Big Pentagon
The Army is racist, the Marines hate the government, and the Air Force are just extremists
As part of the DoD’s purge of “extremism”, a preliminary report has come out. Jeff LPH 3 sends this Military Times article; Even before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Congress ordered the Defense Department to do a better job reporting and tracking extremist behavior among troops. The first public release of available statistics […]
Austin Rejects Oklahoma’s Request to Exempt Guard from Vax Mandate
SECDEF Austin The Pentagon has rejected a request from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) to exempt his state’s National Guard from the Department of Defense’s vaccine mandate. In a letter to Stitt shared with The Hill, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said all members of the Oklahoma Air and Army National Guard must follow the mandate […]
Epidemic of lapdog generals
In the fall of Afghanistan we saw a lot of failures, but perhaps the most striking is the failure of leadership at the highest levels of the US military. Especially among the three men at the table who held the most power over the withdrawal. All three have claimed at various times to accept some […]
Army Orders Commanders to Block Reenlistment of Unvaccinated Troops, Effectively Ending Their Careers
Poetrooper sends in this news. If they can’t get you one way, the Big Green Weenie will get you another way. From The Federalist Papers; The top leadership of the U.S. Army has ordered commanders to flag unvaccinated troops to block their re-enlistment, which will effectively end their careers. Via Fox News: “The U.S. Army […]
Oklahoma-Pentagon Vax Standoff
A dispute between Oklahoma’s governor and the Pentagon over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate is setting up the first critical test of the military’s authority to require National Guard troops to get the shot, and laying the groundwork for potential protests from other states. Acting on an order from Gov. Kevin Stitt, Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino, […]
Commandant wants to treat Marines ‘Like Human Beings Instead of Inventory’
The Commandant of the Marine Corps wants to retain more Marines after their first enlistment. He also wants to recruit older, more experienced troops. Military.com reports; The Marine Corps is poised to radically change how and who it recruits after the commandant released his new Talent Management Plan on Wednesday. According to the plan, the […]
We’ve investigated ourselves and have found we did nothing wrong
Well, the Pentagon has completed its review of their drone strike on that Afghan aid worker. This is the strike that killed him and several of his family (including a lot of children) after mistaking him for an ISIS-K terrorist. They were sure they had someone because he was driving a white Toyota Corolla. White […]
Selective Service System to Include Women
The House Armed Services Committee voted last month to expand registration for the Selective Service System, known as the draft, to include women. This move brings the requirement one step closer to becoming law. Seems fair to me- a small but loud contingent of military women demanded access to all combat arms, claiming promotion obstacles. […]
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