Search results

Soldiers better not be bringing their cell phones into battle...

Link to Washington Post article on former senior military officers working for foreign governments. www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/veterans-us-foreign-jobs-saudi-arabia/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001 General James Jones was hardly the first high-ranking Jones to take...

IUU means "Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated". as I have learned. As noted in the linked articles, the Coast Guard has been involved in patrolling the seas off the west coasts of South America and West Africa to protect our national interests...

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-raising-service-commitment-for-future-aviators-to-10-years-1.642075 (Note: if the link doesn't work, the story was published 8/21 in Stars and Stripes)

238 years ago today was fought the Battle of the Chesapeake. Although no Americans were involved, this naval battle, also known as the Battle of the Capes, may have been crucial to the success of the Revolution. The French naval force led by Rear Admiral Paul prevented the British fleet from...

Tell your kiddies to hold off on upgrading to the Limited version of the new F-150. The raise has to get through Congress first, and the upcoming budget process will be a brawl. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/11/its-official-2020-budget-proposal-has-largest-troop-pay-raise-decade.html

TCM has Brother Rat on tonight at 10:30 (Eastern). It was filmed in 1938 at VMI and is based on a play written by two 1932 VMI grads.

The first of this academic year's scholarship selection boards met in the week beginning October 24. It Here is a link to this year's key dates posted by the ever helpful Clarkson Golden Knight Battalion...

Sound track is a catchy combo of rap and Broadway show tune. But wouldn't work in this country. We don't have the attention span for a 3 minute commercial unless they made into a video game

Lt. Delahanty was told he must either have a credit card in his name or he will be issued a govt. one. What is this for? Any recommendations? I'm inclined to advise him to get one through USAA since we're already doing insurance with them. Probably not their American Express card since so...

I wasn't aware of the Hometown Heroes camps until I saw this video with Aaron Rodgers.

For New York area fans, football season pretty much ended several months ago, leaving our main rooting interest in seeing Dallas and Boston get knocked out. I have to admit I have greatly admired Belichek's stratagems, though - first Edelman's TD pass to Amendola and then last week's tackle...

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a Bosnian Serb whose Yugoslav nationalist group Young Bosnia was protesting the 1908 annexation of Bosnia by...

- Stars and Bars News Service - General Dewey "Ox" Oxberger, the first soldier to rise from private to general since actor-flyer Jimmy Stewart, announced his impending retirement from the Army earlier today. Despite his remarkable rise over a 33 year career, Gen Oxberger was proudest of...

The end of the tank? The Army says it doesn’t need it, but industry wants to keep building it...

I found these report dates and course end dates for Infantry BOLC for the remainder of FY 2014. June 1 - Sept 30 June 15 - Oct 14 July 27- - Nov 26 Aug 24 - Jan 8 (2015) There are also courses which start in March and April, which would obviously not suit Spring 2014 grads. With...

On a crisp, sunny Saturday afternoon in October, our attention turns to college football and, eventually, half-time entertainment. I just saw for the first time this awesome 2011 presentation by the University of West Virginia marching band. While the subject of American exceptionalism is...

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/cambyses-army-remains-sahara.htm#mkcpgn=otbn1

From today's Washington Post. The action stems from a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in September 2012. Readers may have diverse opinions about whether the firings were justified. The two will be allowed to retire at a rank to be determined...

All 13 regiments have completed their APFTs. Here's a list of the top overall scores and top scores for the individual events. There are some amazing performances. Men - Overall Score - 407 - Timothy Mooney (Regt. 3) - Colorado State U. Pushups - 140 - Matthew Brown (Regt 12) - Penn...