Argghhh!

Well, first, counter the meme, reduce the sensationalism intended to sell papers/grab eyeballs, and put out some real info and try to point out where the meme if fueld by cooked data. Of course, the problem is - that's not much fun to read. So much better to just skim the headline, shake your head sadly, and let the meme soak in. Over at WarOnTerrorNews, they're trying to deflect the meme of the Crazed Combat Ve t: In the first quarter of 2012, the media has publicized an Iraq Veteran killing...

JTG asks in email (though I've seen it elsewhere, such as NRO).John, I believe you wrote that you insisted on yer men qualifying with personal hand-held weapons, Redlegs that they were. Your Dad, though a Redleg, got a PH for a bayonet wound. Now that we have an all-volunteer, "professional" armed force, can't we trust the soldiers with soldierly weapons? Well, we've never really had the habit of carrying arms in garrison unless we were going to do something with them - or it...

The Hall Monitors may have raided the classroom on a noise complaint - so I may have had to turn off the soundtrack - but that doesn't mean we can't still watch the dirty movie... That's a sexy wench, right there, with her narrow waist accentuating her belt... she was conceived in Russia, born in Poland, and emigrated to the US, and found her way to the Castle, as so many strays do... Because we're that kinda people. Even if they come from broken homes and were themselves instruments...

Say what I will about Jarheads, it still takes balls to go boating on the ocean in a tracked vehicle. PACIFIC OCEAN (July 8, 2014) An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) assigned to Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, embarks the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) following small boat operations during the at-sea phase of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating...

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Basically, the Regular Army is being told to go home and watch your kit rust while everybody else gets to move on, pretty much. T'was ever thus, and will be ever thus for a maritime power. The ax falls : Highlights of the budget proposal. Prediction: If a Democrat stays in the White House, the Army is below 400K within a year. Observation - all in all, perhaps not the worst thing. Given that we have no fricking clue on how to use our military in a policy and strategy sense, there really isn't...