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MOH Politics
So what’s this from Fox News? Pentagon probe finds Petraeus sought downgrade of hero Army captain’s Medal of Honor Something is rotten in Denmark…….the Pentagon, but then we could have guessed that. A Pentagon probe into the mishandling of hero Army Capt. William Swenson’s Medal of Honor nomination found retired Army Gen. David Petraeus had […]
A Hero Recognized
In September 2012, over the Labor Day Weekend, a family went to the beach at Panama City Beach, Florida. The husband and his daughter decided to go swimming. That turned out to be a bad move. Beaches in that part of Florida are beautiful, and are world-renowned. And September is usually a very nice month. […]
Amid budget cuts, DoD spends on 680 “green” projects
So, we saw earlier today that the Pentagon is slashing personnel costs and they claim that technology is the way to go in the next war – I guess what they really mean is that cuts to benefits and the number of troops is better spent on political projects like “greening” the military. From the […]
Déjà vu all over again at the Pentagon
The Stars & Stripes reports that the Pentagon has forgotten all of the lessons that they should have learned after every war of the twentieth century. They think they can cut troops and buy more technology to replace those boots that should be on the ground in the next war; In a speech at a […]
TRADOC wants your input on women in the Infantry
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Army Times which reports that the Army Training and Doctrine Command wants to know what you think about women in the Infantry. I guess it’s because they’re too lazy to check all of the opinions you’ve expressed on the internet; The survey is meant “to identify any […]
Robert Rheault, 87
COL Robert Rheault (Ret), US Army, passed away on 16 October 2013. COL Rheault’s name may ring a bell. He was commander of the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969, and oversaw (among many other things) Project GAMMA – at the time of the “Green Beret Affair”. The resulting scandal ended his career. […]
Last jump
Kevin sends us a link to Clarksville Online which reports that F Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault,) Pathfinders has conducted their last parachute jump. the unit is coming off of jump status. For the uninitiated, Pathfinders are the fellas who mark drop zones and landing zones for aerial […]
The rush from readiness
The Army Times reports that the Army is accelerating their draw down by two years. It will result in the elimination of 10 more brigade combat teams (BCTs). What was supposed to be a four-year process to cut the Army’s end strength by as many as 80,000 soldiers, inactivate 10 BCTs and reorganize the remaining […]
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