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Dempsey sponsors essay contest to honor Saudi king
Here is another Defense.gov presser that I have to warn is NOT the Duffel Blog or any other satire. With everything else going on in the world, General Martin E. Dempsey, the top US military officer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has announced an essay contest to honor the recently deceased Saudi […]
Hagel: “nonstop war” is forcing good troops to leave services
Proving why he was appointed by this White House to be the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel tells NPR that folks are leaving the service because of constant deployments to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hagel says that when, in a recent meeting, he spoke with a group of six promising young U.S. military […]
Pentagon to downsize? Ha!
You probably remember how Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel promised to downsize the headquarters personnel at the Pentagon. Well, here we are two years later and they can’t figure out how to do that, according to the Washington Post; [F]ederal auditors reported this week that the Defense Department has not produced a realistic plan to make […]
Hagel becomes angel of death for troops’ compensation
Chuck Hagel, the out-going Secretary of Defense is touring the country to say goodbye to the troops and to tell them that they’re going to get screwed in their wallets soon, according to the Military Times; “We cannot sustain the current trajectory that we are on with the current system we have,” Hagel said. “We […]
Dempsey defends brass’ perks
Remember how the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey has been lobbying Congress hard to reduce military pay raises, change the retirement system, hike retirees’ health care costs? Well, he’s finally found something that the Congress needs to continuing to fund; generals’ pensions and the little perks that go along with being a flag […]
SFC Alwyne Cashe and the MoH – Maybe We Can Help
I trust everyone reading this saw Jonn’s article about SFC Alwyne Cashe the other day. If not, you need follow the link and read it – now – along with the LA Times article to which Jonn links. While I trust that the Army will eventually do the right thing, that’s not a lock. Even […]
Alwyn Cashe’s Medal of Honor moves slowly forward
The LA Times, in their own way reports that Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe is still in the running for an award of the Medal of Honor, nearly a decade after he gave his life to save his troops from his burning Bradley. This has been my personal crusade – you know because Cashe and […]
…so that leaves Carter
According to the Associated Press and Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, the White House is planning to nominate Ashton Carter to the position of the Secretary of Defense, seein’s how he’s the only one who will take the job; Carter, 60, moved to the top of the White House’s short list after several leading contenders […]
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