This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here

Author: Hondo

  • Another Fine Example of the DRC’s Investigative “Skills”

    Well, a little birdie tells me I’ve finally been outed – in the DRC’s addled minds, of course.  Reportedly they yet again think they’ve “identified Hondo”.

    Apparently that group of Dumb, Royally Clueless tools thinks I am yet another ex-Navy SEAL.  This time, I’m supposedly someone named “Hershel Bento Davis”.

    They appear to mean MCPO Hershel Bento Davis, USN (Ret).  What I’ve been able to find indicates that while serving in the Navy MCPO Davis was Command Master Chief of Underwater Demolition Team 11, Underwater Demolition Team 12, SEAL Team 5, Naval Special Warfare Group 1, and Naval Special Warfare Unit 8.  He reputedly served in Vietnam.  Sounds like one helluva guy.

    Hmm.  I think I’ve finally figured out their method.  Looks to me like the DRC gathers together and sits around in their skivvies, looking at pictures of true BAMFs (and in this context that acronym does not stand for “Bold, Adventurous Males and Females”), getting seriously “excited” and fapping furiously, until one picture really catches their collective fancy.  Then they apparently decide, “That must be Hondo,” and PRESTO! – another bogus identification is born.

    Must be the DRC version of a Ouija board.  Hey, whatever “floats their boat”.

    This is at least the fifth Navy vet and 4th ex-SEAL (first SCPO Don Shipley, then CAPT Larry Baily, followed by a guy I’m intentionally not naming  and now MCPO Hershel Davis) they’ve erroneously identified as me. They’ve also erroneously identified a multi-star Army GO, a retired SF SGM, another longtime commenter here at TAH, a retired Navy diver (last month – I was kinda busy and didn’t write about that one), and a serving Army officer as me.

    Now, I guess I should be flattered once again by this DRC asininity.  Most if not all of the group of guys the DRC has misidentified as being me certainly qualify in my book as veritable BAMFs.  (All of them could well be true BAMFs, but I don’t know enough about a couple of them to say one way or another.)

    That makes at least 9 people to date they’ve claimed were me – all erroneously.  Yo, DRC:  get your feces consolidated, will ya?

    None of the DRC IDs have been correct, of course; those imbecile dipsticks don’t have a clue.  I keep telling them I’m not a former Navy SEAL and never served in the Navy.  Yet they keep ignoring that and misidentifying former Navy personnel as being me.

    I’ve previously publicly wondered whether these fools have the common sense to urinate in the commode vice the trash can when they go to the head.  I’m beginning now to believe they’re simply not smart enough to comprehend the difference between the two.  Based on what I’ve seen from them I’d be surprised if they could find their own butts using both hands and a mirror – even with detailed instructions and on-site coaching.

    Still, I’ll try once more to get through to these DRC bozos.

    Hey, DRC.  Listen up, you bunch of moronic cork-shuckers:  you’re wrong yet again.  As I’ve told you many times before, I’m not a former SEAL or ex-Navy.  This is at least the 9th time you’ve been spectacularly wrong regarding who I am – and probably the 10th or 11th, since I’m reasonably certain I’ve missed one or two other bogus “identifications”.

    All you’re doing here is showing your collective asses to the world.  Please cover them – they’re ugly, and offend damn near everyone.

    Just do everyone a favor and STFU.  Permanently.

  • RIP, Ziggy

    David Bowie has passed away after an 18 month battle with cancer. He was 69.

    Approve of his lifestyle or not – the man could indeed sing, write, and act. Few could do any of those as well as he did all of them.

    BBC has a reasonable obit for Bowie. If you’re so inclined, it’s worth reading. Ditto the UK Mirror’s article of Bowie trivia.

    RIP, Ziggy Stardust. And for some reason, this just seems apropos today.

  • DoD Creates the R(EMF) Device

    As TAH reader D indicated in his comments to a recent article, DoD has completed a comprehensive review of military awards and decorations policies.   A summary listing all the changes to be made as a result of the review can be found here..

    Most of them seem to make at least some sense.  However, one of them rather “jumped out” at me when I saw that summary.  Check out this change, which apparently will be implemented PDQ (emphasis added):

    Remote Operations

    19. As the impact of remote operations on combat continues to increase, the necessity of ensuring those actions are distinctly recognized grows. Accordingly,the Department will create a “R” device that may be affixed to non-combat performance awards to specifically recognize remote but direct impact on combat operations.

    20. The Department will adopt a common definition of “Direct Impact on Combat Operations” for purposes of recognizing remote impacts on combat operations through award of the “R” device.

    If you’re thinking that sounds kinda familiar . . . well, if you’re a longtime TAH reader it should.  Take a look at this article from somewhat over 2 1/2 years ago.

    Yep.  Looks like DoD is implementing my recommendation, whether they realize it or not.

    The 5-sided asylum can give the “R” device whatever formal title they like.  But whatever they call it, I claim the vernacular/common slang “naming rights” to it.  It’s the REMF device.

  • For All Our “Old Fart” Army Readers

    Remember Chickenman?

