Tuesday, December 27, 2011

And you thought you had a bad day.

Watch the whole thing but the fire works are near the end...



Sorry but I'm feeling a bit ghoulish...don't know why...




BlackFive nails the anti-gun crowd!


A must read from BlackFive (with a major hat tip to National Review)...
Did you know there is a nationwide rampage going on where crazed fanatics with concealed carry permits are slaughtering innocent citizens? Neither did I, but thankfully the NY Times is on the story. With their usual, thoroughly accurate, fact-checked, journalistic professionalism propaganda, they have concocted a faux outrage that simply doesn't add up. National Review Online points out the fallacy.
The only thing I can add to Jimbo's wonderful analysis is this.  A couple of days ago a young man was chased down by a gang of animals (the two legged kind) and stabbed to death in a British mall on 'boxer day'...The UK has some of the most restrictive gun laws on the planet yet murders continue to happen everyday.  Restrictive gun laws placed on law abiding citizens only makes those very same citizens potential victims.

I understand that some are anti-gun.  That's your right but don't impose your false sense of security on me and mine!

How about we get some off the shelf solutions to the JLTV issue.

Marine Corps procurement is becoming slow, cumbersome and costly.  Its time to change gears and get it jump started.  The JLTV program is one that we can get off the table by making a decision at HQMC as to what type of vehicle we need and then picking one thats already on the market to fulfill those requirements.  Stuff a 5 year development timeline for a battlefield utility vehicle...lets get this done.  Potential candidates????

Force Protection Cheetah..


Force Protection Foxhound..(I'm sure doors for drivers and passengers can be added, but supposedly vehicles lose strength when doing so...I don't understand our insistence on that feature)


Iveco LMV Panther...


And those are just a few of the vehicles off the top of my head that fulfill this requirement.  We've been squeezing this for too long...time to make it worth it.

A book that should be on the Commandant's reading list...

If you consider yourself a warrior then reading books on the subject is simply part of the job. 

Want a book that covers the warrior mindset?  Want a book to explain the preparation necessary to fight and win?  Then the book "The Five Rings" is definitely for you.

It was written by Miyamoto Musashi, probably the greatest swordsman of feudal Japan.  If you have the time I highly recommend it.  If you don't then place it on your list of books to read for the new year.  You can find an online version here.  Enjoy!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Marine cargo UAV in Afghanistan...

12/23/2011 By Cpl. Justin M. Boling
A detachment of Marines from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 in Afghanistan completed their first unmanned aerial system cargo delivery in a combat zone, Dec. 17. The unmanned helicopter moved about 3,500 pounds of food and supplies from Camp Dwyer to troops at Combat Outpost Payne. The helicopter, an unmanned variant of the K-MAX, completed the delivery in about an hour and a half.

BF-7 first flight in school house markings!

The latest production F-35B (Navy Bureau Number 168058, called BF-7) was flown from NAS Fort Worth JRB on 21 December 2011.  Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti was the pilot for aircraft's first flight.