Military issues
Mistrial Declared in Court-Martial of USAF Lt. Col. Keithen Washington
AW1Ed has written previously about USAF Lt. Col. Keithen Washington. Lt. Col. Washington was to face court-martial for charges of assault and sexual assault. Unfortunately, a mistrial was declared in his court-martial on 16 January 2019. It is unclear whether or not a new court-martial panel will be appointed to hear the case or if […]
Unclaimed Veterans Buried with Honor and Dignity, Thanks to Strangers
A national effort is underway to pay final respect to members of the military whose bodies were not claimed by relatives. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When the flags were removed from the caskets and folded with military precision, there were no family members there to receive them. So the banners were passed, hand-to-hand, through the crowd. […]
Lies by politicians and why we should care about politics as veterans focused on military issues.
Here’s VoV again, opining on the veracity, and the lack of, our elected officials. The CinC is arguably the most important role in government, they wield the power and weight of the greatest fighting force of the entire world in their hands. Our military goes where the CinC tells them to go, they do what […]
Raising TRICARE fees and Cutting Veterans Benefits to Slash Deficit
The good idea fairies have been working overtime at the Congressional Budget Office. After the “whacking” of wands across analysts’ heads, the CBO released their latest suggestions on what should be cut or reduced in order to help reduce the budget deficit over the next 10 years. One of their recommendations is to reduce BAH […]
10 Worst Air Forces in the World 2018
This is not one of them. The folks over at We Are The Mighty have put together a post of, as you might imagine, the 10 worst Air Forces of 2018. Sadly one of our closest allies made the list, but at #10 it was the least worst. The rest are no real surprises, but […]
The Russians Now Have a Hypersonic Missile
I’m only posting this now, because Vlad Putin is Russian Orthodox and the Orthodox Church doesn’t celebrate Christmas until January. And that’s getting close. Vlad is pawing the ground and snorting. He can now claim a successful launch of a hypersonic missile (a/k/a a glide vehicle, per the story) as his ultimate answer to the […]
Female Veterans Quietly Struggle With Sexual Harassment, Suicide
Female veterans are almost twice as likely to kill themselves as civilian women. Pfc. Nichole Bowen-Crawford said she was walking to lunch on her Army base near Nasiriyah, Iraq, in 2003 when she received her daily proposition from a passing fellow soldier. “Hey, Bowen,” the officer tossed out, “let’s go f— in the bunker.” Bowen-Crawford […]
Five inmates charged with stealing $560K from military personnel in online dating extortion scheme | Daily Mail Online
Antwine Lamar Matthews, Rakeem Spivey, Jimmy Dunbar Jr, Wendell Wilkins and David Paul Dempsey have been indicted on federal charges including extortion and wire fraud. Five inmates in South Carolina extorted some $560,000 from hundreds of service members by using contraband cellphones to pose as underage women on dating sites, authorities say. Standing in front of a state […]
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