National Guard
So, What Are They Saying in Montana?
Wonder what they’re saying in Montana about Senator Walsh and his “unintentional mistake” of copying virtually verbatim around 25% of his War College final paper – including his conclusions – from other sources? As well as citing, but then lifting nearly word-for-word without indicating a direct quote, other sections? Well, let’s look: Montana Standard (Butte): […]
Maybe It’s Time for This Program to End
The military services formerly sponsored auto racing as a recruiting tool. In particular, they used to sponsor NASCAR racing. But in some years ago the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard all cut their ties with NASCAR. Their sponsorship programs were expensive, and the services felt they simply weren’t getting sufficient benefit from the money spent […]
Air National Guard saving the world
PintoNag sends a link to the dramatic story from NBC News which tells us about the rescue of a family attempting to circumnavigate the globe in their sailboat. The California Air National Guard sent a team of rescuers 800 miles off the Coast of Mexico to save the family; Members of the 129th Rescue Wing […]
The Economics of Veteran Unemployment
Veteran unemployment rates are 9.2% for those serving after 9/11. That statistic is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of February 2014. Last year at the same time it was 9.4%. Comparatively, the unemployment rate for non-veterans is 6.9%, and was 7.9% the previous year. For veterans of other eras, their unemployment rate is […]
PANG colonel facing fraud charges
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Pennsylvania National Guard Colonel Gerard Mangi has been charged with 110 counts of fraud related to creating a job for a friend who had financial problems, in exchange for padding Mangi’s own pay check; Mangis and Robert St. Clair, 50, a civilian contractor at the Air National Guard’s headquarters in […]
NYNG suspends four for casket humor
Beretverde sends us a link from the Albany Times Union which reports that four New York National Guardsman have also been suspended from their duties for taking part in the group picture that caused such a stir in the last week – the picture that Specialist Terry Harrison posted to her Instagram account; Eric Durr, […]
The IG Gets One Right – and Gets Ignored
Improper endorsement of a non-Federal entity. Use of government position for private gain. Improper use of government resources. Those sound like fairly serious issues, IMO. Such were the findings of a 2010 DAIG Report of Investigation (ROI) concerning the then-Montana Adjutant General (and now Montana Lieutenant Governor), John Walsh. Walsh apparently had ambitions of being […]
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 […]
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