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Air Force grounds Ospreys for issue the Marines say they already handle OK
The Air Force has grounded its V22 Osprey’s for a ‘hard clutch’ problem which makes them too dangerous to fly, citing two recent incidents in the last six weeks and two more since 2017. Hard clutch engagement occurs when the clutch connecting the propeller’s rotor gear box to its engine slips. When this happens, Ospreys […]
Gunz news
REAL assault weapons – M98s, arguably the finest battle rifle ever, assaulted much of the world during two world wars. But that’s brown wood, not scary black plastic, so it’s OK. On to the ridiculous articles, you filthy racists: American Psychological Association links gun control to racist views In a study of just 88 white Americans […]
FOIA Requests – SITREP
I figured I would give you all an update on the situation of the 500K backlogged FOIA requests at NPRC, over 200 of which are ours. I couldn’t say much because I didn’t know anything. The big question was whether they would start fresh or start addressing the ones from early 2020, which is when […]
Marine vet gets lighter sentence for testifying against Army vet
VA NG Cpl. Jacob Fracker got probation for his part in the January 6 fun and games after testifying against Thomas Robertson, an Army vet who was also a Rocky Mount, VA policeman. The above selfie was snapped in the Senate building after they allegedly donned gas masks and fought with DC police. The relatively […]
Seems PX gun sales are being scrutinized
Gun sales in the PX are drawing attention from suicide prevention folks, according to the the Military Times. Example, a young Marine named Muhlstadt: But the doctor and Marine Corps didn’t know Muhlstadt had a gun he had bought weeks before at the Marine Corps Exchange store, or MCX, at Twentynine Palms. He […]
FBI Forensics weigh in on Baldwin shooting
Been waitin’ on this one… the FBI forensics report on the Colt Pietta clone from the Alec Baldwin shooting came in. According to a press release, the Santa Fe Sheriffs’ detectives received the FBI’s completed forensic reports on Aug. 2. They were then forwarded to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) “for […]
Well Friday’s WOT got exciting
Let’s chat about these classified documents seized at Mar-A-Lago. First of all, there were 11 FILES seized, not 11 BOXES of files if you read the news articles. How much info was in the files? Most likely we will never know for sure, but that 11 FILES phrasing has been used in every credible-looking article […]
Acquittal in NH Marines motorcycle crash deaths
Volodomyr Zhukovskyy, accused of killing 7 Marines on their motorcycles three years ago, was acquitted. He is still under Federal retainer related to to his extensive criminal history and drug charges. The state thought they had a solid case – witnesses who swore he was driving erratically and swerving over the road before the crash. […]
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