Bring The HEAT

And Again, Manhattan

The refrain is, tragically, a well-known one.  Muslim allowed in to this country, never cares to assimilate, repays the kindness of his new country by indiscriminately killing and maiming in the name of Islam.  

Eight dead, fifteen injured.  "Allahu Akbar" being screamed as he murdered.  Even as the activist courts invite more and more of the very ilk who perpetrated yet another horror.

"We find that the reasonable observer would likely conclude that EO-2's primary purpose is to exclude persons from the United States on the basis of their religious beliefs," Chief Judge Roger Gregory wrote on behalf of the majority.

4th Circuit Court Chief Judge Roger Gregory doesn't seem to understand what a reasonable observer is.  But maybe, if he had been riding his bike down the East Side bike path in Manhattan, and was now in an emergency room staring at a life forever shattered, or at the morgue, identifying the mangled remains of a loved one, he might gain some of that understanding.   But then again, maybe not.  

 

 

We get it... you vape.

World of Warships- LT Nelson's Udaloi Rampage

I'm not much of a Destroyer skipper, so I always appreciate watching a well played high tier DD game. LT Nelson does not disappoint.

 

 

HIMARS at Sea

Via USNI News.

ABOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP USS ESSEX – The daytime launch of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System on Sunday might have seemed like another training mission if the Marines hadn’t fired it from an amphibious ship operating at sea.

A detachment of Marines with Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, set up the vehicle-borne launch system on the flight deck of amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD-23). Programmed with information about the objective – suspected enemy air defenses – on a nearby island, the HIMARS launcher fired off a rocket at a target 70 kilometers away.

Target destroyed, officials said.

The missile strike, coming during the biannual amphibious task force exercise Dawn Blitz off southern California, marked a big first for the Navy and the Marine Corps.

“The ability to project power from and at sea is critical,” Lt. Col. Tom Savage, operations officer with 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, told a small group of journalists at a briefing aboard USS Essex, the flagship for the exercise.
“It’s a significant capability.”

I'm pretty sure from the first time a Marine artillery officer loaded a HIMARS on an amphibious warfare ship, they've been itching to do this. It's an obvious solution to some of the fire support issues the Marines face during an amphibious assault. 

The article is getting a bit over its skis later on talking about shooting from to seaward later. The GMLRS currently has no capability to engage moving targets. Having said that, there are a couple of different efforts underway to change that. And every new arrow in the quiver helps. 

Agincourt

Little busy/under the weather, so here's a blast from the past. 

The Battle of Agincourt and the AirLand Battle Doctrine. 

 

Searing lessons: how the 2007 wildfires changed San Diego County - The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Everywhere you looked,” she said, “there was fire.”

You had to be with Tony Mecham, stunned by the number of severe burn victims -- 22 — being airlifted from Cal Fire's Potrero station.

 “It was like a war zone,” said Mecham, now head of the county's Fire Authority. “That was the first time I’d seen that kind of human suffering on a wildland fire.”

You had to be with Nelly Bulkin, awakened from a fitful sleep by her husband and told to grab their four children and race from their Rancho Bernardo home.

“Embers were flying everywhere,” she said. “I thought for sure our home was going to burn down."

A natural disaster of staggering scope, San Diego County’s 2007 firestorms killed 10 people and destroyed 1,738 homes. Flames consumed 368,316 acres, an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.

 

More than 500,000 people were evacuated, exceeding the number of Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Motels across the county overflowed with people who were dislocated; others bunked down at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and what was then Qualcomm Stadium.

via www.sandiegouniontribune.com 

A long, very interesting look at the devastating fires that ravaged San Diego County a decade ago. A timely piece in that the conditions are ripe once again for similar outbreaks. The Santa Ana winds (super dry, hot, fast winds blowing from East to West) are predicted for this week. 

World of Warships- Clan Battles

 

 

‘Old Ironsides’ to make trip for first time in three years - The Boston Globe

The USS Constitution is set to travel from Charlestown Navy Yard to Fort Independence at Castle Island and back on Oct. 20 to commemorate the ship’s 220th birthday and the 242nd birthday of the US Navy.

The ship will not sail under her own power but will be tug-assisted for this turnaround demonstration, according to David Wedemeyer of the USS Constitution Museum.

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“Old Ironsides” underwent restoration work beginning in May 2015 to replace 100 hull planks and install 2,200 new copper sheets. The Constitution returned to the water July 23 and reopened tours in early September. This will be her first trip out of dock in three years.

via www.bostonglobe.com

Work ups after a yard period.

World of Warships- Greatest Hits Part Duex

 

 

Tough Sledding.