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This very long post is in response to Tex, a reader who requested information regarding the camouflage clothing and equipment being utilized by the characters in “The Patrol”. His questions, as well as those submitted by others, are one of the reasons why I decided tackle the project. I wanted to provoke questions and debate as well as put out information that covers: BASIC tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), equipment that we have used/are using, and some unusual skill sets all wrapped up in a (mildly entertaining, I hope) story. Time will tell.

I occasionally hear the statement “Camouflage is something you do when you get there.” And while that statement has some merit, my question is: “What do you do until you get there?”. I believe that not taking advantage of manufactured camo is a mistake, as long as you don’t think it will make you invisible.   Continue reading “Camouflage 101”

Reuters / Ivan AlvaradoRT

Hawaii is on its way to becoming the first ever US state to raise the tobacco smoking age to 21. The groundbreaking bill passed the Legislature on Friday and is awaiting the governor’s signature.

The bill was pushed through by the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii and scored an overwhelming 19-4 in favor. It will affect the smoking, buying and possession of cigarettes, including the electronic kind.   Continue reading “Hawaii on tobacco road to becoming first state to ban smoking for under-21s”

Mail.com

BALTIMORE (AP) — A protest over the death of Freddie Gray, who was critically injured in police custody, started peacefully with thousands marching through downtown streets before the demonstration turned violent and volatile.

The chaotic scene Saturday night prompted the first public remarks from Freddie Gray’s twin sister, who pleaded for peace at a news conference alongside the mayor. “My family wants to say, can you all please, please stop the violence?” Fredricka Gray said. “Freddie Gray would not want this.”   Continue reading “Freddie Gray protests turn violent in Baltimore”

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An avalanche triggered by Nepal’s massive earthquake slammed into a section of the Mount Everest mountaineering base camp, killing at least 17, injuring 61 and leaving an unknown number of climbers and guides unaccounted for on other routes, an official said Sunday.

Twenty-two of the most seriously injured were taken by helicopter to Pheriche village, the nearest medical facility. However, bad weather and communications were hampering more helicopter sorties, said Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.   Continue reading “Avalanche sweeps Everest base camp, killing 17, injuring 61”

Say-No-To-Common-Core-PinsWND

Parents are pulling their students out of Common Core testing procedures by the droves, and now someone has leaked test material onto the Internet. It’s just the beginning of the resistance to the federally orchestrated management of children, according to the author of a new book on education policy.

Alex Newman, author of “Crimes of the Educators: How Utopians Are Using Government Schools to Destroy America’s Children,” says federal bureaucrats have forced parents into a corner.   Continue reading “Parents fighting secret government tests”

An elderly couple were on a cruse to Greenville, North Carolina when they stopped down in Lawrenceville, Virginia …

The elderly man said that he noticed the car was starting to run a little hot and rough in the last few miles but they had not known why until they stopped at McMuck’s.    Continue reading “When is it time to turn in their drivers license?”

Police One

SALEM, Ore. — A K-9 was wounded Friday during a shootout with police that resulted in a standoff.

The Oregonian reports police responded to calls of a suspicious vehicle outside a Walmart. The man fled from officers, barricaded himself inside an RV and began firing shots at police, striking a K-9 once as officers returned fire.

The K-9 was treated and released as officers continued to engage in a standoff with the suspect.   Continue reading “K-9 wounded in Ore. shootout, gunman captured after standoff”

Dr. Brownstein

Coronary artery calcification has been found to be associated with cardiovascular events. In other words, there are more cardiovascular events when there is a higher coronary artery calcification score. The coronary calcium score can be measured with a coronary CT scan or a coronary intravascular ultrasound scan. Coronary scans are frequently ordered by cardiologists and primary care physicians. If the coronary calcium score on the CT is elevated, the doctor is most likely to prescribe a statin medication. You might think that a statin medication, if it was effective at treating and preventing heart disease, would be shown to decrease coronary calcium burden. Well, you would think wrong.   Continue reading “Statins Worsen Coronary Calcium Tests”

Yahoo News – by Emily Shapiro

Google executive Daniel Fredinburg was among at least 17 people killed today in an avalanche on Mt. Everest that was triggered by a massive earthquake near the Nepal capital of Kathmandu.

Google’s Director of Privacy Lawrence You wrote in a statement: “Sadly, we lost one of our own in this tragedy. +Dan Fredinburg a long-time member of the Privacy organization in Mountain View, was in Nepal with three other Googlers, hiking Mount Everest. He has passed away. The other three Googlers with him are safe and we are working to get them home quickly… Our thoughts are with the people of Nepal, and with Dan’s family and friends during this terrible time.”   Continue reading “Google Executive Daniel Fredinburg Killed in Mt. Everest Avalanche”

Paul Craig Roberts

US Representative Ed Royce (R, CA) is busy at work destroying the possibility of truth being spoken in the US. On April 15 at a hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs of which Royce is chairman, Royce made use of two minor presstitutes to help him redefine all who take exception to Washington’s lies as “threats” who belong to a deranged pro-Russian propaganda cult. http://www.prisonplanet.com/bloggers-compared-to-isis-during-congressional-hearing.html
 Continue reading “Truth Is Washington’s Enemy”

A US Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone (Reuters / Effrain Lopez)RT

American drone-strike strategy in the Middle East is counterproductive because killing civilians, even if it’s accidentally, breeds more al-Qaeda or other radical militants, defense analyst Ivan Eland told RT.

Two al-Qaeda hostages, an American and an Italian, were killed in one of January’s many air strikes. A former drone operator and USAF veteran Brandon Bryant said “the drone operations and even distance operations are probably the most dishonorable type of warfare we can create…”    Continue reading “‘The more civilians US drones kill in the Mideast, the more radicals they create’”