Friday, October 23, 2009
Dancing Marines!!!!!!!
Very cool and I wonder what the muj were thinking watching them dance. Get down Devildawgs!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Battle or Siege of Yorktown took place today.
AMERICANS
Continental Infantry 7,290
Artillery 514
Cavalry 176
Total Continental Army 7,980
Militia 3,153
Total (non adjusted for effectives) 11,133
Non-effectives (sick)
absent
present
-1,000
-700
Total Effectives ('rounded figure') 9,500
FRENCH
Rochambeau's 4,000
St. Simon's 3,000
Army detachments [See note at bottom of page] 800
Naval personnel
abord ships, in
direct support. 1,000
Total 8,800
Excluding est 15,000 naval personnel
on ships that contributed to the overall
campaign.
TOTAL ALLIED FORCE 18,300
BRITISH
'Reported' army strength at start.
Includes German mercenaries. 8,885
Estimated naval personnel
directly supporting 840
Estimate naval personnel figure is
from number that surrendered to de Grasse.
Estimated British total at start 9,725
Estimated sick -1,500
TOTAL BRITISH FORCE 8,225
(The preceding is based upon data from Mark Mayo Boatner III Encyclopedia of the American Revolution (p.1248, Bicentenial Edition, NY, 1974).
It was THE victory of the American Revolutionary War. A combined French/Continental(American) army surrounded, besieged, and forced the surrender of a larger by most estimates British Army under Lord Cornwallis. The defeat sealed the fate of the British dominion over what would become the United States of America and lead directly to the Treaty of Paris.
One of the results of the French intervention was the bankrupting of the French Royal Treasury which was one of the reasons for the Revolution in France. Although Britain did lose this particular theater, she went on to completely trounce the French and Dutch in such far off places as India and the Carribean. The Revolutionary War as we call it was but a part of what could be called one of the first global wars ever fought.
Links:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1321.html
http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/yrtnsieg.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562639/siege_of_yorktown.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown
Continental Infantry 7,290
Artillery 514
Cavalry 176
Total Continental Army 7,980
Militia 3,153
Total (non adjusted for effectives) 11,133
Non-effectives (sick)
absent
present
-1,000
-700
Total Effectives ('rounded figure') 9,500
FRENCH
Rochambeau's 4,000
St. Simon's 3,000
Army detachments [See note at bottom of page] 800
Naval personnel
abord ships, in
direct support. 1,000
Total 8,800
Excluding est 15,000 naval personnel
on ships that contributed to the overall
campaign.
TOTAL ALLIED FORCE 18,300
BRITISH
'Reported' army strength at start.
Includes German mercenaries. 8,885
Estimated naval personnel
directly supporting 840
Estimate naval personnel figure is
from number that surrendered to de Grasse.
Estimated British total at start 9,725
Estimated sick -1,500
TOTAL BRITISH FORCE 8,225
(The preceding is based upon data from Mark Mayo Boatner III Encyclopedia of the American Revolution (p.1248, Bicentenial Edition, NY, 1974).
It was THE victory of the American Revolutionary War. A combined French/Continental(American) army surrounded, besieged, and forced the surrender of a larger by most estimates British Army under Lord Cornwallis. The defeat sealed the fate of the British dominion over what would become the United States of America and lead directly to the Treaty of Paris.
One of the results of the French intervention was the bankrupting of the French Royal Treasury which was one of the reasons for the Revolution in France. Although Britain did lose this particular theater, she went on to completely trounce the French and Dutch in such far off places as India and the Carribean. The Revolutionary War as we call it was but a part of what could be called one of the first global wars ever fought.
Links:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1321.html
http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/yrtnsieg.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562639/siege_of_yorktown.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown
US Army aviation news..
