Pentagon
Where are the NCOs? Where are the LEADERS?
The Government Accounting Ofice (GAO) went to 12 military posts to look at base housing. Pests such as bedbugs and roaches were a common issue at six of the bases that the GAO visited. Several bases had severe issues with security in the buildings, to the point that service members said that they were unable […]
China not pleased with the US providing its input regarding the South China Sea
The Philippines ran The Sierra Madre aground on one of the disputed areas in the South China Sea. They kept a contingent of soldiers on the ship to help maintain the Philippine’s claims to this area. Recently, while the Filipinos were replenishing the servicemembers on this ship, the Chinese Coast Guard fired water cannons at […]
.Mil mails going to .Ml – Mali
Several articles lately that apparently some folks are misspelling .mil on some unclassified mails and by omitting the i. sending to .ml. .Ml is a Mali domain name, and Mali is not one of our bosom buddies. “Since 2015, the Department of Defense has been aware that typographical errors could result in the misdirection of […]
Mikey Weinstein and the NDAA
President, Military Religious Freedom Foundation We’ve been following Mikey and his MRFF for quite some time now. Interesting fellow- Air Force U grad where he was apparently exposed to soul-searing harassment. He has proclaimed himself the guardian of civil rights for military members and will staunchly settle out-of-court for any display of Christianity he deems […]
General Mark Milley stripped of Military Awards?
Something like this happens every time I think I have seen it all when it comes to strange behavior with medals and ribbons and badges… oh my. So there I was, working on an upcoming valor vulture blog of shame when I suddenly noticed something while watching an unrelated video. I could use some help […]
AF General says F-35 JIT supply chain wrong. He’s right.
Lt. General Michael Schmidt, F-35 program executive officer, says the Just In Time F-35 parts supply chain is wrong. I can’t agree with him more. Just In Time, aka JIT, is a principle widely used in modern manufacturing to try and ensure parts arrive as close to when they are needed as possible, reducing the […]
New Army personnel system working as expected
Let’s be clear about this…”working as expected” if you’ve spent maybe 50 years watching how ‘well’ Army personnel systems work. Working well from an objective, “gets the job done efficiently and well in a timely manner version of ‘well’?” Uh, no, not so much. The outage, which is preventing the Army from issuing DD-214 discharge […]
Birthing parents to get 12 weeks’ leave
The military is changing its post-partum leave policy. Previously, mothers were authorized up to 6 weeks’ leave, and new fathers got zilch. Now, either or both are authorized up to 12 weeks any time within a year after the birth. The new policy, signed into law with the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act in December […]
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