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Right! Sergeant Major, marching up and down the square

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

By Popular Demand

Feel Free to Sing Along…

SERGEANT MAJOR: Don’t stand there gawping like you’ve never seen the Hand of God before! Now, today, we’re going to do marching up and down the square! That is, unless any of you got anything better to do. Well?! Anyone got anything they’d rather be doing than marching up and down the square?! Yes?! Atkinson. What would you… rather be doing, Atkinson?

ATKINSON: Well, to be quite honest, Sarge, I’d… rather be at home with the wife and kids.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Would you, now?!

ATKINSON: Yes, Sarge.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! Off you go! Now, everybody else happy with my little plan… of marching up and down the square a bit?

COLES: Sarge!

SERGEANT MAJOR: Yes?!

COLES: I’ve got a book I’d quite like to read.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! You go read your book, then! Now! Everybody else… quite content to join in… with my little scheme of marching up and down the square?!

WYCLIF: Sarge?

SERGEANT MAJOR: Yes, Wyclif?! What is it?!

WYCLIF: Well, I’m, uh, learning the piano.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Learning the piano?!

WYCLIF: Yes, Sarge.

SERGEANT MAJOR: And I suppose you want to go and practice, eh? Marching up and down the square not good enough for you, eh?!

WYCLIF: Well,–

SERGEANT MAJOR: Right! Off you go!

WYCLIF: Oh.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Now! What about the rest of you? Rather be at the pictures, I suppose.

SQUAD: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Ooh, yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Right.

SERGEANT MAJOR: All right! Off you go!

SQUAD: Oh. Ooh. Great. That’s great. What a day. I want to see the Merle Oberon picture. Eh hehheh.

SERGEANT MAJOR: Bloody army! I don’t know what it’s coming to. Right! Sergeant Major, marching up and down the square. Left, right, left. Left…

NARRATOR #1: Democracy and humanitarianism have always been trademarks of the British Army…

SERGEANT MAJOR: Rubbish!

NARRATOR #1: Shh! …And have stamped its triumph throughout history, in the furthest-flung corners of the Empire,…
[mayhem]
…but, no matter where or when there was fighting to be done,…
[patriotic music]
…it has always been the calm leadership of the Officer class that has made the British Army what it is.

Tags: D&C, Monty Python, Sergeant Major, The Meaning of Life
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Happy National Day to My French Readers

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

I was at a meeting yesterday when my friend, Pascal from TR Equipement reminded me that today is La FÃªte Nationale in France. So, Happy National Day from Soldier Systems Daily.

www.tr-equipement.com

Tags: Bastille Day, TR Equipement
Posted in Foreign, Morale | 4 Comments »

Haley Strategic Partners Giveaway

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Our friends at Haley Strategic Partners are sponsoring a series of awesome giveaways this week. Each day, for 4 days, they will post a new graphic to their Facebook page like the thumbnail we have placed at the beginning of this article. The full-size versions are yours to download. But it gets better. “Tag” yourself on the photo and you have a chance to win a random drawing for a daily prize of a weapon accessory. Today’s giveaway is a BCM Gunfighter Charging Handle. There will be three more this week; one per day. Here is a direct link to the post: www.facebook.com Be sure to “tag” yourself in the comments. This contest ends tomorrow with 3 more to follow.

In the end, everyone is a winner. No matter what, you get a free, cool graphic and one lucky winner per day wins a weapon accessory. Obviously, due to the prize content, restrictions apply so make sure you read the fine print at their www.facebook.com page. We will announce the winners here to echo HSP’s announcement on Facebook.

Tags: Bravo Company, Facebook, Haley Strategic Partners
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Casio G-Shock X-Large Military Play Set Limited Edition Watch

Friday, July 8th, 2011

With its mix of olive drab, coyote and khaki coloring, the G-Shock Military Play Set LE Watch looks very much like a tactical watch, and its ruggedness and large volume of features help to further this claim. The Military Play G-Shock is shock resistant, water resistant up to 200M, features a high-intensity LED and a large digital display area. Its powered by a CR2025 battery with an approximate life of 7 years. It can be programed to display up to four different cities’ times, from a list of 48 cities spanning 31 time zones, with city code display and full DST support. Additionally, this watch also features 5 independent alarms, a stopwatch that measures down to 1/100th of a second, a countdown timer that measures down to 1/10th of a second, and a full auto calender (pre-programmed until the year 2099). Of course, it can also display local time in either a 12 or 24 hour format that is accurate to within +/- 15 seconds per month.

And before you ask, yes. You also get the cool G-Shock action figure as part of the package.

Available exclusively* through Tactical Distributors

*in regards to tactically inclined retailers

Story originally posted on TacticalFanboy.com.

Tags: G-Shock, Tactical Distributors, Tactical Fanbot
Posted in Gadgets, Morale | 6 Comments »

Happy 4th From Blackheart International

Monday, July 4th, 2011

We received this in an email from Blackheart International and found it so sublime that we had to share it.

Tags: Blackheart International
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Order of the Undercollar

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

When the ACU was adopted by the Army, the rank insignia was moved to the center of the chest and the officer branch insignia was eliminated from the utility uniform. Naturally, this didn’t stop officers from wearing their branch insignia, they just had to come up with some interesting ways of doing it. Then comes along, Order of the Undercollarâ„¢, a company founded to provide branch insignia that fits perfectly on the Velcro found under the collar on the ACU. That way, an officer can flash his buddies the high sign so they know who’s who. I can say one thing, they are honkin’ big so you won’t have any problems sorting lawyers and tankers. Not sure if they have a MultiCam version coming yet or not but they will do custom runs with a unit designator. Be sure to check out the HH6 patch as well in case she, or he for that matter, lounges around in ACUs.

To order visit www.orderoftheundercollar.com.

Tags: Oldie But Goodie, Order of the Undercollar
Posted in ACU, Morale | 1 Comment »

Betsy Ross TD x SS Limited Edition Tee

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

What better way to celebrate the birth of our country than to sport a t-shirt emblazoned with the Betsy Ross flag. Considered America’s first flag, it’s basic design features of 13 red and white stripes to symbolize the original colonies that became states along with a blue field filled with stars to designate the current number of American states have survived the test of time.

When SSD and TD settled on the first three designs we knew that this one needed to be released before the 4th of July. The Betsy Ross shirt is the final design for the American Heritage series of t-shirts which are limited edition designs available in Black and Sand.

Get yours from www.tacticaldistributors.com.

Tags: Tactical Distributors
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BrinkZone Sponsors First Annual Charity Prowler Sled Competition

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

BrinkZone.com should be no stranger to long-time readers of SSD with their Optimal SWAT program. In conjunction with EliteFTS and Golds Gym Natick MA, BrinkZone.com is sponsoring the First Annual Charity Prowler Sled Competition, this August 20th, 2011. All proceeds go to the Wounded Warrior Project.