tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63220652012-01-23T22:18:22.846-06:00Thoughts on the military and military activities of a diverse nature. Free-ranging and eclectic.Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.comBlogger18081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-8520056463981970842008-11-13T06:36:00.002-06:002009-08-13T22:06:17.873-05:00

Nice Military Photos below:http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/cool.pics.military.3.htmNice Tribute to Veterans below:http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1587668847362&source=jl99

Craig Hullingernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-33061041720605902792008-11-13T06:26:00.001-06:002008-11-13T06:27:51.806-06:00

Nice Military Photos below:http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/cool.pics.military.3.htmNice Tribute to Veterans below:http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1587668847362&source=jl99

Craig Hullingernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-59201402170966240402008-09-01T13:16:00.003-05:002008-10-26T14:38:23.365-05:00

This is coolbert: The End!!Friends, devoted readers, comrades-in-arms!This particular blog of mine, Military Thoughts, is coming to an end.NOT an end, however, to blogging on my part.I have already begun a new and better blog. This one entitled Military Analysis.Same blogger, but new format, new template, what they call it, new gadgets, what they call them, etc.Newer and hopefully better.Please

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-76716058606339120852008-08-23T10:43:00.005-05:002008-10-26T14:38:59.499-05:00

Weapons and Human EvolutionWeapons are very important to human evolution. Recent DNA findings prove the point.MTDNA - DNA that passes from mother to child, indicates that every human alive is descended from one woman who lived about 150,000 years ago in Africa. But the Y Chromosome, that passes from father to son, indicates that every human alive descended from one man who lived about 60,000

Craig Hullingernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-12856862734620366462008-08-20T22:52:00.004-05:002009-05-10T21:19:04.835-05:00

This is coolbert:Here is a whole series of extracts from the blog Cuban Colada concerning the proposed and suggested renewed use of Cuban soil for Russian military adventures. Primarily refueling of long-range aviation assets of the Russian Air Force. Bomber aircraft of the "Bear" and "Blackjack persuasion."Izvestia (sort of) recants tale of bombers""The Russian newspaper Izvestia reluctantly

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-24740568853390742192008-08-18T14:35:00.005-05:002009-05-10T21:18:11.140-05:00

This is coolbert:From a Chicago Tribune op-ed piece dated this last Friday."Another Russian thrust""Fifteen years after a breakup that ended with both parties reeling, Cuba and Russia are rediscovering that old magic - - the heady satisfaction that comes from keeping American's defense warriors up at night."The Russian military is contemplating a return to the bad-old-days? A resurgent and

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-16705400723861255622008-08-17T20:34:00.009-05:002009-05-10T21:17:25.072-05:00

This is coolbert:Here are excerpts from an Israeli source - - a quick and dirty analysis of the conflict currently taking place between Russia and Georgia."The Russian-Georgian War: Implications for the Middle East"By Ariel Cohen."Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security at The Heritage Foundation."Thanks to the Institute for

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-74882499822563783332008-08-13T22:55:00.003-05:002008-10-30T07:55:46.254-05:00

This is coolbert: "Harry [Truman], what the hell are you doing campaigning for that crippled son-of-a-bitch that killed my son Joe?" - - Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.Sixty-four years ago yesterday, Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., naval aviator, met his untimely death in the skies over England.Flying a B-24 Liberator bomber, on a TOP SECRET experimental mission, the details of which were not made public

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-63010591656694288022008-08-13T21:36:00.005-05:002008-10-30T07:56:57.416-05:00

This is coolbert:Here is a big break in the war on terror?Again, being handled as a mere criminal case?"Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence"From only yesterday, when this woman was arraigned? "August 12, 2008".Aafia Siddique. Woman Al Qaeda operative [alleged], captured in Afghan, brought to the U.S. This woman is a legal U.S. resident, with American born

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-24982104118322501172008-08-13T21:12:00.002-05:002008-11-11T19:24:25.689-06:00

This is coolbert: Allied and German forces both during World War Two [WW2] extensively employed gliders for their airborne operations. Glider-borne troops, following an initial parachute assault would bring reinforcement, supplies, heavier weapons, etc. right to the target consolidated in a unit, intact! A big advantage over parachute drops, which had a bad habit of dispersing paratroopers over a

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-3008813164140838252008-08-11T20:30:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:25:15.839-06:00

This is coolbert:Here is an example of independent parallel design and development?First, the American C-82 Packet. "The C-82 Packet was a twin-engine, twin-boom cargo aircraft used briefly by the United States Army Air Forces following World War II."And the German Gotha Go 242. "The Gotha Go 242 was a transport glider used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.""The Go 242 was designed by Albert

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-25579493257140285692008-08-11T19:47:00.004-05:002008-11-11T19:26:13.497-06:00

This is coolbert:From a comment to the blog:"I've always been surprised that militaries don't use gliders anymore . . . they seem cheap to make. I am sure they could be built of "stealth" materials making them even harder to detect . . . When you jump out of a plane as a paratrooper, you are limited in the amount of stuff you can carry . . . I don't see why unmanned gliders that are remotely

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-19412840311316547092008-08-09T22:30:00.005-05:002008-11-11T19:27:21.268-06:00

This is coolbert: "Germania rules!" - - Bert.Originally my favorite military glider from the World War Two [WW2] era, to be resurrected and used by the American military for special operations type missions was the British Horsa. Able to accommodate a platoon of troops in one aircraft, hopefully with each man carrying his fighting load.As an alternative, the German WW2 military glider, the Go 242

