Kevin O’Brien Not all weapons are morally neutral It’s questionable whether this is a weapon, actually, although if you define weapon as “an implement of violence,” it is. This particular implement of violence is used in Iran to cast fear into thieves, at least those thieves who are not members of or associated with the Government and …
Slowest Sunday Ever Posting will be sporadic (if that) over the next few days. Please bear with us. This entry was posted in Administrivia on January 27, 2013 by Hognose. About Hognose Former Special Forces 11B2S, later 18B, weapons man. (Also served in intelligence and operations jobs in SF). View all posts by Hognose → …
His name is Michael K. Nagata and he has SF and clandestine operations experience in his early, formative years of commissioned service. Any time a guy like this comes up, we in the community either know him personally or are one or two emails and calls from someone who does. In this case, the personal …
…as we get up to speed again after some personal issues. Nothing life-threatening… any more. We owe last week’s end of week posts, but will probably never make up Monday and Tuesday this week. That’s just the way it is, friends. This entry was posted in Administrivia on January 29, 2013 by Hognose. About Hognose …
You may not remember USS Thresher, SSN-593. She did not serve long nor make notable accomplishments; on a shakedown cruise she plunged miles beyond crush depth and 129 members of the boat’s crew and shipyard’s staff lost their lives. This happened a very long time ago: 1963, and so the name is known more to …
First, we apologize for not signing it, but the principal author of this blog, although a member in the places where it coalesced, was quite unaware of it, due to an unexpected medical emergency. The best thing to do, then, is to give you SOFREP’s intro, then let you click over there to — you …
First, we apologize because this week’s link is not a technical site, but given the current political imbroglio, we’ve been deluged by lots of things, including pithy gun-rights quotes. You may recognize some of these as having clanged into your inbox this week: Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the …
Well, it turns out that they’re out there, and there’s a nice concentration of them in Dayton, Ohio. (No wonder the Wright Brothers, upstanding Christian bishop’s sons that they were, made a getaway to North Carolina). For example, the anchors and news producers at WHIO-TV in Dayton are pro-rapist and anti-victim.They don’t care how many …
So we followed some silly link or another to the BBC, where we found the attached graphic: Sniper: Devil or Hero? We suppose that depends on which side of the rifle one’s on, eh. But it certainly seemed like the graphic was an indictment of allied snipers in the war. The story the graphic linked …
Keith Idema, whom we’ve known for some decades, is reported dead. Idema is a former member of the 10th and 11th (Army Reserve) Special Forces Groups. He left both units under a cloud, which was how most of his relationships with humans and institutions ended. He died — if he is truly dead — alone, …