Reserve Issues
Maine’s senators call for investigation of U.S. Army’s interaction with Maine shooter
Maine’s two senators are calling on the U.S. Army to provide an account of the interactions between members of the Army and Robert Card. His fellow soldiers raised the alarm about him, with one of their text messages stating that Card was going to snap and do a mass shooting. His apparent mental state during […]
National Guard Soldiers paid late due to expired continuing resolution
Many National Guard Soldiers across the country did not get their final pay for the year, which was scheduled before Christmas. The continuing resolution that temporarily funded the government expired before the checks could be issued, so pay was put on hold pending approval of the budget for the current fiscal year. Note on delayed pay […]
Russell Thomas Langford threatens mosque
According to the Associated Press, this fellow, Russell Thomas Langford, got mad at a neighborhood mosque in Raeford, North Carolina. He left packages of bacon at the entrance of the mosque then drove off in his Chevy Tahoe, he returned several times and threatened the people outside the mosque. Authorities found several handguns and other […]
Rowan Elijah Feldhaus hits legal snag
TSO sends us a link to the story about how Columbia County Superior Court Judge J. David Roper told this chick, an Army reservist, formerly known as Rebeccah Elizabeth Feldhaus that she couldn’t change her name to Rowan Elijah Feldhaus because Feldhaus, who decided that she’s a man now, didn’t pick a feminine name according […]
Lieutenant Deshauna Barber; Miss USA
The big news this morning is that Army reservist Lieutenant Deshauna Barber won the Miss USA title last night. Her question from the judges was, according to CNN; When asked by judge Joe Zee whether the Pentagon’s decision to open up all combat roles to women had “put political correctness over our military’s ability to […]
Two Cautions for Our Military Reservist Readers
A number of our readers are current or former Reserve Component (RC) personnel. Some of those may be still serving in the Reserve Components while also approaching the age at which contingency service would allow early receipt of retired pay. For that likely small subset, I’d like to offer two points for consideration. First: early […]
Guard and Reserves can’t account for their troops
Chief Tango sends a link from Stars & Stripes which reports that the Government Accountability Office has determined that the National Guard and the Reserves have no idea how many of their soldiers are ready to deploy. You might remember that is important because the Pentagon and the White House are expecting the gaps in […]
Thoughts on the WaPo-Graham Brouhaha
Jonn recently wrote an article about Senator Lindsey Graham’s military service, and how the WaPo was questioning same. Ever since, there seems to have be a bit of confusion about Senator Lindsey Graham’s military career. In particular, his service has raised a number of questions here – and has garnered a rather large amount of […]
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