Soldiers

Sun Tzu

Army Orders Court-Martial for Alleged Wikileaks Source Bradley Manning

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Military District of Washington commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington referred all charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning to a general court-martial, [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Sun Tzu

For Whom the Drone Tolls: Air Force to Cut 10,000 Airmen Next Year

LOLITA C. BALDOR (AP) – Associated Press WASHINGTON The Air Force on Friday detailed plans to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year, as part of a broad move to downsize and shift capabilities around the country to be better prepared for wars [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
John Bernard, 1st Sgt. USMC (ret.),

New York Times Laments Income Loss for Afghan Businesses

After ten years of nearly constant derisiveness and complacency toward force protection and convenient ignorance of policies that have caused the severe wounding and killing of thousands of American Servicemen, The New York Times took the time to write about the loss of income for business in Afghanistan...
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Michael Yon

MEDEVAC Scandal: Officer Reports AMEDD Sacrificing Soldier Safety

An Army officer writes: The Army is not resisting Dustoff policy change because our leadership honestly believes the current policy is superior, but rather because of AMEDD’s [Army Medical Department] protectionist attitude toward “their” Dustoff MEDEVAC helicopters. I’m an active duty infantry officer, and I’ve been following the Dustoff issue since [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Kerry Patton

Taliban to Retake Afghanistan While U.S. Officials Still Proclaim Success

Numerous U.S. reports allude to mass success in Afghanistan. President Obama has even went on believing our successes in Afghanistan should permit U.S. forces withdraw. Several Generals and politicians on the right and left have swallowed the Kool-Aid publicly proclaiming everything in Afghanistan is just “peachy-keen.” Today, we realize our positive perception of Afghanistan is [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
John J.  Xenakis

2-Feb-12 World View: Leaked Nato Report Says Pakistan ‘Directly Assisting’ the Taliban

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. The ‘conquistador’ Prince William heads for Falkland Islands mission Deadly riot at Egypt soccer game kills 74 Surge of Afghan troop attacks on U.S., Nato forces raises alarms Leaked Nato report says Pakistan is ‘directly assisting’ the Taliban Panetta announces that Nato will end Afghanistan combat in 2013 Germany to China: Bail us out for [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Ken Blackwell and  Ken Klukowski

Gen. Boykin Blocked at West Point

A three-star Army general and war hero cannot speak at West Point because he’s an outspoken Christian. From this incident, we see the Obama administration’s hostility toward religion—and especially Christians—continues even to the detriment of our men and women in uniform. Lieutenant General William G. (“Jerry”) Boykin is like an action movie hero. When the super-elite [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Diana West

Victory for ‘Muslim Outreach’? Retired General Barred from Speaking at West Point

Eight years and three months ago, I wrote a column inspired by the furor over statements by General William Boykin attesting to the religious dimension of the so-called war on terror. The thought that there might be a religious dimension to Islamic terrorism is, absurdly and disastrously, the Big No-No-No of our [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Dan  Riehl

Meet Politico’s ‘Crackers’: FL Panhandle Home to Many Military Bases

Politico’s Jonathan Martin didn’t only malign residents of Florida’s Panhandle on MSNBC when he invoked the phrase “Cracker Counties” to refer to the region, he went on to equate the region with all of the Deep South, also mentioning Georgia and Alabama by name. We can also assume it would cover many of the military [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Michael Yon

An Important Letter on Army Policy from a Gold Star Mother

A Gold Star Mother is one who lost a child in service of the United States. Ms. Keyko Clark-Davis is a recent Gold Star Mother. I was present when her son Chazray was mortally wounded. We have communicated many times. Chazray’s mother is strong and inspirational. She sends this letter in [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share