Battery Magnets

My Fun Meter is maxing out

A funny minimalist design for the mom or mother needing a recharge after a long day of chasing after their active hyper children whether boys or girls.

The Multinational Force and Observers is the peacekeeping operation which has been in the Sinai since 1982. During my time there in 2007 I did a lot of cartoons but this has always kind of been my favorite.

Nope , I Won't Pause My Game - Vintage Retro

Mars Explorer

Hey, losing a klystron tube is no small thing in a Hawk missile system!

The 26th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army (USA). Battery A, 26th Field Artillery Regiment (41st Fires Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas) Battery B, 26th Field Artillery Regiment (212th Fires Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas) Battery C, 26th Field Artillery Regiment (75th Fires Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma) Inactivated at Fort Sill Battery D, 26th Field Artillery Regiment (18th Fires Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina) Battery F, 26th Field Artillery Regiment (17th Fires Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington) Battery H, 26th Field Artillery Regiment (214th Fires Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma) Inactivated at Fort Sill 2015.

Tattoos are a relatively cheap alternative to accomplishments and personality.... thus becoming a magnet for E1-E4s!

Hope you like it!

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian-born Islamic jihadist and terrorist. After the September 11 attacks, the United States Department of State offered a US$25 million reward for information or intelligence leading to al-Zawahiri's capture. He was killed in Afghanistan on July 21st, 2022. Good riddance.

Nothing wakes you up in the middle of the night like the Walk of the Mortars.

refill beer

Meals Ready to Eat have been an important part of the U.S. Army's meal plan since the 1980s.... although some of the recipes go back further.

Sergeants-Major are responsible for enforcing Army-wide, command and local standards. It doesn't always mean they know what they're talking about.

On occasion, we peacekeepers of the MFO would have some interaction with the locals.

Someone seems to think marriage is a competition...

During Operation Iraqi Freedom the Multi-National Corps Iraq (MNCI) formed an Information Operations Task Force to combat enemy disinformation and misinformation and to reach target audiences with positive information about the Coalition. IOn effect, we wanted the insurgents to dance to OUR tune instead of the other way around. What better nickname could we have than Task Force Scopitone, named after the crazy multilingual music videos of the 1960s! The "badge" incorporated twin palm trees as a frame, a sword with a lightning bolt signified information as a weapon and the snake being hit with it represented the insurgency.

While stationed in the Sinai as a peacekeeper I saw all kinds of moneymaking schemes: in Sharm el-Sheikh there was a MAS Bowling Center, in al-Arish there was a decent beach on the Mediterranean," and in Ismailia they have the Izakaya Restaurant where they serve a mean Double Chicken Hamburger. I'm surprised that no one started doing tours of the desert...

I saw this in a museum in Hanau. It seems that witches really made a pest of themselves to the point where a local gunmaker named stuck came up with a way to get rid of them. Soon, those broom-riding vermin emigrated France, where that sort of thing was more tolerated. Or at least that's what the Germans told me.

You really have to wonder about the people who "decorate" these dummies!

Over the last few years it has been a real grab-bag as to what kind of movers you get when you have a permanent change of station.

U.S. Army soldiers do pee tests even in the middle of empty deserts... because that's how we roll the cup.

Phone is no inmortal as a yogurt.

You know the Sergeant-Major is being rather insincere when you hear this phrase.

Fort Leavenworth has all kinds of history plaques and markers. Every Army officer of any consequence has been here at one time or another, including one pretty intense tank major...

Thank God for the Post Exchange! Where else could you get the little luxuries of life?

This certainly shows where the priorities lay with the post when we had the Big Flood.

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I always wondered if you could get away with throwing a brick through a fortune teller's window... after all, couldn't they call the police in advance?

While I was in Guantanamo one Filipino gentleman in particular was NOT helping with Army recruiting...

Military signs sometime lay it out precise detail...

Low Battery, Need Coffee Graphic

Battery Point Light is a lighthouse in Crescent City, California, United States. It is registered as a California Historical Landmark, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Crescent City Lighthouse".

Sometimes you don't even have to be conscious to earn a Purple Heart.

"...but it will cost you a dollar!"

Military Surprise can either be in startegy... or humor. Depends on the circumstances.