Archive for October, 2019
Monday FGS
KR-9 SBR Kalashnikov USA KR-9 Following in the successful shoes of AKs in 9mm Kalashnikov USA is releasing what appears to be the only true AK rifle, pistol, and SBR in 9mm based on the actual Russian Vityaz-SN SMG. For true AK aficionados, this is the closest you’ll get to that little gun. The gun […]
Update: Syria, the US and the Continuing Story
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/10/25/russia-says-it-sent-hundreds-of-additional-troops-to-syria/ MOSCOW — Russia has sent hundreds of additional troops to Syria to help patrol the country’s Turkey-Syria border after a deal between Moscow and Ankara, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. The ministry said about 300 military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the northeastern areas along the border with Turkey and oversee the pullout of Syrian Kurdish […]
Reports of His Death Had Better NOT Be Exaggerated
This came up very early this morning, but I waited to post it until I had confirmation. As it is, the headline news this morning is as follows: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/10/27/isis-leader-al-baghdadi-believed-killed-in-us-commando-raid/ Photo of the gasbag is in the article. Apparently, he blew himself up. (No comment.) From the article: WASHINGTON (AP) — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader […]
Remains of B-17 bomber gunner identified
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B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 398th Bombardment Group fly a bombing run to Neumunster, Germany, on April 13, 1945, less than one month before the German surrender on May 8. (Air Force) https://www.airforcetimes.com/veterans/military-history/2019/10/26/remains-of-army-air-forces-b-17-gunner-identified/ The remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress top turret gunner, shot down over Germany in World War II, have been recovered. Army Air Forces […]
Another Four Are Home
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel. From World War II Pvt Channing Whitaker, USMC Reserve, assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, was lost on Tarawa on 22 November 1943. His accounting was announced on 25 October 2019. PVT William Hedtke, US […]
Sunday Feel Good Stories
Once more, into the breach — GREENVILLE, S.C. — A man shot another man Thursday night outside a Greenville County Bilo store, according to Lt. Ryan Flood, with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. https://www.wyff4.com/article/man-shoots-another-man-in-self-defense-outside-greenville-bilo-store-deputies-say/29590423# The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. outside the store on East North Street. Flood said Robert Harold Mattson, 26, charged a […]
UFOs, the Navy and the Musician
Well, people, when the military teams up with rock musicians to explore new technologies like the molecular structure of metals, you know things are on the table toward building interstellar spacecraft. https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2019/10/25/army-partners-with-former-blink-182-founders-ufo-research-company-to-study-alien-technology/ Much like the universe, the military’s affiliation with alien-related subject matter appears to be ever-expanding. In 2017, the Pentagon confirmed the existence of […]
Mechanized Force to Syria
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An M1 Abrams tank scans its sector at the Udairi Range Complex in Kuwait, Dec. 8, 2018. (Spc. Jovi Prevot/Army National Guard) The U.S. military is planning to send some kind of mechanized force to help keep oil fields in eastern Syria from slipping into the hands of a resurgent ISIS as American troops withdraw from the […]
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