Reserve Issues
NG/AF Rivalry in Ohio
Since we’re hating on Big Air Force this week for rationalizing dumping the A-10, let’s hate on them a little longer for more stupid shit from the Washington Post; After spending almost $600 million to buy a tiny fleet of the planes over the past six years, stationing them in Mansfield and at two other […]
#@&!! TDY Fraud
I alluded earlier to a problem in the Arizona Air National Guard. It looks like the subject of this article was the reason. It appears as if some of those assigned to the 214th Reconnaissance Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard and based in Tucson, were really enduring a hardship tour operating those remotely-piloted aircraft (RPAs). […]
Uh Oh . . .
Hope I’m wrong, but it looks like there might be something seriously bad going on regarding the Arizona Air National Guard: A formal announcement by the Arizona Attorney General is due at 10PM MST/PDT. I don’t know how long it will be afterwards before details might be available. I’ll try to post an update later […]
Registration open for 2014 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships
The Army Marksmanship Unit wants us to tell you about registration for the 2014 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships; The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), in conjunction with the Maneuver Center of Excellence, will host the 2014 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships Jan. 26-Feb. 1. The “All-Army” competition is open to all Soldiers – active […]
“Someone May Have Some ‘Splainin’ to Do . . . . “
. . . about a practice bomb that apparently was dropped a bit off-target. How far off-target? Try in the parking lot of a Sudlersville, MD, tavern – the parking lot of “Darlene’s Tavern”, to be precise – at just after 9PM this past Thursday evening, while people were sitting at nearby outside tables. The […]
In Memoriam: Ten Years Ago
On 23 March 2003, the US military suffered its first wartime “fragging” incident since Vietnam. On that date Hasan Karim Akbar – then a soldier assigned to A Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Infantry Division – conducted a grenade and firearms attack on fellows soldiers at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait. To execute his attack, Akbar first […]
Congress Gets One Right
This story has gotten some publicity elsewhere. But I haven’t seen an update on TAH since Jonn’s original article, so I thought I’d do one. Apparently a key Senate committee recently refused to recommend approval for one Navy Reserve Captain recommended for promotion to RDML. The guy they’re”blackballing” is a former naval aviator – with […]
WV National Guard on the job
The devastation on the eastern seaboard kind of sucked all of the oxygen out of the news when Hurricane Sandy struck last week. Mostly because that’s where the media elite are and they can report on conditions by looking out their windows. But some folks in West Virginia suffered just as much. The southern part […]
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