The FReeper Foxhole - Military Related News in Review - June 9th, 2003

various news sources and FR

[snippy_about_it]

Dear Lord,

There's a young man far from home,
called to serve his nation in time of war;
sent to defend our freedom
on some distant foreign shore.

We pray You keep him safe,
we pray You keep him strong,
we pray You send him safely home ...
for he's been away so long.

There's a young woman far from home,
serving her nation with pride.
Her step is strong, her step is sure,
there is courage in every stride.
We pray You keep her safe,
we pray You keep her strong,
we pray You send her safely home ...
for she's been away too long.

Bless those who await their safe return.
Bless those who mourn the lost.
Bless those who serve this country well,
no matter what the cost.

Author Unknown

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FReepers from the The Foxhole
join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time.

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Coalition Efforts and Iraq's Recovery June 8, 2003 CAMP DOHA, Kuwait – Coalition Forces continue to assist in developing a safer and more secure environment in Iraq through the following activities. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAQ Coalition Forces recently: •Reported 78 World Food Program trucks crossed into Iraq from Syria in the last 24 hours. •Received 103 benzene and 45 propane trucks (900 tons of fuel) in Northern Iraq from Turkey. •Reported 1200 locals showed up for jobs at a recruiting office set up for former Iraqi soldiers. • Hired 50 individuals for a Joint Iraqi Security Company. • Continued Task Force Neighborhood operations in Makhmur to improve schools, soccer fields and a market area. •Continued "Task Force Neighborhood" mission in the Mansour municipality by making repairs and improvements to 30 vendor stalls and a schoolyard. •Reported an additional $20,000 on repairs/supplies will be spent over the next few days for schools in Imam Garbi, Qayarrah, Sheil Hamd and As Shurah. •Received 11 propane trucks into the Hermmani Alil plant and conducted two benzene delivery missions to Qayyarah and Hermanni Alil. • Conducted Office of the Provisional Coalition Authority (OCPA) payments at six payment sites and six banks in Mosul area. • Met with mayor and city council in Al Fallujah to plan for the future of the city, and discussed infrastructure rebuilding and security/law-and-order issues. • Destroyed 54 tons of captured Iraqi ammunition. •Reported 88 of 95 Neighborhood Advisory Councils have stood up in Baghdad. • Reported 1.4 million liters of fuel were delivered to Baghdad gas stations, creating a 1.6 million liters reserve. • Initiated a work-hire program for former Iraqi military personnel in Baghdad. • Attended a town hall meeting in the Baghdad Airport Village to discuss the World Food Program and security issues. • Met with a contractor to assess the cost to repair the broken windows at Airport Village in Baghdad. • Cleared 2000 meters of roads in support of the Karkh Municpality, and continued to assist local Iraqi officials to identify and repair damaged and degraded power, water, and sewage facilities in Baghdad. • Met with a Baghdad municipality sewer department engineer to turn off a sewage pump station in order for UN and Red Crescent officials to complete temporary fixes of two submersible pumps. • Reported crude oil is now flowing from Kirkuk, which is expected to increase oil production. • Met with Iraqi FDA officials on the scientific campus of Al-Jahdria in Karadah area of Baghdad. There they received a status report on reconstruction of facilities and discussed funding. •Helped OCPA develop a proposed policy for handling displaced persons. • Conducted a meeting with the directors of the Rasheed and Rafidain Banks to discuss payment of civil servants and pensioners. • Coordinated with the Office of Distribution in Fallujah to ensure trucks, filling stations and the propane plant are ready for receipt of fuel. • Reported the first election for the Mosul Bar Association, with nine members elected. • Hosted meeting with the Mayor of Mosul and a leader of former Iraqi military members to discuss coalition reconstruction efforts. • Reported the barley harvest in Northern Iraq is 70% complete and the wheat harvest is on schedule. • Initiated several projects to improve schools and roads in Imam Garbi, As Shurah, and Qayarrah using Coalition discretionary funds. SOUTHERN IRAQ AL AMARAH • Purchased tires for the local ambulances. • Reported a quick impact project has been submitted for the repair and replacement of the pumps in the water treatment plant, which will double the pumping capacity. A local contractor has been found to fix chlorination system. An additional quick impact project has been approved for the purchase of a generator part, which will provide continuous electricity to the plant. AN NAJAF • Met with the Red Cross to discuss water treatment for the five hospitals in Al Najaf Governance. • Reported the Retirement Office began making stipend payments to retirees on Saturday. • Reported six benzene trucks (216,000 liters) and three trucks (108,000 liters) of diesel were received in the last two days. AN NASARIYAH •Met with members of the An Nasiriyah Chamber of Commerce to develop a strategy for stimulating economic activity through small business development. AD DIWANIYAH • Located and delivered several stolen or abandoned gasoline tankers and delivered them to the police department for safekeeping. •Processed 188 teachers and headmasters, who each signed a statement disavowing their Ba’ath party affiliation. AL HILLAH • Assisted in distribution of medical supplies in the Al Hillah governate. • Attended the opening of the Al Hillah Art Gallery with Al Hillah civilian leadership. • Delivered medical supplies to hospitals in Mahawee, Al Musiayb, Iban Saif, and Eskandaria. • Assessed the grain receiving terminals in Al Hillah and have begun an assessment of other terminals in the southern region. • Completed the National Payment Plan distributions to employees of the Courthouse, Orphans Trust and Registration Department. AS SAMAWAH • Started working with the local newspaper to publish stories about security, municipal services and school projects. • Met with Director of Water to discuss repairs to five water treatment plants in Rumaythah. Villages served by the five plants currently receive their water by tanker truck. KARBALA •Initiated an effort to find employment for local handicapped workers. •Met with The Research Triangle Institute to discuss the general security situation and rapid grant options. Also met local leadership and gathered assessments of the governate. •Reported Karbala University has 100% of the students returning to class, with the exception of the hard-line Ba’ath party loyalists, who the University President refused to enroll. • Met with the manager of the Specialized Dental Center of Karbala to assess the facility. • Reported the availability of potable water increased by 53, 000 gallons with the completion of the former Iraqi Army water treatment plant. AL BASRAH • Met with UNICEF, Kharafi National and an Iraqi Well Drilling Company to coordinate installation of test wells on the Al Basrah General Hospital grounds by the local Iraqi Well Drilling Company. • Submitted a proposal to USAID for additional funding to build a medical oxygen refill station in Basra.

