The 6th of December 2025 turned out to be the biggest and busiest turnout yet for the Pocatello, Idaho, railroad club’s Open House; more than 3-hundred people were counted (according to two of the club members I talked with) between the 10th and 13th hours, and there was still an hour to go!
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U.S. and Jordanian forces launched large-scale strikes (using more than 1-hundred munitions) on more than 70 targets belonging to the so-called ‘Islamic State In Syria’. This in response to recent ISIS attacks upon […] Continue Reading…
“The improved KOT1 V2 command post armored vehicle receives orders from the observation post, processes them and, in a split second, forwards them to the self-propelled howitzer, which, in a short time, computes firing […] Continue Reading…
NATO-Germany just passed a law that says if their military fails to recruit 80-thousand men per year then ‘needs-based conscription’ (the draft) will be implemented. It is known as a ‘dual track system’, meaning if you don’t voluntarily join you will be forced into the military. Apparently this new law is because NATO-Germany is […] Continue Reading…
In Southeastern Idaho, Pocatello’s Center Street Tunnel (underpass) has been around since The Great Depression (1934 to be exact). The Tunnel was built underneath a very busy Union Pacific railyard. The City of Pocatello is supposedly, constantly, repairing the Tunnel. The repair work never lasts long and recently the Tunnel is looking so bad […] Continue Reading…
Great Patriotic War/World War Two: 1941 to 1945.
U.S. World War Two era M101 105-millimeter (105mm) ‘howitzer’ (short gun tube [barrel] artillery) still in use by Philippines.
I edited together several videos via U.S. Marine Corps, recorded during the October 2019 KAMANDAG wargame. KAMANDAG is an acronym for the Filipino phrase Kaagapay Ng Mga Mandirigma Ng Dagat, […] Continue Reading…
The word howitzer refers to a short tubed artillery piece, the M109 obviously does not qualify as a ‘howitzer’!
Definitely not a short ‘tubed’ gun.Gunners of the 2nd Battalion-222nd Field Artillery Regiment, Utah Army National Guard, and with 214 (Worcestershire) Battery-104th Regiment Royal Artillery from United Kingdom, joined forces during wargame […] Continue Reading…
Naderi Pomegranate harvest time in Badroud, Isfahan Province, early November 2025. The Naderi is considered to be among the top five most popular varieties of pomegranates in Iran. Video via Fars News, 08NOV2025:
If sanctions on Iran are so punishing why is Iran cracking down on people smuggling household products into Iran? […] Continue Reading…
“It demonstrates a significant leap in Iran’s missile capabilities.”-Uzi Rubin, former director of Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Iran developed its Shahab-3 liquid fueled ballistic missile into newer, more accurate, solid fueled replacements called Sejil-1 and Sejil-2.
Sejil is the Farsi word for brimstone. It has been spelled in several ways in English.
Fars News Sejil explainer:
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My old polling place (in Chubbuck, Idaho) was torn down this Summer, I had a new polling place in a new business:
Who did you vote for?