tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2739361077023770008..comments2024-03-28T10:50:29.895-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Hell in the ForestOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29716284117806245952021-05-27T15:17:34.515-07:002021-05-27T15:17:34.515-07:00Hahaha!
Fixed it. Hahaha!<br /><br />Fixed it. OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46507716483785119392021-05-27T05:12:48.929-07:002021-05-27T05:12:48.929-07:00Since I feel like everyone has to make at least on...Since I feel like everyone has to make at least one grammar post:<br /><br />"...the English beginning to waiver..."<br /><br />I'm not sure the middle of an active battlefield is the best place to start filling out paperwork, but what do I know?<br />a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64626374742158166322021-05-26T18:39:01.724-07:002021-05-26T18:39:01.724-07:00👍👍OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78821019494956838592021-05-26T18:12:03.402-07:002021-05-26T18:12:03.402-07:00Yep!Yep!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32434025712504411762021-05-26T17:51:23.677-07:002021-05-26T17:51:23.677-07:00Very true. Kipling knew a thing or two...Very true. Kipling knew a thing or two...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70084273129247749052021-05-26T17:45:41.297-07:002021-05-26T17:45:41.297-07:00(Don McCollor)...(from Kipling's 'Fuzzy Wu...(Don McCollor)...(from Kipling's 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'). "He rushes at the smoke when we let drive, and 'afoe you know it he's a hackin' at your head"... Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75689682235085768582021-05-26T15:39:35.832-07:002021-05-26T15:39:35.832-07:00They all need it.They all need it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27473000502969962702021-05-26T15:25:17.009-07:002021-05-26T15:25:17.009-07:00Good luckGood luckR's Ruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711563217099699047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12283286104304392562021-05-26T14:52:35.422-07:002021-05-26T14:52:35.422-07:00Did the same in Vermont in that time frame.Did the same in Vermont in that time frame.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62434453641183475012021-05-26T14:47:32.790-07:002021-05-26T14:47:32.790-07:00I remember standing in a long line of families at ...I remember standing in a long line of families at Maunawili elementary school in Kailua Hawaii in the early 60s as they came around and put a drop of polio vaccine on a sugar cube and popped it into your mouth. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50965224739364890202021-05-26T10:57:49.403-07:002021-05-26T10:57:49.403-07:00I remember polio as the scourge it was, my generat...I remember polio as the scourge it was, my generation didn't follow long after yours, we had a vaccine by then. Before that, polio was a killer. It's still around, though rare.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72881249973495013422021-05-26T10:55:48.883-07:002021-05-26T10:55:48.883-07:00There's a reason the artillery is known as the...There's a reason the artillery is known as the King of Battle. <i>Ultima Ratio Regum</i> etc.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71117497929267254712021-05-26T10:35:34.201-07:002021-05-26T10:35:34.201-07:00This story is bringing back many memories from my ...This story is bringing back many memories from my childhood. Thanks Sarge. We played indians vs. whomsoevers a lot on my block. There were five or six vacant lots, with lots of trees. A good way to live as a kid. There were six of us guys mostly the same age. Only tragic memory I have is that my good friend Richard got polio and died. Funny how your story is reminding me of cherished thoughts.LtFuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15284607259168159651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53692230724897583762021-05-26T10:34:22.658-07:002021-05-26T10:34:22.658-07:00Yep. You can break them, if you have the gumption....Yep. You can break them, if you have the gumption. And the proper equipment.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50555752634980572262021-05-26T09:36:21.260-07:002021-05-26T09:36:21.260-07:00Squares are easy to break, unless you forget to br...Squares are easy to break, unless you forget to bring your artillery forward, or your infantry is less than competent.<br /><br />Wasn't really a square, more of an all-around defense because they couldn't really know where they would be hit from.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15103307005585366852021-05-26T09:34:24.548-07:002021-05-26T09:34:24.548-07:00They are persistent a-holes, I'll give 'em...They are persistent a-holes, I'll give 'em that. (The spambots that is.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55529548639411424722021-05-26T09:33:36.914-07:002021-05-26T09:33:36.914-07:00Which certainly slows the evolutionary process!Which certainly slows the evolutionary process!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90501626841758272292021-05-26T09:32:54.872-07:002021-05-26T09:32:54.872-07:00Heh.
The spambot "human" wave assault s...Heh.<br /><br />The spambot "human" wave assault seems to have subsided for now.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37369911865817956112021-05-26T09:32:07.312-07:002021-05-26T09:32:07.312-07:00Not really. They're only useful for limited mi...Not really. They're only useful for limited missions with limited objectives. If the big bad Commies (y'all know who I mean) want to come swarming out of the woodwork, the Spec Ops guys will die gloriously, but they will still die.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74156371535824904122021-05-26T09:31:45.648-07:002021-05-26T09:31:45.648-07:00A disciplined musket square is a wonder to behold....A disciplined musket square is a wonder to behold. Between multiple ranks (if available) and a bayonet, it's hard to break. Goes back to that heavy/shock infantry thing I keep mentioning. And nobody does a musket square better than the English, as Napoleon found out.<br /><br />The Indians should have waited until the English were at least half in to the ravines and restricted from maneuvering. Then attack the tail, chase the head, do the hit-and-run tactics that the natives were most familiar with.<br /><br />But, well, stand and deliver wins, or at least survives.<br /><br />Good story, your fighting description is rather action packed and really draws me in.<br /><br />And one other thing... Thank God Baron Steuben brought a quicker manual of musket to the Colonials than the 1764 manual.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45509838540265306992021-05-26T09:30:12.497-07:002021-05-26T09:30:12.497-07:00Not endless, but there are a lot of 'em.Not endless, but there are a lot of 'em.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47406739650390021812021-05-26T09:26:59.238-07:002021-05-26T09:26:59.238-07:00And the English will learn to lower their shot to ...And the English will learn to lower their shot to knee level, to both compensate for the tendency to rise while pulling the trigger and to hit the duckers better.<br /><br />War is an ever-evolving thing. Those that do not evolve, well, die, eventually.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68472634110568742092021-05-26T09:25:27.334-07:002021-05-26T09:25:27.334-07:00They have curried no favor with you, I see.They have curried no favor with you, I see.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29892639939616654732021-05-26T09:24:59.997-07:002021-05-26T09:24:59.997-07:00Too many.
Yet in these days of guided munitions w...Too many.<br /><br />Yet in these days of guided munitions with knives on them, and planes that go Brrrrrrrt and wholesale death, it has become the War of the Special Forces that seems to get the deed done. One man or one small group against hordes.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65127977697022687182021-05-26T09:23:15.546-07:002021-05-26T09:23:15.546-07:00The Indians have a seeming supply of braves to pul...The Indians have a seeming supply of braves to pull from as the English move deeper into the woods.<br /><br />The English are bleeding slowly.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com