Grenade Safety Bulletin

Some Soldiers/Ammo Handlers tape grenades in order to keep the pins from coming out until intended. The tape is apparently causing some problems. Please help get the word out to stop the application of tape.


My grenades have got a problem,
The pins keep falling out
I have to grab them quickly
Or toss them out and shout
My squad is getting nervous
And bent completely out of shape
So I've turned to a soldier's oldest friend –
Reliable duct tape

Now my pins are taped up –
Never to come out
My grenades are like a man-made rock –
And safer now no doubt
But my squad is just as nervous
And completely out of shape
'Cause in the latest fire fight
I could not undo the tape

Mdailey
2/12/08

UXO Ashtray

Sometime you have to take a very serious situation and talk about it in a less than grave (no pun intended) wording. I hope no one is offended by my treatment of this very serious incident.


Dateline: Iraq - - - a KBR subcontracted fire-fighter picked up Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)...155mm artillery round.-.brought it back to his office. While using as ashtray, the round started smoking. He took round outside where it detonated, causing his death...no other injuries or property damage. Commanders are re-emphasizing UXO safety briefings to heighten awareness.

UXO Ashtray

I found this round out walking
I brought it home that day
Put it there upon my desk
In our office bay
One day it started smoking
While used as an ashtray
I took it out into the yard
Into the light of day

The staff all laughed and pointed
As I ran out of the room
I held it out in front of me
I didn’t leave too soon
Then all at once it happened
It fizzled then – KA-BOOM
And ashes, just mere ashes
Are buried in my tomb!

Mdailey

Bomb Sniffing Doggie

Lawmaker seeks to require military to buy U.S.-bred bomb-sniffing dogs only

Bomb Sniffing Doggie


Psst! Over here man
I know there’s a ban
On dogs from outside the U.S.
But this dog’s got a nose
And I’d like to propose
He’s better than all of the rest

He was bred for one thing
Finding bombs – bada-bing
In fact he is hooked on the stuff
Just one snort, he’s off hunting
Just a sniffin and grunting
For explosives, he can’t get enough

I’ve got more in the van
And it’s killing me man
To let you have one at my cost
He’ll find bombs in a minute
A bomb hunt – man, he’ll win it
Without this dog, man, all is lost

Sure they’re bred off in Asia
And their looks sure will faze you
But their abilities aren’t just all bunk
They’ve got ears of a rabbit
And a bad sniffing habit
Their asset’s an elephant’s trunk

They have eyes of a owl
And a wild banshee’s howl
And the speed of the ablest cheetah
They’ve a pouch for their stash
Please no checks – I’ll take cash
I don’t want to be tracked down by PETA


Mdailey
06/06/08

TANG for the 21st Century

With astronauts again in space and in the news, I thought I would pass on this little bit of news. NASA recently unveiled a $250 million machine to be used on the International Space Station that will recycle urine into water for drinking, food preparation and washing. The shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to take the machine to the station this fall before the station's crew doubles next year from three to six members, who will require more water than can be shipped into space.

TANG for the 21st Century

Remember the Tang of your youth
And how astronauts got us to drink it
Well we’ve Tang for the new generation
What’s in it? You don’t want to think it
You see water is scarce up in space
But liquid’s a whole other matter
They gather up all they can get
Every dribble, every drop, every splatter
It’s distilled and filtered to capture
Every particle – lint – even hairs
It’s heated, then cooled then bottled
It’s the new Tang that everyone shares
They say it’s as clean as tap water
They have to say that of course
But it got a big psychological hang up
When you think of this new water’s source

So if water’s your problem for drinking
We’ve a solution that fit to a T
A engineer got it just thinking
Man, do I have to pee!

Mdailey
05/29/08

Water in Iraq

Unsafe Water

The water’s unsafe in Iraq
Contaminated with who knows what Jack
But DoD doesn’t care
As long as it’s there
To wash the dirt off of our back

It’s waste water but here you don’t waste
Its for cleaning but not of your face
It could give you the runs
And red, raw, itchy buns
So it’s water you’d better not taste

Senator Dorgan says the water’s not clear
The IG says there’s nothing wrong here
KBR says the troops
Are not getting the poops
From their water there’s nothing to fear

Carl Levin says the Armed Service Committee
Will check into this nitty-gritty
If the contractor’s at fault
This will come to a halt
And the consequences won’t be all that pretty

Mdailey
03/11/08