Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! NGL, that one from yesterday? Yeah, Worn out. Add on that we had a minor emergency here with OtherGran, Nona. Seems she picked up a virus and tried to gut it out all week long. Ended up needing to go to the E.R. so we took Gran#1 over again and kept her from getting too worried…
Least we -tried-. She’s 5.5 years now, growing like a weed, and was pretty freaked out. So, no sleep, and a bit of attitude per the way ONLY a redheaded five year old Nookular Generated Stubborn-as-a-Mule digging her heels in over everything could be.
I’m fucking done man.
What was that ad when we were kids? “Calgon, take me the fuck away?”
Something like that. I ended up on the couch as she wanted to stick close to GiGi (Gretchen) and having experience Miss “Wiggly Worm” while she sleeps, I figured to get any ZZZs I ‘d grab the poncho liner, AKA my woobie and couch it. It was working well, up until the Sausage Princess decided it was time to ‘cuddle’ with Daddy, so’s I ended up with a fat ole Pittie on my chest.
Didn’t have the heart to throw the bum out. She left I don’t know when by her own volition and went and spent the rest of the night with Sapper, the whore.
So, too tired to think, and waaaay over “it” all R/N LOVE the discussion on the possibility of the Draft.
Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! Happy Veterans Day!
My, I was a dapper Young Troop… Speaking of which
HUGErumblings about the possible upcoming draft.
Lots of “Oh Hells No!” from Veterans, especially from the latest group to get buttfucked raw by our “Lords and Masters” (Iraq and Affy). Not for nothing, there IS a very strong possibility that Israel is, depending on your age(s), need you to go and die for them, so the terrorists don’t win. Or something…
Now, as you know, I’ve got an eclectic background as do a lot of the family members. FedBro was a fed, per his handle, and DeadDad was a really well respected Collège Professor who was best known for his specialization in Children’s Lit, as well as being renowned expert on Conrad and “Heart of Darkness” MomUnit was an elementary school teacher for like 40 years which tells you about her ability to put up with ‘teh stoopidz’. One otherinteresting thing she used to do?
She was at first a member of the Draft Board, and finally when she retired was the Head of the Selective Service Board for the state. She did this because at the time, Draft Board members kids were exempt from the draft due to a potential conflict of interest. She did it to keep FebBro and I out of the clutches of the DotMil IF the draft ever came up. Being 18-19 and seeing all her classmates get drafted and going to the Nam really impacted her especially when a LOT of them either didn’t come back, or were broken physically/mentally. She didn’t want us to experience that.
So of course I volunteered. She’s never forgiven me for that. Sorry Mom! Can’t blame her… she didn’t get paid for it, and she did a lot of weekend training, as, little known fact: The Draft is (theoretically) ready from the time the (p)Resident signs the law into “Activate Mode” to get 100000 kids into “The Loop” within one fucking week
Which is why -I- think they’re getting the 400 recruiters up and running, as the Draftees would have to report to a MEPS station where a recruiter would be needed to get the process rolling.
Watch. Next move will be to start moving metric fuckloads of NCOs to Drill School, and the un-mothballing of Training Starbases at Benning… like my old Training Battalion 2-54 Infantry on Sand Hill which was mothballed years ago…
So with that background ‘prep’ I went into the latest and greatest regulations, The MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT of 2003:
So tonight, I’m hella-not going to do a full page-by-page breakdown, but hit the important bits that the majority of folks DO NOT KNOW. As MomUnit used to say, “This ain’t your Grandfather or Fathers Draft anymore!”
Lots of left hooks in here so to speak… I’m going to do my best to ‘translate’ Poli-Bureaucratspeak so if I get some stuff wrong, hey, My Bad. I’m neither a Politician, nor a Bureaucrat, Thank The Fucking God-of-Your-Choice for that. I just remember how MomUnit was constantly amazed how much it has changed since Nam.
Hold onto your hats… this’s the deep end of the pool:
DRAFT REGULATIONS (as follows) The NEW Draft Regulations calls military service the “National Security Training Corps”. ALL MALES FROM AGE 18/6 TO 19 -MUST- be registered before their 19th B-Day OR be subject to punishment. Punishments come later here in the listing.
ELIGIBLE PEOPLE: ALL MEN Between the ages of 18 and 6 months to 26. Still ALL only men, NO women (yet) and ALL Trannys (M-2-F) STILL must register for the draft. If you were born with a dick, you’re still a dude as far as the draft is concerned so shut the fuck up you fucking headcases. Gays too.
ALL draftees, once pulled in must be able to pass the same physical from January 1945 unless a formally declared war is established, or a Presidential Finding of a State of Emergency declared. This means IF the SpongeBrained Pantshitter calls it a war AND a draft, then even a fat, psycho out of shape MUST do 12 weeks of Basic Training.
TIME OF YOUR TOUR: It’s an automatic 2 Year Tour Unless you are already in the Guard/Reserveor a Coastie. IF you volunteer BEFORE you get your notice, then you get Preferred Choices of Duty, i.e. Admin instead of Infantry. They’ll take 17 Year old men who can volunteer w/Parental Consent. Now, after the initial 2 years of Drafted Active Duty if you do less than 3 years on Active Duty, you do have an ADDITIONAL 5 year Reserve/National Guard commitment (which to my way of thought is it may as well BE active as the Reserve a Guard are always getting called up).
If you extend for a year after the first two years of Active Duty you were drafted for, you are exempt from the Reserves or Guard after those 3 years. Meaning you serve 3, survive and done UNLESS recalled as critical-to-needs.
RESERVE OCCIFER TRAINING CORPS RULES: If you are in college and part of ROTC, you do 4 years active duty after unless “time of war” or a “national emergency” declared by the Congress, and or the (p)Resident. As an Reserve Occifer, you get the same pay as a ‘professional Active Duty Occifer. Interestingly, IF you’re working, say for an IT company or such, or as a Doctor who the hospital wants to keep you on the payroll, you can keep getting paid by civvies if they want to continue (gig worker? IT? Inquiring minds Aye?) ANd now, the question everyone has DEFEREMENTS (or how do I not die for my country taht hates me?): Deferments are given rarely. Mostly for needed professionals (rare skillsets) and scientific personnel and those engaged in, and preparing for, critical skills and other essential occupations. Draft commitment CAN be shrunk (meaning less than 2yrs for enlisted and 4yrs for occifers) IF the war ends early by Congress (but even if the war ends, and you get drafted, you still HAVE to do basic) Doctors/Dentists do 24 months AD but are reserve officers.
QUOTAS:
Literally.. Not a joke.
DEFERMENTS FOR PRE-EXISTING COMMITMENTS (folks already in uniform and suchlike): ALL “Commissioned officers, warrant officers, pay clerks, enlisted men, and aviation cadets of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and the Environmental Science Services Administration; cadets, United States Military Academy; midshipmen, United States Naval Academy; cadets, United States Air Force Academy; cadets, United States Coast Guard Academy; midshipmen, Merchant Marine Reserve, United States Naval Reserves; students enrolled in an officer procurement program at military colleges the curriculum of which is approved by the Secretary of Defense; members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and the Coast Guard, while on active duty; and foreign diplomatic representatives, technical attacheAE1s of foreign embassies and legations, consuls general, consuls, vice consuls and other consular agents of foreign countries who are not citizens of the United States, and members of their families, and persons in other categories to be specified by the President who are not citizens of the United States”
Now we get to the interesting part: ALIENS: Green Card holders get drafted too if they applied for a green cards. If you have one or are waiting on one you HAVE to 1) register for the Selective Service if you are between the ages of 18 and 26, and 2) IF you get ‘the notice’ then you HAVE to show up. Essentially
“aliens admitted for permanent residence in the United States shall not be so exempted: Provided, That any alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as defined in paragraph (20) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S.C. 1101)”
Now, If an alien from a country with a mutual defense act w/the United States (like the Philippines in WW2 and even today) and they serve 12 months on Active Duty, They earn their citizenship.
