Subdeacon Joe Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Captioned as: British field gunners and with an officer on a shielded observation ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 didnt trust the scavengers and scouts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Arabia I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Kipling was right. Whoever came up that that idea had been out in the noon day sun too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 My father would sing. I remember the tune but don’t know the name. ”Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun!” Dad was a lot of fun! CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 I'm betting that a lowly Private is pole sitting while the officer is the one posing for the camera with his arms folded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Gin and tonic time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 At least there was some protection for the observer. Imagine being the first officer to go up in a tethered hydrogen-filled balloon to spot for artillery! Not sure how smart he was, but he probably could have used one of those balloons up to the Greasy Grass! Anybody know who I'm talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Is putting your Second Lieutenant in one of those considered child abuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 The use of parachutes started with the balloon observers once the aviators started shooting the balloons up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: I'm betting that a lowly Private is pole sitting while the officer is the one posing for the camera with his arms folded. Either way, you can bet it ain't Sgt. Whathisname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said: At least there was some protection for the observer. Imagine being the first officer to go up in a tethered hydrogen-filled balloon to spot for artillery! Not sure how smart he was, but he probably could have used one of those balloons up to the Greasy Grass! Anybody know who I'm talking about? Although he did a good job leading his Wolverine cavalry against Jeb Stuart at Gettysburg and elsewhere during the Civil War, 232 or so 7th Cav troopers would have been better served if Autie Custer had been shot off that balloon! That's right! George Armstrong Custer was the first balloon observer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: Although he did a good job leading his Wolverine cavalry against Jeb Stuart at Gettysburg and elsewhere during the Civil War, 232 or so 7th Cav troopers would have been better served if Autie Custer had been shot off that balloon! That's right! George Armstrong Custer was the first balloon observer! That figures, he was a bit of a dare devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 18 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Gin and tonic time? Brilliant! I'm in, old boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 59 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Brilliant! I'm in, old boy! Do your tunic up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 hours ago, Cactus Jack Calder said: My father would sing. I remember the tune but don’t know the name. ”Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun!” Dad was a lot of fun! CJ I looked it up. I had an inspiration that it might be Gilbert & Sullivan . Dad was always singing from HMS Pinafore. He was in Glee Club in college and they performed HMS Pinafore. On Wikipedia it is listed as Composer: Noël Coward, First performed: June 1, 1931. CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Do your tunic up! Wot the major don’t see won’t ‘urt ‘im, sez I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Wot the major don’t see won’t ‘urt ‘im, sez I. Ah, but whot the major don't see the colour sergeant does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Be kind to those 2nd Lts. They are next months Capts and will have far greater power to screw things up. Teach the little uns right and have a far better outcome. I know there are non-coms that are capable of such guidance. I was the recipient of such guidance. MSGT Key told me he thought I had potential and if I would cooperate he would make a good officer out of me. I did, he did. Had a shortened but productive career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Ah, but whot the major don't see the colour sergeant does. And speaking of NCOs, if you want to see the best Regimental Sgt. Major ever, watch The Guns At Batasi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: And speaking of NCOs, if you want to see the best Regimental Sgt. Major ever, watch The Guns At Batasi! I had to look that one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 I'm not sure what he is trying to say here. He minces his words so finely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I'm not sure what he is trying to say here. He minces his words so finely. Lt. Boniface is part of the mutinous army. The Brits are apparently an advisor unit and are stuck in between the current government and the army supporting the coup. There are several artillery pieces in the Brit’s possession and the coupsters want them. It’s a diplomatically fluid situation. And SGM Lauderdale is not exactly a diplomat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: It’s a diplomatically fluid situation. That being in translation, They are up a creek. Quote And SGM Lauderdale is not exactly a diplomat. A finely nuanced, subtle, and delicate exposition if you ask me. Almost poetical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/19/2020 at 9:06 PM, Cactus Jack Calder said: My father would sing. I remember the tune but don’t know the name. ”Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun!” Dad was a lot of fun! CJ https://genius.com/Noel-coward-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-lyrics LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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