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Another armored brigade to Europe
Just three years ago, we were talking about the last tanks to leave Germany. Since then, the Pentagon changed it’s collect mind and moved another armored brigade to Europe. The Associated Press reports that yet another brigade is going to be stationed there early next year; The officials said the Army will announce Wednesday that […]
Women not interested in combat jobs
USAToday reports that few women have shown an interest in working in the combat arms that Ashton Carter and Ray Maybus worked so hard to open to them. As part of an experimental program, 233 women who completed Marine Corps infantry and other ground combat schools are eligible for those jobs, but none has requested […]
Losey to Hunter: “weapons carousel” was a break in the system
Last week we talked about the system which forced elite SEAL warriors to swap out their weapons as they transitioned into and out of the battle. Fox News reports that California Congressman and Iraq War veteran Duncan Hunter interceded on behalf of the SEALs; Hunter, a former Marine who served three combat tours in Iraq […]
Two more officers gone; How do we get them to trust us?
I feel some more navel gazing from the Department of Defense is on the schedule. Rear Admiral Rick Williams, the commander of Carrier Strike Group 15 watched pRon for nine hours while his sailors were training, according to the Navy Times. All sailors go through regular computer training, particularly before getting underway, and Williams’ story […]
Hunter: SEALs complain about “weapons carousel”
California Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter tells Fox News that Naval Special Warfare operatives complain to him that their personal weapons are being rotated between troops leaving and entering the combat zones. That it’s not the problem that there isn’t money enough for each SEAL to have his own weapon, but rather, it’s a case of […]
More US troops for Europe
It was just three years ago that we read about the last tanks leaving Germany because the world had changed so much that the folks in the Pentagon figured that we didn’t need a presence like that in Europe. Well, now, because the pendulum has swung back in the other direction, Pentagon planners are worried […]
Osprey pilots cleared in April 2000 crash
Bobo sends us a link to the Stars & Stripes which reports that the Pentagon has cleared the Marine pilots, Major Brooks Gruber and Lieutenant Colonel John Brow, of culpability in an April 2000 VS-22 Osprey crash which happened in Marana, Arizona and killed 19 Marines including the pilots. “Human factors undoubtedly contributed to the […]
Navel gazing in Colorado Springs
According to Military.com, thirty leaders from across the services have gathered to “clean up misconduct in the ranks”; Ethics officers and others identified a key issue as a lack of trust in leadership. “How do we get them to trust us?” Navy Capt. Scott Smith asked to kick off the two-day Department of Defense Professionalism […]
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