Big Army
Brigadier General Ron Lewis keeps his security clearance
Bobo and David send us links to USAToday which reports that Brigadier General Ron Lewis who has been admonished for using his government credit card to pay for his tab at sex clubs and his habitual drunkenness while accompanying the Secretary of Defense. “You are reprimanded for unprofessional conduct while serving in a position of […]
It’s who you know….
USAToday tells the story of Major General John Custer and his friend, Marty Dempsey who covered for Custer’s bad behavior; The two-star general had an inappropriate relationship with a woman and lied to investigators about it, made his staff buy sexy clothing for her, subjected his underlings to racist and sexist emails and allowed himself […]
The Army is Looking For a Few Good Cyberpeeps
Yes, the Army is looking for people who want to be in cyberspace. They’re going to make chairborne as important as Airborne, if that’s possible. Well, some desk jockeys do do important things, you know. It’s true. https://www.armytimes.com/articles/the-army-is-looking-for-agr-officers-warrants-to-go-cyber Must be tireless, willing to wear fingers to the bone on ‘w’ keys, and able to stay […]
Old enough to know better.
The Army is moving forward with the deactivation of its Small-Team Reconnaissance Units. The drawn down of military capabilities that has been going on for the last 8 years is still in motion. Computer models were used to conclude long-range surveillance companies were not in demand by ground commanders. Defense analysts have said Army commanders […]
Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, another SHARP casualty
Ron Lewis was promoted to Major General in January 2015. He got his third star in June and started working alongside the Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter as Carter’s senior military assistant. Then this happened according to USA Today; On the night of Nov. 5-6, 2015, on a trip to Hawaii with Carter, Lewis consumed […]
A Different Kind of “Feel Good Story”
Last Saturday, and elderly woman in New Jersey went for a drive. She got stuck in soft sand, and could not free her vehicle. She was without food, and was in a remote area. While she was able to collect rainwater, the weather was extreme – in the 90s some days. By Thursday, she was […]
Army to dump LRS companies
The Army has nine Long-Range Surveillance companies, three active-duty and six National Guard, and now that they have to do things like train people who can’t do the job those people want and they have to spend money on healthcare that doesn’t improve combat readiness, they want to cut those combat assets so they can […]
Army sleeves
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post in which they analyze the Army’s decision to roll up sleeves on their combat uniforms entitled Guns out: Why the Army moved to allow rolled sleeves for soldiers. I don’t understand why it’s such a huge issue. Either do it, or don’t. The practice was […]
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