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Bush Praises Coalition Troops During Qatar Visit
By Jim Garamone - American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2003 – President Bush thanked coalition service members for enlarging "the realm of liberty" during a stop in Qatar today.

Bush spoke to American, British, Australian and Polish service members at the base that served as a headquarters for U.S. Central Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was the last stop of a trip that took him to Europe, Russia and the Middle East.

In 100-degree heat, Bush praised the U.S. soldiers, saying that America had sent them on a mission "to remove a grave threat and to liberate an oppressed people, and that mission has been accomplished."

Bush also addressed the fact that coalition forces have not found Iraqi weapons of mass destruction yet. "We're on the look," Bush said. "We'll reveal the truth."

Bush pledged that Iraq will not serve as an arsenal for terrorists. "We recently found two mobile biological weapons facilities which were capable of producing biological agents," he said.

Saddam Hussein "is a man who spent decades hiding tools of mass murder," the president noted. "He knew the inspectors were looking for them. You know better than me he's got a big country in which to hide them."

He told the service members that each is a credit to the United States and that America is proud of them. "We are in a war on global terror, and because of you, we're winning the war on global terror," he said.

The president pointed out that they have performed brilliantly in all aspects of the war of terror. "In Afghanistan, forces directed from here (in) Qatar, … you delivered decisive blows against the Taliban and against al Qaeda," he said. "And now the people of Afghanistan are free."

