Army
Judge orders the release of Donald Trump’s Arlington Cemetery visit documents
American Oversight, an organization that works towards the release of government records, submitted a Freedom of Information Act request. The subject of the request was Donald Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery and the alleged incident that occurred. They also wanted the release of the incident report related to this event. From CNN: American Oversight […]
US Army considering privatizing dining facility operations
The Army is considering a plan that would relieve Army culinary specialists of their duties related to dining facilities. Soldiers will still have food preparation responsibilities via feeding troops in the field. Army officials are basing their meal plan concept on what is found on college campuses. They are hoping that competing options available to […]
Valor Friday
Pictured above is Master Sergeant Ernest J Kouma. As you can see from the silk blue ribbon and five-point star hanging around his neck, he received the Medal of Honor. If you know your US Army uniform history you can date the photo to a short period of time around the Korean War, which is […]
Drones incorporated into Army basic training
Using lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, the U.S. Army has started to incorporate the use of drones during exercises. Soldiers factor drones when it comes to accomplishing the training missions. They also have to consider the opposition’s drones while assessing training scenario threats. The Army has incorporated the drone threat in the capstone […]
New toys for the troops
Well, I whined about our readiness – actually, the lack of which – to defend against things like relatively low-altitude drones. Did we magically find something viable? No, but it turns out that some new toys are in the works which can address some of our lacks. First up – everyone knows one of the […]
US to send troops and missile system to Israel
A U.S. Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery, and the troops needed to operate this system, will be sent to Israel. Iran issued a warning on X when they heard that the US was considering this option. Major General Pat Ryder, spokesman for the Pentagon, said that this deployment underscores America’s ironclad commitment to […]
Columbus Day shorts, aka Monday Morsels
Been almost a week since the news hit that potential First Gentleman Doug Emhoff smacked his lady friend around in Cannes back before he was married to Kamala. One would expect a media firestorm over it… after all, Justice Kavanaugh got grilled heavily over his behavior while still a teenager, right? Let’s be honest…since TAH […]
NG chopper crew grounded when their helicopter created wind
I was going to put this in my stupid people post, but it’s too good to not get its own post. As the hurricane relief efforts are still underway in North Carolina, it seems one National Guard helicopter crew ran afoul of common courtesy and made a big windy mess. It seems they were trying […]
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