Photo images of the day

From Foreign Policy:

Dogs have been fighting alongside U.S. soldiers for more than 100 years, seeing combat in the Civil War and World War I. But their service was informal; only in 1942 were canines officially inducted into the U.S. Army. Today, they're a central part of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan -- as of early 2010 the U.S. Army had 2,800 active-duty dogs deployed (the largest canine contingent in the world). And these numbers will continue to grow as these dogs become an ever-more-vital military asset.

These repros do not come close to doing the actual photos justice. Do yourself a favor and check out the full photo essay at the link provided above.

A Christmas Wish of Our Own

These pictures of the 2007 San Francisco Fleet Week Airshow were passed along to us by Road Dawg. Thanks, ‘Dawg. Click on link provided here for complete photo album (some amazing shots) and here for video clip of the high-speed sneak passes by the Blue Angels. Yeah, not too shabby.

The DoD should package videos and stills like this from airshows and Fleet Weeks around the country and send them off to members of the International Bad Actor’s Club (Mahmoud, Hugo, Kim Jong Il, etc.) as Christmas cards to just let them know what tip-of-the-military-industrial-complex-iceberg goodies are setting underneath our own Christmas tree and how we’re just… you know… doing this for fun.

At one point in this sneak pass, it appears the jet can't be any more than 15 above the water. Woo-hoo!, indeed.