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Ex PM of Japan, Abe, was shot It seems that the weapon used in the attack was a home made shotgun https://twitter.com/Rezhasan/status/1545262461665755138

All joking aside the USSR used (and I presume Russia still does) to use alcohol as a cooling agent for aircraft radars.

Stolen is the same as captured on Orxy. Most tanks that are captured are in fact abandoned first. Those that are listed as "abandoned" are generally not in good enough shape to be worth taking. A common reason for abandoning a AFV is running out of fuel or major engine failure, both of which were common in the early days of the war. Engine failure is still a big deal and the Russian logistical tail still sucks, so running out of fuel or ammo still happens.

As near as I can tell, your maximum time in service as a O-6 is 34 years or age 62, which ever comes first.

All of the PT leaders I had did PT as a side job. They all had "real" jobs doing army things. In one unit I was in, the leader of PT on any given morning was the first Staff Sergeant that the 1st Sergeant saw that morning. It was sorta fun seeing a bunch of section and squad leaders hiding from the 1SG like a bunch of privates.

Here is At least Larry realizes that he's useless at this point. More than I can say for a select type of geek.

Funny if you know about Oryx

"You know I can jump on you from here. I'm not gonna, but just keep that in mind when you hassle me." - Explorer the Cat.

I had several PT leaders that were good when I was in the army. Most, however sucked. On the other hand, how much work is it to lead jumping jacks, some push-ups, some sit ups, then a 2 mile run.

That sucks. I hope this round of antibiotics cures your infection.

Pretex strikes me as the most appropriate https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Pretex

Another hot day. High forecast to be 99 real, heat index of 107 or so. Slight chance of rain tonight. So far I'm not having any body aches, so there is that.

Due to Mr. Cruise's beliefs about psychotherapy I will not watch any movie that he is in. Plus the errors of omission and commission of the 1st Top Gun drove me nuts.

Depends on the "Expert". Of course there is the joke about what expert means.

"Back on top of the bookcase. Nice breeze up here from the spinning things on the ceiling. " - Explorer the Cat.

"I'm gonna help The Human, but it's too early and too hot to really stand up. Gonna just lay here for a while" - Explorer the Cat.

As it happens "angular mils" is short for Milliradian. 6400 being a full circle is an approximation. It's actually 6,283.185 for a full circle. Despite being based on a SI unit, it's one of the things that varies by country. 6400 for NATO, 6000 for Warsaw Pact and 6300 for Swedish. I have no idea what the countries that used to be Warsaw Pact but are now NATO use. I guess it would depend on the equipment in use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliradian#Definitions_for_maps_and_artillery

"I'm off the bookcase. Think I'll help The Human on the desk" - Explorer the Cat.

Stars are easy to draw. Not so much with acorns.

Then give their backstory with out excessive references to the game.

"There are too many books up here. Going to move them off when The Human isn't paying attention" - Explorer the Cat. "She's knocked off two already. I put them back up there and she gave me a dirty look" - The Human

Due to may radar background, a mil to me is an unit of angular measurement. Equal to (at least in NATO) 1/6400 of a circle. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angular_mil

Can't be your life, it's mine.

/me adds a star to The Book of Vengeance

It's going to be hot today. tonight and tomorrow. Lowest forecast is 77 around dawn tomorrow. Heat index is forecast to be 109 at peak today. On the plus side, no storm front so no body aches. The fans are helping.