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-28674691540388462372008-08-09T21:52:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:29:54.910-06:00

This is coolbert: [please see my previous blog entry on the subject of military gliders.]Here is an English chap who is thinking along the same lines as I am. At least with regard to military gliders. Resurrection of a concept [military gliders], that was thought be gone in the same manner as the Dodo!!"Lord Gilbert, defence minister of state formally responsible for intelligence during the

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-42288362729708070732008-08-08T20:56:00.004-05:002008-11-11T19:29:18.401-06:00

This is coolbert: Again, from the Chicago Tribune today:"Al Qaeda ex-driver's sentence: 5 1/2 years""GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - - A military jury imposed a surprisingly lenient sentence of 5 1/2 years on Osama bin Laden's former driver Thursday for a war crime that could have brought him a life term.""The sentence - - all of but about 4 months of which has been served by Salim Hamdan - - appeared to

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-52241039725281122042008-08-08T07:42:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:30:50.537-06:00

This is coolbert:From the Chicago Tribune today:"MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. - - The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching missile attacks from the safety to Southern California 7,000 miles away, are suffering some of the same psychological stresses as their comrades on the battlefield.""Working in air-conditioned trailers, Predator pilots .

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-37363626142618815832008-08-07T01:21:00.007-05:002008-11-11T19:31:52.197-06:00

This is coolbert:Here is the final word on rocket artillery as employed from submarines during World War Two [WW2]."The U-Boat Rocket Program""America's entry into WW2 prompted a discussion among German strategists seeking ways to strike the American mainland." "Various methods were available at that time" [American entry into WW2]. Methods to include:* "saboteurs by U-Boat" German saboteurs were

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-82100892530052447492008-08-07T01:11:00.001-05:002008-11-11T19:33:31.328-06:00

This is coolbert:Thanks here to KTB "Sharkhunters" from Harry:The development by the German to fire rocket artillery from submarines came about as the result of:"a conversation between Dr. Ernst Steinhoff, an engineer at the Penemunde rocket development facility, and his brother, Korvettenkapitan Fritz Steinhoff, Kommandant of U-511." The ultimate fate of Fritz was grim. Indeed, very grim.

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-79964971355389259242008-08-05T20:46:00.008-05:002010-06-21T18:50:46.338-05:00

This is coolbert:Persons desiring employment as a TSA baggage screener or a U.S. Border Patrol agent will be expected to submit to a rigorous back ground check prior to obtaining a security clearance. A background check relying heavily upon source documents more or less provided by the applicant.A lot [?] of emphasis is placed on determining, with a high degree of certainty, a valid

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-58270904088986618572008-08-04T22:06:00.003-05:002008-11-11T19:35:48.563-06:00

This is coolbert: “I have done nothing seriously wrong!! I am just a small fry! I was just obeying orders! Why are you persecuting me?”From the Chicago Tribune today:“Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - - “The case against Salim Hamdan - - Osama bin Laden’s former driver - - goes to the jury Monday”“Military jury weighs 1st Gitmo Verdict”We wait, with baited breath, for the verdict to be rendered in the

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-269878226105726582008-08-03T09:05:00.006-05:002008-11-11T19:37:17.847-06:00

This is coolbert: "Darkest of nightWith the moon shinin' brightThere's a set goin' strongLotta things goin' on" - - "Superfly"With regard to the German "desire" to bombard American cities during the Second World War:3. Rockets?"German engineers were also exploring the possibility of a rocket launched from a submarine. Allied photo reconnaissance over the coast of . . . Norway had, in fact,

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-37196300749115850782008-08-03T08:00:00.007-05:002008-11-11T19:38:20.782-06:00

This is coolbert: As the Second World War progressed, the German did develop a desire to bombard the American "homeland". Give back in measure and respond in kind to what the allied strategic bomber force was doing to the cities of Germany. The German was developing [and only that], weapons that did have, on paper, a capability for long-range attack on American cities, albeit almost exclusively

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-30287707298659876772008-08-02T13:29:00.003-05:002008-11-11T19:39:28.514-06:00

This is coolbert:"They don't shoot as well - - they don't swim as well - - they don't follow a course on the ground from a map as well!!" - - General Mundy, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps."They!!"These famous words were part of a exchange between General Mundy and a reporter for the television program "Sixty Minutes". This occurring some years ago now.General Mundy was specifically being

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-17342452780037158962008-07-31T18:24:00.004-05:002008-11-11T19:40:23.482-06:00

This is coolbert:Intel Flash!! Hot off the presses. Thanks here to K. Timmerman, through NewsMax.Here is the type of alarmist headline that causes undue headaches? Catches your attention with speculation - - that nonetheless - - does raise questions?"U.S. Intel: Iran Plans Nuclear Strike on U.S."Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:00 AMBy: Kenneth R. Timmerman"One group of tests [recent Iranian missile

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-75595108093439876562008-07-30T20:46:00.006-05:002010-03-27T19:07:25.965-05:00

This is coolbert:Here, from an English source, a description of problems, deficiencies, difficulties, etc., as found with the SA80 assault rifle. Currently, and for over twenty years now, the basic personal weapon issued to the common British soldier.IT IS NOT ONLY IN COMBAT THAT WEAPONS AND WEAPONS SYSTEMS CAN BE FOUND TO BE FLAWED TO A DEGREE THAT PUTS THE USER IN SERIOUS RISK!!As originally

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-5572004452989052842008-07-29T21:59:00.003-05:002010-03-13T07:57:43.414-06:00