US Army to demonstrate 'slaving' unmanned and manned helicopters:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/08/333232/us-army-to-demonstrate-slaving-unmanned-and-manned.html
US Army eyes STUAS drones for battalions:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/12/333234/us-army-eyes-stuas-drones-for-battalions.html
This sooooo cool! Think about this for just a moment: you can have a whole squadron of Apaches controlling some 4 UAV's apiece. Those UAV can be sent out in front of the Apaches, snooping around looking for the baddies while the Apache crews sit back and take their time selecting and prioritizing targets. Amazing. We don't put the crews into a bad situation and although the UAVs are not expendable by any means we cna afford to lose them and not have to send out condolances.
Also, it enables commanders all the way down to platoon or even squad level to have access instantly to information that otherwise would not be available. Man, had we had this technology during Tarawa or Normandy or dieppe think of the lives we could have saved on both sides.
Anyway, very cool stuff!
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/08/333232/us-army-to-demonstrate-slaving-unmanned-and-manned.html
US Army eyes STUAS drones for battalions:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/12/333234/us-army-eyes-stuas-drones-for-battalions.html
This sooooo cool! Think about this for just a moment: you can have a whole squadron of Apaches controlling some 4 UAV's apiece. Those UAV can be sent out in front of the Apaches, snooping around looking for the baddies while the Apache crews sit back and take their time selecting and prioritizing targets. Amazing. We don't put the crews into a bad situation and although the UAVs are not expendable by any means we cna afford to lose them and not have to send out condolances.
Also, it enables commanders all the way down to platoon or even squad level to have access instantly to information that otherwise would not be available. Man, had we had this technology during Tarawa or Normandy or dieppe think of the lives we could have saved on both sides.
Anyway, very cool stuff!
Friday, October 09, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Pat Condell strikes again!
Usually, I don't always agree with everything he says but this video is excellent and right on point!
Clergy are worse that parasites, especially those who live in far better conditions than the poorest of their flock. Jesus would not approve of these clergy who have ignored the lessons Christ was trying to teach.
Clergy are worse that parasites, especially those who live in far better conditions than the poorest of their flock. Jesus would not approve of these clergy who have ignored the lessons Christ was trying to teach.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
FedEx takes delivery of first 777F, but what's under the hood? - FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis
FedEx takes delivery of first 777F, but what's under the hood? - FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis
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Some pretty cool stuff and an even prettier paint job! More on the way, I am running behind on aerospace related stuff.
Posted using ShareThis
Some pretty cool stuff and an even prettier paint job! More on the way, I am running behind on aerospace related stuff.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Why I like soldiers....
No matter what, soldiers keep their eyes on the boobs, er I meant ball, and keep themselves on mission.
Most of the time.
Almost always.
Kinda.
Bless 'em!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Disabled Marine vet gives senator an earful!!
He says "Do you EVER intend to honor your oath to defend the constitution?" and the senator can only manage a weak "Yes".
Oooorah, you go Marine!!!
US Marine earns Navy Cross
Her is a real hero for you, a man who took a grenade to save his fellow Devildogs and lived to tell the tale!
Beats American Idol any day!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Forty years ago...
Forty years ago today we saw 500,000 people at Woodstock, indulging in freedom that they had no right to because they refused to serve to earn it. At the very same time, 109 Americans of all creeds and ethniticities were lost in combat in Vietnam.
THINK about that for a moment will you: 109 young, vibrant, healthy Americans saw all their tomorrows taken away. These young people were called up and went to serve their country, going to a country that needed us to keep the Communists from crushing a deeply flawed but vibrant country. These young people represented in microcosm the population of the time:
A full 92 percent were white (seven of whom had Spanish surnames) and 8 percent black. Some 67 percent were Protestants; 28 percent Catholic. A disproportionate number - more than one-third - hailed from the South. More than two-thirds were single; nearly one-third married. Not surprisingly, the vast majority (91 percent) were under the age of 30, with 78 percent between the ages of 18 and 22.
Yet no media outlet praised these patriots, however reluctant some of them may have been. Instead they praised a bunch of self-indulgent hippies who would go on to spit on our troops as they came home from the war. And these same media outlets continue their praising of Woodstock and at the same time refuse to even acknowledge the ongoing sacrifices of our troops.