In praising the men and women who served in Afghanistan, with Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa and in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Bush said their commitment has made it clear that the United States will hunt terrorists down.

"Our actions sent a long, clear message that our nation is strong and our nation is compassionate," he said. "And we also sent another clear message: Dictators can no longer shield themselves behind innocent people. Those who threaten the security of others now need to worry about their own."

Bush told the service members that there is a lot of work left to do in Iraq, and the United States will stay the course. "We will stand with them as they build a stable democracy and a peaceful future," he said.

He said U.S. forces will take aggressive steps to increase order throughout Iraq and will remove Baathist officials from positions of power and influence.

U.S. and coalition officials will continue to work on the Iraq's infrastructure. "We also understand that a more just political system will develop when people have food in their stomachs, and their lights work, and they can turn on a faucet and they can find some clean water – things that Saddam did not do for them," he said.

"See, he spent more time building luxurious palaces than he did in building an infrastructure to take care of the Iraqi citizens. And the United States and our friends and allies will first take care of the Iraqi citizens."

Bush said he was encouraged that oil is beginning to flow out of Iraq, giving the citizens of the country money to fund a special account on behalf of the Iraqi people rather than being skimmed off by "greedy gangsters."

Bush remembered those who died in the operation to liberate Iraq. "We fight for freedom, and we sacrifice for freedom, and we have lost some of our finest," he noted. He told the service members that those who died served more than just the United States, but the cause of freedom.

"Because of you, America and our friends and allies, those of us who love freedom are now more secure," the president said. "You have justified the confidence that your country has placed in you. You've served your country well. Your commander in chief is grateful. And as importantly, more importantly, millions of American citizens are grateful for what you have done. You believe in America and America believes in you."
President Delivers Remarks to Troops

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Casuality Identification List for the past week from the DoD

IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Pfc. Branden F. Oberleitner, 20, of Worthington, Ohio, was killed on June 5 in Al Fallujah, Iraq. Oberleitner was returning from a dismounted patrol when the element was fired upon by a rifle propelled grenade.

Oberleitner was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2003

DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Petty Officer Third Class Doyle W. Bollinger, Jr ., 21, of Poteau, Okla., was killed today in Iraq when a piece of unexploded ordnance accidentally detonated in the area he was working.

Bollinger was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss. The incident is under investigation.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. Atanacio Haromarin, 27, of Baldwin Park, Calif., was killed on June 3, south of Balad, Iraq. Haromarin was manning a checkpoint when his unit came under enemy fire from rocket propelled grenades and small arms.

Haromarin was assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell, 24, of Hilliard, Fla., was killed on May 26, 2003, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Mitchell jumped into seven-foot deep body of water. When he failed to resurface, members of his squad retrieved him. Medical personnel went to the scene and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Mitchell was evacuated to a forward surgical team and was pronounced dead on arrival. Mitchell was assigned to Company C, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.

The Army withheld releasing the soldier's name until today at the request of the family.

The incident is under investigation.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2003

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert, 28, of Newsite, Miss., died June 1 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, as a result of injuries he suffered when his HMMWV rolled over on May 26 in Iraq.

Lambert was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The vehicle mishap is under investigation.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley, 39, of Utica, Miss ., died on May 28, in Baqubah, Iraq. Bradley’s death was non-combat related.

Bradley was assigned to 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today that three soldiers were killed on May 30, in Mosul, Iraq, while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They are:

Spc. Zachariah W. Long, 20, of Milton, Pa.,

Spc. Michael T. Gleason, 25, of Warren, Pa., and

Spc. Kyle A. Griffin, 20, of Emerson, N.J.

The three soldiers were traveling in a three-vehicle convoy during a storm from Mosul to Tikrit (2 HUMMVs, 1 light medium tactical vehicle). A civilian vehicle dodged a pothole causing the HUMMVs to swerve. There was not enough stopping distance between the vehicles causing the LMTV to swerve off the road and turn over, causing the death of three soldiers.

The soldiers were assigned to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C. The incident is under investigation.

