CMC's Planning Guidance.

CMC 35 Planning Guidance FINAL

EFV---Power. Projected.

First image of a v-hulled HUMVEE from BAE

BAE put out this photo of what I assume is going to be their version of a v-hulled HUMVEE.

BAE UK sticks in the knife...Boeing will win the Tanker contract.

Talk about a mis-timed announcement.  This is BAE UK and the British government twisting the knife they just stuck in our backs....read it here....

Samlesbury, UK – BAE Systems has formally opened a new state-of-the-art titanium machining facility at its Samlesbury site in Lancashire. The robotic facility will be used to manufacture detail and assembly components of the Aft Fuselage, Vertical Tail and Horizontal Tail for the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft, further reinforcing BAE Systems’ key role in the world’s largest defence programme.  

What an arrogant bunch of bastards these guys are.  First you reduce your buy to less than that of Tier 2 partners and then you brag about your share of the work??????

Congratulations, you just guaranteed Boeing a win in the Tanker contract.

Headquarters Marine Corps...1st MEF (Forward)...Wake the HELL UP!!!!

Battle Rattle published some pictures that I can't object to strongly enough.  They show the moments before and after the death of a Marine Corps NCO.

How these pictures made it into the public realm is beyond me but if anything in this war should be censored then its the showing of a young Marine in a poncho with his buddies saying good-bye to him.

Battle Rattle is wrong...but they're journalist and I assume don't know any better.  Headquarters Marine Corps and 1st MEF (Forward) are professionals.  They have no excuse.  Get off your ass Senior Leadership and start yanking film.

23rd Special Tactics Squadron...

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound.

Classic SeaBee's! LOVE IT!

I hope everyone is ok, but this pic just confirms that the SeaBee heritage live on.  One question though...and I hope a SeaBee can answer this.  Why don't they have magazines in those weapons???

KONDUZ, Aghanistan (Oct. 22, 2010) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40 run for cover to nearby bunkers at the sound of a rocket attack during a concrete placement for a project site. NMCB-40 is working in various locations around the country in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael B. Watkins/Released) 101022-N-6436W-124

Todays Pics...26 OCT 2010

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.-A UH-1Y Huey fires bright red "tracer" rounds from the GAU-19/A electronically-driven gatling gun, "minigun," at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 demonstrated this technique during the squadron's Family Day, which also featured a casualty evacuation and precision flying with another Huey and two AH-1W Cobras., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 10/7/2009 6:16 AM

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.-A UH-1Y Huey demonstrates its capablities for family and friends during Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267's Family Day at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23. The squadron showed friends and family how the Huey and AH-1W Cobra work together to complete missions., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 10/7/2009 6:09 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.-An AH-1W Cobra flies low over the heads of friends and family at Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267's Family Day at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23. The squadron demonstrated the team work of the Cobra and UH-1Y Huey., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 10/7/2009 6:08 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.-A UH-1Y Huey banks a turn while practicing manuevers over Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Oct. 20. The helicopter was practicing for Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267's upcoming Family Day. The Family Day demonstrated the capabilities of the squadron., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 10/5/2009 7:35 AM