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Thank you, what may have been a frustrating and lengthy search thru primary documentation for me was solved in less than 4 hours. In the mean time I visited my wife in hospital, walked the dog and started to wall mount the new flat screen. Got’a get that thing bolted to the wall before she gets...

I need help in finding primary source material to verify the following information. Unfortunately the only information I have is what’s included in the text. Supposedly the “Special Order No. 1” was found in a recaptured pillbox at Passchendaele.  Obviously I would like to know the story behind...

Subject: What to do if you're bored or the guy next to you is irritating: 1- Remove your lap top from its bag 2- Open the laptop slowly and carefully 3- Turn on 4- Ensure the guy next to you is watching 5- Turn on the Internet Browser 6- Close your eyes for a brief moment, open them again...

This morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan, Taliban Minister of Migration, Mohammed Omar, warned the United States and Canada that if military action against Iraq and Afghanistan continues, Taliban authorities will cut off America's and Canada's supply of convenience store managers.  And...

SCHOOL -- 1967 vs. 2010      Scenario 1: Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.     1967 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.   2010 -...

Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties & local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink by any woman. Many females use a date-rape-drug on the market called ' Beer' . The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from...

This resurfaces (pun intended) in different versions every few years but is still amusing. A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. ,English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies.. Ata cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large...

Good question! My assumption has always been that the assaults columns were funnelled through the gate after its capture. From a tactical point of view it would seem to make the most sense. Night attacks are always dicey with a loss of control almost inevitable at that time. However this is not...

Your post reminded me of buddy of mine, built like an NFL linesman and absolutely fearless…mostly. Unfortunately he had a pathological fear of snakes. My most vivid memory of him is on exercise at Ft. Irwin, standing on top of a M-113, clad in boots, helmet and BVD’s screaming like an eight year...

----this is funny & obviously written by a Former Soldier----     New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60!      I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists.. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing...

Okay, First I have to say that some of you guys gotta move out of your parent’s basements! Now with that said, what really would be the point of sending a “squad/section size unit to a hot spot? More importantly why spend billions on development, cost over runs, pork barrelling, training etc...

Has this happened to anyone else? I got banned from Costoc for "Creating a disturbance" Just wondered if it's me or have others suffered similar fates? let me explain; Yesterday I was at my local COSTCO buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Darby, the Wonder Dog and was in the...

At a prewar diplomatic conference, the Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop "sniffed" to Eden and Churchill that if there was another war, the Italians would be on Germany's side! To which Churchill supposedly replied: "that seems only fair, we had them last time!"... Kind of reminds ya of your...

Jeez, hope it wasn’t his bogger digger digit!

"The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis." - from a post-war debriefing of a German General In 1836, the Creek and Seminole Indian tribes in Georgia and Florida were waging war against the United States...

M4A2E8 is probably right, we bought a bunch in the late 40’s and they were used at Meaford. Best guess, as has already been said, the grill is the remains of a hard target. As for being located away from the ranges, the hulk may have been stripped for parts in that spot prior to moving to the range.

". . . There is Nothing on Earth So Stupid as a Gallant Officer." - "The Peer" Viscount Wellington, April 1811 on the failure of the commanding officer of the blockading forces to prevent the French from escaping from Almeida.

Blackadder, Your right. I can't find any pic of the Otter that would match it either. How about the engine cover from the rear deck of an M-10? I can't find any pic's that show the all of the louvers. As a point of interest I have been basing my search on vehicles I know have seen active duty...

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem." - Attributed to Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC (I have found three versions of this one) The  quotes may not be Chesty Pullers, but may instead have been said by General O.P.Smith "They are a damn site better than the U.S. Army, at least we know...

All weekend? My god, I'm a man not a machine! Besides theres a game on somewhere...Is'nt there?