Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372

I was able to tour the Victory when on leave once a long time ago. Standing on the spot where Nelson died, I was truly surprised by how short everyone must have been back there. Not a lot of space between the decks.

Epaulets nowadays. Used to be on the collar before the Army did away with khakis.

Crossed the Atlantic on an empty troop transport once. Hit seas like that and we were tied down at the mess table. Hanging on to ropes in the whatever you squids call hallways. Threw up solid for about three days. Glad to get off and Not do it again...

Steroids are a terrible thing...

Lots of disagreement over whether mesh gear works or not (depends on how hot it is for the evaporation to be effective) but I wear mesh jacket and pants all summer and survive. Better than nothing and lots better than a full leather jacket. Just have to keep hydrated..... Check out wickedstock.com. Good quality gear at a decent price.

Too hot in Texas for that extra add-on stuff. I wear the armored jacket, pants, and gloves all the time. And always remember the two basic rules for motorcycles: 1. Don't fall down and 2. Everyone else on the road is trying to kill you.

Just about everything I have read says the British would first go after the hull and cannons.

French tactics were exactly that - dismantle the rigging, knock down masts, etc. British tactics were to shoot holes in the hull and dis mantle their opponents artillery - and let the water in...

Awesome.

Still nuts and we hope she doesn't have a hard lesson from it....

Same here. And haven't had anyone take it wrong.

I am being critical to a point. People who attend our military academies need to get in the trenches and serve as the leaders they are supposed to be. Shouldn't be allowed to have their obligation changed or shortened because of being able to play a sport or win a beauty pageant. The only reason the academies exist is to provide officers for their various branches.

Won't matter for a while. She's at Harvard getting her master's degree. Hasn't even been to flight school yet. Sure glad we paid for her education....

Nooooooooooo! Not again!

Yes!

Well, that's better than getting a member of the Spec4 mafia..

There should also be a bucket of muzzle blast.

Terrible jeans...

Rangers. The ONLY soldiers who wish they were Marines.

Graf - one foot in mud, one foot in snow and dirt blowing in your face. My favorite Graf story was talking with my German landlord about it. He was in Rommel's command and trained at Graf in the 1930s. Same stories we told, separated by 40 years.

And my driver at Graf said "Don't worry, Major. This thing can't get stuck, sir".....

That is spot on! "What do you mean you're not on TDY when you go to the field?"

Don't know about the Navy, but the Army "hooah" has been around as long as the Marines cry. I can remember it from about 40 years ago, just never thought much of it.

Chances are he didn't know he was there.....