Disposable Warriors
Selective Service System to Include Women
The House Armed Services Committee voted last month to expand registration for the Selective Service System, known as the draft, to include women. This move brings the requirement one step closer to becoming law. Seems fair to me- a small but loud contingent of military women demanded access to all combat arms, claiming promotion obstacles. […]
Pentagon says, OK we may have Hellfire’d a bunch of kids in Kabul
File this update under “Oops!” After the New York Times investigated just who was killed in the drone strike in Kabul just before US forces left Afghanistan, the Pentagon has now reversed course. They initially celebrated and then defended the strike, even after the NYT reporting. They cited reasons why they conducted the strike (ostensibly […]
Missing vet’s body was found in stairwell of VA facility a month after he disappeared
The NY Post is reporting; The decaying body of an Army veteran went undiscovered at a Massachusetts facility for a month — because no one bothered to look in an emergency exit stairwell, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. A 45-page report released Thursday detailed the disappearance and death of Timothy White, 62, whose […]
VA finally accepting claims related to SW Asia service burn pits
Many people were exposed to burn pits while in the sandbox and have had lingering, unexplained health effects since. It’s been an uphill battle, but the VA is now accepting claims on a presumptive basis. KoB sends in this Fox News article; Veterans who claim they were made sick from the toxic smoke emanating from […]
Troops are more likely to kill themselves than to be killed by the enemy
Jeff LPH 3 sends in this grim report from Military Times; Four times as many troops and vets have died by suicide as in combat, study finds The suicide rate among active-duty troops and veterans has outpaced the also-rising rate in the general population in recent years, but with so many risk factors inherent to […]
Relieved Space Force Base Commander Defended By Wesley Clark
Remember LTC Lohmeier, who was recently relieved of command by Space Operations Command commander LTG Stephen Whiting due to loss of trust and confidence? So does Retired Army Gen, former NATO supreme allied commander who served more than 30 years before retiring in 2000. And running a failed presidential run in 2004, but that’s another […]
Space Force Officer Relieved
Some of our usual suspects have forwarded us the ominous tale of how Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Space Operations Command commander, has relieved Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier of command of the 11th Space Warning Squadron, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. He was struck by the “loss of trust and confidence in his ability to lead” […]
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, Troop Withdrawal is Troop Surge
After extending the Trump 1 May 2021 deadline to pull out of Afghanistan to 11 September, they’re now pushing the idea of a “troop surge.” Afghanistan withdrawal plan could involve small troop surge In what world would a “surge” be considered “small”? That’s like being a little bit pregnant. The Pentagon is pulling out its […]
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