FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ October 17, 2005

Deputy Dawg

[blackie]

Hi Beachy ~ your FC just returned from the doc's and his semi-yearly physical.

Ho-ho-ho. ;)

[StarCMC]

Hey acad -- I heard a song on a jazz station the other night called "My aphrodesiac is you" and it was awesome -- I was trying to figure out if it was Candy Kane. Have you ever heard it??

[tomkow6]

 Hi, Jackv !

Welcome to the Canteen!

 

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[SandRat]

Now lunch time. Hello!

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Owen Williams, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, carries two artillery shells out of a weapons cache site northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2005. Williams is from West Plains, Mo. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Wester

Mortars are stacked and organized at a weapons cache northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2005. The cache was discovered by troops of 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in a remote rural area on Sept. 28, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Wester

Days-Long Dig Yields Thousands of Munitions

During a traffic stop, two men were questioned about the fuses in their truck;
the information they provided led U.S. soldiers to thousands of buried munitions.

By U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Wester
3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division

TAJI, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2005 — A U.S. Army combat engineer sifts through the sun-bleached sand and uncovers a shiny rocket tube as other soldiers scramble into the pit to pry the tube from the ground.

They've been at this for hours and found hundreds of pounds of explosives, but the site isn't empty yet.

The soldiers of 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, found the weapons cache in a remote area northwest of Baghdad and worked to uncover the munitions for several days.

Since the battalion, nicknamed "Kodiaks," started digging in the arid, desert-like terrain, they have unearthed more than 700 mortar rounds (ranging from 60-millimeter to 120-millimeter), more than 700 rocket-propelled grenades, hundreds of rockets and 51,000 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition.

The Kodiak soldiers, assisted by troops from 977th Military Police Company, also found several mortar tubes, various explosives, small-arms weapons, homemade rocket launchers, wires and timing devices.

The rest of the story

[acad1228]

Katie Melua. Heard it but don't have it. Excellent tune!

Click here to buy music from Katie Melua

[StarCMC]

I KNEW you were the one to ask! LOL

Also heard another by a chick with a great voice called "Rio de Janiero Blues."

[acad1228]

Don't know that one but would love to hear it. Freddy Cole has and album by that name...

[StarCMC]

This gals voice was rich and sultry -- GREAT music!! Our local conservative talk station plays jazz on the weekends at night.

[GodBlessUSA]

It's a lot of fun on this thread. Tomkow tries to sell everyone a Burka. LOL! When I first came on this thread, Tomkow asked me if I wanted to buy a Burka, I didn't know how to respond. LOL!! He is very funny. :)

[acad1228]

Yeah, We get blues from our local long-haired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking FM station. (the same station, BTW, which gave us Roy D. Mercer)

[beachn4fun]

LOL

[AZamericonnie]

I wanna meet Ollie North! Whaaaaaa! Already did the Sean Hannity thing. He was on a book tour for Let Freedom Ring.

Our local talk station KFYI held a "smackdown" at West World. Afterwards Hannity spoke as did Congressman J.D. Hayworth.

My son stood in line to get his book autographed. Hannity was kind & spent extra time with him as he was the youngest one there. This was I'm thinking four years ago? We had fun & I bet you & BahBah have a blast!

[beachn4fun]

HEY............jackv....................

[beachn4fun]

I hope everything turned out A-ok?

[beachn4fun]

JUST SAY NO

[beachn4fun]

I'M OUTTA HERE

[beachn4fun]

I'M OUTTA HERE

[beachn4fun]

I'M OUTTA HERE

[beachn4fun]

BYE