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Forum: Middle East 1 Day Ago
Replies: 186
Views: 15,753
Posted By ganulv
Hezbollah landnav fail.

I don’t know how much, if any, of this is true, but the post is still pretty funny.

Satellite Navigation Error Sends Hezbollah’s Men Fighting In The Wrong Place in Syria

In an embarrassing...
Forum: RFIs & Members' Projects 1 Week Ago
Replies: 69
Views: 20,311
Posted By ganulv
I have no input on the exam, but I do have a...

I have no input on the exam, but I do have a suggestion for college life more generally. If she is interested in doing study abroad I would recommend she consider doing it during her sophomore rather...
Forum: Americas 1 Week Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 2,843
Posted By ganulv
Well, Rios Montt did have the beans (for those...

Well, Rios Montt did have the beans (for those toeing the government line) or bullets (for everyone else) thing. The civil war might have been shortened if he had been as dedicated to keeping the...
Forum: Americas 1 Week Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 2,843
Posted By ganulv
Could not have happened to a nicer guy. ...

Could not have happened to a nicer guy. (http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB425/)
Forum: OEF - Afghanistan 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 73
Views: 3,329
Posted By ganulv
NPR piece on PRTs in Afghanistan.

There was an NPR piece on PRTs in Afghanistan last month [LINK (http://www.npr.org/2013/04/07/176482780/revisiting-afghanistans-reconstruction-teams)].

From the transcript:
Forum: Middle East 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 186
Views: 15,753
Posted By ganulv
C.J. Chivers was the guest on ‘Fresh Air’

a couple of days ago. A nice interview which discusses not only shooting and explosions but also the effect of the conflict on society.

Chivers seems to suggest in the interview that the...
Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 46
Views: 9,421
Posted By ganulv
The Marine Corps has been around for 237 years,...

The Marine Corps has been around for 237 years, the Ranger Regiment for 27 years. Which one is more dispensable? :confused:
Forum: Trigger Puller 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 221
Views: 39,681
Posted By ganulv
Ergo the American idiom, “100 pounds of the...

Ergo the American idiom, “100 pounds of the lightest weight gear.”
Forum: Futurists & Theorists 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 27
Views: 136,076
Posted By ganulv
‘The Guerrilla Factory’ by Tony Schwalm

This was on display at the new book table at my local library and I gave it a read. I enjoyed it well enough, but I was most interested in discussion of the author’s time spent as commander of...
Forum: Law Enforcement 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 160
Views: 6,133
Posted By ganulv
I am sure it would be helpful as long as there is...

I am sure it would be helpful as long as there is a recognition of the limitations. My handheld GPS sometimes gets accuracy within three to four meters with WAAS...
Forum: Law Enforcement 04-17-2013
Replies: 160
Views: 6,133
Posted By ganulv
I wasn’t necessarily suggesting that the date was...

I wasn’t necessarily suggesting that the date was significant for the American public at large, but rather than it might have been significant for whoever planned and carried out the attack. Forensic...
Forum: Law Enforcement 04-16-2013
Replies: 160
Views: 6,133
Posted By ganulv
Which may or may not be suggestive. (PD is very...

Which may or may not be suggestive. (PD is very much a “real” holiday in Mass—banks are open, but schools and state offices are closed.)
Forum: Law Enforcement 04-16-2013
Replies: 160
Views: 6,133
Posted By ganulv
Time will tell.

As soon as I heard about the explosions my thought was that it might have had as much to do with Tax Day and Patriots’ Day as with the Marathon.
Forum: Africa 04-12-2013
Replies: 332
Views: 33,820
Posted By ganulv
Vice is a strange mix of journalism that needs to...

Vice is a strange mix of journalism that needs to be done which no one seems to do anymore and MTV’s Jackass. There was a good piece in the New Yorker about them recently. If nothing else, they (at...
Forum: Futurists & Theorists 04-08-2013
Replies: 27
Views: 136,076
Posted By ganulv
I get the impression that he enjoys the emphasis...

I get the impression that he enjoys the emphasis being put on being out in the wilderness rather than on fancy technique. I didn't get the impression from the book that he had anything against Alpine...
Forum: Futurists & Theorists 04-08-2013
Replies: 27
Views: 136,076
Posted By ganulv
He was on The Colbert Report during his book tour...

He was on The Colbert Report during his book tour for The Black Banners (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/400168/october-19-2011/ali-soufan) and I found him surprisingly...
Forum: Futurists & Theorists 04-06-2013
Replies: 27
Views: 136,076
Posted By ganulv
That does sound like it would be in my...

That does sound like it would be in my wheelhouse, I'll have to give it a look. Thanks!
Forum: Futurists & Theorists 04-06-2013
Replies: 27
Views: 136,076
Posted By ganulv
I finally found something on the Winter War

albeit only a few pages, chapter 35 of Roland Huntford’s Two planks and a passion (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/arts/11iht-bookjeu.1.18522263.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0). The book is a very well...
Forum: Doctrine & TTPs 04-05-2013
Replies: 12
Views: 2,396
Posted By ganulv
Stan, Do you agree with the quote below from...

Stan,

Do you agree with the quote below from a post C.J. Chivers put up on his blog last summer (http://cjchivers.com/post/27621199997/syrias-army-and-the-i-e-d-a-report-on-the-new)?
Forum: Asia-Pacific 04-04-2013
Replies: 53
Views: 2,416
Posted By ganulv
He was just a life-long resident of Seoul. I've...

He was just a life-long resident of Seoul. I've never been to Korea but the half dozen or so Korean friends I have seem to share the attitude that the War is probably never going to resume but that...
Forum: Asia-Pacific 04-03-2013
Replies: 53
Views: 2,416
Posted By ganulv
Stan, Here it is...

Stan,

Here it is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw46Ll-Zy4s&list=PL10943F1A08C72A17) looking from the other direction, where it (or at least this segment) is apparently the closest thing the DPRK...
Forum: Asia-Pacific 04-03-2013
Replies: 53
Views: 2,416
Posted By ganulv
It was heavily covered on NPR this morning in the...

It was heavily covered on NPR this morning in the States. I don't want to make light of the very real danger that exists every day along the DMZ, but I remember in the spring of 1994...
Forum: The Whole News 04-01-2013
Replies: 17
Views: 1,743
Posted By ganulv
There's Matisyahu...

There's Matisyahu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matisyahu#Career), so it makes a little sense, I guess!


Solidly Democratic, for sure. But some Dems are vicious pro-Israel hawks and sometimes you...
Forum: The Whole News 04-01-2013
Replies: 17
Views: 1,743
Posted By ganulv
FWIW, I do believe I was the only goy in...

FWIW, I do believe I was the only goy in attendance at the showing! ;) There were thirteen of us in the theater for a 1:40 showing in a rural New England town. Not a bad crowd for that kind of film...
Forum: The Whole News 03-31-2013
Replies: 17
Views: 1,743
Posted By ganulv
I caught The Gatekeepers at a matinée yesterday...

I caught The Gatekeepers at a matinée yesterday and much enjoyed it. I would not have minded it being a bit shorter but I did not find it tiresome. And it is not just a collection of talking heads as...
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