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Service Branches Rudderless Without Top Officers

| July 31, 2023 | 62 Comments
Service Branches Rudderless Without Top Officers

Irreplaceable?  Army, Navy Will Be Latest Services Without Chiefs as Senator Maintains Block on Confirmations The Army and Navy are set to join the Marine Corps in being without a full-time top officer as the Senate leaves for a five-week break without finding a way to end Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade on general […]

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Uncomfortable Questions

| July 20, 2023 | 18 Comments
Uncomfortable Questions

Air Force Academy Superintendent LTG Clark Military academies’ diversity efforts draw GOP concerns, Dem support By Leo Shane III Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday took aim at the military service academies’ diversity and inclusion efforts as a potential distraction from war fighting prowess, and pledged to force changes in the future to end those practices. But […]

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Saturday updates – Recruiters, Military Drag revisionism

| July 8, 2023 | 58 Comments
Saturday updates – Recruiters, Military Drag revisionism

Remember the Navy saying it would be requiring its recruiters to work six-day weeks in an effort to make recruiting numbers? Well, that lasted… a whole week. Last Wednesday, the service confirmed that Rear Adm. Alexis Walker — the head of Navy Recruiting Command — gave the order to go to a six-day schedule after […]

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Super Size That? Fast Food Jobs Bad For Recruiting

| June 23, 2023 | 47 Comments
Super Size That? Fast Food Jobs Bad For Recruiting

Be All You Can Be! Recruiting is and has been down across the Service Branches. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth has blamed negative media coverage for exacerbating its recruiting slump. She mentioned stories about mental health issues some soldiers face and seemingly rampant sexual assaults across the entire military. A memo penned by her […]

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Flag Etiquette

| June 11, 2023 | 52 Comments
Flag Etiquette

White House Pride Month Celebration No one at the White House is familiar with Title 4 US Code? From pics of the event no one was wearing masks or observing social distances either. White House accused of US Flag Code violation over Pride Month display President Biden spoke in front of Pride Month display Saturday […]

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CNO- Non-Provocative Navy

| June 8, 2023 | 39 Comments
CNO- Non-Provocative Navy

Chief of Naval Operations Gilday Navy Should Be ‘In the Way,’ But ‘Non-Provocative,’ CNO Says Speaking less than a week after an “unsafe maritime interaction” with China in the Taiwan Strait, Adm. Mike Gilday said the U.S. wants “things to remain stable and predictable.” Caitlin Kenny The U.S. Navy must stay forward and “in the […]

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Virginia Military Institute DEI Head Quits

| June 5, 2023 | 27 Comments
Virginia Military Institute DEI Head Quits

Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive VMI Cadets VMI’s lurch to woke has been reported here in the past. All has not gone well there since then. VMI Superintendent resigns after losing the confidence of Gov. Ralph “Coonman” Northam over allegations of racism VMI Alum Defy Woke Policy Military college’s chief of diversity quits amid debate over […]

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Rand Vet Survey Results and The Narrative

| May 23, 2023 | 29 Comments
Rand Vet Survey Results and The Narrative

We owe the men and women of the Department of Defense an environment free of extremist activities, and we owe our country a military that reflects the founding values of our democracy. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Memorandum, December 20, 2021 We all know what comes next. There’s something amiss though. Where are […]

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