The Gun Line MkIII

11 September 2001, 0905 EST United Airlines Flight 175 59 souls aboard… World Trade Center South Tower… 2,604 lives were lost, with 24 souls listed as missing. “In resquat pace…”

11 September 2001, 0846 EST American Airlines Flight 11 87 souls aboard… World Trade Center North Tower… 2,604 lives were lost, with 24 souls listed as missing. “In resquat pace…”

Memorial Day…  A day to remember those who have gone before. Particularly poignant here in Iraq.  It’s never too far from my mind, the fact that we have lost brothers and sisters on this very post.  Having been here for the better part of a year, and being the curious soul that I am, I [...]

Not long after I put out the word, they began to arrive…  Flags… This is the very first of YOUR flags that we flew over the Bonecrusher Command Post. (Please excuse the black squares, they are called “redactions”, and they protect the identities of the three NCOs of the Color Detail – they are active [...]

Sing it my brother…  Sing it to everybody…

I’m keeping this post on top… I moved this to its own page, “Operation Colors”, on the sidebar. A need has been identified… The funny thing is that I sent a request for help to The Armorer before posting on my own site…  If you need something one, you go to the biggest source you [...]

Waaay back in the beginning, there was a lady who went by the nomme de blog “Fuzzybear Lioness”… Fuzzybear Lioness was a diminutive school music teacher who was having a tough time of things, but still found time to try to understand the mindset of warriors.  She solicited insight from such notables as Neptunus Lex [...]