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I can't quite read the title. Isn't that what Kato the chauffeur wore on the Green Hornet TV series?

Two things. Saxony-Anhalt is a former East German state and has a strong history of far right leanings. They still need to find a coalition partner. Greens? Social Democrats? That said, the doubling of vote strength is nothing to sneeze at. It's only a state election and not a national one...

I have no idea if this truly is the design for a new uniform but I actually went to Truth Social to see if he posted this - yes he did - jackboots and all. It was one of the milder things that he posted/reposted. I feel dirty. :cry:

Actually, no. I had never heard of the program and I generally dislike Podcasts (I can read and assimilate faster than most people can speak). Now that I know about it I might just give it a listen. I have a general interest in Roman history and Roman-based historical fiction - I've read and...

Continuing down my foray into the entertainment line, there are dozens of books on Marius and Sulla. It was Marius who "reformed" the army by eliminating the land owning requirements for military service and instituted the recruiting of the capite censi. Sulla subsequently used the transformed...

This forum has an informative aspect and an entertainment one. Every once in a while one has to dip ones toes into the entertainment side. :giggle: There are other laws that deal with "conscripted" service. See, for example, the Federal Emergencies Act and look at ss 8(1)(d); 19(1)(d)...

I'm glad we agree, albeit we disagree a bit on what a "fyrd" is. It never was the general population - women, and slaves weren't part of it (although in some cultures they did participate.) There were several types of Anglo-Saxon fyrds and the the rules that applied from time to time changed...

If there's one thing that I've learned its that generalizations don't work. When it comes to the effectiveness of armies made up of professionals or militias, time and place matters. The Roman army before the Marian reforms was a militia made up of farmers. With the exception of the battle of...

Looks like a secondary role for C-UAS may be C-paraglider. 🍻

I can't say for sure. In my day the insurance was a two parter: the Law Society was self-insuring to a set level and then there was CLIA's excess coverage. I think both premiums were claims based. 🤷‍♂️ The nice thing about being in a partnership is that you had a managing partner to look after...

If it did I missed that class. :giggle: "Parsing" is part of the job description. You and I don't often see things the same way in these cases, but for this one I agree that law societies need to act more strongly, albeit I can't agree that this is a case of "lying to the court" without more...

Looks like an armed forces day event in 1988. There are other displays there from 3 RCHA, 26th Fd, Base Shilo and GATES as well. 🍻 :salute:

Wrong on both counts - it's because in chatting her up (there were more messages than the one and she apparently contacted him first): Makes sense - in trying to get it on with your client's ex while the case is going on you're pretty much throwing his interests under the bus. 🍻

That's been one of my bugbears for a long time. I understood it in the days a century ago when we were at pains to point out we weren't British, despite our uniforms, but now it just seems like we're so insecure we need to label everything as "Mine! Mine! Mine!" 🍻

Some day you are going to have to explain to me why the US Army didn't field some 5,000 or so Ripsaw variants years ago. Its a solid and highly versatile platform as far as I can see. 🍻

It's not much of an army war except air defence. However, Transformation-in-contact is a really big deal if the army wants to sort itself out for future wars. It's in mid stride and needs a lot of vision and leadership from the top if it wants to cross the finish line any day soon. 🍻

I've got a better idea. Each of 1 and 2 PPCLI, RCR and R22eR are dissolved and broken up into 18 30/70 mech battalions using the title of one of 18 ResF infantry battalions. They become the core of building eight 30/70 brigades (4 armoured 2 mech and A2/AD) and three other 30/70 battalions...

IMHO, the light doctrine the US army has works even when you add the ISV which is merely a boost in their mobility. Tactics and drills remain the same. BUT. Since they are changing from IBCTs to MBCTs which greatly changes the structure of the battalion, brigade and division beyond merely the...

Yeah. That was the real plus point for the L5. At 2,800 lbs it was pretty much fine for a 5/4 and not even the 3/4 had much trouble with it in most circumstances. Lifting by Huey with an underslung ammo net was dead simple. Even a Griffon could handle that. 🍻

I did safety officer for the Airborne battery on a winter exercise in Suffield and all that was dropped in was guns, ammo, snowmobiles and toboggans. The bty had rigged the standard toboggans to be strapped to each wheel of the L5 which were then moved around for short moves towed by the...