And back around to the Coast Guard… I couldn’t find any details on this one, but it’s an interesting one for the ‘history’ perspective it brings in. The Coast Guard’s official history began on 4 August 1790 when President … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2014
This one from PP… 🙂 And sometimes PHDs ARE good for something… Got in a discussion yesterday morning with the former Marine Sgt (twice), now PHD about ballistics and differences between 7.62 and .308… An hour later I get … Continue reading
I had a rant all set to go and I decided NOT to post it… Sometimes it’s just not worth the BP meds… But I would point you to THIS post by Sara Hoyt. What is happening to Larry Correia, … Continue reading
Apparently my blog links have temporarily disappeared… Working on it… Sorry!
ELECTRICAL THEORY BY JOSEPH LUCAS Positive ground depends on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of negative ions by retention of visible spectral manifestation known as “smoke”. Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. We know this … Continue reading
Book two is out for beta read now, having been through the first editing pass… Here is what was chosen as the cover. Thanks to my VERY GOOD graphics artist Tina Garceau. She can take my off the wall ideas … Continue reading
What you’re liable to find when you’re looking for something else… One ‘old’ box of .45 ammo… I think it was made around 1953… and it’s a full box! 🙂 And another piece of personal history… I bought this … Continue reading
The ‘mantra’ in the gun world is that one is none… And two is one… So I guess I’ve got one Model 1917… 🙂 I had to go to an offsite, it was raining so I left early to beat … Continue reading
So we have something over 1000 boots on the ground in Iraq, but SOFA??? So what happens if they have to defend themselves??? Are they now liable under Iraqi law? With no SOFA, I think they are! NOT a good … Continue reading
Another one for the home front. This one features Admiral Bull Halsey. This is the picture that started it… This is another one by John Phillip Falter, who came in the Navy as an artist during WWII. Interesting to me, … Continue reading