Category Archives: Afghanistan

The air-conditioning generation

Posted on June 17, 2008 | Comments Off on The air-conditioning generation

Started considering this concept the other day while playing catch with Mr. B. He was whining about the heat. I realized that he’s never known anything except air conditioning while I grew up without it. It wasn’t common until the early 1960s when I was in my twenties. Did that help acclimate me to heat? Maybe. But the notion falls apart when I think of the volunteers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them are in their late teens and early twenties. So they were part of the air-conditioning generation, too, and they aren’t getting much, or any, of it over there. Maybe Mr. B. just has to toughen up by growing up. I hope so. Father worries.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Mr. Boy, Weather/Climate

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Imbalance

Posted on June 1, 2008 | Comments Off on Imbalance

"The U.S. military has more combat aircraft and pilots than infantry squads," Bing West in 2005’s No True Glory.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War, Troops

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Memorial Day in Afghanistan

Posted on May 26, 2008 | Comments Off on Memorial Day in Afghanistan

Michael Yon on the way they do it at Bagram Air Force Base, when the C-17 arrives to take another warrior home. And this good Pajamas media piece on the truth about who serves and who doesn’t.

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The 9/11 generation keeps it up

Posted on May 13, 2008 | Comments Off on The 9/11 generation keeps it up

Good news from the recruiters: "All military services met or exceeded their monthly recruiting goals in April, with the Marine Corps signing 142 percent of the number it was looking for, the Pentagon said."

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Iron Man or wimp?

Posted on May 6, 2008 | Comments Off on Iron Man or wimp?

Hollyweird either does it again: "[M]ust we be tricked into sitting through another America-as-root-of-all-evil message?" Or it doesn’t: "Iron Man is not a pacifist movie, and it bends over backwards to be pro-military and pro-government, even in the midst of speeches about how weapons are evil." It’s a battle of the reviews. You decide. Not me. I already hate the sticky floors, and Mr. B. has enough fantasy in his life as it is.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Library, Mr. Boy, Scribbles, The War

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Very nice, indeed

Posted on May 4, 2008 | Comments Off on Very nice, indeed

President Bush is basically a nice guy, which he proved more than once when he was governor of Texas. Which, of course, is way too nice for the rude, undereducated, overmedicated slugs of the MSM. So it’s always a pleasure to see it when he cuts loose on a supercilious one with both barrels.

Via The Fat Guy

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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Texana, The War, Troops

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The new G.I. Bill

Posted on April 29, 2008 | Comments Off on The new G.I. Bill

Excellant way to show support for the troops. Back a new G.I. Bill to send them all to college.

UPDATE:  It’s set for a May 8 vote in Congress. But there’s already concern the Dems will try to kill it.

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