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2004-11-24 Iraq-Jordan

Devil Dog combat engineers make things go boom!

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-24 8:35:48 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "There are very few problems in human relations that cannot be solved by suitable application of high explosives"-- Well,it isn't but it should be the Combat Engineer's motto.

Posted by N guard 2004-11-24 9:33:24 AM|| 2004-11-24 9:33:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 You cut the best part:

âNow my dad is a mason with a large construction company, and I want to be a mason when I get out of the Marine Corps. The job market out there is good for construction, and there is good money in it.â

Build 'em so they don't fall down.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-24 9:42:25 AM|| 2004-11-24 9:42:25 AM|| Front Page Top

crowbar-like tool called a hooligan tool

Haven't seen the device in question, but I'm betting it's a Halligan tool.

We used them in the fire department, and we called them "hooligans" too.

Not a bad reporting job, and I'll give him points for not implying Americans are all a bunch of bloodthirsty murders. Just a little nit I couldn't resist picking. :-D

This Marine - and all our military - are the greatest people in the world. We can never repay them for their service. But we can try.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-24 9:48:26 AM|| 2004-11-24 9:48:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Barb, Halligan is a trade mark. It's the name of the guy credited with inventing the tool, perhaps the coolest fire tool. But only one company has rights to the name. In catalogues you'll see hooligan, or pry bar, or whatever, from the others.

The Halligan Forcible Entry Tool is designed to pry, pound, pull and puncture. This tool features new non-slip grips machined in the tool, duckbill with a smooth incline to insert in doors, a pick and a prying claw. Available in black of chrome finishes.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-24 10:50:08 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-11-24 10:50:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 A Halligan, eh? I bet I could break into 90% of suburban US homes in about 30 seconds with one of those and a hand sledge.

My house, however has long, hardened screws in the hinges, the deadbolt and the deadbolt pocket. A simple slide bolt or two will help, as long as they're beefy and screwed/bolted down well.

Crooks are lazy and nervous. Make 'em work to get into your house and they'll give up quickly.

Next week I'll discuss cellar windows as burglar bait. {8^)

Posted by Parabellum 2004-11-24 7:51:15 PM|| [http://www.angelfire.com/moon/yoelnatan/koranwarpassages.htm] 2004-11-24 7:51:15 PM|| Front Page Top

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