Navy
Fat Leonard Captured
Leonard Glenn Francis On 04 September “Fat Leonard” Francis, the ringleader of the worst corruption scandal in US Navy history slipped the confines of his house arrest – such as they were – and with the help of Hertz fled the country. In the early 2000s, “Fat Leonard” ran a Singapore-based shipping firm that tended […]
Quick updates
Want to know why I am pretty sure a recklessly careless killer will face few criminal consequences? No real updated info on Alec Baldwin, but a quick Google search for the phrase “probation for manslaughter” turned up 4,440,000 hits. Unless it turns out he was staggering drunk, I’m predicting he will do little if any […]
Run Leonard, Run!
“Fat Leonard” Francis A scant three weeks before facing sentence in a Federal District Court, Malaysian contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, known as Fat Leonard cut his monitor and slipped away from house arrest. He was cooperating with prosecutors on his orchestration of the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history. Security at Fat Leonard’s place […]
Navy can’t seem to do separations right
Lots of unhappy hoping-to-be ex-sailors out there about now. Back in the Stone age when I was thrown out, as part of the separation process I went to the personnel center on Ft. Bliss, they finalized my paperwork, a 71L typed up my DD-214 (wrong, but that’s another story) and I walked out a PFC […]
Navy looking for a few good … thumbs
In an outreach effort to reach out to potential gamer recruits, the Navy is actively seeking gamers to join its esports team. Navy officials are hoping its esports team — Goats and Glory, a part of the service’s recruiting command — will be one small part of a solution to attract a younger audience. “Centennials […]
Iranians try feeling up Navy drone
Interesting situation: The Iranians were spotted taking a Navy drone (floating, not flying) under tow. U.S. Navy patrol coastal ship Thunderbolt, along with MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, responded to the incident and the Iranian vessel released the unmanned vessel and vacated the premises roughly four hours later, on Aug. […]
SEAL Training Priorities
Apologies, that was misleading by implying the priorities are those of US Navy SEALs. One would assume those priorities would place honing Tier One Operator skills to their peak warfighting effectiveness very high. One would be wrong. Poetrooper sends. Navy SEALs spend more time on diversity training than warfighting, SEAL vets say LIZ GEORGE Multiple […]
VA Fraud- Pax River “Family Affair” Conviction
Our indefatigable ninja sends us an update on an infuriating case of VA fraud, robbing eligible vets of hundreds of thousands of dollars. This hit very close to home, as a fellow NAVAIR employee was involved. The matter was reported here: VA Fraud and here: VA Fraud Update Navy wife convicted of defrauding VA of […]
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