US Army Website goes social - my.army.mil

Today was the second day of the All Services Social Media Conference in Washington DC organized in association with the GeorgeTown University - Associate Dean at Georgetown University.  I was speaking at this...

Afghan President's brother claimed to be on C.I.A payroll:NYTimes

A report in New York Times can literally brew up storm in the U.S. political cup. While the U.S. forces keep losing life daily fighting Taliban in Afghanistan and the U.S. authorities fight Mexican drug...

US Armed Forces Data Mining Info Source? No Child Left Behind Act

In today's technological age, any and all manner of information can be harvested by almost anyone, usually, in most cases, within certain limits. I can't really say why but, I'm always surprised when I get a...

Soldier from Sask. First Nation killed in Afghanistan

A soldier from the Big River First Nation in Saskatchewan, who served with the US Army was  killed in Afghanistan last weekend. Corporal Darby Moon, 25 has fought with the US Army for four years according to...

US Army Investigates Nude Photos of Female Soldiers at Fort Dix

The U.S. Army is investigation allegations that eight male soldiers took photographs and video "of as many as 21 female soldiers in their unit showering at Fort Dix". The criminal investigation pertains to events alleged to have occurred in fall 2008 amongst the the 266th...

Pentagon's $4 Million Military Telepathy Program: Silent Talk

Now this is some next level army technology. Silent Talk is the Pentagon's $4 million DARPA (Defense Advanced Resarch Projects) initiative to develop technology that would allow U.S. soldiers to communicate by...

War Resistor Successfully Challenges 'Misconduct' Charge

War Resistor Successfully Challenges 'Misconduct' Charge War Resistor Sgt Chiroux successfully challenged his misconduct hearing, facing down the U.S. Army and offering a potential "green light" for other soldiers...

Pak’s Defense Private Sector Emerges with Indigenous Drones

Back in 1970, the American Army Gen. William Westmoreland is reported to have said: “On the battlefield of the future, enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instantaneously through the use of data links, computer-assisted intelligence and automated fire...

Fort Lewis Washington Army Barracks: 2 Young Girls Found,1 Dead

Two young girls, both 16, were discovered in the Fort Lewis Army barracks, just outside of Tacoma, Washington, in the early hours of Sunday, February 15, 2009, the morning after Valentine's Day.  Around 3:30am...

Obesity Doubled in US MIlitary Since Iraq War

Obesity in soldiers in the US military has doubled since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, following a national and military trend.Obesity is an ever growing problem for Americans. More than 1/3 of the US adult...

Does an Army Colonel Now Outrank POTUS ?

In a decidedly suprising development, an Army colonel seems to have overruled the President of the United States!What came down from the White House as a 'request' to suspend for 120 days proceedings at Guantanamo Bay's military Terrorist Tribunal has been ignored in at...

US Army Suicide Rate at 30 Year High, Nearing Vietnam Era Levels

The suicide rate among US Army troops is at a 30 year high according to senior officials with the Army command.  Citing "tremendous and unprecedented stress" due to long tours of duty in countries like...

Obama thanks troops after meeting with defense chiefs

WASHINGTON - In his first visit to the Pentagon as commander in chief, President Barack Obama today thanked U.S. troops and pledged to provide the resources they need to accomplish their missions. Obama spoke to...

'Negligent Homicide' To Blame in Death of Soldier Ryan Maseth

The cause of death for US soldier Ryan Maseth has not officially changed but a U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division investigator has recommended that the cause of death be amended from "accidental" to...

Wife credits experiences, opportunities provided by military life

HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Rosella Glenn doesn't live like most Army wives. She wakes up in the morning and checks to see if the lights turn on. If the heat has gone out again she decides whether to drain the radiators. She tries the water to see if it's working and clean enough...

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