[Critical Bill]

At the Dallas Morning News, Vernon Smith Jr. has a riveting report on the dirty and dangerous job being done by the 56th Brigade Combat Team of the Texas Army National Guard, as they search for improvised explosive devices

[Critical Bill]

IEDs have been hidden in soda cans, plastic trash bags, and animal carcasses and under piles of rubbish. They have been stuffed into the frame of a child's bicycle and encased in concrete to make them look like harmless concrete blocks.

Holy shiite.

[Racehorse]

. . . a riveting report on the dirty and dangerous job being done by the 56th Brigade Combat Team of the Texas Army National Guard . . .

These guys and gals proudly wear the 36th "Texas" Infantry Division "T-Patch."

A lot of us cheered when the famed 36th was brought back into active service last year.  Some of the Division's units (the 141st) date back to the Alamo and the Texas War for Independence.  This is the Division's first combat deployment since WWII and these guys and gals carry on a proud tradition . . .

Anyone curious about that history can find it here:

• World War II Pictorial History
• Summary WWI History
• Detailed WWI History

Now, these T-Patchers ae writing the next chapter or maybe writing their own book.