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

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The answer is Aminah bint Wahb.

Shufti bint? As the more desperate pongoes might ask.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The answer is Aminah bint Wahb.

Shufti bint? As the more desperate pongoes might ask.

If a guy with a towel on his head and an intolerant look on his face points a gun at you and asks "who is the mother of the Prophet?".......DO NOT SAY "Shufti bint" even if you think Jacspeak is really cool.


Funny thing is there was an English thoroughbred by the name Shufti Bint whose grandmum was Vestal Virgin, which is one of the USN AR's which starts at Pearl. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

No really...

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/shufti+bint

[Cap Mandrake]

According to tradition, on her wedding night, Aminah's name was changed from Aminah bint Wahd to Aminah bint Laid.

[sprior]

https://www.wordnik.com/words/shufti

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bint

[Cap Mandrake]

I guess you would have to say it isn't Jackspeak then, but more general. Never would have guessed "bint" came from Arabic.

I think "shufti" came up earlier.

[sprior]

The DU has just announced she's looking into joining the RN. Just one snag - she doesn't know what she wants to join as.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: sprior

The DU has just announced she's looking into joining the RN. Just one snag - she doesn't know what she wants to join as.

Maybe as an RN?

[Cap Mandrake]

My cousin did that in the USAF. I think she even did a government funded nursing program. She retired as a Major, I think. 20 years, then out in her early 40's with a pension. Lives in San Antonio and has PX privledges, health care, etc.

Never had kids, though, and the Air Farce told her where to go.

She also liked rock fights and sword fighting when we were kids. She would say things like "HALT!" when she wanted you to stop. Funniest damn thing you ever heard. [:D]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

My cousin did that in the USAF. I think she even did a government funded nursing program. She retired as a Major, I think. 20 years, then out in her early 40's with a pension. Lives in San Antonio and has PX privledges, health care, etc.

Never had kids, though, and the Air Farce told her where to go.

She also liked rock fights and sword fighting when we were kids. She would say things like "HALT!" when she wanted you to stop. Funniest damn thing you ever heard. [:D]

She didn't branch out into acupuncture by any chance did she?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

My cousin did that in the USAF. I think she even did a government funded nursing program. She retired as a Major, I think. 20 years, then out in her early 40's with a pension. Lives in San Antonio and has PX privledges, health care, etc.

Never had kids, though, and the Air Farce told her where to go.

She also liked rock fights and sword fighting when we were kids. She would say things like "HALT!" when she wanted you to stop. Funniest damn thing you ever heard. [:D]

She didn't branch out into acupuncture by any chance did she?

Ummmm...I don't think there was any puncturing but I was kind of afraid to ask.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

The DU has just announced she's looking into joining the RN. Just one snag - she doesn't know what she wants to join as.

Maybe as a competent aircraft mechanic at the BBMF? There's a right scarcity of those, I'm lead to believe. [;)]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

My cousin did that in the USAF. I think she even did a government funded nursing program. She retired as a Major, I think. 20 years, then out in her early 40's with a pension. Lives in San Antonio and has PX privledges, health care, etc.

Never had kids, though, and the Air Farce told her where to go.

She also liked rock fights and sword fighting when we were kids. She would say things like "HALT!" when she wanted you to stop. Funniest damn thing you ever heard. [:D]

She didn't branch out into acupuncture by any chance did she?

Ummmm...I don't think there was any puncturing but I was kind of afraid to ask.

My Acupuncturist is a retired Air Force RN. She doesn't really fit in very well with the rest of the Acupuncture world which is mostly Liberal with a capital L. She likes me because she can talk politics with out having to bite her tongue.

BTW, she is not impressed with the health care she gets as a retired RN.

[Cap Mandrake]

*****************Pranning****************

Okinawa/Kume Jima: KJ is now a level 1 strip so we send in some P-47's to cover the landing of some engineers. Interestingly, the P-47, despite being a high-performance beast, is a level 1 maint. number and therefore well suited to forward fields. Washington will bombard Naha tonight then Massachusetts the next night.

Miri: Diggers attack today. Their disruption is actually quite low.

Operation Sticky Green: Still loading at Victoria and Pearl. Troops at Dutch Harbor start loading today.

Moulmein: Evidentry, troops are loading.

[Cap Mandrake]

Are the days getting shorter or something? I don't seem to have any free time. Broody annoying.

[Cap Mandrake]

********************Rast day of June, 1943(c)****************


Okinawa: The notion of capturing Naha before July slips out of reach. [:)] Washington pounds Naha to make us feel better.

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 10 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground
D3A2 Val: 2 damaged
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Washington

Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (6 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Fires 1157
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2

BB Washington firing at Naha

Bomber attacks moderately effective. One TBF lost to bird strike or sugar in the gas tank or something.

Engineers land at Kume-jima tomorrow.

I-27 sinks or wrecks one of our AM's on ASW duty but we return the favor on an E boat.

[Cap Mandrake]

Miri: Kangaroo force manages only 1:2 but JJ takes the casualties. We can try shock attack tomrrow.

Ground combat at Miri (64,87)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 484 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 1120 troops, 6 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Allied adjusted assault: 19

Japanese adjusted defense: 31

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
Kanga Force Battalion

Defending units:
8th JNAF Coy
4th Naval Construction Battalion

[Cap Mandrake]

Burma: Tough sledding near Tuongo. JJ stirr have prenty Emperor brand Kool-aide. We did nearly reach 2:1 but it took an Army-equivalent, 4 divisions and 2 armoured brigades.


Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 39468 troops, 756 guns, 1116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1619

Defending force 16815 troops, 180 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Allied adjusted assault: 1682

Japanese adjusted defense: 941

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
958 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 169 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2721 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 269 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled
Vehicles lost 52 (3 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th British Division
50th Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
23rd Indian Division
19th Indian Division
26th Indian Division
8th Medium Regiment
15th Indian Engineer Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment
12th Indian Engineer Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
24th Indian Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
114th Infantry Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

[Cap Mandrake]

They new people next door replaced their nativity scene with a statue of a boy in in big boots and an oversized baseball cap swinging a putter. It's shockingly tasteless but at least it's mostly hidden by the $10K mailbox.

Could be a worse. Could be a lawn jockey or a statue of Venus with pubic hair painted in.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Burma: Tough sledding near Tuongo. JJ stirr have prenty Emperor brand Kool-aide. We did nearly reach 2:1 but it took an Army-equivalent, 4 divisions and 2 armoured brigades.


Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 39468 troops, 756 guns, 1116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1619

Defending force 16815 troops, 180 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Allied adjusted assault: 1682

Japanese adjusted defense: 941

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
958 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 169 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2721 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 269 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled
Vehicles lost 52 (3 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th British Division
50th Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
23rd Indian Division
19th Indian Division
26th Indian Division
8th Medium Regiment
15th Indian Engineer Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment
12th Indian Engineer Battalion
6th Medium Regiment
24th Indian Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
114th Infantry Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

We have the advantage that we can withdraw the hardest hit units and refit them, JJ has to stay in place and take his losses.