Surprising absolutely no one, ALL Fucking FedGov Bureaucrats are exempt (of course) from the draft. Guess when the draft comes out, we know who the targets of folks Ire is really going to be aimed at. I’d say the Deep Bureaucrat state will cease to exist functionally within six months once word gets out…
Now, guys who are already Vets w/a Year of AD get a pass. That does not apply to PT Failures and ELS kids (entry level separation kids… the shmucks who couldn’t ‘hang’ through Basic/AIT) pre-war CAN be Drafted IF war is declared. Back in Boots Losers… Uncle Sam needs even your weak worthless asses now.
Anyone currently in the Reserve/NG get the same deal. ROTC get a deferment for one year if they already did basic. (Lots of ROTC guys go through Basic during a summer while still in College). Then they (ROTC Kids) go in if qualified and serve either the aforementioned 2/8 or 4/4 year splits. Interestingly, ALL Aviation ROTC get a pass (guess that pilot training is too $$$ and they’re going to need pilots…
And fucking again Surprising absolutely no one AGAIN, All POLITICIANS (of course) get a pass.
Priests and Religious Students get a pass unless needed (and if they start calling up the Padres, you know we’re in serious trouble.)
FITNESS/DEPENDANTS/JOBS/LIABILITY DEFERMENTS: Anyone who is in “industry, agriculture, or other occupations or employment, or whose continued service in an Office (other than an Office described in subsection (f)) under the United States or any State, territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, or whose activity in study, research, or medical, dental, veterinary, optometric, osteopathic, scientific, pharmaceutical, chiropractic, chiropodial, or other endeavors is found to be necessary to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest: Provided, That no person within any such category shall be deferred except upon the basis of his individual status: Provided further, That persons who are or may be deferred under the provisions of this section shall remain liable for training and service in the Armed Forces under the provisions of section 4(a) of this Act (section 454(a) of this Appendix) until the thirty-fifth anniversary of the date of their birth (which means Docs and others can still be called up to the age of 35 IF they desperately need the bodies, sort of like the Krain these days Aye?)
Armed Forces (1) of any or all categories of persons in a status with respect to persons (other than wives alone, except in cases of extreme hardship) dependent upon them for support which renders their deferment advisable, and (2) of any or all categories of those persons found to be physically, mentally, or morally deficient or defective. Which essentally means the nutjobs have to be evaluated before going to Basic, but any bets DSM10/11 is going to come back into style shortly after this starts? Now, interestingly SINGLE DADS PAYING CHILD SUPPORT GET DRAFTED.
STUDENT DEFERMENTS (this really changed A LOT): High School: Until Graduation OR age 20 whichever comes first OR College: End of semester (no loooong dragged out college exemption). One semester and BOOM! Your in the Army now! Conscientious Objectors: You still get drafted but have to do “National Service Jobs” Nasty Jobs like nursing homes and such: “The Director shall be responsible for finding civilian work for persons exempted from training and service under this subsection and for the placement of such persons in appropriate civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest.” Criminals go too: “No person shall be relieved from training and service under this title (sections 451 to 471a of this Appendix) by reason of conviction of a criminal offense, except where the offense of which he has been convicted may be punished by death, or by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.” Sounds a little like Wagner in Russia huh?
APPEALS You can only do an appeal locally to YOUR draft board. Guess if you’re known as a local shitbag, you will probably not get one.
SURVIVING BROTHER AND/OR SON (The ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Thing) For this exemption, you HAVE to be a Full Blood brother or son who’s dead brother/son had to have died in service to the country. No ‘single kids’ or step-kids…like I said, this time around, everyone goes.
PUNISHMENTS Anyone who helps avoid the draft? “or who knowingly counsels, aids, or abets another to refuse or evade registration or service in the armed forces or any of the requirements of this title” (which means if you’re planning on helping a relative or anyone dodge the draft, be careful. They also have the “punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment [Fine increased to $250,000 by 18 U.S.C. 3571(b)(3)]” Nd if you try to help alter/forge a birth certificate, or use someone elses? Doing the Fake ID thing, “…having/making/helping: to be fined not to exceed $10,000 or be imprisoned for not more than five years, or both” Also they get you for life IF you do a no call/no show… besides jail, you never can get student financial aid or Social Security in your old age. Failing to register means you can never get a FedGov job, and Social Security? Nope… No soup for you.
-WHEW!!!–
THAT was a pure dee slog. 8 hours of combined work. Hope y’all find it useful Repoast as those deem it Necessary More Later, I’ma gonna have me another beer. And Happy Veterans Day Big Country
Seeings there ain’t no ball this year. Yeah, seems the “Official Ball” was going to be at CETCOM here at McDill in Tampa and not at Eighth and Eye, (Marine HQ in D.C. is at the corner of 8th street and I street) and word -I’ve- gotten is most of the chain of commands have been encouraged tonot to throw ‘official’ parties.
As if!
Knowing my own Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children, the odds of that are thin… slim to fucking none. Like “Riggs and Murtaugh Thin”. It is a bit ‘off’ though. I did get a call from The Gunny… I think… very garbled, lots of giggling… think he was already blitzkrieged… at ten A.M. today. Well, good on him and the rest of you Devil Dogs! One last ball buster for you, which is also a compliment:
For you civvies out there, the last part of the Marine Corps Hymn is:
“If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven’s scenes; They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines.”
Ergo, the above Marine’s question.
Other things. The now slo-o-o-o-wly vanishing story about the multiple CHINESE run brothels found ALL over the country?
“the client list also includes military officers and government contractors who possess security clearances.”
Howzaboutdat? Shades of Fang-Fang much? or Compramat… To-may-toe, To-mah-to… your choice.
Seems that the charges the Three CHINESE Nationals are being hit with, to me, are sort of revealing being conspiracy to coerce and entice others to travel to engage in illegal sexual activity.
Now, reason I find it interesting is they did not (as of now) get hit with Human Trafficking, which is defined as:
18 U.S.C. 1581 prohibits human trafficking and other crimes and describes legal punishments for anyone who is convicted of forcing another person to perform labor, sex trafficking children; and selling people. The penalties under the statute are severe, including life in a federal prison
Which to my thought is that the chicks working on their backs getting blown out by their clients weren’t there as the usual Chinese sex slaves. According to other sources (now gone when I go to look for the article of course) is that the girls came over on work visas (who sponsored them? Inquiring minds Aye?) and at the invite of the two dudes and one chick who were running the show.
Any bets that they were ALL recruited and run by the CCP?
Also, in the TL;DR Zerohedge article, they say that it sounds like the majority of the profits made off of this lil venture went right back into the business so to speak, financing what sound like high end apartments with toney addresses.
“…included several locations in Dedham, Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts. Investigators identified two more suspected brothel locations in Fairfax and Tyson, Virginia, both located a short distance from Washington.”
I know just about all them locations To call them ‘expensive’ is a wee bit of an understatement:
Yeeeeeeeeeah OK… 5 Places that we know about. Utilizing the average rent from the above just-gathered sites, the average monthly payout per unit was $2953.80. BUT Since it’s the average and if you notice one of them, Dedham, is for a one bedroom apartment, I’d say that the operational costs were significantly higher.
