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New toys for the troops
Well, I whined about our readiness – actually, the lack of which – to defend against things like relatively low-altitude drones. Did we magically find something viable? No, but it turns out that some new toys are in the works which can address some of our lacks. First up – everyone knows one of the […]
Drones over Washington military bases – but not ours
Seems someone is taking an unhealthy interest in Langley Air Force base. A mysterious fleet of drones entered restricted airspace and swarmed a U.S. military base along the Virginia coast for 17 days late last year, stumping the Pentagon, according to a new report. My first thought was a stream of Amazon-purchased jobbies…nope, this is […]
Columbus Day shorts, aka Monday Morsels
Been almost a week since the news hit that potential First Gentleman Doug Emhoff smacked his lady friend around in Cannes back before he was married to Kamala. One would expect a media firestorm over it… after all, Justice Kavanaugh got grilled heavily over his behavior while still a teenager, right? Let’s be honest…since TAH […]
Thursday Shorts
Well, if Mr. Trump is elected, he will at least simplify one confusing aspect of current life. Fort Liberty in North Carolina could revert to its former name honoring an unsuccessful Confederate general if former President Donald Trump is reelected in November. Military.com “An unsuccessful Confederate general”…geez, guys, kick a guy when he’s down for […]
Friday shorts
Well, as long as thebesig is talking about helping veterans with benefits after less-than-optimal discharges – the folks at the famous four-walls-and-a-spare building are testing a pilot program to help PCSing service members: The Pentagon is rolling out a new pilot program that provides travel benefits to service members to cover the cost of […]
Don’t like it? Doesn’t matter…you’re funding it
Let’s talk about Autumn Cordellionè. (If trying to emulate “The Godfather”, it’s misspelled.) Born Jonathan Richardson, Autumn is serving a 55 year sentence for strangling his 11 month old step-daughter in 2001. Okay, that right there puts me on the other side of the fence – he/she could stop a bullet meant for the Pope […]
Navy shipbuilding woes
Let’s pick on the Navy. Barely able to squeak out enough crew to man/person/whatever the total ships they have, the Navy’s build programs all show one consistency. They’re late and over budget. First up, submarines – the Virginia-class boats are currently building 1.3 a year versus projected needs of 2 a year. And that doesn’t […]
Private that defected to North Korea gets time served, and the Navy solves their retention issues
You’ll remember Travis King, soon to be formerly a private in the US Army, was the boneheaded turd that was supposed to be escorted to the airport to fly back to the states from South Korea. As I recall he was being chaptered out. Somehow he slipped his guard, snuck into a tour group visiting […]
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