Army
Friday deserter
Leading off the day, there is an Army SFC Shantaya Williams whose attorney is raising hell about a drug-lord style raid on his deserter. Recently released body camera footage of the 2022 arrest of an Army reservist in her home on a desertion charge shows police breaking down the door of the woman’s home at […]
After spending approximately $2 billion, U.S. Army ending Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
The Army began the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program in 2018. This aircraft was designed by Textron’s Bell unit and Sikorsky. Sikorsky showcased the new helicopter design as one that offered speed, range, and agility not shared by other helicopters. The U.S. Army decided to scrape the program, given the new realities on the […]
Another decade, another multi-billion $ Army helicopter program cancelled
The Army has once again sunk a massive amount of money into a new helicopter program only to cancel it. Does this story sound familiar? It should. They do it every decade or so. Here’s a brief history of US Army attack helicopter programs and their dispositions; AH-1 Cobra – Successfully entered production, though only […]
Resupply by AI. What could go wrong?
Army Futures Command’s newest Cross Functional Team-Contested Logistics head, Rob Watts, talked about resupply by AI and robotic delivery vehicles such as UAVs and roboboat. “We want a tool to tell us, when we get to precision sustainment, that ‘you need to start moving some ammo to island X today because it’s going to take […]
Throwing dollars at quality of life
Both the Army and Navy have been shocked – SHOCKED – that enlisted barracks, to be polite, suck. Water leaks, black mold, rats (freakin’ RATS?) and a host of other problems have surfaced in the last several months, and leadership is determined to throw money at it fix the situation. Or at least get it […]
Valor Friday
During the Vietnam War, 235 men earned Medals of Honor. Since the end of that conflict, a further 33 have been awarded. In any such list, there’s always got to be a “first.” Roger Donlon was the first man to receive the Medal of Honor during Vietnam. Though Army Captain Humbert “Rocky” Versace, in 2008, […]
Biden Repeats Claim of Son Beau Being Lost in Iraq
I guess in the spirit of repeating something often enough – it becomes true – Biden repeats the claim of losing his son in Iraq. This time, it was to the grieving Gold Star parents of 24-year-old Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, who was killed in Jordan. Biden repeats dubious claim about son’s death in call […]
Every bullet a tracer
ooh…got a little wood there, eh? Well, not really a tracer… NO BODY wants all tracers in their magazines/belts. After all, we all know one of the basic rules – “Tracers work both ways”. That purty little streak that shows you where it’s headed in the dark also tells where it came from…no bueno. A […]
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