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DoD Creates the R(EMF) Device
As TAH reader D indicated in his comments to a recent article, DoD has completed a comprehensive review of military awards and decorations policies. A summary listing all the changes to be made as a result of the review can be found here.. Most of them seem to make at least some sense. However, one […]
“Red Line”, Eh?
Former SECDEF Hagel is in the news again. And this time, it looks like he’s talking about his former boss. In a recent interview, Hagel claims that he gave the OK in 2013 to plans for a strike on Syria – on Damascus, specifically. Hagel indicates he OKed those plans on 30 August 2013, after […]
Jenny North on women in combat arms
Our friends at Victory Girls Blog published a commentary from Jenny North, a female Marine officer who has spent some time training male and female Marines. She writes about her experiences as company XO at Support Company (Medical Rehabilitation Platoon and Physical Conditioning Platoon); Support Company was the place where recruits were sent if they […]
Carter opens all military specialties to women
Jerry920 sends us a link to the Associated Press which reports that Ashton Carter, the Secretary of Defense has directed the service chiefs to open all military occupational specialties to the fairer sex, you know, despite the push back that he got from some of them. The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. Joseph Dunford, […]
McCain: Army misfires on pistol purchase and Marines buy the M4
The Army replaced the venerable M1911 handgun with the M9 about 30 years ago. I remember when it happened. Now, they’re considering making a change to the handgun that soldiers will carry into combat, but Senator John McCain says that the process is needlessly complicated adding a cost to the gun that the Army will […]
House to approve defense bill that Obama will veto
Fox News is reporting that Congress is set to approve their defense spending bill for next year, however, the White House is set to veto it, mostly because it busts spending caps while Congress will not do the same for non-defense spending. The bill funds the Defense Department through the Overseas Contingency Operations portion, which […]
Martin Dempsey leaves the stage
Chief Tango sends us a link to Politico that pays tribute to the 40 years of service of Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who retired last week; At the end of a long and storied career in uniform Dempsey was in a reflective mood, and the one reality he could not escape […]
DoD OIG investigates skewed intelligence in war against ISIS
We talked about it last month, but it looks like more than 50 intelligence analysts have complained to the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General that their reports have been skewed to paint a rosy picture of the war against ISIS, according to the Daily Beast; Two senior analysts at CENTCOM signed a […]
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