What kind of holster was this guy wearing?

via My Way.

DETROIT (AP) - A woman celebrating the weekend before her 25th birthday was fatally shot Sunday when she hugged an off-duty police officer while dancing at a party, causing the officer's service weapon to fire, according to police and her mother.
Adaisha Miller would have turned 25 on Monday, according to her mother, Yolanda McNair.
The shooting happened at an outdoor social gathering about 12:30 a.m., said police Sgt. Eren Stephens. It happened on the city's west side.
According to Stephens, the woman "embraced the officer from behind, causing the holstered weapon to accidently discharge." The bullet punctured Miller's lung and hit her heart, and she died at a hospital.
Stephens said the Detroit officer will remain on administrative duties while authorities investigate the shooting and report their findings to the Wayne County prosecutor. The officer's name was not released.
"For this to happen to her, whether they want to call it freak accident or mistake in judgment, it should have never happened to my child, and there's nothing I can do to get her back," McNair told WDIV-TV.
McNair said her daughter was out to mark her upcoming birthday.
"All she wanted to do was enjoy the weekend for her birthday," the mother said. "She had every right to enjoy turning 25 and look beyond that."

Hmm.

Tragic but not surprising.  I'm returning to my jaded old ways.  Piss poor gear leads to fucked up incidents.  Trendy gear instead of good gear is usually the cause of this type of stuff.

Armed organizations should put out an approved gear list.  At least the US Army has this right.  Marine Corps?  Not so fucking much.

Flying Display Highlights

Navy Pics. July 09, 2012.

MINA SALMAN PORT, Bahrain (July 6, 2012) Tugboats assist the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB-I) as the ship pulls into the Kingdom of Bahrain. Ponce is deployed to support maritime security operations and mine countermeasure efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ashante Hammons/Released)

FORWARD TRAINING AREA (July 5, 2012) U.S. Navy SEALs conduct mobility and weapons training in an open desert gun range. The training familiarizes SEALs in handling both the weapon and terrain at the same time making the transition a common procedure. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Meranda Keller/Released)
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FORWARD TRAINING AREA (July 5, 2012) U.S. Navy SEALs conduct mobility and weapons training in an open desert gun range. The training familiarizes SEALs in handling both the weapon and terrain at the same time making the transition a common procedure. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Meranda Keller/Released)
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General Dynamics Piranha III

This has to be it.

General Dynamics has to be offering a slightly modified version of the Piranha III as their entry into the Marine Personnel Carrier contest.

Pussification of the Marine Corps. Infantry Officers Course open to women.

Thanks for the article Sferrin.  I think.  

Hey AMOS.  Just turn in your stars now.  You're fucking up the Marine Corps and we don't need you anymore.  Just carry your sorry ass out the door.

via the New York Times.

Col. Todd S. Desgrosseilliers, the commander of the Basic School, which oversees the course, said he had no special concerns as the course prepares to accept women. “Nothing more so with women than with men,” he said.

“We expect them to be fit enough to go through the course when they get here, just like the men are.”

The 86-day course, which meets four times a year, is called the corps’ most grueling school by its instructors and is intended to screen and train potential infantry officers. Its students are volunteers selected from lieutenants who have completed Officer Candidates School and the six-month Basic Officer Course, which trains all Marine lieutenants to lead provisional infantry platoons and in leadership, tactics, fitness and weapons. That school has been coed for decades.

That's a fucking lie and the Colonel knows it.

I would pay good money for just one person near Washington D.C. that's associated with the Marine Corps to tell the truth.  They won't because they have no moral courage at all.

The Pussification of the Marine Corps is damn near complete.  I'm proud to say I'm old Corps cause this new Marine Corps is going to get slaughtered on a battlefield one day.  You think a terrorist is going to care if a Marine Infantry Person is crying like a baby before he slams a knife between that persons ribs? 

Fuck the leadership for not having the balls to call a spade a spade.  Fuck Congress for not realizing that equality means little on the battlefield.  And fuck the mothers of America that are lining up their daughters to be killed, raped and dismembered on future battlefields.

Lockheed Martin at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow

US Army Ranger School. SOFREP says standards are falling.

Shocking.


