Big Army
Army opens up 132 MOS to female soldiers
The Stars & Stripes reports that the Army is opening up 33,000 positions in 32 military occupational specialties (MOS) to female soldiers in April. But the good news is; The newly announced positions open to women do not include MOSes such as infantry, nor do they cover special operations units. U.S. Special Operations Command is […]
Pentagon to depend on 19th Century technology to protect DC
So, we’re going to blimps, huh? What with all of the surveillance technology that the government uses, the pentagon is planning to use blimps over the capital “detect any low-flying missiles or enemy aircraft that might be headed to the capital”. Yeah, I believe that. From Fox News; Raythoen, a defense contractor, said last year […]
Senators; “Failures in leadership — General Dempsey”
In the Washington Times, Rowan Scarborough writes about the conclusions of six Republican Senators on the Intelligence Committee who wrote in their report that our buddy, Marty Dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs is largely at fault for the failures at Benghazi because he failed to have a plan to react to terror attacks […]
DoD to accommodate “individual expressions of sincerely held beliefs”
Pinto Nag sends us a link to an NBC article that says that the Pentagon wants to relax grooming and uniform standards in order to “accommodate individual expressions of sincerely held beliefs” meaning that they’re going to allow religious symbols like beards and turbans and stuff. I guess Sergeant Major of the Army Ray Chandler, […]
Robot Joes
The Washington Times reports that the Army is looking at replacing soldiers with robots. I guess they never watched the Terminator series. Doesn’t Skynet mean anything to anyone anymore? Defense News reported that Gen. Cone, head of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, said, “I’ve got clear guidance to think about what if you could […]
Gates approved then rescinded Peralta’s MOH
We’ve discussed Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta and his final act to save his fellow Marines, the act that cost him his own life. In his book, Duty, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that he approved, then rescinded Peralta’s Medal of Honor, according to the Marine Corps Times; In his book “Duty: Memoirs of a […]
Generals immune from COLA cuts to pensions
I know this will surprise you, especially since generals like Ray Odierno and Marty Dempsey have been vociferously supportive of personnel cuts to Pentagon costs, but the Army Times reports that the latest cut to retirees pensions won’t affect general officers; In 2007, Congress passed a Pentagon-sponsored proposal that boosted retirement benefits for three- and […]
Cutting pension growth; The lazy way out
In the 90s, we all remember how the Clinton Administration “balanced the budget” by slashing military spending. By the end of the decade, soldiers were enduring turnstile deployments to hand out sandwiches around the world. Retirees were forced out of Tricare and into Medicare when they turned 65. There was a training ammo shortfall. All […]
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