Archive for July, 2007
When is it too much for you?
Jul 19th
I read yet another article about the stripping of rights in the name of security. We all have heard, or should have heard the quote:
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
And yet everyday it seems there is another article about this exchange going on in our government and no one seems to care. This time this article at slashdot cites this article about how your property can now be seized for any ’secret’ reason as long as they declare you a terrorist. My broad understanding is now this, you can be arrested and thrown awhile for life with no contact with anyone along with your property etc etc as long as someone deems you a terrorist. A terrorist can have a pretty broad definition as well it seems. So this gets me to thinking:
At what point do you care?
Catch Up
Jul 15th
Hi There!
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Yes, I know it has been awhile since anything REALLY worthwhile has been posted here. That is okay though because I have been busy, busy, busy. Busy with what you ask? School, National Guard, the HOA…
For spring semester I was working on 15 credit hours and pulled in a 3.666 gpa. I got 3 A’s and a B in Pre-Calc. I am okay with the B because it was a tough class. The first summer session of this year I started taking more physics and calculus. These explain most of my business.
Between spring and summer semester, my company had Bradley Gunnery at Ft Irwin for 3 weeks. So there I was getting all dirty and sweaty, serving the nation. It was a great time actually. I am the Company Commander’s Gunner. My crew is awesome, I am not going to name any names (to protect the innocent J ) but our driver is probably the best I have ever seen. He is always on top of things and ready to learn more and do more. Very motivated and very bright. He was truly an asset. The CO on the other hand has been one of the few commanders I have ever had that actually motivates me to do better.
A Bradley. As a gunner I would be the guy on the right (from your POV)
Here is an easily understood page about the Bradley.
In Bradley Gunnery, crews maneuver and shoot through various tables (kind of like contests). Targets vary from 300 meters to ~3000 meters out. The crew engages these targets through different optics, different control stations and with different weapons systems. The variety is to simulate different battlefield conditions and trains the crew to proficiently use the Bradley Fighting Vehicle to suppress and destroy the enemy. In other words, to TRAUMATIZE THE ENEMY! One BFV is bad enough, but a platoon or a company of Bradleys moving in on you is not to be taken lightly.
We shot perfect on all the tables up to the last table where I missed one target by 6 inches. It was night, using thermals, manual traverse/elevation, and the target was ~1200 meters out. So we only got a Superior rating. L It was still fun, I learned a lot and got to work with a great crew. In the end my company got more higher qualifying scores than the rest of the battalion put together! clink…clink
Ultimate Colored Smoke Bomb
Jul 7th
Click the picture for the video.AstroNavigator II review is up
Jul 3rd
I reviewed Vito Technology’s AstroNavigator II recently. Pretty cool little program. You can read it at pocketnow.com
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