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Pic of the Week

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[aomagrat]

Today's classic warship, USS Buchanan (DD-131)

Wickes class destroyer
Displacement. 1154 t.
Lenght. 314'5"
Beam. 31'8"
Draft. 9'
Speed. 35.4 k.
Complement. 122
Armament. 4 4", 1 3", 12 21" tt.

The USS Buchanan (DD-131) was launched 2 January 1919 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Charles P. Wetherbee; and commissioned 20 January 1919, Lieutenant H. H. J. Bensen in command.

Buchanan reported to Commander, Destroyer Force, at Guantanamo, Cuba, and was temporarily attached to Destroyer Squadron 2 until ordered to the Pacific Fleet in July 1919 for duty with Destroyer Flotilla 4. From 7 June 1922 until 10 April 1930 Buchanan was out of commission at San Diego. She then joined Destroyer Division 10, Destroyer Squadrons, Battle Force, and operated on the west coast in routine division, force, and fleet activities and problems. In the summer of 1934, after making a cruise to Alaska with ROTC units aboard, she was placed in reduced commission attached to Rotating Reserve Destroyer Squadron 20 at San Diego.

Again placed in full commission in December 1934, she resumed operations with Division 5, Destroyers, Battle Force. Buchanan was again out of commission at San Diego from 9 April 1937 until 30 September 1939. She was then refitted for action with Division 65, Destroyer Squadron 32, Atlantic Squadron, and from December 1939 until 22 February 1940 operated with the Neutrality Patrol and Antilles Detachment. She was then assigned to patrol in the Gulf of Mexico, operating out of Galveston, Tex., and later off Key West and around the Florida Straits. She arrived at Boston Navy Yard 2 September and then proceeded to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where on 9 September 1940 she was decommissioned and transferred in the destroyer-land bases exchange to the United Kingdom.

Commissioned in the Royal Navy on the day of transfer she was renamed HMS Campbeltown. Upon her arrival at Devonport, England, 29 September 1940, Campbeltown was allocated to the 7th Escort Group, Liverpool, in the Western Approaches Comm and. In January 1941 she was provisionally allocated to the Royal Netherlands Navy, but reverted to the Royal Navy in September 1941. Between September 1941 and March 1942 she served with Atlantic convoys and was attacked on several occasions by enemy U-boats and aircraft, but escaped without damage. On 15 September 1941 she picked up the survivors of the Norwegian motor tanker Vinga, damaged by an enemy air attack.

Her end came as a fitting conclusion to her fine career for she acted as blockship in the lock entrance at St. Nazaire during the raid of 28 March 1942. Early that morning she was driven straight at her objective under withering fire. Her commandos scrambled ashore and commenced their demolition work. After scuttling her, her crew escaped in motor boats. Eleven hours later, her five tons of delayed action high explosives blew up, inflicting heavy casualties among the German members of an inspection party who had gone on board and wrought great havoc in the port. Campbeltown's captain, Lieutenant Commander S. H. Beattie, R. N., who was taken prisoner of war, was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.

USS Buchanan was named in honor of Admiral Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874), who was an important figure in the United States Navy, and Admiral and the ranking officer in the Confederate States Navy.

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you aomagrat.
Your essay on her "fitting conclusion" peaked my interest and caused me to read a little more on the story...

In March 1942 the U-Boat offensive in the Atlantic was at its height and the Admiralty was afraid that the appearance of a powerful German surface raider in the Atlantic might destroy British morale.

The Tirpitz was in Norwegian waters and if she was to operate in the Atlantic she would have to use the enormous dry-docks at St. Nazaire. The Admiralty decided that if the dock was destroyed the Tirpitz would not try to break out to the Atlantic.

Lord Mountbatten worked out the best plan for this operation: an old destroyer, laden with explosives, would ram the lock gates of the Normandie docks and then be scuttled, with three eight-hour fuzes on board to detonate the explosives. The operation was codenamed Chariot and on 26 March a force was assembled at Falmouth.

