and lethality are all expected to be improved in this new generation of weapon. Infantry will also be able to take advantage of new specially designed, harder hitting, plus lighter weight bullets.

    Blasting like a battle tank

    The aim is for the NGSARs to fire bullets at pressure levels similar to those achieved by tanks when they fire. Rounds will smash through advanced adversary body armor even at a distance, allowing soldiers to accurately shoot while maintaining a safe distance from the threat whenever possible.

    THIS ORANGE, SQUISHY BODY ARMOR MATERIAL COULD SAVE LIVES

    The Army would like the new weapon chamber pressure to be between 60 and 80 KSI (kilopound per square inch). To put that into context, the Army’s M1 Abrams main battle tank fires at that chamber pressure. Assault rifles tend to be around 45 KSI, so this will definitely be higher.

    BarrieSAW1
    File photo – a U.S. soldier with an M249 SAW (U.S. Army)
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    How will it be different?

    Currently, M249 SAW weight when empty is 17 pounds — this new weapon will weigh less than 12 pounds. The ammunition weight is also reduced. The aim is for the new ammo to be 20 percent less than an equal brass case weight.

    With the buttstock down, the Army also aims for it to be 35 inches long or less. In terms of dispersion, both the automatic 14 inch, and the semi-automatic 7-inch will have an average mean radius of 400 meters (1,312 feet).

    The fire control, including day and night optics, will be a maximum of three pounds. The rate of fire will be 60 rounds per minute with 3-round burst for 15 minutes without a barrel change or cook-off.

    Lightweight, advanced new ammo

    The Army is searching for a Goldilocks solution to ammo fit for the current and future conflicts. It has to travel at sufficient speed, but with enough mass to be effective against enemy forces protected by body armor. 7.62mm ammo has been proving to have too much mass and not enough propellant. The problem with 5.56mm has been the opposite — not enough mass to penetrate armor.

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    What’s next?

    Advances like this new light machine gun and new ammo for soldiers are very important. It has already been clear for quite some time that there is a need for a better solution against enemy forces protected with advanced body armor.

    TANK-KILLING ROBOT REVEALED

    SAWs have been effective in combat scenarios with enemies unprotected by armor. However, there are threats from nations with advanced defense programs. If conflict with a country like Russia and China, for example, erupts, then it is vital soldiers are equipped with weapons that can stop adversaries wearing armor.

    The enhanced range will also provide an advantage in these types of conflicts, as will enabling U.S. forces to move lighter and travel faster thanks to reduced weight in the new weapons.

    BarrieTextron
    File photo – Textron Systems’ 5.56 mm Cased-Telescope LSAT light machine gun (Textron Systems)
    The Army recently awarded a contract to Textron Systems for development of a functional prototype NGSAR. The company plans to base it on their Cased-Telescoped weapons and ammunition that has already achieved amazing success in remarkably reducing weight while enhancing lethality.

    Textron plans to deliver a magazine-fed system, intermediate caliber and high velocity prototype NGSAR.

    The new, powerful weapons could be in the hands of soldiers as soon as 2022.

  27. Am wrapping up my road trip vacation and will return to fort living room tomorrow and back to work on Monday. Earlier this week, we passed through the Blowing Rock/Lenoir AO in NC; I kept my eyes out for an extremely rotund fatbody in phony dress blues and Ranger beret, but there was no Round Ranger sightings to be had…too bad…

    Catch you all later as we make our way home…

      1. You live in a very scenic area, SJ, and the people there are friendly as heck. I look forward to visiting this area when we go on road vacation again…

        1. Yank my chain next time through. Mrs SJ is the native. I’ve only been here 5 years. I agree with your assessment of the folks and the scenery. Glad she brought me here.

    1. See, that’s what I’m talking about. Little things like a period and a lousy s. Without them, your comment reads, “I am First Cocksucker.”

  29. Timing chain on the ticker seems to have slipped, so Monday the cardiologist will try a jump start, called a cardioversion. Hopefully this will return my heartbeat back to a normal rhythm. The good side- they’ll knock me out for the procedure; bad side I have to muster at the hospital at 0530. This did not charm Mrs. AW1Ed, but she’ll come along anyway.
    Looking forward to getting some stamina back- AFIB sucks moist ass.

    1. Use the best doctors always.

      Worth every dime.

      Even if you have to travel and stay over night. M

      Good luck stay strong.

      1. Thanks Master Chief- I have the top heart doc in the area. It’s an outpatient procedure, so if I have to stay something didn’t go well.

  31. What’s up with the Japanese and their idea of a good time. Some guy was screwing around and stuck a hose in another guy’s ass. Garden hose? No, a pressure hose that was connected to a running air compressor. Outcome? Laughs, followed by death. There has got to be a “blow me” joke in there somewhere.

    1. That’s the second consecutive week I had the 100th comment. I’m sure it means something. I just have no idea what. Maybe that should be wot.

      1. Bet a hundred bucks for consecutive wins in the first and second race. Trust me.

    2. Yep, he blew his ass up ala Wile E Coyote. Wonder if the air compressor is from Acme?

    3. Video?

      If there video, Live Leak probably has it.

      LE uses that website for evidence all the time.

      That video certainly will be explosive.

  32. Late to the party. Ambient temps in the triple digits in our neck of the woods, heat index is out of sight.

    Caused something to blow in our electric grid, and lost power for a while. The surge fried a breaker for my a/c, so I had to miss a grandchild’s birthday party to run to town for a replacement breaker.

    All good now – at least we get to sleep in the a/c.

    Y’all keep heads and butts down.

