Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

107 more SBD/TBF bombing sorties from Miyako and they can't hit the other 3 DD's.

Heavies have a moderate effect on Naha airfield.

[Cap Mandrake]

Indochina: The wheels are coming off the Palembang/Indochina fuel route. We sink or wreck two more TK's with subs.

[Cap Mandrake]

That turn required an uncharacteristically long turn around for Admiral Rord Fabertong.

Either Viking raiders were spotted coming ashore again, he's out looking for Piltdown Man bones ...or he prepared the mother of all battles for the Naha landing.

[Cap Mandrake]

******Polar Vortex grows in strength, raises temperatures dangerously to 81 F in Southern Calif. just before BCS game, weather experts offer advice*******


HOW TO AVOID HYPOTHERMIA:

1) Set the Jacuzzi to 85 or higher.

2) Wear 3/4 length NBA/Gangbanger style shorts instead of above the knee shorts.

3) Switch from wife-beater cholo T-shirt to standard T-shirt. You can still wear pants below your butt cheeks to look cool.

4) Women should put on some kind of flimsy top if they are smuggling peanuts.

5) Surfer dudes and surfer wannabes should wear flip flops instead of going barefoot.

6) Homeless please switch to 24 gauge cardboard.

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

******Polar Vortex grows in strength, raises temperatures dangerously to 81 F in Southern Calif. just before BCS game, weather experts offer advice*******


HOW TO AVOID HYPOTHERMIA:

1) Set the Jacuzzi to 85 or higher.

2) Wear 3/4 length NBA/Gangbanger style shorts instead of above the knee shorts.

3) Switch from wife-beater cholo T-shirt to standard T-shirt. You can still wear pants below your butt cheeks to look cool.

4) Women should put on some kind of flimsy top if they are smuggling peanuts.

5) Surfer dudes and surfer wannabes should wear flip flops instead of going barefoot.

6) Homeless please switch to 24 gauge cardboard.

Remember East Coast war chant as we shiver under the blankets... "Earthquakes, Fires, Floods & Weirdos!, Earthquakes, Fires, Floods, & Weirdos!" brrrr! <jest kiddin>[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Tally ho!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: moore4807
Remember East Coast war chant as we shiver under the blankets... "Earthquakes, Fires, Floods & Weirdos!, Earthquakes, Fires, Floods, & Weirdos!" brrrr! <jest kiddin>[:D]

More mudslides than floods..otherwise you are right. [:)]

Culturally, we are way ahead because we have a transgender bathroom law for Kindergarten.

[Argos]

There was quite a fuss about the packers/niners playing in -2 wind chill - here is the recess policy for a typical Idaho elementary school, Edgemont Gardens Elementary, referencing the district policy.

"INCLEMENT WEATHER:
According to District policy, students will remain indoors when the temperature is zero degrees wind chill. There will be times when the temperature is marginally in that range, and we may use an abbreviated schedule at lunch because the length of time students are outdoors is also a factor. This policy also pertains to before school times. If a student has been seriously ill and needs to remain indoors during recess, please send a note to school. A student will need a doctor’s note to be excused from recess for more than three days."

And we're 'muricans here so none of that silly Celsius stuff. When the zombie apocalypse (or next Chosin adventure) comes I am betting against the transgender bathroom kids... (and to head off the response - in the case of transgender zombies I'd have to bet with the Captain's home team)

[CT Grognard]

It's about 75 degrees Fahrenheit warmer here at the moment!

[Argos]

Not to mislead - if we could secure gainful employment in South Africa or Australia we'd be on a plane in a flash. I just thought it interesting contrasting the news reports with my 2 1/2 year old daughter who is mandated to play outside in the same temperatures.

[witpqs]

Cap,

I sent your humor about cold weather to friends and family in the Northeast. They want your address.

I sent them this:

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Cap,

I sent your humor about cold weather to friends and family in the Northeast. They want your address.

I sent them this:

Oh, great! The pool guy hasn't been over since last Thursday. That's embarrassing.

[poodlebrain]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Cap,

I sent your humor about cold weather to friends and family in the Northeast. They want your address.

