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Since the Sun is not yet over yardarm I'll have charge my glass with orange juice and drink to the Greys and their efforts.

Pat Holscher wrote:What's Destination Gobi? I have not heard of that film.

Richard Widmark film from a few decades back. A USN weather reporting group is sent to the Gobi Desert. They team up with locals. Rates a GFF.

In our very historically oriented group we tend to think of "cavalry" in the very traditional sense of the mounted arm of a larger military force. For most folks any body of mounted fighters would be "cavalry." It may be "sloppy thinking" but there it is. :|

I've always thought one of the most ...

It's been a while since I've read it, but Walter Prescott Webb's history of the Texas Rangers says about the same thing. He also covers the adoption of new weapons and tactics and how they were developed. He's probably a bit kinder to the Ranger force as they made some pretty serious errors from ...

My wife & I went about 10 days back. Agree it rates a GFF*!

Also agree it's more of a reinterpretation than a remake. I heard an interview the other day with the Cohen Bros. Only one will admit to having seen the original and that was many years ago.

I always like the exchange between Col ...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's a Russian Foxtrot Class sub in San Diego. IIRC there may be one or two further north on the West Coast.

How on earth did those end up there?

[quote="wkambic"Having gone through U.S. Fleet boats, U-Boats, and Foxtrots I'm amazed at how advanced the Fleet boats were, in comparison. They ...

There's a Russian Foxtrot Class sub in San Diego. IIRC there may be one or two further north on the West Coast. The interesting thing was that as you approached the entrance there was a large section of "culvert" with a ramp or step on each side. The sign said "if you can't pass through this you won ...

The pumps are "generally unserviceable".....could we set new members to bailing as a sort of initiation ceremony? If the pumps are unserviceable, how do they figure she's "stable for towing?" An unpowered ship without pumps is a potential anchor, isn't it?

No, more like a potential reef or sport ...

Looks like a candidate for the new Society yacht.

WWI is the "war for our time."

It beings with an act of terrorism, leads to an over-reaction by a Great Power, and plunges a bunch of countries into a killing match that ends inconclusively and does little more than set the stage for the next conflict. It's a great "ultimate futility of war" story ...

Interesting that the artist put her on a laterally gaited horse.

As sort of an ignorant question, on my part, how often would we expect a World War One physician to have a horse?

As often as he needed to travel? Not trying for a "smart" remark, here, but rather considering that motor transport was probably less prevalent that we sometimes assume. An ordinary ...

Related to this question, and to an earlier discussion on the list somewhere about how WWII opened up college, through the GI bill, to entire classes of people who had not previously attended, I'll ask this specifically regarding World War Two, but also trail it out as late as the Korean War.

For ...

Good explanations, Sir!!! :)

In considering all of the various "theories" I wonder if the following isn't really the most important thing for a rider to do: "And third: You provide a more reliable weight for the horse to contend with." Providing that "reliable weight" (I presume meaning assuming a ...

A Safe and Merry Christmas to all from the Mud Capitol Of America.

It snowed in my home town in Louisiana yesterday! Where is this Global Warming we keep hearing about?

Have faith in Prince Albert. Would a Nobel Laureat lie to you????? :?:
Bill,

To which Nobel Laureate do you refer, the fat white one or the skinny black one? :shock:

Sounds like "dealers ...

Couvi wrote:It snowed in my home town in Louisiana yesterday! Where is this Global Warming we keep hearing about?

Have faith in Prince Albert. Would a Nobel Laureat lie to you?????

The current officer promotion system is governed by DOPMA, first passed in 1981. Here is a pretty good, if dated, explantion of the system: http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4246/R4246.sec2.pdf

I can't speak for other services, but the Navy uses "continuation boards" (a group of officers who review ...

Just got back from a short jaunt West and had a couple of days to be at "loose ends" in San Diego while my wife attended a medical conference. I was watching CNN on Monday and it would be best described as "All Swine Flu, All The Time." And mostly talking heads with little or no really valuable ...