Lest we forget, today is Armed Forces Day in the UK. We want to honor our closest Allies as the celebrate their 5th Armed Forces Day.
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Armed Forces Day UK
Saturday, June 29th, 2013“Until It Hurts Prints” Now Available from Wounded Wear
Friday, June 28th, 2013Last year I was asked to spend the morning of September 11th with a friend as he fired one 7.62 round for each Navy SEAL lost since the War on Terror began 11 years before. The goal of this exercise was to create a canvas for multimedia artist Ellwood T. Risk. SOCS Dave Hall, (USN, Ret.) placed 79 shots unto the target beginning the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center.
The result of the effort is called “Until It Hurts” and the original was auctioned off earlier this year for $17,500. Now, prints of the piece are available through Wounded Wear. We purchased a canvas print just yesterday. Get yours.
Mattel Tommy Burst Commercial
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013Here’s a best from the past! Man, why don’t they still make cool toys like the Mattel Tommy Burst?
You can tell its Mattel, it’s swell!
Thanks Paul Bravo for the find!
‘Keep Calm And Return Fire’ 2.0 Liberty Bottle
Monday, June 24th, 2013
Now available from Tactical Distributors, the ‘Keep Calm and Return Fire’ 2.0 Liberty Bottle features the same updated “splatter” design as the 2.0 t-shirts. Liberty Bottles are made in the USA from recycled materials, and are 100% BPA free.
tacticaldistributors.com – ‘Keep Calm and Return Fire’ 2.0 Liberty Bottle
America…A Nation of Go-Getters
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013“Americans murder with everything — with cars, with knives, with frozen fish — whatever’s at hand, we’ll kill a motherfucker with it, because he needed killing and we’re a nation of go-getters.”
–Robert Brockway
Looks Like Someone Is Having A Blast For Our Anniversary
Friday, June 21st, 2013
thx PG!
Bawidamann Archangel Michael Morale Patch
Friday, June 21st, 2013
The Archangel Michael Morale Patches are in. These 2.75” x 1.75”? patches are made from PVC and offered in three versions, a standard white on black model, black on black for those covert ops and the glow-in-the-dark for anyone who wants to keep track of their buddies at night. Developed in conjunction with MilSpec Money.
Right! Sergeant Major, Marchin’ Up and Down the Square
Thursday, June 20th, 2013Since we’ve got someone in the UK this week, we said, “Ah, what the heck.”
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.
