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I was just at Fort Lewis last week and the gates were manned by civilians, but Army MPs were on road patrol.

I can't speak for the women's leg hair thing, but male Marines haven't been allowed to have chest hair peeking out from above the t-shirt since at least 25 years. It probably goes back way further, but that was when I first became aware of this policy since I had to shave a patch that stuck up...

No argument here with any of these except #9. Where do you get the idea that there's a prohibition against using a machine gun against dismounts?

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Ya'll have hit the nail on the head with this guy. This business about the so-called "Gavin" is totally ridiculous. The 113 is good for a lot of things, but it's a battle taxi and that's about it. It's over 40 years old as a concept and doesn't have that much more protection than it did in...

I'm with retired grunt on this one Iron Duke. The Leo was always an awesome looking and performing tank. It's outstanding to see the Canadians getting a world class system and putting it into combat service.

Here are a few pictures from my recent trip to Germany. The top one is the view from the Heimatblick near Melpers looking into Thuringia, which was in the old GDR. Where  I was standing was one of our old patrol checkpoints on the East German border. Below that is a sunset in Thalwenden which is...

And what does that have to do with anything?

I just got home last night and the trip was amazing! It went by way way too fast though. I'll post some photos once I download them from the camera. PS: Hefeweizen still tastes the same! ;D

Iron Duke: No, definitely not me. Red 6 was my call sign in 4/37 Armor during Desert Storm. BTW–thanks for the weather report!

In the classic sense, cavalry in the US Army has always been a fighting force with plenty of firepower. In the Cold War, we in the Blackhorse trained for our line squadrons each to fight a Soviet combined arms regiment with organic assets during the first battle of WWIII. I'm sure some here will...

It's great to see the Candians with a world-class tank and also to see them back in Germany, even for a short while. On a lighter note, I hope that picture in the driving rain doesn't depict the weekly forecast for Germany. I'm flying there tomorrow and it better be sunny!

Well You hit the nail right on the head Kirkhill. For some reason, the Armor Committee at Fort Knox never had much success in the recent past coming up with a decent cavalry platform. Who knows why, since the Armor Center can obviously come up with a war-winning MBT. Maybe because cavalry units...

George, I was stationed in Bad Kissingen with 2nd Squadron. Our border camp was up at Wollbach and we linked up on the south with the guys based out of Hof. If memory serves me right, that was 3/7 Cavalry out of Schweinfurt.

"Proper training" is the key to mission accomplishment and is the bedrock to victory. Yes, it's true nothing substitutes for the first time you're in combat. But Soldiers and teams still need to train in individual and collective tasks and especially critical tasks. Training is the difference...

I'm leaving on Tuesday at 0-dark-hundred. It's an army reunion of my buddies from Germany and I'm also visiting some very old friends from when I was a boy. My family lived in Germany for almost 11 years when I was growing up (my dad was a career Soldier) and I was stationed there for four years...

1) The Hummer is a great vehicle with outstanding cross-country mobility, but it was designed as a support vehicle and shoe-horned into the role of recon platform because the US Army armor branch has a terrible record of designing its own cavalry vehicles. The Sheridan and M114 come to mind, and...

The US press has a miserable record of lambasting military equipment projects, which ultimately turn out to be effective weapons. Look at how 60 Minutes trashed the Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the 80s and now the Bradley has been in service for over 25 years. Has 60 Minutes ever put out another...

OORAH Semper Fi, do or die!