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National Purple Heart Day remembers the history of the Purple Heart award along with the sacrifice those who have earned the award have made for our freedoms. Purple Heart Day is on August 7th. This is the date in 1782, when the precursor to the award was first awarded by George Washington...

The word is the one I mentioned, but the perp's is too long IMO.

An Army Sergeant with a beard like that? How long has he been AWOL? Or is he pulling the old pseudo-folliculitis excuse?

Both my last rides in a jeep and a goat was in 1979. The 80s really were a watershed for new and improved gear in so many ways.

Apparently, the HUMVEE's days are numbered. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/02/armys-replacement-for-humvee-infantry-squad-vehicle/85421688007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us Even though this is in the multi-colored fishwrap, I'll accept it at face value for discussion...

Damn!

Living tissue does not become radioactive despite being affected by it. An exception might be, repeat might be bone tissue. IOW no glow in the dark people walking around like in the movies. I would agree with part of the anti-nuke crowd's complaint that there is not enough information on...

Shoot. I thought you were talking about having to buy a new air handler for the old A/C system. :p

Are they nuclear powered SSNs or SSGNs or SSBNs. Excluding the SSBNs, do the SSNs or SSGNs have nuclear weapons? Not enough info from the article. BTW, the last time Putin rattled the (tactical) nuclear saber when Biden was in office, ABC news was quick to do a piece aboard a SSBN with...

The first article on manufacturing of drones is interesting because it conjures up a similar operation in Japan during WWII. Cottage arms industries allowed Japan to disperse its arms industry and bring together components for final assembly. It's also interesting that the article itself...

Yes, operate combined arms. But arty and attack helicopters may have priorities elsewhere with other units.

Some thoughts: - Excellent idea. More machine gun power has come full circle to WWII. Then operational survey groups (OSG) went to commands and soldiers in the field to gather lessons learned and ideas to make things better. Gen. Patton reflected his tankers thoughts by simply telling the OSG...

Yes, they paled in comparison because political beliefs took no part in the diagnosis and treatment. I just caution about that aspect entering into it today.

To a point, but we can't fall in to the mental illness trap. In case we haven't noticed, mental health has become the cause du jour for years now and has been a key player in legal policies, schools, and law enforcement. There was/is a country that carried the mental illness stuff to its...

Yup. The Brits loved that 303.

Unsung indeed. One of the best movies about action in the Pacific was The Great Raid. The release was delayed for some unfathomable reason having something to do about GWOT or some such. This basically screwed up the marketing and advertising campaign so it didn't get wide play. The Alamo...

Good advice, thanks.

Agree especially about Stihl. I managed to repair the trimmer and it's functioning OK, but yes, two years is about the limit. I bought a Stihl chainsaw and it is marginally better than my 12 year old Echo. When it says on the chart "for occasional use" believe it. My current frustration is...

I would only add that the Stryker was pitched as an interim vehicle until the Future Combat System was fielded which never happened. As is the case, rather than being viewed as temporary, the Stryker took on a life of its own with no discernible advantage over the M113A3 unless you count that...

Where to start: I was a gunnery OIC for the M3 Follow on Test and Evaluation at Ft. Knox and I was on an M3A2 in the Gulf War so I have some observations. - I'd like to know the source for Bradleys killing more enemy tanks the the Abrams. One cannot shoot while moving with a TOW missile and...