This is coolbert:"Chatfield, there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." - - Beatty at Jutland - - 1916.There was something wrong with the “bloody ships” under the command of Beatty at Jutland [1916]. Weaknesses, made manifest only DURING COMBAT, led to the repeated destruction of British combat vessels.“Flash”, from the detonation of a German naval shell penetrating the roof

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-44478195441358278452008-07-28T18:42:00.004-05:002010-03-27T19:08:50.724-05:00

This is coolbert:It is sometimes only during the rigors and exigencies of combat that deficiencies, faults, problems with weapons and weapons systems can be found? Weapons and weapons systems that work very well in development, testing, training, field exercises, etc., often exhibit serious flaws, unexpected and inherent failure and doing so ONLY during battle conditions! Much to the chagrin of

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-52314426049098869112008-07-26T13:19:00.006-05:002010-06-21T18:46:58.624-05:00

This is coolbert:I think that most folks would generally agree that the U.S. Border Patrol has ALWAYS played a role with regard to national security. Since 9/11 and WTC, a role that has become greatly enhanced, now of vital importance. A first line defense against terrorists hoping to infiltrate the U.S. and create mayhem in the homeland that we all hope to avoid.Aggressive recruiting is

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-2757102127848585122008-07-25T23:25:00.003-05:002008-11-12T21:43:10.629-06:00

This is coolbert. Thanks here to the Jerusalem Post."Hizbullah convoy likely hit in Iran""A mysterious explosion in a suburb of Teheran that killed 15 people last Saturday was likely an attack on a Iranian military convoy carrying arms to Hizbullah, the Telegraph reported Friday." "Last Saturday's incident was the latest in a series of mysterious explosions in the Islamic republic.": * "In May

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-68508916298171056052008-07-24T18:50:00.005-05:002010-06-21T18:45:15.551-05:00

This is coolbert:The question has been asked: "Would Obama pass a security check for terrorist connections, and qualify to work as an airport screener?"I suppose the best answer is - - it depends!It comes as a surprise - - even in the aftermath of 9/11 and WTC - - that TSA baggage screeners, airport baggage handling clerks, persons whose role it is to clean airplanes on the tarmac, are now in the

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-30039099206891121242008-07-23T19:03:00.005-05:002010-04-14T22:07:19.328-05:00

This is coolbert:Excerpts from " The Evolution of Cooperation " by Robert Axelrod"The Live-and-Let-Live System in Trench Warfare in World War I"[here is a description, thanks to Robert Axelrod, of how the phenomenon of the trench raid came to be!!]During the early stages of what become known as the GREAT WAR [World War One], those soldiers actually occupying the trenches, enlisted and officers,

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-14943050109604721842008-07-21T13:43:00.004-05:002008-11-12T21:47:17.084-06:00

This is coolbert:From a comment to the blog concerning the fate of the HMS Sheffield during the Falkland Islands War:"The modern anti-ship cruise missile is more than adequate for the task of rendering large, important ships useless hulks. I was only a kid, but I remember what an Argentine Exocet did to the HMS Sheffield. It didn't need to be sunk to be put out of action permanantly."When the

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-37242996320982612362008-07-19T14:10:00.004-05:002010-03-27T19:18:00.492-05:00

This is coolbert:"I am bringing a distant nation against you—an ancient and enduring nation,a people whose language you do not know,whose speech you do not understand."16 "Their quivers are like an open grave;all of them are mighty warriors." - - Jeremiah 5:15"No rest, peace for MDC members"The MDC, Zimbabwean opposition to the despotic dictator Robert Mugabe, now find themselves under attack by

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-2353311226250390362008-07-18T21:23:00.002-05:002008-11-12T21:49:11.551-06:00

This is coolbert: The aerial torpedo?Please recall the amazing and astounding and counter-intuitive concept of super-cavitation.[counter-intuitive in that when a certain high rate of speed underwater is achieved, drag becomes almost non-existent.]A concept incorporated into the design of German World War Two [WW2] anti-ship glide bomb technology [Hs 293 and Hs 294]."the Henschel Hs 293 and the

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-78695024000294192072008-07-16T21:15:00.002-05:002008-11-12T21:50:15.047-06:00

This is coolbert: During both World War One [WW1] and World War Two [WW2], the U.S. Navy did have a very distinguished record of successfully conveying, almost without loss, troops into combat areas via troops ships.When you think of the MILLIONS of troops transported across the Atlantic alone during WW1 and WW2, ALMOST none being lost to hostile action, this was a stellar achievement on the part

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-42724415284567744382008-07-14T20:45:00.007-05:002008-11-12T21:53:03.678-06:00

This is coolbert: From the wiki entry on Long Tan:"The Australian soldiers were carrying a light load, approximately five magazines, and after nearly three hours of combat ran low on ammunition . . ."Australian troops at the time carried the FN FAL rifle. Fired a 7.62 mm NATO round. A normal combat load would consist of five magazines, all loaded, one in the rifle and four carried in two ammo

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-18920649287889676162008-07-14T14:12:00.003-05:002008-11-12T21:54:00.160-06:00

This is coolbert: Thanks here to Newsmax. "Russian Warships to Patrol Arctic Again " Monday, July 14, 2008 12:30 PM"MOSCOW -- Russia announced Monday that it is sending warships to patrol Arctic waters for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union - - the latest move to increase the country's global military presence.""Patrols by the Northern Fleet's Severomorsk submarine

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-11366380851359368312008-07-13T17:55:00.006-05:002008-11-12T21:54:58.846-06:00