Don't get me wrong, Woodstock was a phenomenal concert, with the likes of jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. I would have gone had I been old enough. But the point is that while these hippies partied and trashed the place, 109 of our finest died in a far away land and remain uncommerated by the media.
The same media that calls dissent against Obamacare un-American and calls the people who are doing that most American thing called voicing their opinion against something that event the politicians themselves know is wrong racists and nazis, the same media that demands we all submit to The One, refuses to even post good stories about our troops. I have a strange sense of deja-vu, as if the media is replying their treason of Vietnam all over again.
Remember, 40 years ago today 109 service people died in combat whilst a bunch of self-indulgent hippies had a big party. Note whom the media extolls and makes into heroes and whom they decide NOT to remember. Note and dissent accordingly.
Source:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/colleen-raezler/2009/08/12/vfw-woodstock-wasnt-only-thing-happening-40-years-ago
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.magDtl&dtl=1&mid=5144
THINK about that for a moment will you: 109 young, vibrant, healthy Americans saw all their tomorrows taken away. These young people were called up and went to serve their country, going to a country that needed us to keep the Communists from crushing a deeply flawed but vibrant country. These young people represented in microcosm the population of the time:
A full 92 percent were white (seven of whom had Spanish surnames) and 8 percent black. Some 67 percent were Protestants; 28 percent Catholic. A disproportionate number - more than one-third - hailed from the South. More than two-thirds were single; nearly one-third married. Not surprisingly, the vast majority (91 percent) were under the age of 30, with 78 percent between the ages of 18 and 22.
Yet no media outlet praised these patriots, however reluctant some of them may have been. Instead they praised a bunch of self-indulgent hippies who would go on to spit on our troops as they came home from the war. And these same media outlets continue their praising of Woodstock and at the same time refuse to even acknowledge the ongoing sacrifices of our troops.
Don't get me wrong, Woodstock was a phenomenal concert, with the likes of jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. I would have gone had I been old enough. But the point is that while these hippies partied and trashed the place, 109 of our finest died in a far away land and remain uncommerated by the media.
The same media that calls dissent against Obamacare un-American and calls the people who are doing that most American thing called voicing their opinion against something that event the politicians themselves know is wrong racists and nazis, the same media that demands we all submit to The One, refuses to even post good stories about our troops. I have a strange sense of deja-vu, as if the media is replying their treason of Vietnam all over again.
Remember, 40 years ago today 109 service people died in combat whilst a bunch of self-indulgent hippies had a big party. Note whom the media extolls and makes into heroes and whom they decide NOT to remember. Note and dissent accordingly.
Source:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/colleen-raezler/2009/08/12/vfw-woodstock-wasnt-only-thing-happening-40-years-ago
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.magDtl&dtl=1&mid=5144
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Apologists for evil
Another excellent video from Pat Condell, although many times I have disagreed with him politically but this time I agree with everything he says in this video! I like how he calls himself a blasphemer, cause I agree with that title. I also like him calling lefties "appeasement monkies"!!!!!!!
Excellent video from PJTV about Honduras
http://www.pjtv.com/video/Specials/SPECIAL_REPORT:_PJTV_Goes_to_Honduras_to_Find_Out_If_Obama_Insulted_an_Ally_%26_Strategic_Partner/2191/
Excellent stuff, what the liberal media will not tell us.
Excellent stuff, what the liberal media will not tell us.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Video special: Key events that took Apollo to the moon - space - 21 July 2009 - New Scientist
Video special: Key events that took Apollo to the moon - space - 21 July 2009 - New Scientist
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A must-see for all of you who are as passionate as I am about all things spaceflight!!!!
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A must-see for all of you who are as passionate as I am about all things spaceflight!!!!
Wow...the beauty of space
Very cool, having an office that high and with such a view. Bathroom breaks must be a bear though!
Monday, July 20, 2009
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