I sent them this:

Oh, great! The pool guy hasn't been over since last Thursday. That's embarrassing.

Only if you will be hosting a large game of Marco Polo for visiting hairstylists and choreographers.

Where is the notorious neighbor's mailbox?

[Argos]

Is this an OpSec breach? I think you can see all the remaining cruisers resupplying in Neptune Pool...

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Argos

Is this an OpSec breach? I think you can see all the remaining cruisers resupplying in Neptune Pool...

Those are actually DD's. The shallow end isn't deep enough for the cruisers. Just last week a Fletcher-class rammed a statue of Zeus imported from Crete. Not covered by the homeowner's policy either.

You can just see the mailbox at the end of the twin cypress row on the left.


Hired a contractor to work on my balconies (which are leaking). We had to push the old 280Z out of the garage with 2 flat tires. Wait till the HOA sees that. [:D] I hosed the thing down and after the dust and rat shit was off the old thing looked pretty awesome.

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Hired a contractor to work on my balconies (which are leaking). We had to push the old 280Z out of the garage with 2 flat tires. Wait till the HOA sees that. [:D] I hosed the thing down and after the dust and rat shit was off the old thing looked pretty awesome.

Tell the HOA its gonna be a project for History Channel's "Countin Cars"... Your gonna restore it and it will be worth a million bucks after they're done, UNLESS somebody messes up your deal! [:D][:D][:D]


Your DD's collision is covered under the $5M umbrella policy coverage - don't let them tell you you don't have it either! [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

I get home from work....the contractor made great progress on the balcony and most of the joists are OK!

AND, the damage to the statue of Zeus IS covered under the umbrella policy. It seems I bought the same one Bill Clinton did!
If it covers sexual harassment, it should cover knocking the arm off Zeus.


The BAD NEWS...my step son is visiting and he and the babysitter drank 90% of my Sierra Nevadas....and there are 96 bombers now at Nagasaki <makes Dominican baseball player good luck sign>

[Cap Mandrake]

***************June 23, 1943, D-Day(c)*************


Okinawa: IJN DD's run afoul of our sub gauntlet. I think they were inbound but not sure about that.

ASW attack near Nago at 95,64

Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
SS Hake, hits 1


We find nobody waiting at sea. I was pretty sure Kirishima or a cruiser would show up. Maybe tomorrow. Not even suicide sub drivers.

No mines either. The pressure over time didn't not allow it. The IJA is ready to fight, however. We suffer maybe 250 squads disabled but virtually damage to the landing vessels.

Naha gets plasterized by air. Here is an example.

Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 8
B-17E Fortress x 5
B-24D1 Liberator x 19
B-25G Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 14
F4U-1 Corsair x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23


The limit of Japan-mens air attacks over the landing beaches. Not very intimidating.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Naha at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 15
P-40K Warhawk x 22
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
F6F-3 Hellcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
LST-464

[Cap Mandrake]

Our guys aren't all ashore yet, of course, but this is a very intimidating force. Rook at artirrerey.
48th Div, plus two regiments of 1st Div and Guards Mixed-race Brigade.


Ground combat at Naha (95,66)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28083 troops, 284 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 1050

Defending force 31295 troops, 753 guns, 585 vehicles, Assault Value = 1071

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
1st/B Division
Guards Mixed Brigade
1st Ind.Tank Co
1st/C Division
38th Field AA Battalion
58th Field AA Battalion
29th Field AF Construction Battalion
41st Field AA Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
19th JAAF Base Force
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
25th Air Flotilla
4th Shipping Engineer Regiment
5th Naval Construction Battalion
50th JNAF Coy

Defending units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
161st Infantry Rgt /2
32nd Infantry Div /3
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Marine Div /1
22nd Marine Regiment
8th Australian Div /19
2nd Medium Regiment
Southwest Pacific
2nd Eng Amph Bde /1

[Cap Mandrake]

Miri: Recon by dropping bombs. 1st attack by PB4Y's in war. Rook rike Korea-mens in diapers.

Morning Air attack on 4th Naval Construction Battalion, at 64,87 (Miri)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 3

No Allied losses