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Pentagon is lifting the tranny ban
No one should be surprised that the Pentagon has decided to lift the ban against transgendered service members according to the Associated Press; Carter is creating a working group to do a six-month study on the impact of lifting the ban. Carter says the group will begin with the presumption that transgender people should be […]
DoD weighs in on new retirement system
Chock Block sends us a link to the Marine Corps Times which reports that the Department of Defense has written a six-page report on what they want the new retirement system for members of the military to look like. The Pentagon is officially backing a “blended” system that would shrink the size of the current […]
Arms deals with Vietnam
China is claiming much more of the South China Sea by building artificial islands and placing weapons systems on them. That has spurred other nations in the area to do the same, including Vietnam. It looks like Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is visiting our former adversary to finalize some arms deals for defensive weapons […]
General Mark A. Milley named the new ACS, Richardson, the CNO
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post which reports the announcement that General Mark A. Milley has been nominated to be the Army Chief of Staff. Also, John M. Richardson will be the new Chief of Naval Operations. They will replace Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, whose […]
Dunford to replace Dempsey
Last year, we announced that General Joseph Dunford would replace General James Amos as the Commandant of the Marine Corps. This year, he’s replacing Marty Dempsey as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Just like last year, General Dunford has an easy act to follow. From the Associated Press; “I know Joe, I trust him,” Obama […]
Carter and the “pivot” to Asia
Ashton Carter, the US Secretary of Defense, gave a speech at Arizona State University’s McCain Institute yesterday in which he renewed his support for the Administration’s “pivot” of our defense policy from the ongoing wars in the Middle East, North Africa and the Crimea to the Pacific Rim, according to the Associated Press; The Obama […]
VA & DoD still can’t transfer your health records
The Washington Times reports that after all of these years, the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs still can’t seamlessly transfer your health records when you leave the service. Congress has mandated that they work out a system to do that quickly – their solution was to have the military hand you a compact […]
Obama asks Congress to bust spending caps for defense
The Washington Post reports that in the budget that is being delivered to Congress today from the White House asks for 38 billion dollars more in defense spending than is currently allowed by law. Mostly, the spending is to pay for half-assing the war against terror over the last few years. As a smarter man […]
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