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The virtue of Military Service is a Myth and it is destroying this country.

| September 25, 2018 | 98 Comments
The virtue of Military Service is a Myth and it is destroying this country.

Careful Citizen, having reverence for those who served in the military erodes our Democracy. The gap in civilian and military experiences in the United States over the 17 years since 9/11 has led to persuasive, persistent, and unrealistic myths that have eroded faith in civilian leadership of defense policy. Among these myths are the superior […]

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When killing the enemy is a crime.

| September 24, 2018 | 36 Comments
When killing the enemy is a crime.

There are too many cases of warriors being sent to prison for killing people in a war zone.  In the most recent report, a Navy SEAL is being detained. A Navy SEAL is being held in a military brig while authorities investigate the stabbing death of an Islamic State combatant while he was subdued in […]

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Our old buddy Stewart Rhodes of the so called “Oath Keepers” – still running his suck.

| August 29, 2018 | 55 Comments
Our old buddy Stewart Rhodes of the so called “Oath Keepers” – still running his suck.

Back in the early days of TAH there were the Blog Wars.  Some guy named Jonn and a bunch of others didn’t care much for Stewy and his klan.  I am just a loving and kinda forgiving guy so far be it for me to try and outshine the eloquence of one Jonn Lilyea on the […]

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Join the exciting world of Stolen Valor Investigations

| August 6, 2018 | 100 Comments
Join the exciting world of Stolen Valor Investigations

Some of yuz might be aware of a recent opening in the Circle of Trust.  Our resident Army guru has moved on to better things.  If you would like to join this exciting field of unlimited bullshit and mass confusion, please do not hesitate to contact us. All we ask of an investigator is: A […]

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Those Islands in the Pacific

| October 26, 2017 | 65 Comments
Those Islands in the Pacific

Looks like there’s some sort of protest movement underway on Guam, one of our westward military bases in the Pacific, as well as on Okinawa. http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2017/10/25/okinawa-women-join-fight-protect-ritidian-stop-militarism-guam-and-okinawa/797174001/ A small group of Guamaians don’t want the military there, despite the fact that the island is a US protectorate and the US military does provide income to the […]

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Andre Shepherd’s asylum rejected by German courts again

| November 18, 2016 | 35 Comments
Andre Shepherd’s asylum rejected by German courts again

We’ve been following Andre Shepherd since he first deserted and applied for asylum in Germany in 2008. He was a mechanic for Apache helicopter gunships who was to deploy with his unit for a second time. We’ve been told by people who deployed with him that he wasn’t very dependable anyway – he ran their […]

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Brandon Bryant, Star of Drone Documentary, is a Liar

| December 31, 2015 | 45 Comments
Brandon Bryant, Star of Drone Documentary, is a Liar

The views expressed here are personal and do not represent the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the United States government. I’ve recently written about Brandon Bryant, ex-Air Force drone sensor operator (or as they apparently call them in Norway, a “pilot”) over on my blog, PickYourBattles.Net.  Brandon is the star of a new […]

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Canada contemplates fate of US deserters

| February 9, 2015 | 41 Comments
Canada contemplates fate of US deserters

One of TSO’s first posts here was about Joshua Key who slipped away from the Army and absconded to Canada where he wrote a completely inaccurate tome about his time in the Army and his service in Iraq. Well, here we are six years later and Key is still cowering in a corner of a […]

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