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Ever’body claiming ever’thing

| March 14, 2024 | 21 Comments
Ever’body claiming ever’thing

If you thought the world map has changed, you’re not wrong. Heck, when I was young(er) there were 122 nations in the UN, as I recall. Now the count is over 200 and probably destined to climb further. Plus, now some (mainly the despots) want to extend the territories under their control further. We already […]

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Thursday updates

| March 7, 2024 | 32 Comments
Thursday updates

Remember Jack Texeira? He was the Air Force computer tech who illicitly accessed, copied, and posted thousands of pages of classified information online. At least in chain-of-command terms, his arrest may have caused record fallout – not only was pretty much his entire chain of command relieved, even his unit was removed from the mission […]

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Let civilians do it

| March 6, 2024 | 29 Comments
Let civilians do it

We’ve spoken a few times on the topic of outsourcing military base support operations to civilians. Here are a couple of examples of how well that is working: Ft. Leavenworth, has outsourced building maintenance to a civilian contractor, the Michaels Corporation. Fort Leavenworth, set to celebrate its bicentennial in 2027, is a National Historic Landmark […]

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Walt grassed by auntie

| March 5, 2024 | 49 Comments
Walt grassed by auntie

Crossing the pond for stolen valor today. Ashley Thompson, 29, used his cousin’s financial info to apply for a seven thousand pound loan, then persuaded his cousin (Michael Green) that it was a gambling win and persuaded Green it was OK to be put in Green’s account. Doesn’t seem like that says much for Green’s […]

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Congrats to the Corps!

| February 27, 2024 | 36 Comments
Congrats to the Corps!

From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli We will fight our country’s auditors And will emerge victory Or something like that.  Yes, boys and girls, an armed service has finally passed an audit! Plaudits to all of our crayon eaters, the Brotherhood of Leather Neck Guards, the few, the proud, the Marines […]

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Valentine’s love letters – Wednesday Snippets

| February 14, 2024 | 17 Comments
Valentine’s love letters – Wednesday Snippets

Lots of very interesting quotes running around recently. The District Attorney  for Washington, DC, Brian Schwalb, raised some eyebrows at a recent conference on the crime rate increases in DC. “We as a city and a community need to be much more focused on prevention and surrounding young people and their families with resources if […]

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Throwing dollars at quality of life

| February 6, 2024 | 57 Comments
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 […]

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The only thing new is the blatancy of their lies

| February 2, 2024 | 9 Comments
The only thing new is the blatancy of their lies

Was originally going to cover administration lies, but there are only so many columns available and time in a day week month year life. Since Steve nicely covered LSOS Joe’s most recent falsehood, and thebesig talked about them trying to enact universal background checks by fiat, let’s talk about the environment. Environment Subcommittee Chair Max […]

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