Big Army
Twenty Percent of Army Generals not Deployable in 2016
This was the status as of 2016. Given the scandals that were occurring, involving Generals and Admirals, this study was inevitable. One of the things that they found was that out of every five generals, one was not eligible to deploy. This is only a part of the overall readiness issue, where officers, warrant officers, […]
Army Retro Uniform OKd for 2020
Well, it’s official: the U.S. Army is going retro to its World War II “pinks and greens” for officers by 2020, as was discussed on TAH last year. The remainder of the force has until 2028 to change from current blue uniforms to the Army greens. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/11/11/for-veterans-day-the-army-has-a-present-a-long-awaited-new-service-uniform/ The Army Blues will revert to being strictly […]
Pentagon Wants Army, Marine Corps to Select Higher-Caliber Grunts
We don’t make this stuff up, there are people who do it for us. From military.com The Close Combat Lethality Task Force is trying to identify “best-of-breed science and programs” to find young Marines and soldiers who have the right mix of physical and mental endurance to excel in close combat, according to Sgt. Maj. […]
Army’s Ranger School set to graduate first enlisted woman.
Staff Sergeant Amanda F. Kelly, 29, from Easley, South Carolina will receive her Ranger tab in a graduation ceremony at the Hurley Hill Training Area at Fort Benning, the U.S. Army base located on the Alabama-Georgia border next to Columbus. Faye, an electronic warfare technician by trade, is currently assigned to the 1st Armored Division, […]
Army seeks solutions to generals gone wild
The Army Times reports that the Army is looking for ways to teach generals to be more ethical in their behavior, after a number have been disciplined in recent years for misbehavior and conduct unbecoming flag officers; In the past nine months, the Army found two senior officers guilty of misconduct, forcing them out of […]
Army colonel awarded $8.4 million for blog defamation case
The Washington Post writes about Colonel David “Wil” Riggins who was being considered for his first star in 2013 when Susan Shannon of Everett, Washington accused him of raping her when they were both West Point cadets in 1986 in her blog, Short Little Rebel. According to the Post, the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) […]
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 […]
Recent Comments