This is coolbert: Leon Degrelle is not correct when he says that the German Waffen SS in World War Two [WW2] constituted the first Pan-European military army? Napoleon too, was able to muster, at his command, a Pan-European force, but over 100 years earlier [1812]. A response to the realization that an enormous number of troops would be required to bring the war with Russia to a successful

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-51093647306658478642008-07-12T21:27:00.004-05:002008-11-12T21:56:03.823-06:00

This is coolbert:Thanks here to Harry at KBT Sharkhunters:"Our S.E.I.G. Agent MARCONI is a radio intercept 'Spook' and sends this":"'I have come across some very interesting monitorings of our radio group, which seem to point to a revival in the old Cold War . . . Initial analysis points to a jamming (from a Russian source) of various HF (Short Wave) frequencies used by the USAF for

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-53485268817081306502008-07-11T19:11:00.004-05:002008-11-12T21:56:59.990-06:00

This is coolbert:From the Chicago Tribune Metro section, yesterday:“2-year term in O’Hare smuggling plot."“Man took money to skirt security."“A former worker at O’Hare International Airport who pocketed payoffs to help smuggle cash and military equipment out of the country was sentenced Wednesday to 2 years in Prison.”“[Riad Skaff, 69] pleaded guilty last year to bypassing security at O’Hare on

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-21015214813884622602008-07-10T19:23:00.006-05:002008-11-12T21:57:51.565-06:00

This is coolbert: "Hard in training, easy in battle!!" - - motto of the Romans!!Here concerning the course that British Special Air Services [SAS] prospective candidates go through as part of their selection process:"United Kingdom Special Forces Selection"A selection process which includes:"Combat survival and Resistance to Interrogation" (4 weeks)Live off the land - - behind enemy lines - -

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-41433817801633084272008-07-08T22:56:00.007-05:002008-11-12T21:58:38.684-06:00

This is coolbert: Here, in a nutshell, are the various nations and agencies [military/intelligence/secret service/security/police] that have employed enhanced interrogation techniques ["the methods"] since the time of World War Two [WW2].NOT torture as generally, ordinarily, and commonly understood? NO breaking of the fingers in both hand, pulling out of teeth or fingernails, NO red-hot ramrod

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-7487219602221499932008-07-08T22:21:00.006-05:002008-11-12T21:59:25.767-06:00

This is coolbert: " Who dares - - wins!!" [motto of the SAS]It CANNOT be said that the young men of the British aristocracy shirk their duties to GOD, Queen, and country, whether in time of peace or war.Sometimes, volunteering for THE MOST dangerous and difficult of military duty, regardless of risk to life and limb. Joining and serving in the British Special Air Services [SAS] regiment. That

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-55384744242262752672008-07-07T20:05:00.007-05:002008-11-12T22:00:05.518-06:00

This is coolbert: Simon."Mann sentenced for E Guinea plot" Here is an English bloke who is in deep doo-doo.Doo-doo = shit/crap/merde'!Simon Mann. British special operations veteran and "mercenary who has found himself, at age 56, in a situation for which their is no possible good outcome."Simon Mann (born 26 June 1952) is a security expert, mercenary and former British Army officer, and South

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-81000541610718328842008-07-07T13:36:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:01:05.326-06:00

This is coolbert:From a comment to the blog by JS Bolton:"I read that the brainwashing in the narrow sense was to be ascertained as having been successful, if the subject when freed after having made published 'confessions', still refused to recant them.Applying this to McCain, say: has he fully recanted his published statements made in captivity, and would he do so today if required to answer on

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-89557616036642975142008-07-06T13:37:00.006-05:002008-11-12T22:01:58.352-06:00

This is coolbert: From my previous blog entry concerning the interrogation "methods" used in Gitmo as based upon what occurred to American POW's in Korea:"What the trainers did not say, and may not have known, was that their chart had been copied verbatim from a 1957 Air Force [U.S.] study of Chinese communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-55343315042450706662008-07-05T21:03:00.006-05:002008-11-12T22:03:06.687-06:00

This is coolbert: "lieutenants think tactics, generals think logistics!!"Sixty years ago now, the Berlin Airlift had commenced.A crisis with profound ramifications:* The first battle of the Cold War!* An end to whatever lingering animus still existed between the occupying Allied powers and those German nationals living under their [allies] control!!"an·i·mus - – noun 1. strong dislike or enmity;

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-73020709633344373862008-07-03T19:58:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:03:55.936-06:00

This is coolbert: From the Chicago Tribune yesterday:"Expert reveals origins of Gitmo tactics.""Washington - - The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of 'Coercive Management Techniques' for possible use on prisoners, including 'Sleep Deprivation,' 'Prolonged Constraint' and 'Exposure'.""What the trainers

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-45033737224630512652008-07-02T22:47:00.004-05:002009-12-15T21:21:59.898-06:00

This is coolbert:This item catches my attention immediately:From the Chicago Tribune:Across the Nation:"Writer claims to have killed soldier""Fayetteville, N.C. - - A pregnant soldier [Spec. Megan Touma, 23 a soldier at Ft. Bragg] lay in dead in the bathtub. Reportedly scrawled on the motel-room mirror in lipstick was a cross hair design - - the same symbol contained in a letter that arrived a

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-3744458403168596112008-07-02T21:47:00.003-05:002010-05-22T23:56:36.457-05:00

