From NBC News: Army deserter who fled to Canada sentenced to 10 months in prison By Keith Coffman, ReutersDENVER — An Army private believed to be the first female U.S. soldier to seek refuge in Canada rather than return to duty in Iraq was sentenced to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to desertion, [...]
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The Army documents the cuts expected from the sequester
From Gretchen: Mission accomplished, Obama! YOUR plan starts military decimation!Army lays out state-by-state cuts in report militarytimes.com/news/2013/02/a… — GretchenInOK (@GretchenInOK) February 20, 2013 And here is the article referenced: Army lays out state-by-state cuts in report Tom Vanden Brook – USA Today – Posted : Tuesday Feb 19, 2013 18:21:57 EST The Army estimates automatic [...]
How on earth does a decision like this get taken?
From the Marine Corps Times: New medal for drone pilots outranks Bronze Star By Andrew Tilghman – Staff writer Posted : Wednesday Feb 13, 2013 17:47:27 EST The Pentagon is creating a new high-level military medal that will recognize drone pilots and, in a controversial twist, giving it added clout by placing it above some [...]
Another one in Basic Combat Training
The son of Robert Stacey Stacy McCain is in Basic Combat Training, having enlisted under the rigorous 18X program. The elder Mr McCain received a five-minute phone call from his son, something I know very well about from when my daughters were in Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. BCT soldiers can write [...]
Chuck Hagel and Iran
From The New York Times: Iran Said to Be Set to Hasten Uranium Enrichment By Alan Cowell | Published: January 31, 2013 LONDON — Iran has told the United Nations nuclear supervisory body that it plans to install more sophisticated equipment at its principal nuclear enrichment plant, a diplomat said on Thursday, enabling it to [...]
From around the blogroll
Karen noted one of President Obama’s jobs programs: Obama Kills Off Another Coal Plant Along With 3900 Jobs. Your Editor had thought that President Obama’s jobs proposals were supposed to help create more jobs, and not kill existing ones, but Karen pointed out that the President was keeping a promise. William Teach noted Senator Dianne [...]
An insult to our servicemen
From The Washington Post: Obama considering John Kerry for job of defense secretary By Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller, Published: November 12 President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David [...]
Ending your career with a thud
It wasn’t so long ago that there was a boomlet to see General David Petraeus promoted to General of the Army: A Fifth Star for David Petraeus The general clearly deserves to join the rank held by MacArthur, Marshall and Nimitz. His promotion would also honor our troops and their mission in the war on [...]
