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December 4th, 2005
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| The fire is everything...  |  Post; A big AHOA to all Redlegs!Happy Saint Barbara's Day! Today (or yesterday for some), December 4, is the greatest day of all for us Redlegs. The Saint Barbara celebration has been a tradition for the artillery since about 1400. Read more about the Legend here: http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pabarbar.htm And more here: ) (In Norwegian....) http://www.artilleri.com/Santa-barbara.htm  "The Fire is Everything, the rest Nothing...." http://www.military-quotes.com/artillery%20quotes.htm I wish a Happy Saint Barbara celebration to Gunners all around the world! (even if I wasn't able to attend to this years celebration myself...) |
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December 4th, 2005
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| Banned  | Happy Saint Barbara's Day!   |
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December 4th, 2005
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| Centurion |  Thanks Redleg!
__________________ "Americans are so hard to fight because they do not know their doctrine, and if they do, they do not feel compelled to follow it" - Unknown, but attributed to a Soviet Officer.  Mortui Non Mordent - Pro Libertate Patriae - Celeritas Et Accuratio |
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December 5th, 2005
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| Chief Engineer  |  Happy Saint Barbara's Day! To Redleg, Charge7 and all of you other artillary men.
__________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations  |
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December 5th, 2005
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| Primus Pilus | Belated congrats to all Gun Bunnies! |
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December 5th, 2005
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| Immunes | I get that a redleg is an artillery guy (something I didn't know till now) but what does it refer to? Where did the name come from? Hopeful
__________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill |
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December 5th, 2005
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| The fire is everything... | The term "Redlegs": Artillerymen are often referred to as "redlegs" for two reasons, dating back to the 1800's. Red appeared on two artillery uniforms, 1) when artillerymen wore uniform trousers with a two-inch red stripe, and 2) when red canvas leggings were worn by horse artillerymen. http://www.landscaper.net/artillery.htm  Welcome back Gunner13, hope you had a great Saint Barbara celebration.  |
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December 5th, 2005
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| Milforum Moderator | I really miss the Saint Barbara's Day dinning out. Unfortunately, there is no Redleg supporters in my ROTC program. Only a select few may control the big guns. Redleg, check this link out http://www.utahguard.com/artillery.html Like the definition?
__________________ "The best form of taking care of troops is first-class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties." Erwin Rommel |
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December 5th, 2005
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| The fire is everything... | Great one...  |
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December 5th, 2005
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| Nuclear Duck Hunter | All well and good for you guys but what about us Air Defense Artillery guys? I think we had a Saint but She always locked us in the attic when company was over.  
__________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill |
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