UFC 145

Can't wait.  

My bet is Jones stops him in the second.

Submarine Parachute Assistance Group

A member of the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) is pictured on a practices jump into the bay of Gibraltar during an annual training exercise.

The Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) was formed using members of staff serving at the Submarine Escape Training Tank (SETT). They are tasked to be able to rapidly deploy a team of people with Escape and Rescue knowledge to provide advice and assistance to the crew of a submarine, survivors on the surface and any other rescue forces involved in the rescue effort.
The SPAG are trained in water descent parachuting using both round and square static-line parachutes. They are on 6 hours notice to take-off, 24 hours a day, all year round.Photographer: Cpl Ralph Merry ABIPP RAF

Cowardice across the blogging world.

The new image of the Marine Corps.  Not a hardcore warrior but a care giver in uniform.

Rant time.

I'm extremely disappointed.

I've been waiting anxiously to see which of the "big boy" blogs would come out and comment on the news yesterday that women would be allowed to go to the Infantry Course.

Not one of them has.

CDR Salamander (which I like alot) is silent.  He'll wax on for days at a time about diversity...but its usually about racial diversity.  This subject he won't touch with a ten foot pole.  Selective outrage anyone?  Yeah.  I'm disappointed and won't read his posts the same ever again.

Information Dissemination.  I don't like Galrahn and his crew.  They're arrogant, condescending and I always had a grudging suspicion that they were under cover ass kissers.  Suspicions confirmed.  He isn't touching on this either.

Black Five.  On this one I am extremely surprised.  They haven't touched on it and they're composed of all these warrior, type A personality types.  They also have writers from the only two SOCOM outfits that I like and respect...Rangers and Special Forces...but they're silent too.  Extremely disappointed.

Last but not least is USNI Blog.  I think simply saying that Colonel Ripley would not be happy is enough.

I've always been told and truly believe that physical courage is much easier than moral courage.  Charging through a hail of gunfire is easier than taking politically unpopular positions.

This subject proves that to be true.

(I apologize in advance Army guys) But remember when US Marines used to laugh at pics like the ones below????  Something tells me that all the guys that were heading to the Marines to standout will be heading toward the Army now.  Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger Units will probably start to overflow with new recruits once the Marine Corps puts this female in the Grunts initiative in place. 

Ironic words.  "Lucky for us, we still have the Marines"...not any fucking more.  GOD!  I wish the leadership would just carry their sorry asses out the door!

Endurance Course.

First F-35C formation flight

Massive hat tip to /Bjørnar for the pics!

General Barrow and Col Ripley on women in combat..

Yeah.


Two real Marines that led from the front.  Setting the example not only because of their intense physical endurance/courage but also because of their unrelenting integrity in the face of political correctness.


The above video shows General Barrow.  Click here to read Colonel Ripley's testimony on the subject.

A massive hat tip goes to Modern American Heroes blog. 

Sea Dart's last hurrah.

For probably the last time in its 40-year history the Navy’s principal shield against air attack, Sea Dart missiles, have been fired by a Royal Navy warship.
HMS Edinburgh launched seven of the Mach 2 missiles at target drones off the Outer Hebrides in a last hurrah ahead of a major military exercise off western Scotland.