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YES! Another TacOps voice! Welcome Matt.

Peter, You have mail.

Was able to locate both IDF and Arab-Israeli Wars, albeit sans rule book for the latter. A pdf of the rule book is however available for download at boardgamegeek.com. Fox Two Reheat by email...hmm Addition to One Small Step: Millenium Wars: Ukraine

Peter, I have the set, I'll see what I can send you tomorrow. Pete

Which two?

A quiet saturday morning led me up into the attic to inventory my board wargames. Other than determining that I have a problem, so says my wife, here is what I found. ATO Into the Bear Trap Avalanche Press Battle of the Bulge Afrika Korps Desert War East Front (2nd Ed.) Heroes of the Soviet Union Avalon Hill Tactics II MBT/IDF (could not put my hands on IDF but I know its here somewhere) B-17 Flight Leader Blitzkrieg The Guns of August TacAir Fortress Europe Russian Front Panzer Blitz (couldn't put my hands on it but I know that Arab Israeli Wars is here somewhere) Squad Leader SL Creshendo of Doom SL Cross of Iron ASL (couldn't put hands on the binder or eastern front module) ASL Tarawa Historical Module Clash of Arms Harpoon 4.1 High Tide South Atlantic War II White Ensign Sea of Dragons Airpower/The Speed of Heat Rising Sun Super Marina I GMT Twilight In The East The Gamers OCS Case Blue OCS Enemy at the Gates OCS Guderians Blitzkrieg II OCS Hubes Pocket OCS Tunisia OCS Korea OCS DAK I TCS Gross Deutschland 40 TCS Gross Deutschland 41 GDW Combined Arms Command Decision 2 Third World War TWW TWW Arctic Front TWW Southern Front TWW Persian Gulf Sands of War Sands of War Expansion Kit Air Superiority Air Support Assault Bundeswehr (Assault) Boots & Saddles (Assault) Chieftan (Assault) Phase Line Smash Battle of Basra Lock & Load Games World At War Eisenbach Gap World At War Death of First Panzer World At War Blood & Bridges Forgotten Heroes Band of Heroes Day of Heroes Omega Games Solo Ranger (2nd Ed.) Main Balle Area Desert Victory AirLand Battle One Small Step Millenium Wars: Iraq Millenium Wars: Kashmir Millenium Wars: America Millenium Wars: Korea Millenium Wars: Air War TSR Red Storm Rising A Line In The Sand Firefight Victoy Games Flash Point Golan Gulf Strike 3rd Ed. Aegean Strike 2nd Fleet 5th Fleet 6th Fleet Nato The Next War in Europe Panzer Command West End Games Air & Armor Firefight Games Zulqfars Blow Dan Veressen Games Hornet Leader II Command Magazine Inchon Centcom Hell Before Night Operational Studies Group Panzer Krieg 3W Light Division SPI/S&T Modern Battles Quad (Chinese Farm, Golan, Wurzburg, Mukden) City Fight Division Commander MechWar 77 5th Corps Panzer Battles Berlin 85 Red Dragon Rising Various Miniatures Shipweck Ambush Alley Spearhead Fox Two Reheat Airwar C21 Maybe a few more escaping my search...and memory today.

Hi KC I must say that my ocean depths remain relatively constant. Had it been a multiplayer game, I'd like to think it would vary somewhat if the scale was large enough. Once again as a solo-ist my subs generally are either above or below the layer. At times they will be changing depth within those two "zones" but for some purpose, not willy-nilly, or even tactically to through off a pursuer, since it is normally me (again). I'd prolly get my subs smoked if I ever payed FtF.

MY EYES!

Ross, Sounds interesting. You'll have an email tonight. Pete

TARGETS! Viking Forge Scroll down page to see the 4 new modern classes of models from Viking Forge. DDG Lanzhou, DDG Guangzhou, FFG Ma'anshan, and FFG Jianghu I. Glad to see someone is paying attention.

Photographer: Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie, USMC

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I was starting to wonder, but as I have been doing some other gaming right now, I cannot complain. Always goes in cycles so I know I'll be back in due time...and in earnest.