Just those 5 apartments alone, on average was about $15000 a month for the rent, not including utilities and all the ‘other extras’ one incurs living day-to-day.
Add in the fact that they were charging between $300-$600 per hour, that’s a lot, but still… no idea on how many chicks working pro or semi-pro there, and how many clients and the frequency of said-clients. $15k for rent is still a pile o’simoleons. Probably lowball too as you’d need MORE than a one bedroom… gotta have a room for the security as well as the girls -actual- room as opposed to the fun room… The whorehouses I visited (purely for educational purposes mind you) in Frankfurt were set up that way, except on a MUCH grander scale… like 8 story building sized… hell One of them was actually operated by the Hell’s Angels chapter of Frankfurt.
And as a wise man once said “Location, Location, Location!” in regards to real estate. The Puzzle Palace on Sodom-on-the-Potomac is right up the street from the Virginia Location(s), 16 miles and 19 miles respectively.
Close enough for The Joint Chiefs to go and get a nooner. Jes’ Sayin’ And Locations in the People’s Socialist Republic of Taxachussetts?
Cambridge: ALL the colleges, like ALL THE COLLEGES to include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as some serious DotMil contractor companies.
Dedham: Couple of companies, none too big (that I can find on the goolag) but the one between it and Watertown, sort of equidistant? Natick Army Labs Oh yeah. Big Espionage target there potentially.
So yep. I’d say that’s a Honeypot Intel Op.
Considering allllll of our ‘senior folks’ to include the Gin Hag Pelosi (her driver for years was a Joe Chink Intel Agent) Eric Swallows-Well and Fang-Fang-for-Bang-Bang, who BTW I saw an article that she died in a ‘mysterious plane crash in Chine shortly after she popped smoke here… convenient much?
Never mind the Kidsniffer at the top who’s apparently been on the payroll since he took orifice as the Veep under the Obamamessiah.
Now, to the Krain Germany said they’re going to move two tank Battalions to Lithuania to join a brigade being formed with NATO. Made up of one ‘heavy’ Tank Battalion (Leos) and one Mech Infantry Battalion (probably Marders and the like).
That by my count is like ALL the armor Der Chermans have left. According to Janes, Der Chermans have a grand sum total of 225 left after giving the Krainians -at least- 85. All that’s left: 135 Leopard 2A6s 70 Leopard 2A6M and 20 Leopard 2A7+. 225 TANKS IN TOTAL LEFT IN GERMANY Out of those, at least 25% of those remaining Leos are deadlined (inoperative) due to parts and cannibalization... In fact it made international news that the 85 Leo2s that the Krauts gave the Krainians showed up as deadlined, some with critical failures like bad packs (engines and transmissions). Others had fucked up fire controls, or shot-out barrels on the main gun(s).
Somewhere, Guderian is weeping…
A Current German Armor Battalion is made up of about (+/- a few here n’there) 112 Tanks with 1000 troops. Which means they have two remaining battalions, one of which is going to Lithuania. Means that France could probably take Germany in a reverse-krieg. They have 527 LeClercs, a tank I have very little intel or experience with. I know it looks like the bastard spawn between a Leo2 and a Challenger2 with a sprinkling of Abrams DNA:
Anyways So, I guess they’re sending them to Lithuania to ‘add to the bonfire’ so to speak:
No clue if that worked. Let me know I know I LMFAO on that. And Finally The Krainians Who Went “Woke” AS in woke the fuck up, realized they are/were on the wrong side, and joined the Russian Army to help end the slaughter/shitshow
The link is HERE The TL;DR is that they want to end the slaughter, as well as they know the Regime in Kiev is corrupt as fuck and does. not. care. about. them OR their country. Hell, according to some, Russian soldiers have found Krainian Relatives who were captured. A lot of them got ‘woke’ when instead of being ‘killed and eaten’ as their ‘political officers’ and the propaganda told them they would be if they were captured. Instead they were treated decently and the wounded cared for medically, as opposed to the bullet to the head that they’d been told to expect…
They’ve also seen first hand their own officers NOT reporting KIAs to keep collecting the pay, as pay goes to the Company Grade officers and gets disbursed to the troops.
Then the higher officers above them at Battalion Level? THEY don’t tell the families so that they don’t have to pay compensation for the KIA to the family.
Nevermind that Krainian soldiers, BECAUSE of the pastiche nature of what’s left of their DotMil (rag tag forced recruits/addicts/lame/mentally ill) have… well like there is ZERO esprite de corps, and more often than not, a wounded guy gets abandoned to bleed out by who should by all rights trying to help and save their battle buddies.
Yeah, Russian and from their side HOWEVER, they DO seem to be relatively balanced as compared to some of the Copium sites out there. LOTS of videos, and best viewed in the dreaded Goolag if only for the auto-translate.
So, That’s it for tonight. Happy Veterans Day to ALL my Brothers and Sisters out there in Bleggland. Remember, Pass on what you know, it may save a life. More Later Big Country
Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! OK… going to try and throw a bit of info out there to ‘catch up’ on the socio-political side of life so to speak. I mean for real, they keep throwing so many rights we’re all begging for a Left.
First Point: Massa Gen’rul Bobby E. Lee…
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So……………. “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity” That about sums it up… I mean maybe it was malice aforethought as part of the (((humiliation rituals))) that oh so (((many))) seem to be fond of doing in a performative and demonstrative measure against Heritage Americans.
Specifically Southern Heritage Americans.
The release of those photos was at best ill-timed to say the least. They melted down the statue of Robert E Lee on October 26th… and then boasted about it… Bragged really. Fucking ‘the chosen’s’ golems/orcs couldn’t contain their happy-dances over their ‘victory’ of the destruction of a statue of a ‘traitor’ in their minds… again another prime example of public ed-jew-mah-kation failing spectacularly. So, no, I don’t think the release of them melting this down was a humiliation ritual per se. If anything the Rabbi took whatever golem responsible ‘to the woodshed’ for this particular fuckup.
Reason I personally think it was stupidity was that they’re NOW having to ‘reverse course’ so to speak. I mean they need bodies for Israel right? A little over a week later the Powers That Be, i.e. Leviathan had Big Army release their latest and greatest ad campaign:
Not going to link to it, y’all have already heard that it’s nothing but Whytteguys doing a “Hollywood Jump” out of a CH-47. Reason it’s called a “Hollywood Jump” is everyone has a helmet cover which means they’re all already full-bore Paratroopers, and the other is they ain’t got shit for equipment. Hell the freeze frame above shows them humping the chutes off the DZ (drop zone to you civvie) and NO tactical gear or weapons in sight.
Of course they’ve been getting the ever living shit roasted and ratio’d in the comments, a small sampling for y’all here:
It’s a tough crowd… Demonize Heritage Southern Americans. And less than two weeks after the niggers melt down a historic statue of a beloved Confederate Hero, you roll out an ad campaign to try and recruit from your formerly LARGEST demographic that you, or I should say your (((pets))), used to draw the majority of your recruits from to go and fight and die for the Jews?!?!
Talk about ‘poisoning the well’
And it shows in the comments. Shit… THAT is why I call “Stupidity” Others may disagree, but problem is is too many normies are awake now, especially Heritage Southern Whytte Americans. They’ve checked out… to use a Boomerism: Tuned in, Turned on, and Dropped the Fuck Out.