    1. Yeah, being in a substation when a 34.5 kv breaker lets go and the arc goes up into the bus sucks ass.

      It was almost 100 degrees that day, I was standing 70-80 feet from the blast, and the heat even at that distance was a real wakeup (thought I might have a mild burn at first.)

  35. Cori LeCinda Pierce – the turd who defrauds with a dog!

    “They will eventually get it out of their systems, says Ms. Pierce.

    She doesn’t know us very well.

  36. LT Murphy update: the critter who conducted the vandalism is a well known perf and punk. The cost of repair was paid immediately by many. There is a LT Murphy Cadet Training Center and Museum being built … I will write an article about that effort and perhaps we can all spread the word. There will be many avenues to contribute to cause, direct cash, corporate and of course the “brick” or “plaque”. Dan Murphy told me in short, “we are so proud and greatful that our son’s memory in the minds of Patriots lives on strong”.

    MCPO OUT!

      1. Nothing yet, but no doubt it will leak out.

        I am VERY interested in that.

        My top picks:

        Snowflakes
        Illegal travelers
        Liberal loons
        Socials
        Drug users
        or just horrible parents.

        But, what do I know …

        1. Hmmm…the 14 year old is being charged with Criminal Mischief, 2nd Degree, which is a Class D Felony in NY:

          https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/145.10

          Parents probably hired an Attorney. Am speculating he will do zero jail time and be put on Probation. Don’t know if Felony charges will be dropped to a lesser sentence or if he will carry that sentence the rest of his lies. He should still be punished.

  37. For now:

    TAH DW’s:

    Please cross post this link on your linked blogs and other social media outlets.

    In the days after the vandalism at Murph’s Park, lets raise some money for his new museum.

    https://murphsealmuseum.org

    Thanks,

    MCPO OUT!

  39. In other news lest we forget:

    49 years ago this week Neil Armstrong (Rest In Peace), Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins conducted the first US Moon Mission, with Neil Armstrong being the first Man to set foot on the Moon.

    That same week, 49 years ago, Ted Kennedy continued the Kennedy curse by setting his foot and car on
    Chappaquiddick Island…

    Rest in Peace, Mary Jo.

    1. Big fan of the Appollo 11, we met the crew in Queens Boularvard before the parade down the the Canyon of Heroes in NYC. All the Irish if Woodside, NY held their ground and the motorcade stopped.

      Then the Mets won the World Series and ….

      1. Wow…what an HONOR and a wonderful experience to meet the Crew. You are so lucky.

    2. By the way Collins was one smart guy, I remember an interview, he said, the landing and hopeful takeoff was so risky that he was glad they left the smarter guy aloft so he could help them land and take off again. What a guy, and it was true.

  40. Yesterday, my little 6-year-old neice asked me about the Gadsden rattlesnake on the t-shirt I was wearing. I gave her a brief rundown on the Sons of Liberty, and how the British provoked the French & Indian War by unofficially encouraging colonial settlers to encroach on the Ohio River Valley, then accused the colonists of starting it and jacked up their taxes to pay for it. I explained to her that the Gadsden rattlesnake and “Don’t Tread On Me” means that, just as we can’t break the law, the government can’t break the law against us either, or else we will do something about it that they REALLY won’t like. I also had to explain to her that because of that, bad people who want the government to break the law against us often try to lie about what it means, and say that those of us who display the Gadsden flag are racist, backward, anarchist, etc.

    She now wants a Gadsden t-shirt to wear.

  41. Per this Reuters article this morning, it appears that Rouhani is blustering about dTrump over the blustering remarks a few weeks ago about shutting down Iran’s oil exports.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-rouhani/irans-rouhani-warns-trump-about-mother-of-all-wars-idUSKBN1KC07Z

    His statement that Iran “has been the ‘guardian’ of the Strait of Hormuz throughout history” seems a bit farfetched to me, but if you’re gonna bluster, you gotta make it good, right?
    You may recall that Jimmy Carter couldn’t figure out where that place was, either, when he was muddling and meddling and mostly destroying US foreign policy in the Middle East.

    It’s almost like Iran wants a war.

    And Khomeini stuck his oar into it, too. I thought his ‘sell or freeze by’ date had expired.

    1. Read the same article early this morning as well. The whole “death to America” thing is getting pretty old and I would love to see this guy eaten alive by his own people.

    2. There’s also an article about how there is a rising trend in the Left side of the political fence to crank up the liberalism rhetoric, loudly and vehemently.
      https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/us/politics/democratic-party-midterms.html

      Apparently, they are going to “energize it” so that they can somehow overwhelm the Muddles (that’s us) on the righthand side of the fence.

      I think I can get some mileage out of this, because people in the UK want May out and Boris Johnson (conservative) in.

  42. Want to piss away hours? Accidentally tune into Live PD on the A&E Channel! You’ll say oh that’s funny but got stuff to do….hours later you’re still watching. Mrs SJ wasn’t here to rein me in.

    But I learned some things: (1) Good thing I’m not a LEO because lots of folks would be getting wood shampoos when they won’t STFU. (2) If I were a LEO I would simply arrest everyone not wearing a shirt…they are the ones up to shitbaggery.

  43. The mega class pathetic loser that we know as the Serial Poser Kyle Christopher Barwan, not an Army Ranger, not Army Special Forces, not an Officer, not British, not an Upright Citizen, gets his prison update status posted late Sundays, so it is Monday morning before I update, and here is this weeks news. It seems that he is still in the sweltering, mosquito infested, Gainesville FL area at the Gainesville Work Camp of the Florida State Prison, with a release date of December 2nd.
    http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=H50625&TypeSearch=AI

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