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Senior enlisted tell Congress that troops are concerned about pay

| February 27, 2016 | 29 Comments
Senior enlisted tell Congress that troops are concerned about pay

Chock Block sends us a link to the Military Times which reports that “Enlisted chiefs tell Congress pay fears are hurting morale“. Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey said he’s visited dozens of installations in his first year in his position and spoken with thousands of troops and families. “Fiscal conservation is our duty […]

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Pentagon to fight “climate change”

| February 8, 2016 | 178 Comments
Pentagon to fight “climate change”

The Washington Times‘ Rowan Scarborough writes that the White House has directed the Pentagon to consider “climate change” in it’s day-to-day operations. Climate change was formerly known as “Global Warming” and also the “New Ice Age”. But, in it’s endeavor to fight everything except our nation’s enemies, the White House has directed a new layer […]

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SJW Haring sets the USMC up for female integration failure

| February 5, 2016 | 74 Comments
SJW Haring sets the USMC up for female integration failure

We’ve discussed former Lieutenant Colonel Ellen Haring before. She once sued the Pentagon because she wasn’t qualified to lead a female Engagement Team in Iraq (my guess is that she was physically unable and mentally unfit) and so her dream of being the first SJW in combat went unrealized and her career was stunted as […]

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Draft Americans’ Daughters Act

| February 4, 2016 | 138 Comments
Draft Americans’ Daughters Act

Stars & Stripes reports that Republican representatives Duncan Hunter and Ryan Zinke, Hunter a former Marine and Zinke a former Navy SEAL, wasted no time crafting the Draft Americans’ Daughters Act to fully integrate females into the military service. The bill would require draft-aged women to register for conscription ninety days after bill is signed […]

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Pentagon may offer to store your baby fixins

| February 4, 2016 | 28 Comments
Pentagon may offer to store your baby fixins

The Pentagon can’t give you a pay raise of any consequence, but they figure that they can make up for that by storing your reproductive material in the event that you’re injured and can’t make progeny after years of service, they’ll have it ready for you, according to the New York Times. They’ll store your […]

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Carter won’t demote Petraeus

| January 31, 2016 | 30 Comments
Carter won’t demote Petraeus

Our buddy, Kristina Wong at The Hill reports that Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has no intention of demoting General David Petraeus because he lost control of classified material when he gave the documents to his alternate squeeze and biographer Lieutenant Colonel Paula Broadwell; Defense Secretary Ash Carter will not seek to demote retired Gen. […]

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Petraeus’ stars on the chopping block?

| January 19, 2016 | 48 Comments
Petraeus’ stars on the chopping block?

According to the Daily Beast, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter may be considering a reduction in rank for General David Petraeus to Lieutenant General (three stars) because of his flirtation with malfeasance in regards to Paula Broadwell, his extra-curricular activity while he commanding troops in the war against terror and she was, ostensibly, writing his biography. […]

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Military bands and entertainment groups on chopping block

| January 19, 2016 | 15 Comments
Military bands and entertainment groups on chopping block

Bobo sends us a link to the Stars & Stripes which reports that the Pentagon has found $500 million/year that they can slash from their budgets – the money allocated for their bands and their entertainment groups, like the Air Force’s Tops in Blues and the Army Soldier Show. The Army has cancelled it’s Operation […]

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