Get your act together This isn’t a simple problem, though solving it is essential. The multiple brands of warfighting and national security must get on the same wave length. " “Troubled joint radio program...
Unmanned No manned pilots necessary, DARPA’s Falcon HTV-2 is unmanned and is in development to be able to attack anywhere in the world at Mach 17 to 22. Right now, the bullet like aircraft can fly fast and nose...
"Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has been unable to visit with Private Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier accused of leaking State Department cables to WikiLeaks, despite being a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “I put in a request to...
The US Army unveiled its new PT test on Tuesday, February 28, 2011The traditional Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), which hasn't been changed since 1980, included pushups, sit-ups and a two-mile run. The new army PT test is designed to more closely replicate battlefield...
Captain Owen Honors Relieved of USS Enterprise Command After Anti-Gay Navy Video Scandal Captain Owen Honors and the crew of the USS Enterprise were set to sail in days to come but now Owen Honors has been relieved of command of the USS Enterprise, the Associated Press is...
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June 6, 1944. D-Day, H-Hour. General Dwight D. Eisenhower had already written his concession speech for Operation Overlord. In it he admits defeat therein and asserts that any responsibility therefore fell solely on his own shoulders....
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Salvatore A. Giunta of Company B, 2nd Battilion (Airborne), 503d Infantry: To Receive Medal Of Honor: First Medal Of Honor Given To A Living Service Member From Iraq And Afghanistan Wars Sergeant...
Afghan Kill Squad: 12 Soldiers From Stryker Infantry Brigade Face Charges - Killing Civilians And Covering It UpU.S. soldiers that were stationed in Afghanistan face charges of operating an Afghan Kill Squad, targeting and executing Afghan civilians, in some cases collecting...
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It is described as a military action, though it sounds more like a combination of police and state department activity. US troops work with local armed farmer tribe leaders to stabilize an area and keep the...
Most of the people in the United States use standard responses when discussing what Washington accomplishes or does not accomplish. “We spend too much, we don’t spend enough. The elected officials are crooked,...
The Washington Post article by Andre Bacevich is the subject for this NowPublic treatment. The article implies that Generals get too big for their britches as my Mother used to say. I don’t think there is any...
While Congress, the media and the U.S. military debate whether or not to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, there's another policy that is rarely mentioned and has been in effect for decades: charging wounded soldiers for missing equipment."Gary Pfleider, a...
The following letter in its entirety was written by an United States Military Chaplain. Addressed to President Barack Obama, it outlines a contradiction of the notion that...
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Lt. General Benjamin Mixon will not be fired for speaking out against repeal of US Military "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy A high-ranking Army general has learned that he will not be...