The HMS Campbeltown (ex-USS Buchanan) was used with a motor gunboat, 16 motor launches and one motor torpedo boat and 611 men were picked to carry out the raid. The German defenses at St Nazaire were powerful with 13 40mm guns and 28 20mm guns on the coast. By 0030 on 28 March the commando force had reached the Loire estuary undetected and at 0134 the Campbeltown rammed the lock gates, under heavy fire.

By this time the Germans were fully alerted and only three craft succeeded in landing their men as planned, who blew up the dock installations. The fuzes on the Campbeltown were activated and the ship was scuttled but the evacuation of the commandos was confused and many were left behind.

The Germans rounded up the men and as a party of officers were inspecting the Campbeltown, she blew up at about 1000. The raid was a great success and the lock gates were destroyed, but 144 men were killed and more than half the men were taken prisoner and spent the rest of the war in POW camps.

[snippy_about_it]

You'll be on the regular ping list tomorrow. :)

[Johnny Gage]

Air Power
MIRAGE 2000 (DASSAULT-BREGUET)

The Mirage 2000 is very similar to the Mirage III/5 and 50, though it is not a variant of the Mirage III/5 or 50 but an entirely new aircraft with advanced interceptor controls. In its secondary ground-attack role, the Mirage 2000 carries laser guided missiles rockets and bombs. There is a two-seat version of this aircraft, the 2000N (Penetration) which has nuclear standoff capability.

The wings are low-mounted delta with clipped tips. There is one turbofan engine mounted in the fuselage. There are semicircular air intakes alongside the fuselage forward of the wings. There is a large, single exhaust which protrudes past the tail. The fuselage is tube-shaped with a pointed nose and a bubble canopy. There are no tail flats. The fin is swept-back and tapered with a clipped tip.

The Mirage 2000-5 is a multi-role single-seater or two seater fighter. It differs from its predecessors mainly in its avionics; its new multiple target air-to-ground and air-to-air firing procedures linked to the use of RDY radar and its new visualization and control system. As a multi-role combat aircraft with versatile air-to-air mission capabilities, the Mirage 2000-5 integrates the state-of-the-art of the know-how based on the experience gained from the previous Mirage 2000 versions (Mirage 2000 DA, Mirage 2000 E, Mirage 2000 D) and is designed for the most-advanced armaments.

The Mirage 2000 D, derived from the Mirage 2000N operated by the French Air Force, is a two-seater air-to-ground attack aircraft. The Mirage 2000D tactical penetration two-seater fighter carries air-to-ground high precision weapons which can be fired at a safe distance, by day or by night. Its navigation and attack system enable it to fly in any weather conditions, hugging the terrain at a very low altitude. Beyond the nuclear-weapons capabilities adopted for the Mirage 2000 N, the Mirage 2000 D armament includes laser-guided weapons, low-drag bombs, and the aircraft can also carry the APACHE cruise missile. The Mirage 2000 D geometrical characteristics and the main performance data are the same as those of the Mirage 2000-5.

Specifications:
Countries of Origin: France
Builder team: Dassault Aviation, SNECMA, Thomson-CSF
First flight: March, 1978 [Mirage 2000C]
Crew: One / Mirage 2000N &2000D -- two [ 1 pilot + 1 navigation and weapon officer]
Power plant / Thrust: SNECMA M 53 P2 jet engine / 9.7 t with afterburner
Roles:Interceptor [Mirage 2000C]
Major operational capabilities:
All weather night and day missions such as Battlefield Air Interdiction (BAI) [Mirage 2000D]
Automated terrain following at very high speed and very low altitude
All-weather night and day bombing capability
High precision all weather day/night bombing with Thomson-CSF PDL-CT

Dimensions:
Length: 50 ft, 3 in (14.36 m)
Span: 29 ft, 5 in (9.13 m)
Height: 5.30 meters
Empty Weight: 7,600 kg [Mirage 2000C]
Maximum Weight: 16,500 kg
Maximal armament weight: 5,900 kg [Mirage 2000C] / 6,200 kg (9 store stations) [Mirage 2000D]

