Gimme Blog Fodder

As the handful of regular readers here know, I'm currently down in Texas/New Mexico doing Mobilization training for the Army, and will soon be heading into Afghanistan.  I've started another blog, Dirt Pusher's Journal, to document stuff as it goes on, and to help me try and keep a better form of a journal this time around.

Problem is, I don't know what kind of stuff people want to hear about.  So, if you can give me some ideas in the comments, and pass the word around, that'd be awesome.  It's often a lot easier for me to write stuff if somebody plants an idea in my head.  I'll do what I can, keeping with OPSEC and the standard rules and regs, but feel free to put whatever you want down there.

Glock Commercial

I've got to agree with Caleb, it's pretty decent.



Not my choice in guns (if you've spent any time around here, you've probably picked up on that... nothing against them, I'd even shoot one regularly if given to me, just not what I like if I'm paying.)

It's good to see a company stepping up their image though.

Awesome Warning

Is awesome.  I ordered a sling mount for my M4 from these guys and it came with this:

Look for a review in a couple months after some time to beat it up.

French Press

Decent instructions from Daily Shot.

KtKC Starts Today

I (sadly) can't participate this year, since the Army frowns upon modifying the uniform that much (although if I had a Multicam Kilt and could get away with it, I'd rock it like no one's business!) but head here for all the information! (Jay G has a good post up too.)

Next year I'll be in on the fun though.

Adapt...

Improvise, and overcome.

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Burnin' Ammo

Your Chance to Own a G&C Legend!

Update: Word is, the ol' Autobot has found a new caretaker.

The ol' Autobot is up for sale... if you're in the Wisconsin area and looking for a remarkably unremarkable compact sedan, it could be yours!

Just don't want to have it sitting for the better part of a year while I'm gone, and having two compact-ish four door sedans in the household seems a bit silly.  We put new tires on it yesterday too!

Rockin' the .50

Vid'ya over at the deployment blog.

More Pre-MOB

Don't forget about the other blog.

Coffee History 101

From Daily Shot.

Awesome

Lego Serenity.

MHI Employee Handbook

And Roleplaying Game coming soon!

I'm definitely looking forward to it.

More Multitasker Tube Goodness

It makes a great handle when combined with the brush head and a section of rod from my issues Otis cleaning kit.  Good stuff, and Sheila's got a lot less sand in all the corners and whatnot.

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Toasty

Warming my feet by the range fire.

OW!

Qual on the SAW, hot brass bounced up and balanced on my stock and nose...

Eye Pro people!

Tactical Kitties

For home defense.  Valid point.

DIY Lower

On a 3D printer. Pretty cool.

Larry writes good, and not just about killing monsters.

Building Pure Awesome

First MC-130J in production.

Deployment Blog

Report tomorrow to start the deployment.  Less than excited, but it is what it is.

I decided to start up a secondary blog primarily for the deployment.  I'll still be dropping stuff here, and will stick with the ol' G&C when I get back to civilization, but I felt I needed a different place for this whole adventure.  Please bare with the growing pains and rough start I'm sure it'll have in formatting, the last few weeks slipped by far too fast and I didn't get a lot of things done I intended to (hanging out with Manda seemed to be more important than most other things...)

In the meantime, Cro will likely be slipping in some content as well, so keep checking here too.

For now, I'll see you at Dirt Pusher's Journal!

About Time...

Now to see how long before we'll actually see Female Cut IOTVs for the rest of the Army...

Eyepro!!

Always a good idea.  LuckyGunner's Labs did some tests to see how stuff stacks up.

Some Styrofoam may have been injured in the test. 

Well worth the read.

Lost Some Wisdom This Morning

And gained the knowledge that three hours of tattoo work with no anesthesia is still preferable to even an hour of oral surgery, even fully sedated.  Well, I suppose it's the aftereffects really.  Been able to get down half a cup of yogurt since this morning, not really feeling like much else (still, thank his Noodly Appendages for Yoplait's lactose-free yogurt.)

My BRD is Spreading...

It's gotten to my leg...

My leg looks funny all shaved...

We powered through a three hour session to get the outline and shading done, and colors will come later (the reds you see is simply my body being angry at getting stabbed a lot...)  I guess now I've got more incentive to bring the leg back with me from Afghanistan.

Tattoo Needles...

...Still don't tickle. Gotta earn it.

One Week...

...Until I report for Active Duty.  Damn it's coming up fast.

Speaking of, that's why it's been kinda quiet around here lately, lots of crap to get together and a lot of "non-blog" stuff on my mind.  Deployments take up a lot of your time...

Content Warning

This video may contain copious amounts of violence, blood, and adult language; but that's what makes it good.  (It's a Short Film from ComiCon)



I always did like Thomas Jane as Punisher.

Plastic AR Carbine Lower

I say "carbine" because it can take any buffer tube.

ATI Omni Polymer lower reciever.  Cheap, and I think it'd hold up fine.  I may look into picking one up when I get back just to see how "cheap" I can build an AR.

GucciFlage Nightmare Camo

Heh. I see what you did there.