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July 2009

Who knew? Powerpoint somewhat lacking as a military decision tool Nifty slideshow of the “Wolfpack” in Nineveh Flexibility is the key to chaos Inside the USMC’s mulepacking course Good question: Where’s the Afghan National Army? Badass: Automatic, fully stabilized 25mm cannon in testing. H/T: Neptunus Lex (which you should be reading every day)

…they can still throw together a great fly-by. Combat employment of the same assets? Dubious. –John Noonan

I’m completely flabbergasted by this CIA program that the spooks supposedly lied to Congress about for the last eight years. Apparently the program was initiated after 9/11, but the critics are still mum on what the nature of the program was. Now I want a little speculating here. Our boy Bryant Jordan says he heard […]

It has been lauded by the New York Times as the best action movie of the summer. The New Yorker calls it quite a feat. A classic that will be studied 20 years from now. And Time gushes that its a near perfect movie. Makes me wonder if any of those reviewers even know what […]

Just to clear up some confusion with some readers of yesterday’s camo post (“forested vales of eastern Afghanistan.– lost ma (sic) right here..”). OK, so, maybe the word “vales” wasn’t technically right since Afghanistan might not have limestone cliffs. But according to the definition online: “a long depression in the surface of the land that […]