Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Real Smoke

Today the active army class fired up an M56 smoke generator right outside the building where we work on our equipment. I was surprised because these billowing smoke clouds can only be generated for short periods under conditions of nearly no wind, but two classes sent big white clouds into the countryside. The building on the far side of the cloud all but disappeared after just seconds of smoke. It works very well at hiding a building and works much better obscuring smaller things-like vehicles.

How the War Was Won by Phillips Payson O’Brien

  As a former soldier, I am naturally drawn to the great battles of World War II . Stalingrad , El Alamein, Midway and Normandy seem to be t...