Call it the Army’s “Bud Lite Moment” Article that I stole line from that from is HERE H/T to CA at WRSA Even the chans are on it:
Oops. You know you done epically fucked up when the Autists on the Chans are calling your sorry asses out…
The shitshow in question is so bad, that on Amazon you can buy a t-shirt:
I’ fucking amazed they haven’t pulled it yet…. Jes’ Sayin’
Unfortunately, they only have a 3xl ‘normal’ length. Otherwise that’s go under ‘payday purchases’. Lots of memes out there over it as well, with my own small contribution here:
Dark AF like the times we live in Aye? Dunno where I got the inspiration, but the quote came to me and I was like:
“Perfection“
Moving on…
Next we have 77 year old Kenneth Darlington, a dual US-Panamanian Citizen who decided “enough is fucking enough” and capped three envirotards on the Pan-American Highway in Panama for blocking traffic. Two cashed in on the scene, number three is looking like he’s going to walk with a limp for a spell.
FAFO for the Vegan Patrol I guess. LOVE how the shell casing was perfectly caught. Of course the memeing has been UTTER awesome and brutal:
And then my own small contribution:
Somewhere on Gab, one of the folks said we’re probably going to be seeing a hell of a lot more of this as the wheels come off. His point being that the Boomers, as they age out/get sick, are going to have a serious deficit of fucks to give. Violence is already starting get worse… the division sown by certain groups has made it where it’s genuinely dangerous out in areas that formerly would have been considered safe.
Throw into the mix a bunch of Based As Fuck Boomers, maybe with a Terminal Cancer diagnosis, or some other ‘time limiting issue’ deciding that “I’m done being nice and tolerant.” I’d venture to say a lot of YOU out there of the “Cool Boomer’ persuasion would be of this ilk. Not that I blame the guy… thing that makes ME scratch my head is I’ve been to Costa Rica and Panama and ridden the P.A.H. down and back on Middle Country’s Harley… and the P.A.H.? The traffic and insanity I saw? It was like a low-regulated scene from Mad Max… how these Econuts managed to block the highway boggles me. Drivers in Central America, especially them Big Mack Truck/Lorrie drivers? They positively make the former Yugoslavians seem mellow and law-abiding. (and Yeah I’m dating myself).
Lastly: Covers for Ye Olde Dick Skinners Or more commonly called: Gloves
Now, I’ll go over Mine first. My first pair that I wore for the majority of my time in Iraq and Afghanistan were a pair of Hatch “Operator” Nomex gloves in desert tan:
Ok… back when I got mine (a looong minute ago as you can see by the wear and tear) in Baghdad in 2004. Made of Nomex. Which is a FIRE RESISTANT (for a short period of time) fabric, not repeat NOT FIRE-PROOF.
Again for the slow kids at the back Nomex Fabric of ALL types (to include the cop jumpsuits that they are oh so fond of on their SWAT Teams) is: FIRE RESISTANT (for a short period of time) NOT FIRE-PROOF
In fact it’s more ‘Flash Resistant’ meaning IF you happen to get caught up in a fireball/flash fire, it’ll NOT instantly burst into flame like cotton might. That being said, the gloves are good. Got a nice long (actually extra long) wrist cover that helps and keeps hot brass off the wrist in a firefight when your buddy is dumping it all over you… Thing is it melts… got a higher melt-point than -regular fabric- but still, once it’s hit with, oh say a flammable liquid… like say napalm… it melts.
Causes horrific burns too. In Iraq they had to reinforce that fact to the troops as too many of the slow kids thought it was fire proof and suffered for it when their vehicle got hit and started to burn… Hence why IF I were to be visited by a ‘stack’ of my local (albeit probably) retarded LEOs, then the flammenwerfer is the go-to for unwelcome and unexpected guests of ill intent.
Personally, the County Mounties here are well aware of my penchant for the flammenwerfer, so they’ll probably just ask -nicely- if I’d like go with them, which would be a better outcome all around IMO.
The Hatch gloves can be found on the Zon. Unfortunately they don’t have 2xl, which are what mine are… They’re about $35 in black, which kind of pisses me off, as when they first came out? I paid like $80 at the fucking PX… Pricks.
Then, we come to my current go-to:
2xl Mechanix M-Pact gloves, in Multicam. Reinforced knuckles and leather palm. $25 at Autozone of all places. Love mine. That’s pretty much it… good, inexpensive, comfortable. Just no fire resistance.
Which before I go on, one important thing: You absolutely have to practice actually shooting while wearing them. Mag reloads (swapping mags out of the weapon that is), loading mags, clearing/locking and loading, as well as failure-to-fire drills, which can be done like I do by putting a ‘dummy round’ mixed into the mag so’s I get a “oops” while shooting. Don’t know if any other Hi-Speed Lo-Drag Shooter courses teach this and use that technique, but it’s essential that you know how to run your weapon while in gloves.
Hell you should practice in full kit if you can get away with it.
I did at the last Bloggshoot hosted by Borepatch and Divemedic a few years ago when I broke out my full ghillie to shoot my bolt-gun. Miguel gave me some shit and laughed but hey, training/shooting? ALWAYS take advantage of it… even if it WAS hotter than Satan’s ballsack that day…. And because of this trial? It worked in that I found out that $20 Ghillie ‘wrap’ for the barrel tended to fuck up and get caught in the action when I cycled the bolt action… shitcanned that fucker because of it…. Only warning I have is -try- to do it at a range where you’re NOT going to be reported as a militia-whytte-supremacist-nutbar.
Now, lastly: Hard knuckle combat gloves. This is a pair of the 5.11 model, sells for about $60 +/-:
Now, depending on how much you want to spend, and what you want them made of, then there’s a lot to choose from. The thing(s) about the Hard Knuckle gloves is that they are hard knuckle with a hi-impact plastic (theoretically) with padding that cover the knuckles like new-ish Brass Knucks. The advantages of these are:
Impact Protection: The hard knuckles on tactical gloves are designed to provide protection against impacts, abrasions, and injuries. This is especially important in situations where the wearer may come into contact with hard or sharp objects.
Defensive Use: In tactical and military situations, personnel may encounter various obstacles or potential sources of harm. Hard knuckles can help shield the wearer’s hands from impacts during combat or other high-risk activities.
Striking Surfaces: Tactical gloves with reinforced knuckles can be used as a striking tool, providing an additional surface to deliver force if needed.
Enhanced Grip: Some tactical gloves have textured or patterned surfaces on the hard knuckles. This texture can provide improved grip on objects, making it easier to handle tools, weapons, or equipment.
Durability: The hard knuckles are often made from durable materials like thermoplastic or reinforced leather. This increases the longevity of the gloves, especially in demanding environments.
Uniformity and Identification: In military and law enforcement settings, tactical gloves with hard knuckles may be part of a uniform or gear standard. This ensures a consistent level of protection and can also help identify personnel by their equipment.
Thermal Protection: In some cases, the hard knuckles may serve as thermal insulation, helping to protect the wearer’s hands from extreme temperatures or thermal hazards.
It’s worth noting that not all tactical gloves have hard knuckles, and the level of protection and specific features can vary depending on the design and intended use of the gloves. Additionally, while hard knuckles provide added protection, they may also slightly reduce dexterity and flexibility, so the choice of gloves should be based on the specific needs and requirements of the wearer’s situation.”
Stolen from somewhere, Quora I think, but yeah. So there you have it.
Me? Hard Knucks? Nah… My hands are too big, and the plastic doesn’t line up well on my paws.
