Time Sink…

But a damn good one, if you’re into history and Zepplins… It’s an hour long special on the German Zepplins in WWI and the Brits counter to them. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/zeppelin-terror-attack.html I don’t care WHICH side you were on, those were iron … Continue reading

What if…

A chilling article from Business Insider… One of the guests, an influential Chinese professional, talked about the simmering conflict between China and Japan over a group of tiny islands in the Pacific. Read the whole article HERE. This mirrors what … Continue reading

One of THOSE mornings…

I’m heading out again, somewhere over the pond… So I’m going to throw PP under the bus… PP was having one of THOSE mornings… Her first text- That moment you blindly stumble to the coffee pot for the first amazing … Continue reading

Another back in the day…

WSF’s comment about Air Force security reminded me of an incident that happened to us back in the day (well, actually TWO incidents)… Incident One- Back in the 70s we land at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana and they put us on … Continue reading

A Matched Pair…

I got an email from a very nice lady at Saddleback Leather down in Texas, wondering if I’d put up a link to a video they’d done… Backstory from the nice lady-  I work for a Texas-based company that makes … Continue reading

Oops…

Looks like more problems for the USAF Missile folks- Sixteen of the 34 officers cheated with answers they received by text message from another missile officer. The other 17 officers knew about the cheating and failed to report it to … Continue reading

PSA for travelers…

Got this one from PP, and it’s worth passing along… Years ago I got in the habit of getting paper cups from the front desk, because they are usually sealed in plastic, so less chance of their being ‘pre-used’… Also … Continue reading

Range Report…

We had a reasonably good day, 50ish temps, so off to the range we went! My buddy wanted to sight in rifles, so I took an EBR just for the helluvit… HBAR one each… We were working 100 yards and … Continue reading

Love shooting, HATE cleaning…

Been at the range today, now cleaning guns… Sorry for the lack of commenting today.  Range report tomorrow… As soon as I thaw out!

Military retiree pay cut…

Well, the Senate bent us over, and we’re not even getting kissed… Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a Republican attempt to restore military pensions cut in last month’s budget deal, denying a vote that would save up to $20 billion … Continue reading