Big Pentagon
Marketing and myths hurt recruiting efforts
Stars & Stripes reports that the Department of Defense is worried about the “myths” and misconceptions that younger Americans have about military service which are hurting recruiting efforts. For example, 63 percent of youth ages 16 to 24 believe it is “likely” or “very likely” that a person leaving the military today has psychological or […]
Fitbit and OpSec
Chief Tango sends us links to the story from the Washington Post about a map which highlights the routes that users of fitness trackers are treading upon. Apparently, because the Pentagon issued a few hundred of the devices to troops, the map also highlights where the troops are using them in their secret bases around […]
CSM John Wayne Troxell to ISIS: surrender or die
Command Sergeant Major John Wayne Troxell, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has a message for members of ISIS according to Fox News; “if they choose not to surrender, then we will kill them with extreme prejudice, whether that be through security force assistance, by dropping bombs on […]
#MeToo at the Pentagon
The Stars & Stripes reports that the hairy-legged vagina-hat crowd is planning a protest outside the Pentagon, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on January 8 at the Pentagon Metro Station in Arlington, Va, in support of the military females. “We are demonstrating outside the Pentagon to ensure the voices of servicewomen and men are not […]
Guidance issued for recruiting transgender troops
The U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command has issued guidance from the Pentagon to recruiters in regards to transgender recruits, according to the Washington Post; Individuals who have undergone gender reassignment surgery will be allowed to join the military as long as doctors consider them to have been stable in their new gender for 18 months, […]
Thank goodness there’s direct deposit
According to Stars & Stripes, the Defense Department reports that there are 44,000 uniformed DoD personnel that are “unknown” as far as their location in the world is concerned. The murkiness of the posted numbers of personnel in locations across the world follows a congressional outcry over lack of knowledge of how many soldiers are […]
Sergeant La David Johnson; additional remains discovered
Apparently, there’s still a search on for the remains of Sergeant LaDavid Johnson. The Department of Defense made the following statement; On Nov. 12, 2017, a joint U.S Africa Command military investigation team discovered additional human remains at the site where Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s body was recovered following the Oct. 4 attack. Today, […]
Active duty transgender service member gets reassignment surgery
Stars & Stripes reports that the Pentagon has announced that it has paid for gender reassignment surgery for an active duty servicemember. Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White said the surgery was done Tuesday in a private hospital and was paid for by the military’s health coverage because the doctor deemed it was medically necessary. ”Military […]
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