Per Usual, YMMV So hope all is well with everyone! More Later Big Country
Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! So, we’ll start with what Crowder put out (in order per the dates on the paper screenshots):
Now, besides the fact that it’s full of every. single. thing. we with out brains still operational expected, the only thing that caught me peepers was what -I- highlighted in red… I even twattered it:
Now inquiring minds want to know:
Where’s the vidya people!?! Got me a solid hunchit was on her phone, which means we-the-people-who-pay-these-assholes-salaries will never EVER see it.
Can’t be anti-fucking mentally-ill tranny donchaknow?
Look Some of you may know, some may be new. My daughter, whom I love dearly, who was gay and hey, no ish with gay, as it does run in the fam in some areas. Point is, the genetics don’t lie, and man, the problem is she decided she was ‘trans’ at the absolute height of Bruce Jenner’s move to out-eclipse the Kardashians by coming out as an ugly 60+ year old broad….
Go with me on this. You have to understand: Bruce? He literally went utterly and completely insane being married to the ‘Momanager’ whatever the fuck that psycho cunt who whored out her daughters name is. See, Bruce went “Hollyweird” back in the day when he was on the Wheaties boxes. Everywhere, and I mean everywhere he went, the Paparazzi chased him around, be it Studio 54, or even out and about.
Fame does weird shit to people. So, as his star faded, as it does do, as HIS? His was due to being THE ultimate athlete, who unfortunately got old. Gold Medals or not, he really lost his mojo.
And then he married that psycho-whore.
And when she successfully whored out her daughters?
He lost his damned mind. This whole fucking ‘trans thing’ with him is nothing but a (successful) attempt to regain that lost attention and limelight.
THAT is why he hasn’t had his schwanz cut off. He eventually intends on going back to being a dude… just fucking watch… you heard it here first.
THAT is why it’s nothing put a bullshit attention grabbing pile of shit, which because it caught on socially so he can’t stop doing it now.
THAT is why my poor 15 year old gay daughter at the time, without realizing it, was brainwashed into that cult, because being a 15 year old female is bad enough without ‘other shit’ impacting.
THAT is also why she ‘cut me dead, ‘cos she knows I won’t tolerate this bullshit. Gay? Fine. Trans? Social Fad, cut the shit and get back to being YOU. (I miss you M… hope you read this and understand where I’m coming from)
Lastly, THAT is why, without any bullshit that IF-I- personally happen to run into “Caitlyn Jenner” I will remove his ass from the planet in the most painful and gory way possible. Think “Biblical Level Horror and Gore.” If I had my way, he’d be saying “Hi!” to Satan you degenerate attention seeking fucker.
BecauseFUCK THAT GUY FOREVER.
He, in my mind, and after reading this, you’ll probably agree, that he’s responsible for death on a scale that’s comparable to the Gestapo. The rate of suicide of ‘trans kids’ is like 45% He needs a reckoning. Truly.
People like Jenner and the proponents of ‘trans cult-ideology’ need to be tried as doing “Crimes Against Humanity” not that that’ll ever happen. Literally, that fuck did moar damage to the “Youth of America” than Communism.
Whew Sorry… some hardcore personal venting there, but I needed to get that out there so to speak. Been bugging me forever that these people, which such a heavy impact to shit, like our fuckstain moron Overlords, that they never seem to understand nor suffer the consequences of their actions.
Things like the Mayor of Nashville? A good Irishman named Freddie O’Connell?
Yeah…… going batshit insane and running essentially a pogrom to find out who leaked the images I have above? Yeah… fucker has -kept- the info close to the vest for whatever reason… it’s not like MAGA folks nor even folks like US are going to start performing ‘active measures’ against trannies in response to these revelations… We always knew that it was going to be a bugfuck-nuts anti-whytte screen…
However…
Couple of things about the hizzoner, da “Mayor” of Nashville:
First thing I said to myself when I saw the pic (besides what a butch bitch he’s married to) was “Dude don’t look Irish a’tall.”
Got that nebbish soy-rat-face going on.
And whaddya know?
I take shit for saying it and a lot of hate but…
No fukkin’ shytte Mel Aye?
Seriously Do none of them understand?
Talk about an absolute incapacity for introspection or critical thinking.
No fucking wonder they’ve been cast out of a shit-ton of places.
Right now? IRL? Despite ALL the Ministry of Propaganda and Lies triumphant tales of bravery of the IDF killing whammez and children? IRL IF Erdogan decides that “Enough Slaughter of Muslims is Enough” ain’t nothing going to stop the Muj from utterly cleansing the Middle East of Jews forever.
Even IF the Yids throw nukes, they’ll only get nuked in response.
And if, only IF they’re fucking retarded enough to initiate throwing “The Big One” around?
Which leads to “Global Thermonuclear War?”
It’d be a ‘Jewish-Extinction Level Event’
Because Izzy Shekelstein and the rest of his ‘small hat-big nose’ tribe in NYC or wherever would be on the ‘soon to be extinct’ list forthwith. Hunted for their skins and hats I’d reckon…
I mean c’mon man. At that point knowing that the Jews destroyed the world? Would YOU allow one to live!?!
Fuck… went way overboard in my shit tonight… Sorry about that. Been a loooooooooong day. More Later Big Country
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail
And let me tell you gang, after today? I have foreseen “Da Future” We Are SO Utterly Fucked Wish I was joking, however let me relate the past two days adventure(s). As y’all know Dad took a header, so we had to go up and help out, do the usual ‘rescue thing’ and make sure everything was on the straight and narrow. Saturday Morning after said long-assed day driving all over Hells Half Acre, we decided to do a bit of a ‘get out of the house’ road trip with Sapper.
Went to Micanopy. They filmed that Michael J Fox Movie ‘Doc Hollywood’ there back in 1991.
Damn, I’m old… That was back before Florida got a serious case of the stupids, and set it up that Hollyweird gets the shit taxed out of it to film here. So anyways…
It’s an awesome lil town. VERY “Old Florida” Lots of Antique shops and hippy-dippy tye-dye shops… VERY soothing to chill out. Back during the early 1700, during the Seminole War(s) Micanopy was Fort Micanopy and the scene of a virtual wipeout of a company of US DotMil Infantry of the time… cool lil Museum there too.
Also the best BBQ I’ve –ever– had. In a Marathon Gas Station if you cane believe it. Bought us a pound of Brisket that we brought home for Dinner.
Now, that morning while leaving the computer on the Ride showed the left front tire a wee bit low. Not an issue, as we’d just started driving (2 hours to Micanopy one way) and I figured the tires would heat up, and the pressure would be nominal.
Get there, do “the day’s activities” and on the way to the BBQ pit, NOW the ‘oh shit’ light for the tire is on. WAY low… So I knew I’d probably picked up a nail (see where this’s going? bear with me). So’s I aired it up before the journey back home, being careful not to speed too much knowing it (the rubber donut) was compromised like Joe Biden.
Get home and sumbitch It’s getting lower. By Sunday Morning it was almost Flat. I aired it up with my portable compressor that I keep w/the spare under the deck in the rear (along with other critical party items). Drove it over to my local Pep Boys w/Sapper following me. We dropped it at noon, and by the look of it, and Dude telling us, it’d probably have to be handled first thing in the A.M. as they were swamped.
No Prob Bob!
Both of my kids LOVED that show… anywho…
Turns out it’s non-repairable A nail in the sidewall near the edge of the rim I tell ’em to swap it and I’ll get it in the A.M.
MONDAY:
Around morning break, 9-ish or so… I go over to Pep Boys to pick up the ride after getting an email saying “Your Car is Ready!” I live within walking distance (one mile) so my first 15 from Glorious People’s Tractor Factory won’t cause me a hassle.
