Army
Valor Friday
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) is one of the most decorated of all American military units. They received eight Presidential Unit Citations (five of them in a single month), and 21 men of the unit received the Medal of Honor. They did this in less than two years. The 442nd RCT was made up […]
Army to shake up acquisition process
Well, let’s open with an observation: Talk is cheap. We’ve heard so many times that government acquisition has been slow, the pace was lethargic, and it just really can’t be sped up much, but we will now – and then we never do. I have to admit, this time at least the noises the […]
Tuesday Tidbits
Remember Greville Clark, the Ft. Hood sergeant who was sentenced to life earlier this year for over 30 charges including rape, kidnapping, robbery, and burglary? He was given the opportunity to relocate from the sunny climes of Ft. Hood to lovely eastern Kansas. Sgt. Greville Clarke, 32, who was sentenced to 112 years in prison […]
More service members being investigated for Kirk-related posts
The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are receiving more information regarding their service members’ comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The Army said that over a dozen Soldiers have been relieved of their duties pending investigation of their posts. The numbers of service members being investigated for their Charlie Kirk comments is […]
Valor Friday
The earthly remains of US Army Captain Willibald Bianchi have been identified more than 80 years after he died. Bianchi is notable for having received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Bataan in 1942. Bianchi died three years later, after surviving unimaginable horrors before he was able to receive the […]
Saturday Shorts
Leading off the parade we have Special Operations Command, who are buying a new AR variant rifle from Lewis Machine & Tools (LMT) chambered in 6.5mm Creedmoor. On August 22, 2025, the Pentagon announced that a $92 million USSOCOM contract had been awarded to Lewis Machine & Tools Defense for “medium range gas gun-assault […]
Army Appearance Standards Changes
Trivia question: what percentage of soldiers are female? Black? That will come up later. The Army is tightening up appearance standards, and rolling back some Biden-era changes. Women will be permitted to use clear nail polish, as opposed to the previous rules, which placed limits on only “extreme” colors. The changes also impose more specific […]
Army suffers burst of sanity
The Army has finally discovered that some folks in excellent condition don’t necessarily look it. Soldiers who score a 465 or better on the Army Fitness Test will not be subject to flagging actions for body fat percentage, the service decided this month. An Army Directive distributed Sept. 4 allows for an exemption to […]
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