In the Marines, it’s Military Occupational Speciality 0311. In the Army, it’s MOS 11 Bravo. Doesn’t matter what you call it, it’s still the infantry. And, though the ancient Greeks used men of all ages in the phalanx, theirs was a different kind of war. Nowadays, it is, as W. Thomas Smith Jr. says, young man’s work.
Via OpFor.
A joke too far for the WaPo. Now, if it had been a joke about Christians (particularly right-wing ones), instead of Muslims, well then. No problemo, amigo.
Recruitment ads, combat video, training exercises. It’s all there, on the BlackFive YouTube network.
It’s official, with this news release, though the formal to-do, via Webcast, no less, isn’t until next Thursday. Some say this will lure overweight and shrill AlGore back into it, but the inconvenient truth is he’s a has-been–even for those Dems who know Obama is too young, and Hillarity too soiled with Slick Willie’s reputation. But are we really ready for President Fred? Do enough people care about the unfriendly profiles Fred is getting and will get in the MSM? I doubt it. Fewer people all the time pay attention to big media anymore. Are there enough Fred Heads for him to get nominated? I think probably yes. But why give up on Rudy? Could they be persuaded to run with each other? Would Rudy agree to play second-fiddle? At least with Fred in, it will get a lot more interesting.
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Tagged 2008 presidential election, Fred Thompson, GOP nomination
It could come yet, especially with this first, Chevron example of a vast and deep–ridiculously deep–oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Although many more of them might mean more tar balls on the beaches at Port A, where the condo signs already warn weekend renters not to track inside what tar occasionally washes up. I suppose to make the break from Saudi Arabia, et al fully realistic, though, we’d first have to wean our various pols–including Daddy Bush–off the oil ticks’ cash. But it’s a hopeful sign for the future, anyhow. Without oil to sell, they’d have no influence at all. They still make nothing of their own, except carpets.
Via Instapundit
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Posted in The War
Tagged Chevron, deep drilling, Gulf of Mexico, Wired.com
There’s not much I find to like about Hollyweird, that typically anti-American collection of nutcases who produce among the tritest and worst movies in the world–including, lately, one ridiculous, lying political rant after another–usually starring people you wouldn’t want to waste time with, unless–like them–you’re a Scientologist. But there are exceptions. One is the venerable actor Paul Newman, 82, whose Light Italian (con limone!) salad dressing I’ve been enjoying for a while now. He’s a WW2 Navy vet who donates his Newman’s Own food products’ after-tax profits to various charities. One of them is Fisher House which puts up families of wounded soldiers and Marines while they are being treated. Try his products. They’re good, and they genuinely support the troops. No, I’m not getting paid to say so.
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Tagged Fisher House, Light Italian salad dressing, Newman's Own, support our troops
The Army’s report on the June death of Sgt. Lawrence Sprader, Jr., in a Fort Hood training accident faults the trainers. So reports AP which apparently had to force the release via FOIA.
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Tagged Army report, Fort Hood training death, Jr., Sgt. Lawrence Sprader, trainers faulted
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