I get there and my shit is still on the lift, with the front left tire off. OK… shit happens. I ask my guy what’s up? He looks at me and is like “I have no idea!” and starts to investigate… The car has been there all morning? Comes back, and tells me “Someone fucked up and sent that email, they couldn’t find the tire you need, but we’ll have one for you in a bit! Give me an hour!”
So, I know this guy, he’s a good dude and the Manager of the place is a fucking retard, so I only deal with Guy. Lives up the road from me… anyways. I come out, and lo and behold!
Sapper bailed. Thought I was good to go And I didn’t have my cell phone. Got my paces in for damned sure today. One Mile, In the wrong shoes, with my back still all fucked up. Yay Me.
Get home just as Sapper pulls in, to which I give him some shit about “Never leave a man behind!”
Lunchtime comes. I go back Now, the fucking dolt who’s actually supposed to, you know, like actually putting the tire onSTILL hasn’t done it. Mind you a prime example of Muh Diversity… As tall as me, about 450 (not muscle but FLAB) with purple dyed dredds… no shit. I damned near threw a clot.
I go back in and tell my Guy in a seriously menacing voice, “Bro, you got til 5pm.”
And yeah… 5pm rolls around. #3rd Trip, 28 hours later HUZZAH! The car has a new sneaker, and Guy knocked $50 off the tab for all my issues. Like I said, a good dude. So I pull out, Happy to have the third time be the charm.
Until I took the corner to pull into the yard. The Air Conditioner filter, apparently had been taken out, and propped up against the seat where I could see it. It’s only like a month or two old, and I also did not ask/tell them to do -anything- filter wise on the ride at all.
Get in the house, rant at Sapper about the Incompetence of Muh Diversity! and realize that shit is just SO FUCKED UP now. Gretch had me go back over, and I told Dude about it… he looked so fucking frazzled at this point, muttering eee-vil incantations about the fucking retards working there who’re supposed to be his coworkers… I spoke to “Dewey the DoucheManager” who gave me the song and dance about how they do the ‘overall filter check’ and shit, but I know he’s full of shit… I hope he does roll some heads in private…
Dude fixed it himself. I went home and started ranting here
Because Sapper and I, talking about it?
LITERALLY a nail caused all this fucking mess.
And if not for a nail… sweet Jeebus. Talk about the exposing the nature of just how fucking useless people are, and how when the Whyttemenz die out as the Leftist Dream is, just how utterly fucked this planet will become in short order.
These assholes are doing the barest minimum to earn their paycheck. And even then they still need constant supervision by their smarter and bettersAnyone who wants to argue that point with me at this point, all I can say is leave “Blaq Lies Matters (not)” in charge of an area for any significant amount of time, and in short order, not only will you have rampant crime, rape and pillage, but I’d even bet on cannibalism being back on the menu.
And for the record? My Dude? Mexican, Hard Working, Put Upon, Type One Each. The Manager? Whytte Trash, Drooling, Type One Each. The Crew? Broken Farm Equipment… ALL of them. Enough to make a man sing:
Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton Old times there are not forgotten Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Make of it what you will But if we don’t get our collective heads out of our collective asses in short order Sooner Rather than Later And start Recognizing and Acknowledging some hardtruths That yes, some people are not as smart, nor as clever as others by nature Then we’re doomed to go the way of the Dodo
Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! Been a Busy AF Beaver today. I finally got the new Helmet Substack up and running. Took me, no bullshit almost 4 hours to put together. Between pics and cross referencing and historical research to make sure I had some accuracy (helmetz iz important!!!)
Despite my poverty I still keep the substack voluntary to join. Meh. It’s info people need IMO. Call it a public service… and OH! Reminds me! BIG Thanks to “D” for the donation to ‘keeping my ass out of the poor house!’ fund… no joke, MUCH appreciated! Paid the majority of the power bill with that. Thankfully it’s cooling off here now, so we’ve been able to open winders instead of canned air as of late, which significantly cuts down on household expenses.
Gotta love/hate Florida to a point. Only issue now is if we get hit with humidity. Bitch of that is is it can be a cool 73 out, but humid, and it’s a bitch to run the AC and I don’t have a dehumidifier. It’s only a few weeks either way I suppose.
Now, the latest and greatest from the Kraine is it seems like the Krainians launched what was left of their cruise missiles and managed to hit one of Vlad’s new(er) boats. Might have sunk it… definitely damaged it… Haven’t gotten confirmation on it yet, however, as I say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again.
‘Cos even Time magazine has gone “Full Hitler” on Krainfeld. How it was:
To How it’s Going Now:
The reason I’m saying they’ve gone “Full Hitler”… Well, I’ll let history speak for itself:
April 1936, Person of the Year
And considering the news? Seems Krainfeld is in his “Hitler in the Bunker” mode now… even his Generals are coming out and saying, in flowery terms which I’ll translate for you, is that “We utterly and completelyfucked like Comrade Chuckovich and Glorious Leader Krainfeld has lost his damned mind!”
The ‘Grand Offensive’ only slaughtered what was left of their DotMil. Leastways the professional DotMil. Now all they have left are the Females, forced conscripts, Syphilis cases, and literal morons and retards? The very fact that they have to essentially keep pumping up teeny victories when they’ve gotten played into being annihilated by Ivan-on-the-Defense show just how bad it is. Hell the very fact that WE are hearing how bad it is?
That right there tells me a lot. As an intel analyst who’s been digging the propaganda war? Remember Bahkmut? How The Krainians were winning 24-7 Until they weren’t? Now? Andeevka? Even on regular Ministry channels (that’d be the same Ministries of Lies and Propaganda mind you) they’re talking about 100k worth of casualties… KIAs mind you since June of this year. As they said back in the day, when you’ve lost Cronkite, you’ve lost the war.
Somewhere I read an article stating that this was a massive failure on their own part… that they literally started believing their own press releases… As Elvira Hancock in “Scarface” said: “Lesson number two: Don’t get high on your own supply.”
Oops.
Guess they missed that lesson. And to anyone who tries the “But they’ve killed an equal or moar number of Russians!” or “Vodkaman bad!” Let me tell you, according to my sources, the Russians now have a prepped and ready active duty DotMil numbering between 350k to 400k ready to rock and roll NOW. Thing of it is? They’re not going to.
Not yet. They want Krainfeld to be utterly and completely defeated. And he’s doing it to himself And this shit of NATO and the “Allies” doing the “Well now we need to start talking about a peace treaty/ceasefire!” despite Krainfelds absolute unwillingness to do such a thing?
Yeeeeah… Our Fucktards in Charge seem to have forgotten the First Rule of Warfare: When you’re losing, you don’t get to state terms.
Putin is winning. Period Point Fucking Blank. Any and all denial at this point? You will have earned ALL the scorn you have coming to you.
Any peace treaty or ceasefire will be dictated by the Russians ON THEIR TERMS
NOT by a bunch of bureaucratic diplofags at the UN. And let me tell you, having seen just how badly the Krainians have been chewed up? Using our supposed “bestest evvar NATO tactics and equipment?
We’ll be lucky if Putin doesn’t decide to take Paris.
‘Cos outside of canned sunshine? We ain’t got shit that could stop him. Hell, even our own troops? Realistically, the Afghan stupid stopped in the first few weeks of The Head (p)Residental Fucktards reign.
That was three years ago Iraq ended under OBAMA… 2011? So the number of actual combat blooded troops we have? I’d say maybe 15% of the remaining force IF we’re lucky.