This is coolbert:Thanks here to the Chicago Tribune:"French army chief quits after shootings""Paris - - France's army chief resigned Tuesday following a weekend military show in which 16 people were shot and wounded when real bullets were used instead of blanks""The soldier who fired the bullets was handed preliminary charges for involuntary injury . . . The 28-year-old had been taken into

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-55987596683294749332008-07-02T21:04:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:06:54.888-06:00

This is coolbert:See my previous blog entry on the FARC.And then read:"Colombia's Stunning Hostage Rescue"All the experts are in agreement about this one. The highest of the high value hostages in the hands of the Colombian FARC have been rescued, and done in a manner worthy of Hollywood or James Bond.This is really big. A loss for the FARC that only further indicates that the once hitherto

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-47976756911411254362008-06-30T18:54:00.004-05:002008-11-12T22:07:39.237-06:00

This is coolbert:"lieutenants think tactics, generals think logistics!!"Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters being interviewed on the Michael Medved radio talk show this afternoon.Peters is a regular guest on the talk show and usually makes some startling and pretty much right on comments. Ralph now acts as an advisor to John McCain!Peters makes this assertion:The main supply route [MSR] for the

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-65202796409900306042008-06-29T09:31:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:08:24.146-06:00

This is coolbert:John McCain has received a very surprising endorsement in his bid for the Presidency?'When John McCain was my captive' Tran Trong Duyet - - the warden of the North Vietnamese prison where John McCain sojourned during the Vietnam War, is now retired and gives McCain high marks. Tran would vote for McCain if he could?"If I was American, I would vote for him." "He is a very frank

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-85362823289456083802008-06-28T22:07:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:09:09.558-06:00

This is coolbert: Some devoted readers will be of course familiar with the theory, recently popularized, "Six degrees of separation""Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person he or she knows and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people he or she knows, then everyone is an average of six "steps" away from each person

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-3727838168793567902008-06-25T18:32:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:09:54.283-06:00

This is coolbert: James Stockdale, Admiral USN, was chosen as the running mate by Ross Perot during the 1992 Presidential campaign. Would have been Vice-President if Perot had won!Stockdale did participate in the Vice-Presidential debate with Al Gore and Dan Quayle. A televised debate that did not go favorably for Stockdale. A somewhat negative impression was created of the Admiral."Stockdale

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-44903028480255573192008-06-23T18:40:00.008-05:002008-11-12T22:11:38.382-06:00

This is coolbert: Did NOT hear back from the Medal of Honor Society or Lord Ashcroft either. Inquiring of the former if any American soldier has ever been awarded the MoH upon the recommendation of the enemy. Inquiring of the latter as to the status of Sergeant Durrant. Englishman who won the Victoria Cross [VC], analogous to the MoH, also upon the recommendation of the enemy [three Britishers

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-36283480026281315792008-06-22T19:44:00.009-05:002008-11-12T22:12:06.119-06:00

This is coolbert: Back to Fleet Admiral King. "Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King . . . during World War II . . . He was the U.S. Navy's second most senior officer . . . and the second admiral to be promoted to five star rank"Please read carefully the entry under the picture accompanying the wiki entry for King. "Note non-regulation handkerchief in breast pocket"The handkerchief in the left breast

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-84163867371113711042008-06-22T19:06:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:12:56.200-06:00

This is coolbert: Here is a headline that catches the attention right away. At least for me it does. From Front Page magazine."The Fifth Generation Warfare" "a global ideological and political movement supported by a parallel "Islamic" financial system to exploit and undermine Western economies and markets." "Shari'a finance is a new weapon in the arsenal of what might be termed fifth-generation

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-91944292295813397132008-06-19T19:22:00.007-05:002008-11-12T22:13:38.197-06:00

This is coolbert: Found this by accident. A military man expounding his beliefs in such a manner today would not be tolerated?? Would be quickly cashiered from the military with all due speed!!??"ca·shier - - tr.v. - - ca·shiered, ca·shier·ing, ca·shiers To dismiss from a position of command or responsibility, especially for disciplinary reasons."We are speaking here of Ernest J. King. Fleet

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-88524924978508426992008-06-18T21:36:00.001-05:002008-11-12T22:14:31.435-06:00

This is coolbert: It was known by many names:* Mid-Atlantic Gap. * Atlantic Gap. * Air Gap. * The Greenland Gap.* The Black Pit.* Or simply, “The Gap”!"The Mid-Atlantic Gap, Atlantic Gap, Air Gap, Greenland Gap or just the Gap during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II was the gap in coverage by land-based anti-submarine aircraft from Britain, Newfoundland and Iceland. This resulted in

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-15004445379853576952008-06-18T21:01:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:15:22.433-06:00

This is coolbert: From the Chicago Tribune today:The op-ed page, Editorial:“Iraq and the next president”An unprecedented op-ed piece in the Chicago Tribune today? I have never seen such a thing before. The year in Iraq subsequent to the “surge”! What has been done? Success is at hand when before it was felt the situation was dire?“The Big Picture?. . . There are tremendously encouraging signs,

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-69883789094295609042008-06-16T18:49:00.008-05:002008-11-12T22:16:11.867-06:00

This is coolbert: "Long Tan - - What Happened?""a heroic victory at the Long Tan rubber plantation made headlines across Australia and America. A newspaper editorial even said:""it ranks with some of the great stands in military history." "The Americans subsequently awarded the company the Presidential Unit Citation for 'extraordinary heroism in operations against an opposing armed force.'" "The

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-56778229230938878372008-06-14T22:25:00.004-05:002008-11-12T21:52:08.715-06:00

