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Jack Ryan for President

Mike — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:01:53 +0000

A new novel by Tom Clancy, called Locked On.

http://www.tomclancy.com/

Available tomorrow.

Can’t wait to read it!!!

Mike

Another new Tom Clancy book: Against all Enimies

Mike — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:00:09 +0000

Wow, on June 14th you can again read a book by Tom Clancy (although again co written)
You can find out about the book at his official website at: tomclancy.com.

There is also an excerpt of the prologue which you can find here: prologue excerpt

you can buy it here:

Finished the new Tom Clancy: Dead or Alive

Mike — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:05:54 +0000

I finished reading Dead or Alive a while back and really enjoyed it, as I enjoyed many of his books. I really like that I can keep following the characters from previous books in this series. Jack Ryan, Jack jr., Chavez, Clark
etc.

Mike.

United States Army Ranks

Mike — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:56:31 +0000

The following table shows the ranks used in the United States Army. The order of rank is from lowest to highest rank.

Rank/Title	Insignia	Pay Grade	Abbreviation	Enlisted/Officer
Private	No Insignia	E-1	PVT	Enlisted
Private		E-2	PV2	Enlisted
Private First Class		E-3	PFC	Enlisted
Specialist		E-4	SPC	Enlisted
Corporal		E-4	CPL	Enlisted
Sergeant		E-5	SGT	Enlisted
Staff Sergeant		E-6	SSG	Enlisted
Sergeant First Class		E-7	SFC	Enlisted
Master Sergeant		E-8	MFG	Enlisted
First Sergeant		E-8	1SG	Enlisted
Sergeant Major		E-9	SGM	Enlisted
Command Sergeant Major		E-9	CSM	Enlisted
Sergeant Major of the Army		E-9	SMA	Enlisted
Second Lieutenant		O-1	2LT	Officer
First Lieutenant		O-2	1LT	Officer
Captain		O-3	CPT	Officer
Major		O-4	MAJ	Officer
Lieutenant Colonel		O-5	LTC	Officer
Colonel		O-6	COL	Officer
Brigadier General		O-7	BG	Officer
Major General		O-8	MG	Officer
Lieutenant General		O-9	LTG	Officer
General		O-10	GEN	Officer
General of the Army		O-11	GA	Officer

Warrant Officers

Rank/Title	Pay Grade	Abbreviation	Enlisted/Officer
Warrant Officer 1	W-1	WO1	Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 2	W-2	CW2	Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 3	W-3	CW3	Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 4	W-4	CW4	Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 5	W-5	CW5	Officer

Rank Insignia and descriptions are from the following wikipedia page: US Army

Click here to go back to the Red Storm Rising map

Russian Army ranks

Mike — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:24:51 +0000

The following table shows the ranks used in the Russian Army. The order of rank is from lowest to highest rank.

Rank	insignia	Enlisted/Officer
Private		Enlisted
Efreitor		Enlisted
Junior Sergeant		Enlisted
Sergeant		Enlisted
Senior Sergeant		Enlisted
Sergeant Major		Enlisted
Warrant Officer		Enlisted
Senior Warrant Officer		Enlisted
Junior Lieutenant		Officer
Lieutenant		Officer
Senior Lieutenant		Officer
Captain		Officer
Major		Officer
Lieutenant Colonel		Officer
Colonel		Officer
Major General		Officer
Lieutenant General		Officer
Colonel General		Officer
General of the Army		Officer
Supreme Commander		Officer

Rank Insignia and descriptions are from the following wikipedia pages Military ranks of the Soviet Union

Click here to go back to the Red Storm Rising map

Wow, a video trailer for a new book by Tom Clancy

Mike — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:30:09 +0000

Finally a new novel by Tom Clancy: Dead or Alive

Mike — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:17 +0000

Dead or Alive, is the name of the new novel written by Tom Clancy, it will be out on December the 7th, 2010.

Have a look at his website: Tom Clancy

You can pre order it from Amazon:

F-15 Eagle – F-16 Fighting Falcon – P51 Mustang

Mike — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:17:54 +0000

F-15 Eagle – F-16 Fighting Falcon – P51 Mustang

From Abbotsford Air Show 2006

Wikipedia entry: Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle
Wikipedia entry: Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
Wikipedia entry: North American Aviation P-51 Mustang

A-10 Thunderbolt 2 “Warthog”

Mike — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:16:09 +0000

A-10 Thunderbolt 2 “Warthog”

From Abbotsford Air Show 2006

Wikipedia entry:A-10 Thunderbolt 2

This is a test to see if I can embed pictures using Picassa web albums in my posts, and apparently it works.

- Mike

Red Storm Rising Classic PC game (MS-Dos)

Mike — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:10:39 +0000

I totally forgot/ didn’t know that there was actually a game called Red Storm Rising for the PC (Published in 1989). As I was curious to see what the game was all about, I registered at the site and downloaded the game (here is the link: http://www.classic-pc-games.com/pc/simulations/red_storm_rising.html, to actually download the game you will have to visit a sponsor site and fly through some hoops).

In the game it is World War III (just like the book) and you play a United States Submarine captain tasked with stopping the Russian Navy. You can be a captain in different classes of submarines, such as the Los Angeles class, the Permit Class, etc.

I only played it briefly last night and got stuck at one of the screens because I did not know which keyboard commands to use.

The graphics of the game are horrible but then again the game was published in 1989 and alot has changed over the years.

Enjoy!