Alarming.


Heartbreaking news.


But to bring this home to my fellow Devil Dogs.  If they're doing this to the Army's Premier Raid Force then what will they do to the Marine Corps? 

Read about it here.

24th MEU at Kuwait Naval Base.

Photos by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Army Staff Sgt. Duane Gendreau, a UH-60 Blackhawk crew chief, teaches the fundamentals of boarding and exiting a Blackhawk helicopter to Marines with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 7, 2012. The instruction is in preparation for upcoming joint training between 24th MEU Marines and Soldiers currently deployed to Camp Buehring. The 24th MEU is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.  NOTE:  I've never understood Army procedure when it comes to offloading from a UH-60.  The thought that as soon as you get off you take a few steps and get prone?  Seems as if the Helicopter is taking fire you and it are toast and you can get not only a kill on the airplane but also the troops.  But it must work cause they're still doing it, still I'd love to hear the rationale behind it all.

Lance Cpl. Daniel Huynh, a Baton Rouge, La., native and team leader with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security during dismount drills on an Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 7, 2012. The instruction is in preparation for upcoming joint training between 24th MEU Marines and Soldiers currently deployed to Camp Buehring. The 24th MEU is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security

Marines with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fasten their seat belts while conducting stationary mounting procedures in an Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 7, 2012. The instruction is in preparation for upcoming joint training between 24th MEU Marines and Soldiers currently deployed to Camp Buehring. The 24th MEU is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, clear rooms in a building during close-quarters combat training at Udairi Range in Kuwait, July 3, 2012. A contingent of Marines from the 24th MEU is ashore in Kuwait conducting sustainment training during their regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, run across an open area during close-quarters combat training at Udairi Range in Kuwait, July 3, 2012. A contingent of Marines from the 24th MEU is ashore in Kuwait conducting sustainment training during their regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, take cover while providing suppressing fire on a building during close-quarters combat training at Udairi Range in Kuwait, July 3, 2012. A contingent of Marines from the 24th MEU is ashore in Kuwait conducting sustainment training during their regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Lance Cpl. Trevor Wedesky, a Milford, Mich., native and automatic rifleman with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides simulated suppressing fire for his fellow Marines during close-quarters combat training at Udairi Range in Kuwait, July 3, 2012. A contingent of Marines from the 24th MEU is ashore in Kuwait conducting sustainment training during their regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Silva kills it.

Silva killed it.

I was suppose to put this up first thing but to be honest I got tracked on a few other things.  But lets face it.  The fight didn't live up to the hype and Sonnen was just like most people these days....he talks too much, trained too little and thought that popularity would see him win.

Just like most people he was wrong.  Silva started slow but in the end pounded him like a piece of cold meat.

Check out the reports of the fight here.

Gear question.

New skool setup.  Love it except for the fact that the ammo pouches take up entirely too much space with not enough return for the cost.  I like the material, but the real estate issue is a deal breaker.

Old skool setup.  For a war belt its good to go but the materials just don't cut it today.

If you read the captions on the above photos then you're halfway to my problem.  New skool setups are good to go but on warbelts leave alot to be desired when it comes to ammo carriage....old skool has ammo carriage right (takes up little space and you have 6 AR mags) but the materials suck.

Does anyone know if someone makes the old skool ammo pouches in cordura?

What happens when shocking news is no longer shocking?

I saw this news report (read it for yourself after watching the vid) and my first thought was...I'm not surprised.  My second thought was wow, what aren't I?

And that goes to the title of this post.  What does it say about our society when shocking news is no longer shocking?

My simplistic view.  We're fucked.  Each and every one of us.

Korea will buy F-35B's...Why? Dokdo LPH!

The F-35B.  A perfect match for the Dokdo LPH.

EOD going hard!

Naval Amphibious Capability in the 21st Century

Thanks Tom for hitting me with this document.  Good Stuff!

I wondered how HQMC viewed amphibious operations especially with regards to how the current administration views the military in general and the Marine Corps in particular.  Its not very encouraging.