This is coolbert: "The diggers motivation to fight"[Australian soldiers are referred to as "diggers". Supposedly a reference to the entrenching that took place at Gallipoli [digging in!]! But a term historically much older, referring to miners from the 1850's? "The widespread use of the term came to the forefront during the First World War. During this time the word 'mate' became synonymous

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-15181007812442966052008-06-13T19:09:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:17:08.702-06:00

This is coolbert: "Zero hour nine a.m.And I'm gonna be high as a kite by thenI miss the earth so much I miss my wifeIt's lonely out in spaceOn such a timeless flight" - - "Rocket Man" - - Elton John!!From the Chicago Tribune today:“Jet suit not just flight of fancy”“The twin-engine bird man suit . . . is just one of the futurist concepts emerging from the 19th Century brick workshops of inventor

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-37999500316216155582008-06-13T19:02:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:18:21.473-06:00

This is coolbert:From my blog entry on Zeebrugge and St. Nazaire:“Both at Zeebrugge and St. Nazaire, British casualties were very high, even catastrophic [??]! One must always balance, in the aftermath, the gains with the losses. THE VERY NATURE OF THESE SPECIAL OPERATIONS MISSIONS USUALLY ENTAILS HEAVY LOSS!!”Gains versus the losses. That is the question here. Conventional military officers of

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-72963388129270210052008-06-13T18:45:00.004-05:002008-11-12T22:19:05.134-06:00

This is coolbert: Here is the British naval officer who conceived [?] and led the Zeebrugge raider naval task force."he planned and led the famous 1918 raids on the German submarine pens in the Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend"The Baron Admiral Sir Roger Keyes.A distinguished naval fighting officer whose entire career seemed to prepare him for unconventional, special operations missions. [

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-21705596008583544202008-06-12T19:51:00.008-05:002008-11-12T22:20:11.261-06:00

This is coolbert: That Chinese naval base on Hainan Island is high on the planning agenda for the operations staff of the U.S. Navy?A port facility designed to service and protect Chinese submarines, including those of the nuclear variety, must be a prime and major target for American forces in case of conflict with China. Neutralization or destruction will be A MUST!Of particular concern must be

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-28155042715434014692008-06-10T20:29:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:21:19.229-06:00

This is coolbert: Catharsis!"it will be less a campaign than a hunt." - - Jalisco federal commander General Jesús Ferreira [Cristero War]."a bloodless blitzkrieg, that would not last any longer than December 20 [this on December 11]." - - Grachev [Russian Minister of Defense prior to the First Chechen War]"Experts", speaking in a casual, self-assured manner, turning out to be "dead" wrong!! A

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-9191598299475513382008-06-08T13:47:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:22:14.457-06:00

This is coolbert: Continuing with extracts from the Victor Suvorov ArtofWar [?] web site:"Professionals Of The War - - Caravans". By Sergey Shumskikh [Sergey was a lieutenant in a Soviet Spetsnaz unit? Patrolling along the border between Pakistan and Afghan. Ambushing caravans [pack animals], carrying war munitions to the Afghan guerrilla fighters.]"Our main task was not allowing caravans, from

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-83977058569666296492008-06-08T13:32:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:23:08.292-06:00

This is coolbert: Motto of the Siberians - - "Siberians do not surrender, and do not take prisoners". During the Afghan War, the Soviet Army suffered about 20,000 battlefield casualties and also about 300,000 non-battlefield casualties!! That latter figure, casualties from non-combat sources, is just astounding. My intuitive response is that this was primarily hepatitis from drinking bad

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-67873563008392023682008-06-07T09:08:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:24:12.923-06:00

This is coolbert: See this web site. Very good stuff. Endless source of material not obtainable anywhere else?Cathartic writings of Russian participants from the Afghan and Chechen wars. Non-fiction, poetry, history, prose. Translated in some measure from the Russian to English. An Internet site promoted and sponsored by the Soviet era defector, Suvorov?"ca·thar·sis [cathartic] 1. the purging

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-91114335204312227202008-06-05T19:08:00.006-05:002008-11-12T22:25:00.161-06:00

This is coolbert: [click on all images to see a larger picture!]"Threat: The Home Secretary in the fictitious cabinet is also an alien"England is under attack. By an alien force. Evil doers who can impersonate a human. These are the Skrull. Green-skinned extraterrestrials [lizards?] who have intentions toward the human race that are not benign!! [this theme is taken from an episode of Dr. Who??]"

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-14047707207548464172008-06-02T19:14:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:25:52.368-06:00

This is coolbert: Visit this web site and read the interesting history of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal:"Rocky Mountain Arsenal History"An arsenal for the U.S. military, first constructed in 1942 as part of a crash program to manufacture chemical munitions and incendiary weaponry for the war effort."Many factors led to choosing the Arsenal's location." To include:* "a place far removed from any

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-2201585222920864012008-05-31T19:37:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:27:02.033-06:00

This is coolbert: In a previous blog entry, I had discussed the use of gliders as a transport for ranger/commando troops employed in a very-long-range special operations type mission. A mission where the use of helicopters would NOT be possible, for a variety of reasons [range, stealth, etc.].In the modern military, the glider has been rendered obsolete by the use of the helicopter? The latter

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-26850432957672407422008-05-31T18:45:00.006-05:002008-11-12T22:28:05.894-06:00