Perfmorance:
Maximum Speed: Mach 1,2 [low altitude] / Mach 2,2 [high altitude]
Rate of Climb: 17,000 m/min
Ceiling: Above 50,000 ft / 16,500 m
Combat Radius:
800 nm (1,475 km) w/ 4 250-kg bombs
1,000 nm (1,850 km) w/ 2 1,700-liter drop tanks
1,800 nm (3,335 km) max fuel w/ 2 1,700-liter + 1 1,300-liter drop tanks
In-Flight Refueling: Yes
Fuel capacity: [Mirage 2000C]
3,950 l internal / 8,000 l maximal / in-flight refuelling [Mirage 2000D]
3,1 t internal / 6,2 t maximal / In-flight refuelling

Sensors:
RDI radar (interceptor), RWR, Advanced bombsight

Armaments:
2 GIAT DEFA 554 de 30 mm cannons
Air-air : missiles MICA, Magic 2, Super 530F,Super 530D Sky Flash.
Air-ground bombs : BGL 1000, BM400, BAP 100
Air-ground missiles : Durandal, Belouga, Armat, Apache, Scalp, AS30L, AM39, ASMP

TYPICAL LOADS:
2 AM.39 Exocet, 1 1300 L drop Tank (855 nm)
1 1300 L drop tank, 2 ARMAT, 2 R.550 Magic (885 nm)
1 1300 L drop tank, 2R.500 Magic, 2 R.530D (885 nm)
4 Belouga, 2 1700 L drop tank, 2 R.550 Magic (1094 nm)
18 EU2 250 kg bombs (756 nm)

Special equipment:: [Mirage 2000C]
Thomson-CSF RDI radar (pulse doppler), look down-shoot down capacity, integrated electronic counter-measures, fly-by-wire, automatic pilot, inertial guidance system [Mirage 2000D]
Fly-by-wire system, 2 inertial navigation systems, Thomson-CSF Antilope 5 terrain following radar, Icare digital map, integrated GPS, integrated countermeasures, laser designation pod with thermal camera (PDL-CT)

All photos Copyright of Global Security.org

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you Johnny.

The Mirage 2000 is very similar to the Mirage III/5 and 50, though it is not a variant of the Mirage III/5 or 50 but an entirely new aircraft with advanced interceptor controls.

Then why did they even call it Mirage? This is as bad as the trouble I'm having with ship naming. Arrgh. How am I to learn anything with all the confusion? LOL.< /rant>

[snippy_about_it]

Hey E.G.C.

It's a Monday that's for sure. What a day already I've had. lol.

However, the sun is shining for a change. Yippee.

And you?

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Snippy.

Thanks for putting all the news in one place for us

[snippy_about_it]

Well look at you! Those are beautiful. Thank you. :)

[SAMWolf]

1963 Barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

Blames Republican Vast Right Wing Conspiracy for War in Vietnam

[snippy_about_it]

You know if you stayed busy much longer today I was gonna have to call my pups for some psychiatric help. LOL.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Feather

[SAMWolf]

I'm still holding on to Windows 98.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks aomagrat. Makes me wonder if they'd name a ship after a Confederate hero nowadays.

[SAMWolf]

The Raid on St. Nazaire is a amazing story.

[SAMWolf]

AHA! I see aomagrat got you interested into looking up the Raid on St. Nazaire.

[snippy_about_it]

AHA! I see aomagrat got you interested into looking up the Raid on St. Nazaire.


I confess, what can I say, your influence is taking hold on me!

[SAMWolf]

Morning Johnny.

What do you call the french Air Force in a combat zone?

A Mirage

[Johnny Gage]

I hear ya

[SAMWolf]

Busy? just can't get the IL's out of my computer room any earlier! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!

[snippy_about_it]

IL's out of the room....


I was being nice. :)