The Knights of the Hospital of St. John were a rival militant order of the Knights Templar. Though they were technically older than the Templars, they were originally only chartered to administer the Hospital of St. John in Jerusalem. It was not until the Templars combined the roles of warrior and monk that the Hospitallers took up arms on a professional basis.
I always thought I'd look better in black than white.
Uncle Sam's Misguided Children
If the Army and the Navy ever gaze on Heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.
Every Marine a rifleman.
Sadly, Occam's Broadsword has learned that the film version of Chicano classic novel Tan Like The Desert Sky has been indefinitely delayed. Even more sad to say, this will probably scrap the entire production because it will be next to impossible to grab the entire cast (see archived post) again.
Delta Force, the real deal...
Delta Force, the real deal...
Delta Force, the reel deal. Damn, he's pretty.
OK, I'm about the only person who's been watching Threshold because I'm somewhat interested in the story. Everybody else has been watching the show because of Carla. If, like me, you're a Carla Gugino fan and haven't seen her in Sin City (and believe me, you SEE her), rent this Robert Rodriguez screen gem right away. You'll never forget her performance for sooooo many reasons...
Unfortunately, Threshold has been swapped with the extremely tepid Close to Home. I use to watch Carla battle aliens while painting my WH40K Black Templars on Friday nights. Now, I'm stuck with suburban legal drama. Boring.
Ok, but a little one dimensional...
Okay, but still not quite right. We're looking for a little more flesh and blood for Tommy.
Now we're talking! She even looks like she knows more than she's letting on about ninja powers.
This one, looks like she knows nothing about ninja, but does it matter?
The US Army announced they would be getting new uniforms late last year. But they only recently started appearing in discernable numbers. You may have even spotted a few on soldiers deployed for Hurricane Katrina Relief and wondered who those guys were that wandered in from the set of a Sci-Fi movie.
The new uniform is actually very different from the BDUs that have been around since 1983. Obviously the camo patter has been changed from earth tone splotches to these grey and khaki tones in a digital pattern. (The US Marines went to an earth tone digital pattern a couple of years ago, and the Army was immediately jealous.)
You may find it hard to see, but the pockets have also been rearranged. There are now large pockets on the upper sleeves that allow storage accessible while wearing an armor vest. The ches pockets are now slanted to make it easier to rummage in, and the thigh cargo pockets have been similarly slanted. There's also a shin pocket on the leg. They are now going to a tan, desert style combat boot. Velcro has been incorporated instead of buttons on the pockets, and also to hold the unit patches and badges.
This is the camo pattern all by itself.
I'm turning into such an old man. I find myself tuning into NCIS every week. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. I enjoyed Magnum PI when I was a kid (I still shock folks at the breadth of my knowledge of Magnum trivia), and yeah, I liked JAG for more than just Catherine Bell.
I know, you're curious why this move defies logic. Well, part of the Naval Criminal Investigation Service's mission is naval counterintelligence. Bringing a Mossad case officer into close, continuing access to the NCIS investigations is a little like putting the fox in the hen house.
But no matter, Cote de Pablo is kinda hot. Which is what got me in trouble at lunch. So I promised the ladies I was dining with that I would include pics of Mark Harmon when I blogged about this.
Sorry, Mr. Harmon, you're beefcake, but you're no Sasha Alexander or Cote de Pablo.
I have to report that creativity among my neighborhood kids was way down for Halloween costumes this year.