This is coolbert: "how the world has changed" - - Bert.Another member of the British royal family is doing his bit for GOD and Queen. Prince William.An eight week stint of service aboard the British naval vessel, HMS Iron Duke."William's Navy posting revealed""HMS Iron Duke (F234) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy, and the third ship to bear the name. Iron Duke was launched on 2 March 1991"

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-37637427413583330002008-05-30T19:26:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:29:18.459-06:00

This is coolbert:“his tongue shall be cut out, and his face branded with the rune of Loki!!" From the Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2008:More on the motives of the liar/prevaricator/military impostor/poseur’/fake war hero.The Legion of Valor. A private, nation-wide organization [club], membership limited to those persons who have been awarded:* Medal of Honor.* Navy Cross.* Air Force Cross.*

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-89993179733728246802008-05-28T20:16:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:30:40.114-06:00

This is coolbert: "Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war ..." - - Napoleon."'Nice chap, no General.' - - General Bernard Law Montgomery on his first impressions of American General Dwight D. Eisenhower"Here is the man credited with

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-57823334106303197222008-05-26T09:50:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:31:33.855-06:00

This is coolbert: Please read this incredible stuff from the Daniel Pipes weblog:Recent incidents [the known ones] where men dressing in women's Islamic dress committed crimes or acts of war. Just like what occurred in Philadelphia just a week or so ago now. [the thugs in Philly were evidently wearing silver sunglasses over their eyes. EVEN THE EYE SLIT FOR THE FACE MASK WAS COVERED, ALBEIT WITH

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-63342487996514948462008-05-25T20:34:00.007-05:002008-11-12T22:32:45.548-06:00

This is k’oolbert: "Do you know why we are so strong? Because we are a unit, each of us is part of the greater whole, always under surveillance, even a Commander such as myself. Always under surveillance." - - Commander Kor of the Klingon Empire, as related to Captain Kirk of the Federation.From a comment to the blog by JS Bolton:"This is very alarming that the FBI and CIA would employ people [

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-15618554020002313652008-05-25T19:30:00.006-05:002008-11-12T22:33:40.478-06:00

This is coolbert: Thanks here to the BBC."Leader's death harsh blow to Farc" "The legendary leader and founder of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) is dead."Pedro Marin, the real name of 'Manuel Marulanda' [nom de guerre]!Unexpectedly, the most numerous, vicious, and effective guerrilla insurgency in all the world [??], has had some serious set-backs. The very top command echelon

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-60645477532345643542008-05-24T16:42:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:34:22.763-06:00

This is coolbert:Please check out the latest TOP SECRET intelligence [not really] of a nature that not so long ago was once available ONLY to the highest governmental echelons of the United States and the Soviet Union.Here courtesy of KTB Sharkhunters. [thanks as always to Harry!]Satellite photos of Chinese naval base [Hainan], seem to indicate an ability on the part of the Chinese to hide

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-32407842436850203382008-05-23T19:50:00.004-05:002008-11-12T22:35:15.896-06:00

This is coolbert: Here is a training technique as instituted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.Quick Kill. A method of point shooting designed to be used by those wielding the M-16 rifle as carried by the infantryman of the Vietnam era."Point Shooting is a method of shooting a firearm that relies on a shooter's instinctive reactions and kinematics to quickly engage close targets. Point

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-42015452266822489132008-05-21T19:15:00.006-05:002010-02-24T23:30:03.506-06:00

This is coolbert:"The moral is to the physical as three is to one" - - Napoleon.From a previous blog entry:"There was also the ideological training. They [members of the Waffen SS] were taught why they were fighting""Similar to the practice of the various Soviet and Chinese Red communist armies and even the Marine Raiders under Evans Carlson. Political indoctrination! WHY WE FIGHT being stressed.

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-56010024944773289832008-05-19T19:03:00.004-05:002008-11-12T22:36:41.143-06:00

This is coolbert: “in most locales, it is against the law to wear a mask in public - - unless part of a gala event!!” - - Bert.“Unless part of a gala event!!” = Halloween, etc.Three bad ass thugs recently robbing a bank in Philadelphia, DRESSED IN FULL ISLAMIC FEMALE REGALIA!! The robe, the headdress, the face mask with eye slit. Maybe even gloves? [wearing women’s shoes??]During their escape,

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-74968217209481348162008-05-18T20:14:00.007-05:002010-05-11T23:03:05.408-05:00

This is coolbert:"I am trying!!" "I am doing the best I can!!" "I have sent a second letter!!"These are the words of the Secretary General [Sec Gen] Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations, during his interview on the PBS broadcast "The News Hour", this last Friday night.Regarding the situation in Burma. The ruling junta will NOT allow foreign aid workers to enter the country and presently ONLY a

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-89690807758001554102008-05-18T08:37:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:38:20.573-06:00

This is coolbert:"... most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.""I have a reactionary army, a National Socialist air force, and a CHRISTIAN navy!!" - - A. Hitler.The Victoria Cross [VC] is of course the highest British military decoration that can be awarded. Analogous to the American Medal of

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-70049497012147109122008-05-16T19:45:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:39:17.321-06:00

This is coolbert:From the wiki entry on the Israeli spigot mortar Davidka, here are some interesting extracts:[my comments in BOLD!! Please note that a grand total of only six Davidka were ever manufactured. The number actually used in military operations is even less than that?]"Its shells were reported to be extremely loud, but otherwise of little value, besides that of using fear tactics

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-85814150513382021512008-05-16T19:06:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:40:10.411-06:00

