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The Austin/Milley Dog and Pony Show
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs U.S. Army General Mark Milley Yesterday’s presser with the SECDEF and Chairman JCS could have gone worse. I’m just not sure how. For such a large man Austin proved himself to be a capable tap dancer, and Milley flat admitted his incompetence. Q: […]
Hon disch. and retirement in grade for Green Beret colonel involved in armed standoff with police
Jeff LPH 3 sends an update on a story we covered a while back. You might remember Colonel Ray here. He’s the Green Beret colonel, former commanding officer of the 1st Special Forces Group, who was involved in an armed standoff with police back in December of last year. During that incident you’ll recall; Col. […]
Photos Hurt Diversity
Navy Mustang Back in July 2020, then SecDef Esper banned the use of photos in promotion and selection boards to counter any racial bias. In a memo to the service secretaries and the JCS, Esper included the photo removal as part of a series of steps aimed at eliminating “discrimination, prejudice and bias in all […]
Another report completed by Captain Obvious
It turns out working in remote, geographically separated locations sucks. Who knew? Well, everyone who’s ever worked at one for one. Anyone they in turn have told how shitty their assignment was for another, so basically everyone in the military. We don’t threaten to send people to Thule, Greenland or Antarctica because they’re hidden gems […]
Biden Admin orders everyone at Pentagon, regardless of vaccination status, to mask up
The five-sided insane asylum is once again a mask-required zone. Poe sends in this Breitbart report; The Pentagon on Wednesday directed that “all individuals” — regardless of vaccination status — wear a mask indoors at Department of Defense (DOD) installations and facilities in areas of “substantial or high transmission” of coronavirus as defined by the […]
DoD “all in” on combating “food insecurity” in the ranks
We talked about what “food insecurity” is a while back when surveys were used to make it appear as if our troops are starving. As I explained at the time, some of the answers that classify you as “insecure” about your food choices/availability are; If you one time over the last year ate a McD’s […]
Newsweek reports SFC Cashe to receive MoH soon
We’ve talked a lot about Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe and his insanely heroic final acts. He is easily one of the bravest people I’ve ever written about. Read about him here, which includes links to prior discussions on the man. Newsweek is now reporting that “sources familiar with the process” are saying that Secretary […]
Most political general in generations claims he’s “apolitical”
A year ago, General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was decried by the left as being political for appearing with Trump at the burned out remains of St John’s Church in D.C. More recently he’s drawn the ire of the right with comments on the military’s teaching of critical race theory, […]
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