Add on the inability to recruit, the lack of recruits and the dogshit that the millennials are as potential troops? Mentally ill-defective degenerates, the majority of them?
Oh yeah.
Put your head down between your legs to kiss your ass(es) goodbye. Russias troops have been on the front lines, rotating as needed, and getting quality new troops for two fucking years. They’re blooded and good. Like the “Who’s you’re Daddy” better than OUR guys.
If Ivan decided to roll in hot n’heavy into Greater Europe, quite truthfully, I’d be like telling all them Eurocucks “We done already saved your worthless cheese eating asses twice. You fuckers are on your own this time. Fuck you AND the horse you rode in on.”
BUT Our current criminal class of NeoCONs and (((tribe members))) in charge aren’t about to miss a chance to spill goyim blood, which has been what it’s all about to begin with… Orthodox Christian versus Orthodox Christian? With a Jew in charge pushing hardest? “What sweet revenge!” is what they must be thinking…
The rule should be “No More Brother-Wars” but sadly, due to the inherent programming of folks today who’ve ‘bought in wholly’ to the ‘programming’, we’re just doomed to roll on, until Gog-Magog/ZOG get satiated…
Hopefully me and mine’ll be there to help end this shit. So More Later Big Country
Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! Yesterday at about noon Gretch’s Dad took another header. He’s OK as far as like no bleeding damage BUT it looks like the rod that they implanted in his hip? leg? from the car wreck that kicked off this shitshow to begin with broke in half. Now they got to figure out if they’re going to do surgery or just -leave it- in place…
So I’m going to be busy w/Housekeeping until Sunday night
<Le Sigh>
Oh and for the turdburgler who commented that the last poast was gibberish? Yeah, I got sidetracked telling a good story like most Irishmen do, so hey, don’t like it? Get fucked. You’re banned. As far as WHY the Corps cancelling the ball?
IT LITERALLY HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN 240+ YEARS
THAT concerns me moar than anything else… As other commentators and DMs I’ve gotten, the Corps would hold a Marine Anniversary Ball even if it was down to the last two Jarheads on the planet Poast-Apocalypse… my story was meant to convey the humor AND lengths that a certain aforementioned group o’Jarheads did go thru to party down… in a Red Zone, in the middle of a fucking war.
There’s ALWAYS a Marine Corps Ball. Hell even in John Ringo’s Master Zombie Classic(s) “Black Tide Rising” book series, the Marines had a Marine Ball despite, you know Zombiepocalypse!?!
First book of the series, highly recommend Click if you want to read and yeah I get a ‘taste’ for the referral.
Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! Appreciate all the advice re: city-spine (say it like South Park). I’m actually going to try the kratom (never tried it before) and the BPC-157. I’m always up for a new try to relieve this shit.
In fact I had an appointment today with some ‘life-coach’ that the VA has started doing as part of that whole ‘holistic thing’
Blah fucking blah.
Just give me the membership to the “Y” so’s I can start doing laps. Of course I have to jump through ten thousand fiery hoops before they’ll cut loose and do that… and even then I have to hit the place 3x a week to show I’m actually participating. Thing is I sort of understand it, as when I looked up how much it costs to join the YMCA? Damn… $75 up front, then $56 a month… I can sort of afford it BUT I don’t know how crowded the new Y is here.
The one the town over, when I had the Cancer, the One Nut Armstrong Foundation got me a membership for 6 months… and unfortunately, the place was balls out packed at ALL times… gym AND pool. Made it hard to get there and get either my lift on or my swim on. They built another one up the road a bit that IF it’s not stupidly packed, I’ll sign up after… it’s all in the wait-and-see mode.
Personally I hope like hell I can start using a lap pool again. I used to use the Pool on VBC that the Aussies had cleaned up post-Saddam. Every morning, one hour laps, and then night time, 8pm to 9pm laps. Every. Single. Day.
I got fit quick that way.
So on to the News: Got a call from my Gunny tonight. He was my old Boss in Baghdad and a Retired Gunnery Sgt/Spook. He’s like an older brother to me, and we ended up ‘getting the band back together’ a couple of times… Baghdad, Afghanistan… couple of -other places-… working for -other people- doing -odd jobs-. To say the least we’ve been through some shit.
So he called me to catch up tonight as we do a monthly if not more often bullshit-session on current events. As far as I know, he’s now retired-retired from all of his -odd jobs- and whatnot like myself. The thing that caught my eye, and I asked him about was this:
To say he was flabbergasted is the understatement of the week. Link to the story is HERE The only other time the Corps Ball has been slowed/modified was during the Coof. Mind you modified… NOT cancelled.
This’s a fucking first. Gunny was in shock… As am I truthfully. Even at the worst of the worst in Affy, Iraq… hell –anywhere– The Corps never outright Cancels the Ball. It’d be like the Pope calling off Easter man…
Shit’s gotta be getting pretty fucking bad for this to happen I mean it’s a thing of badness IMO Just what sort of “unforeseen operational commitments” came up!?! Shit like that AIN’T normal… Jes’ Sayin’
I mean hell, 2005/06 in Iraq, man, the Marines were balls deep in Fallujah 1 and 2, Maybe even 3 and they didn’t stop shit… Like considering in 2005, on the 230st Anniversary of the Marines being formed, well… this’s a bit of a story, but what the hell…
So there I was, 2005 in Baghdad.
It was a Thursday as memory serves, which meant we weren’t doing shit the next day, ‘cos Fridays in Iraq was like the Haji Sunday. That’s where “Man Love Thursday” came around as it was known ‘cos Haji liked to throw down on Thursday nights, knowing they didn’t have to work on Friday. Since it was Thursday, and things were s-l-o-w I only had a half day, and went to check in with Gunny and see what was shakin’ around the Head Shed.
Gunny had a new face there hanging out with him, Marty I’ll call him, as he looked like Michael J. Fox from ‘Back To The Future’… Marty it seems was one of our ‘field analysis team members’ meaning he actively hunted down bad guys via intel and such. Seems he and The Gunny had been in the Corps together, and he’d come in from the boonies for what became known as “That Wild Fucking Night”. I got along well with Marty, as sometimes the intel weenies are a bit hard to deal with, but dude was bros with The Gunny, so hey… what the hell.
About 30 minutes later, the Head of our Intel Unit, The Gunny’s second in command for our contracting company (me being the #4 guy as Operations/Facilities), “Mean Gene the Gyrene” poked his head in and was all “Hey you guys ready to go!?!” and then sees me and goes “Oh hey Big Country! How you doin’?”
Now Mean Gene was a Marine who’d also been ein Korpsbruder with The Gunny. Of course that “…ready to go?” question perked up me ears as something was afoot and of course I wanted in. The Gunny very graciously explained that they were going out to BIAP… Baghdad International Airport to celebrate the Corps Birthday in the tower First Class Bar/Restaurant with “a few beers/drinks” and then asked if I’d like to come along?
It’s 13:00 On Man-Love-Thursday Ain’t got shit to do. I mean why the hell not? What could possibly happen?
Now, in those late days of Oh-Five, the newly renamed Baghdad International Airport still didn’t have shit except Russian Cargo planes flying in and out.
ZERO Passengers. They DID have the Airport open, BUT only for the Duty Free and the Aladdin Bar ‘n Grill (or whatever they called it) The following pix are what you could call a ‘drive by’ of the Airport taken on April 8, 2004 on one of our first trips out there. It was still a ‘red zone’ at that time despite assurances. Trust me on that one…
That’s after the checkpoint, Aladdin on his carpet….