This is coolbert: Hamas now has a capability, [and has had for some time?], to manufacture and field their OWN mortars?This is addition to the Qassam rocket artillery of which Hamas has become famous for?I would imagine that these are smooth bore, cast-iron mortars firing a cast-iron mortar round [mortar rounds are called the world-over, except for in the U.S., a “bomb”!]!Mortars [and “bombs”] of

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-60959687766280510322008-05-16T18:58:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:41:04.226-06:00

This is coolbert: I thought the final word on Nada Nadim Prouty had been spoken, but guess again!The illegal alien Nada Prouty [derisively called “Jihad Jane” in some quarters], even after pleading GUILTY to a felony, and having illegally obtained citizenship by fraud [in addition to being an illegal alien in the first place], NOW cannot be deported! She is now LEGAL?Even after first engaging

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-65418556730491967542008-05-15T19:07:00.007-05:002008-11-12T22:42:00.567-06:00

This is coolbert: “The purpose of terror is to terrorize!!” - - V.I. Lenin.Here is a weapons system I had not heard of. Already deployed and doing good work in Iraq - - and for some time now? C-RAM!The naval Phalanx [“Goalkeeper”] system placed on a flatbed truck, with all the necessary impedimenta.Currently being used to shoot down mortar and rocket artillery rounds lobbed at U.S. military

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-62231899367525747922008-05-15T18:49:00.003-05:002010-04-10T14:48:01.774-05:00

This is coolbert:From the Chicago Tribune today:"Across the Nation""Elsewhere"“CYANIDE ARREST: A Texas man claimed he had a 25-gallon drum of cyanide and tried to sell it to a FBI informant, touting the poison’s usefulness in mass killings, a court affidavit said. Jeffrey Detrixhe, 38, of Higgins, Texas, was arrested Monday in Oklahoma.”USEFULNESS AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION? Create hydrogen

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-23089436461776767642008-05-13T22:41:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:43:40.182-06:00

This is coolbert: "We are the sons of the umma (Muslim community) ...... We are an ummah linked to the Muslims of the whole world by the solid doctrinal and religious connection of Islam"Devoted readers to the blog wanting to be in the know will be following closely the developments in Lebanon.Hezbollah has gone on a rampage and is starting another civil war in that beleaguered nation?[I had

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This is coolbert: Here is the FINAL [??] world on Nada Prouty. The illegal alien who served the FBI and CIA as case officer and worked against Islamic terrorists!Thanks here to http://www.jihadwatch.org and Robert Spencer."Illegal alien FBI agent who illegally accessed files on Hizballah investigations gets no jail time, $750 fine""A former Detroit-area woman who engaged in a sham marriage to

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-11258333757300614452008-05-13T21:54:00.004-05:002008-11-12T22:45:05.764-06:00

This is coolbert: This is the type of story that instantaneously catches my attention. Am I being paranoid and overly-suspicious or am I in agreement with others on this one?Thanks here to http://www.jihadwatch.org and Robert Spencer."Ex-911 operator accused of illegal database searches""A former city 911 operator faces multiple felony counts for illegally searching state driving records and

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-2632821535559355482008-05-11T14:51:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:46:03.037-06:00

This is coolbert: Here is the type of article that Michael Medved would point to as evidence of his assertion that the Institute for Historical Research [IHR] is a neo-Nazi, fascist organization.An essay:"This essay by Leon Degrelle (1906-1994), was first presented at the Fourth IHR Conference in Chicago (Sept. 1982)"[here are some various extracts from the essay with my comments in BOLD!]"If I

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-51314538725039609452008-05-11T13:57:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:46:54.333-06:00

This is coolbert: Is there a military future for the glider?Gliders were used extensively by the German and Allied paratroop forces during World War Two [WW2]. Offered an alternative to the mass parachute drop of highly trained infantry on a drop zone well behind enemy lines.[even with the intense physical training administered to parachute troops, a pretty high percentage still suffer some sort

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-38925008877041685812008-05-08T20:38:00.004-05:002008-11-12T22:47:41.917-06:00

This is coolbert: The satellite photos out of Burma showing the area flooded by Cyclone Nargis reveal a truly apocalyptic situation.Much of the Irrawaddy River delta and the low-lying area north of the delta to include Rangoon [Yangon] is under water.Up to 100,000 [?] persons now believed to have perished in the cataclysm?[it is amazing how quickly these casualty figures escalate. In an alarming

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-34485366228499092432008-05-07T19:02:00.005-05:002010-10-22T23:36:57.700-05:00

This is coolbert:The capital city of Burma has been moved [began in 2005?], unexpectedly and without rationale, two hundred miles [320 kilometers] upriver from Rangoon [Yangon]! The ruling junta has done so, with the advice of astrologers, fearing an attack by the U.S. Marines?"Mysterious motivations""While commentators have offered a host of reasons for the junta's sudden move north, ranging

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-71534098516682984952008-05-06T22:49:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:49:22.465-06:00

This is coolbert: "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." - - Matthew 24:6-8Here is the type of headline that shocks and gets your attention right away."Burma cyclone death toll could hit 63,000""Aid agencies are scrambling to mount a massive relief effort after military rulers in Burma,

Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-8917089555036937872008-05-06T18:37:00.003-05:002008-11-12T22:50:27.753-06:00

This is coolbert: It is called a ricochet shot. A cannonball being bounced [skipped] on the ground or the water toward the target."A ricochet (pronounced RICK-uh-shay) is a rebound, bounce or skip off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile."Only can be done with a "cannonball" [round] when fired from a smooth-bore cannon."their [smooth bores] projectiles could be skipped ('ricochet

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