Campy

I found the Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) manual that I refered to above. I forgot I had saved it to my harddrive, but I just uploaded it (it's a 368 page pdf file) so you can take a look if you're so inclined. I'll leave it up for a week or two, so if you want to keep a copy for future reference, save it to your local PC. BTW, it was USMC, not army (sorry VA ). http://members.cox.net/chriscampbell2/MOUT.pdf

AMEN brother!!!

Good post MDH.

He's doing alot to make them miss or take bad angles. He has a nice little stutter and head and shoulder dip. Remember, he's 13 years old playing against 17 & 18 year olds. He's only going to get faster, bigger, and better.

Here here. Willis is like Thurman in that it just seems nobody gets a real clean shot on him, he twists and turns and the defenders get glancing blows, but no straight ahead sitting duck shots. I think that, along with his better vision, will mean Willis won't be subject to putting the ball on the carpet as frequently as Travis did there for awhile. Also, Travis' forearms are pretty short, elbow to wrist. I think that contributed to his fumblitis as well, and that's a problem Willis doesn't have to worry about. If he gets all of his speed back, he'll be much better than the very good he is now.

Never able to catch it from the begining, so I haven't watched a single episode. I know it had alot of hype, is it good? FWIW: I was bored to death with his Baseball doc. I trust it's better than that?

Glad to hear it. I'm into Campbell Soup Co. and lost my ass last spring. I bought more over the summer, so I'm hoping to make that back this winter. Do me one small favor; Eat fewer Pop Tarts and have more soup!

Sounds like an interesting read, I love those types of historical 1st person narratives. I've learned much more about history by reading those than I ever have from reading a textbook. An autographed copy would be great. If it's not doable, promise you'll let me know the title and release date so I can swing by Borders and pick up a copy.

I'd pay $10/month without even thinking twice about it to access their local programming (local guys here have the network stuff covered). It'd be great to listen to Bills talk throughout the day!

Patriot with Mel Gibson drove me bat-stevestojan with its inaccuracies. Went to the theater to see it, but I should have known it would piss me off when I saw Turlington's Dragoons wearing red coats in the commercials. Nice story, and at least they got the gist of Cowpens right, or at least better than Braveheart did the Battle of Sterling Bridge, which according to the film oddly took place on a hillside and not on the bloody bridge, but I digress...

Enemy at the Gates, that's it. The waves of Russian soldiers being told they'd be shot in the back if they didn't fight, the sniping, and the stalemate that eventually led to Germany's retreat all seemed fairly accurate to my understanding of the battle. I imagine you're much better versed in Stalingrad's defense than I am, but I thought the film captured the spirit of the battle rather well. Knowing that 99% of the time "the book" is better than "the movie," would you recommend it as a worthwhile read in this instance?

Good point. Reminds me of the movie whose name I can't recall, but that you may have seen, which chronicles a young Russian sniper's experience in the defense of Stalingrad. He pulled some some dead comrades on top of him and used them as cover, and when the Krauts came by poking at them, they missed him. He then waited, and ended up taking out several German officers and a few regulars from his position. I wish I could remember the name of that film... I think it's right up your alley, fairly accurate from a historical prospective.

I haven't listened to GR in years, but if that's the case, they can use some royalty free music, it doesn't have to be Godsmack's (or whatever their freekin name is) latest hit.

Hmmm. Just a thought... AP said that we've been selectively bombing the northern, eastern, and southern neighborhoods in the city, in addition to the central market area. Maybe the goal is to force them to seek shelter in the western neighborhoods, send in the army & Marines to contain them, then damn near raze that section of the city via merciless bombardment. Afterwards have the guys on the ground converge and clean up what's left. Probably too simple, but I did a report on Lidice way back in high school, and I can't imagine us doing that to any city. The fallout would be disastrous.

You know something is about to hit the fan when we spend half a day (Friday morning) dropping thousands upon thousands of leaflets from bombers urging women and children to evacuate...

Methinks there will be alot of that going on.

They're probably trained as well as they can be, but I imagine that all the training in the world couldn't be enough. I've read enough about urban combat (WWII to current) to know that it's considered the most dangerous, moreso than even Vietnamese jungles. We will suffer heavy casualties. Sadly, by the nature of urban combat operations it is unavoidable.

About a year ago I stumbled upon an online version of the Army's Urban Battlefield Maneuvers (or some similarly named manual, I don't recall the exact name). It covered everything from points of fire, covering fire, strategies for clearing rooms, bounding, and even hopping over cellar windows so you don't get your ankles blown off. Just reading it kinda' freaked me out...

This can't help: Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/06/...tain/index.html

I read we have 10,000 troops in position around the city. I also read where they anticipate booby traps, ambushes, suicide bombers, and being on the recieving end of RPGs fired in close quarters. But do we know how many bad guys there are in Fallujah?

I don't consider you or Foxboro Mike to be the trolls I was referring to, you guys are alright. You just root for the wrong team!

Who cares? The thread titles are clear enough to know what she's looking for. If you choose to not help her, fine, don't bother opening the bloody thread. But why the urge to put her down? That's the part I don't get. It reminds me of a gang of 8 year olds picking on the 6 year old at the playground. It's juvenile.

That's a good ideal. I'd happily subscribe to hear their locally produced programming.

People getting on Sue for that kind of thing reminds me of two things: 1.- People who start OT threads to complain about the number of OT threads. 2.- Grade school.