You can see the stains of Saddam’s Name up there
C Terminal, Babylon
Abandoned and scrounged-out Iraqi-Air planes and one interesting one ahead… the first one in front is a Russian IL24 I think
Baghdad and points west
That silver/white plane that still has it’s engines? That tarp on the right wing? That’s the DHL A300 that took a SAM through that wing, and the crazy assed pilot who managed to get it on the ground… DHL -I think- filed it as a combat loss… the story is HERE
Fucking cool Aye? And I took all of them pix meself. Ain’t no goolag pics there… Unfortunately the lappie that I downloaded later pics when we -did- go in the Airport, THAT was the one that shit the bed. THESE only survived because I had dismounted the chip and lost it in my gear before I could do what I used to do was download and wipe the SD Chip. THIS particular chip ended up in my shaving kit so I at least have these from the early-early days of BIAP and VBC. I literally found the chip years later in my shaving bag… funny how that worked out….
I’m still pissed ‘cos when my first Laptop shit the bed unrecoverable, I lost all sorts of exceptionally cool pix of me and Lil Country walking around an International Airport geared up carry automatic weapons… shit like that you never get to ever do again knowhutimsayin’?
So, even in November of 05 it was a mite hairy up and around BIAP and the area. However, I was cool with this lil jaunt as hey, it’s 13:00…
How long could they be planning on partying?
As Archie Bunker woulda said: “Oof!”
So, I of course decided to go, and I asked The Gunny if he wanted me armed? as we really weren’t supposed to be packin’. It was one of those “If something goes sideways, best not to be caught out packing” But only the phony tough and crazy brave ran around Baghdad in the 04/05/06 timeframe unarmed.
The Gunny, being the boss of course went all corporate and suggested since we wouldn’t be long that I leave ‘Roscoe’ in my room. Now, for clarification, ALL my weapons had names. It was a way of talking about them in the open around folks whom I and others may not be trustworthy to let them know we were heeled. My pistol was a Belgian made Fabrique National Hi Power DA/SA former Iraqi Police handgun. I had 2 mags. 13 rounds per. Named ‘Roscoe’ for obvious reasons amiright? So, no gun. “…wouldn’t be long…”
Heh. Famous Last Words.
That’s the parking lot at the airport…and yeah I was waaaay overweight back then…410 pounds as I recall… hadn’t sweated it off at that point… I sure AF did later:
November 19 2004… and yeah, that IS Rollins
Now, the parking Garage was really dangerous. Lots of potential ambush points… wrecked and stripped car frames and NO ONE who gave a fuck around… NO US Troops there… only them worthless as fuck Custer-Battles faggots. I had my Ka-Bar… that was it.
Now, got to point this out: Those ‘scripted sunglasses I had with me? Yeah… I wore them until dark and by the time I got home, I go over to the non-sunglasses mode. So, since it was 13:00, and was supposed to be an early day/night (sundown wasn’t until 9pm over there…. looooooong gorgeous twilights)
So, we get to the bar… Which I see is still there and operational…. no pics of that unfortunately, and well, not too bad a thing… the décor of the Bar and Grill was literally lifted from “The Brady Bunch” 1970s blue-and-gold everywhere. Gauche doesn’t even to begin to cover it.
So, like I said… There I was: Drinking and boozing it up with 3 Marines bound and determined to see who hits the floor first. Turned out it was Mean Gene who went boneless… The Gunny, while pretty stewed, was still conscious and cognizant. Marty was a bit on the slurry side, but OK… their party man, I’m JAFO Just Another Fucking Observer.
I also was watching the clock… and let me tell you… Nervous Making to say the least. BUT Like I said, their party dammit. At least no one tried to pick a fight, with either myself nor each other, which on other occasions that I’ve partied with Marines, that does happen frequently.
At about 0130am they realized we needed to go.
I mean yeah, fucking curfew DotMil Enforced Curfew was in effect. <Le Sigh> I had realized around 23:00 (11:00 pm) that I needed to cut the sauce, and had the bartender keep throwing Red Bulls at me, sans the normal Raspberry Stoli. I mean someone had to drive home…
Which is also about the time I realized: “Fuck, I’m wearing my shades!” Didn’t even have my ‘regular glasses’ Shit.
Y’all need to know, even before the cataracts I was a blind-melon-motherfucker no joke. 20/400 right 20/450 left with astigmatism. Even with ‘ultra thin lenses’ my shit was bullet proof, never mind resistant. So here we go…
I finally rally up the Marines. Got ’em to the car… which was interesting as Mean Gene started doing drunken MOUT moves around corners and shit… Shitfaced MOUT, but urban combat stuff either way. Rather comical to be honest. He insisted that he lead the way, which I was good with ‘cos IF there were any evildoers about, HE’D be the first guy they went after, and not me. The Gunny was fucking damned near laughing his balls off, and Marty? Well Marty just staggered on like a good Marine should I suppose.
As far as Mean Gene and him insisting on taking the lead? Hey, I liked the guy, but fuck at that point, I was so heebie-jeebied out about potential kidnapping/headcutting/and/or getting shot by our own troops IF they felt we might be a threat… Never mind I somehow got made the designated driver of this raggedy assed Marine Detail? Let him take the ‘initial hit’ and I’ll sort out shit after Aye? SHEESH In fact to paraphrase the Blues Brothers, when we did get to the car, (mind you, an unarmored Ford Explorer) I looked over at The Gunny and said: “It’s 0230 in the morning” “I have 3 Shitassed Marines in the Truck, Half a pack of cigarettes, we’re in a Red Zone, and I’m wearing Sunglasses”
Without missing a beat he said “Hit It!”
Which I did… Now, as much as I’d like to go into some wild and crazy story about Terrorists and shytte like that, IRL it was pretty mellow… I mean for the definition(s) of mellow.
No one shot at us I didn’t roll/wreck/crash the truck I mean I did speed like a fucking madman to get back… No need to be outside the wire at that hour for too long…
The only time things got a wee tense was rolling up to the back gate. The Guards there had at least one Ma Deuce on us hot and ready to go, as well as 2 or more 240/249s… They were packed heavy but with good reason. Thankfully I knew the rules (dim main lights, turn on ALL cabin light, have IDs ready, keep hands visible IF all your passengers are conscious) and it was the Hawaiian National Guard guys that I knew running that post.
Rolled up with a friendly “Ma ‘halo!” and as the Brits say “Bob’s yer Uncle” and we were in the gate, safe and sound. It also helped that I regularly ‘donated’ some ‘libations’ to these guys to make sure I could do booze runs as by November of 2005, we had a pretty good rapport going.
So, we got home, everyone went to bed. ‘Cept for me. I broke into the rum-ration as I needed to quench the quart-and-a-half of pure adrenaline that’d been pumping as well as the 7 or so Red Bull Cardiac-In-A-Can I had slammed. Finally passed out at like 0430.
At least The Gunny let me sleep in Aye? We still laugh about this shit yearly. Good Times, Good Times. More Later Big Country
Greetings Me Droogs N Droogettes! Somehow slipped a disc in the back (again). Can’t sit in the chair to do my usual rant…. been about 3 years since I flamed my spine this badly. You know you’re in pain when you eat 4 times the normal dose of Oxy and it doesn’t do shit… So a couple of humorous memes and greentexts to fill in til hopefully tomorrow. Shit hurt so bad I had to cut early from Glorious People’s Tractor Factory as I can’t sit in the orifice chair.