We're seeing almost total surrender by Marine Corps leadership.  If you watch the Commandant's latest you'll see a leader almost crying because of pressure from Congress.  General Krulak would have been punching back.  General Gray would have been catching some of these Congressmen behind the building and ambushing them.  Current leadership is cowering in the fetal position begging someone to make the bad people stop.  That's the general behavior seen by all members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Its really sad.

But back to this document.  Read it all, but pay particular attention to how SOCOM and the USMC fit together.  We're no longer a battle winning organization.  We're fully into support now.  A supporting role within the MEU to the Maritime Raid Force and the Marine Corps supporting SOCOM.

Bad days are here.  Check it out.

Naval Amphibious Capability in the 21st Century

Textron wins SSC contest.

The Navy awarded on July 6 2012 a $212,722,820 fixed-priced incentive-fee contract for the detail design and construction of a Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) test and training craft to Textron, Inc., New Orleans, La. The contract also includes options for up to eight additional craft which, if exercised, brings the cumulative value of this contract to $570,451,044. The award was based on full and open competition.

Hillary's vist to Afghanistan....a feminist photo-op...

Check out these photos of Hillary's visit to Afghanistan.  It would be one thing if there were numerous photos of her speaking to and thanking the troops but these pics just pitch a feminist dog and pony show.  Notice the photos of her with the troops?  4 photos --- three of the four are of her talking to female troops and they show them being armed...empty magazines on those weapons but to the untrained eye its like..Wow!  Look at those combat women speaking to the Secretary.  Never mind the fact that they probably never head outside the wire, the impression is more important than the reality.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets German army Col. Hans Buhl of Munster, Germany while visiting Kabul International Airport en route to Japan today. She greeted about 50 sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines along with their NATO counterparts. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Roger S. Duncan)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Spanish Army Maj. Maria Sanfafosta while visiting Kabul International Airport en route to Japan today. She greeted about 50 sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines along with their NATO counterparts. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Roger S. Duncan)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves from the plane with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker after visiting Kabul International Airport en route to Japan today. She greeted about 50 U.S. sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines along with a few of their NATO counterparts. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Roger S. Duncan)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets a U.S. airman during her visit to Kabul International Airport en route to Japan today to greet sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines along with their NATO counterparts. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Roger S. Duncan)

2nd ID does meals on wheels...

Sgt. Tim Martin, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, shows evidence of the long journey after returning from Operation Buffalo Thunder II at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, July 2, 2012. During the eight-day mission, Afghan and American forces cleared more than 120 kilometers of rugged terrain and escorted approximately 60 truckloads of humanitarian aid for distribution to the people of Shorabak.
117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii)
Photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan

The title is in jest but the Marine Corps and the Army are making a push into this humanitarian mission set like that's what the military is for.

It makes me fucking sick.

The Commandant and SgtMajor can pound sand with the bullshit they've been peddling lately.  So can Congress members.  The hollow force is here and I can tell ya one thing.  There was a better way ARE better ways to get food to people than to take an Infantry unit and put them on IED infested roads.

The powers that be should roast in hell.  They're playing with people's lives just to push an agenda.

More Saturday Funny. The Cop and the Gunny.

The Cop and the Marine Gunny.

A police officer pulls a Marine Gunny over for speeding and has the following exchange:

Officer: May I see your driver's license?
Marine Gunnery Sgt: I don't have one. It was suspended when I got my 5th DUI.

Officer: May I see the registration for this vehicle?
Marine Gunny: It's not my car. I stole it.

Officer: The car is stolen?
Marine Gunny: That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the registration in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.

Officer: There's a gun in the glove box?
Marine Gunny: Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.

Officer: There's a BODY in the TRUNK?!
Marine Gunny: Yes, sir.

Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain.
The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:

Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Marine Gunny: Sure. Here it is. It was valid.

Captain: Whose car is this?
Marine Gunny: It's mine, officer. Here's the registration.
The driver owned the car.

Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there's a gun in it?
Marine Gunny: Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.

Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said there's a body in it.
Marine Gunny: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.

Captain: I don't understand it.
The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn't have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glove box, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.

Marine Gunny: Yeah, and I'll bet the liar said that I was speeding, too.

Saturday Funny. Dedicated to Trudy. Fema-Nazi!

Elite Rescue Vehicle