Bataan preps for Osprey shipboard deployment By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer Posted : Thursday Feb 26, 2009 12:24:47 EST ABOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP BATAAN — At sea, amid icy winds several miles off the coast of North Carolina, David Kouskouris is among the first sailors to lay hands on the Corps’ MV-22 Osprey. “We, as deck handlers, have to understand how this aircraft moves around the deck,” said Kouskouris, a senior chief aviation boatswain’s mate (aircraft handling) (AW/SW) and the flight deck chief for the Bataan. “Before, we only had computer-generated models. Now, we’re taking into account things like human error and wind conditions,” he explained from inside the ship’s flight deck control. As he spoke, he moved small Osprey-shaped plastic cutouts over a chalk-marked glass replica of the deck known as the “Ouija Board.” After more than 20 years in development and a successful land-based tour in Iraq last year, the Osprey, the military’s first tilt-rotor aircraft, is preparing for its first deployment on a Navy ship. The Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group spent much of February training near Camp Lejeune, N.C., and getting ready for a trans-Atlantic pump with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in May. The Osprey is replacing the CH-46 Sea Knight as the primary medium-lift aircraft for the MEU’s air combat element. The Osprey will be able to move twice as many Marines to shore twice as fast. (The Osprey can transport two dozen Marines with combat gear ashore at 250 mph.) “This is going to be our first opportunity to see exactly what it can do from amphibious ships,” said Capt. Jack Sotherland, commodore of the strike group. But the aircraft’s power creates unexpected challenges. For example, Kouskouris said flight deck operators are reluctant to land an Osprey next to smaller helicopters such as the AH-1 Super Cobra or the UH-1 Huey because the tilt rotors’ massive downdraft could blow the smaller aircraft off a deck spot. He has formally asked for this restriction to be included in the Osprey’s future training programs. The speed and range also raise new questions for Marine strategists. The old CH-46s typically flew ashore with close-air support from the Cobras and Hueys. But those smaller, slower helicopters can’t keep up with the Ospreys on long-haul missions. Marines said some options for providing Ospreys with close-air support include: • Using AV-8B Harriers, which are fast enough to keep up with the Ospreys and can provide fire support. • Flying the Hueys or Cobras first so they’ll show up at the same time as the faster-moving Ospreys. • Pre-positioning the smaller, slower aircraft on a ship closer to shore so they have less distance to travel and can arrive simultaneously with the Osprey. “It’s not a one-size-fits-all — we’re going to have multiple options,” said Col. Gareth Brandl, the MEU’s commanding officer. On the flight deck, the Ospreys are folded and packed tightly near the bow because their size and design allows them to endure harsher weather conditions. The tight space on the ship is forcing Marines to take advantage of the Osprey’s folding capability. In its folded form, the aircraft takes up about the same space as a MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter. Yet when fully extended, “it’s a huge aircraft,” Kouskouris said. Find Marine corps Times article here.

Part of the all-encompassing stimulus package for sure.

And how is that a return on investment.

And as I re-read the Praying Mantis thread I remembered that it was one of my most satisfying Harpoon experiences rules wise. I think at that point, I was the most "up" on the 4.1 rules that I had ever been, despite the error pointed out in the end.

Shameless plug, yeah I know.

Hi KC, I had 30+ platforms all total when I solo'd Operation Praying Mantis. Could not have done it without the CIC Combat Plotter.

I found this episode of Wide Angle in the Notes of a wiki page linked from the HULL mailing list. There apparently is a Public Broadcasting System program called Wide Angle. Around July 2008, this episode aired, I viewed it in ints entirety this morning. Here is a link - Japan's About Face. It looks at the ongoing Japanese constitutional debate over the role of its Self Defense Forces. At the heart of the debate is Article 9 of their constitution - their "Constitutional Problem". It looks at cadets and instructors at their military academy, members of the powerful Japanese pacifist-peace movement, general citizens (many have no idea that they even have a self defense force) and various members of the Diet. A legislator in Part 3 declares that there is "a gap between reality and the constitution". The episode includes the political debate breaking down into fisticuffs, the concerns of the people, the country's recent crawl toward overseas operational deployments. The stress over sending a replenishment ship to the Indian Ocean, aerial maritime patrol operations monitoring Chinese territorial encroachment, Noirth Korea being a nuclear power and launching ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, and the development of their recent light carrier...er, helicopter destroyer - "wink wink nod nod" Having aired over the summer , it indicated that the issue of Article 9 or implementationof a General Dispatch Law should be settled during this past Fall. I'm not aware if it dod or did not so I'll have to look into that further and see if it was settled. I'd guess that I would have already heard about it if it did succeed, but maybe I was not paying attention. Interesting perspective.

BrahMos has been the devil anytime it has been employed in both my H4.1 and Shipwreck games.

Thanks Wombat. Very interesting, and echoing Buddha, I didn't know you could so easily dispense with the VC's. Screwing around with VC's has been the long pole in my scenario making tent all along.

I certainly like the concept of reconnaissance assets getting a glimpse at a certain targets Damage Point rating.

Wife went to college in the general area so by talking about the area, building representations of it on my wargame table etc, gives me an excuse to wargame more, without any flak or other spousal interference...or so I think.

Hi KC, As part of the ongoing deception plan, the thread morphed over to here I think.