    Ever wished you could hear a few of those old episodes again?  Well, if so . . . you might want to check out this link.  (Another archive that has a few other Chickenman odds and ends – promos, opening, closings, etc . . . – can be found here.)

    No, he’s not everywhere any more.  And those collections might not contain all of the Chickenman episodes ever made.  But IMO it’s certainly nothing to sneeze at.

    Unless you’re allergic to feathers, of course.  (smile)

    For our younger readers: Chickenman began as a mid-1960s radio parody superhero series modeled on the then-popular Batman TV series.  It was created by Dick Orkin for Jim Runyon’s morning radio show on Chicago’s WCFL.  Orkin voiced the male character parts, except the narrator who did each episode’s intro and wrap-up; Chicago actress Jane Roberts voiced the female roles.  Runyon provided the voice of the narrator.

    Each episode was about 2 1/2 minutes long.  It gained fame in military circles when it was featured on AFN (Armed Forces Network) broadcasts during and for a while after Vietnam.  As I recall it was rather popular – especially overseas.

    It was campy and dumb; some of the episodes didn’t work that well.  But at times it was freaking hilarious.

    It also had one of the most, um, “memorable” introductions at the beginning of each episode you’ll ever hear.  And according to a guy I once served with, at least once Chickenman’s vocal part from that intro was voiced – quite loudly –  in one of the hallways at USAREUR HQ not long after an apparent visit from the “good idea fairly” during a rather high-level briefing.  (smile)

    Yeah, I’m old enough to remember hearing Chickenman on the radio too.  Some of the episodes were broadcast on one of the local radio stations for a while where I grew up.

    Good times. And if that makes me an “old fart” too – well, considering the alternative I guess I can live with that.  (smile)

  • So . . . We’re Screening Refugees “Thoroughly”, Eh?

    So the       gang of feckless fools and clueless tools running the show in DC today      current Administration tells us. Well, then, “Riddle me this, Batman – how did this happen””?

    Yep, you guessed it:  both of those “fine fellows” were reportedly admitted to the US as “refugees” from the Middle East.  In fact, one of them came via Syria – in 2012.  Hell, one of the two reportedly went back to the ME and fought for ISIS after coming to the US as a “refugee” – then freaking returned to the US after doing so.

    Both are now currently facing Federal charges related to supporting terrorism.

    But don’t worry.  We’re screening those Syrian refugees coming here today “thoroughly”.   According to the      mouthpiece for the clown krewe in charge      current Administration’s spokesman, Josh Earnest, “No one’s allowed to short-circuit this system.”

    Yeah, right.  You believe that BS, and I’ll make you a great deal on a bridge.

  • Sounds About 30 Years Late to Me

    Looks like Google had a bit of an issue with their “Translate” site recently. It appears that for a period of time, their Ukrainian-to-Russian translation software was not exactly operating properly.

    Well, either that or Russia has renamed itself “Mordor”. (smile)  This article gives more details.

    The issue is reportedly fixed now. I’d guess a few Ukrainian hackers were having fun.

    My only comment on the matter is the title above.  (smile)

  • More Idiocy from the Pinheads at PETA

    Well the fools at PETA have been at it again, clogging up the courts with idiocy. And this latest one is a real winner.

    They went to US court over the copyright rights for a photograph.  The international copyright was owned by a British photographer.  He’d left his camera unattended while visiting Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, and some monkey managed to take a “selfie” with it.  The photo is now quite famous.

    PETA went to court and requested the copyright rights be reassigned.  They wanted the copyright rights reassigned to the monkey.  And they wanted PETA to be allowed to administer those copyrights “on behalf of the monkey”.

    Yep, you read that right.  They wanted the legal copyright rights – and thus any income derived from same – to be assigned to a freaking monkey.  And they actually went to court to try and make that happen.

    In a refreshing display of common sense, the judge essentially – in polite, legal language – told PETA to go pound sand.

    Sheesh.  These imbeciles should be required to have an escort any time they’re walking around in public, for their own protection and that of others.

  • ND:tBF Makes Boom-Boom . . . .

    . . . but not with Ms. Kim.  (smile)

    Apparently the Dork of NorK’s minions detonated another nuclear device yesterday.  Yield was apparently smaller than their previous test about 2 years ago, which was estimated at between 1 and 30 kilotons (with approx 7.9 kilotons being the most probable value).

    However, Emmentaler-Boi has claimed that this was a thermonuclear device.  While it’s possible the NORKs managed to put a bit of tritium and deuterium in a fission warhead this time, the observed yield argues strongly against this being a true (Ulam-Teller) thermonuclear device.  The primary (e.g., the fission device used to cause thermonuclear reactions) used in a true thermonuclear device is typically on the order of the magnitude seen here; the fusion reactions typically add greatly to the yield.  Even a thermonuclear “fizzle” (a device that falls far short of expected yield) typically has a much larger explosive yield than observed in this case (very likely substantially less than 8 kT).

    And if this was a test of a boosted device (a device with introduced deuterium and tritium in order to increase explosive yield), well . . . apparently it sucked.  Pretty badly.

    Assessment.  Fatboy Kim here appears to be lying through his teeth about the “thermonuclear” part.

    Anyone surprised?