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  • Sling Load

    A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter transporting a Humvee prepares to land at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan on March 4, 2010. The Chinooks are the Army's primary cargo rotary aircraft and have been crucial throughout Operation...
  • DADT, don't be a douche

    I have made the case many times for repeal of DADT. In a lot of cases LT Dan Choi was a perfect case for why it is a bad idea as he speaks Arabic. Well now he has gone and bedouched himself as Greyhawk duly notes. Pardon me if I pause a moment here to...
  • Inbound

    As seen through a night-vision device, a U.S. Air Force airman prepares students during a jump mission as part of exercise Emerald Warrior near Fort Walton Beach, Fla., March 16, 2010. U.S. Special Operations Command personnel are conducting the 19-day...
  • Poll: Military opposes DADT repeal

    In case you missed it, the Commandant of the Marine Corps expressed his opposition to the president's desire to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT). But if you get your information from Obama's press corps, all you likely hear is poll after...
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  • Mc Iwo Jima- Lefty BS at Virginia HS

    Every time you think the America-hating left can't burrow any deeper into their own excrement, they prove us wrong. Some left wing butthead teacher at Langley HS in Virginia has decided that this image is appropriate to learn the children about the...
  • The hardest good bye

    It is a difficult truth that casualties of war happen. It is a sign of character and love how people deal with them. Mary Ann from Soldier's Angels Germany points out an instance of honoring a son's sacrifice. The letter sat on the dresser for...
  • St. Patrick's Day Technology - The Science Experiment

    Greetings from Timmy O'Toole's in Chicago! (Gracie O'Malley's ain't open yet) *Glug, glug, glug. Ahhhh.* Uncle Ben from the Filipino side of the family, an engineer and beer scientist, sends this Reuter's article on scientific...
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  • MoveOn.org: Hypocrisy

    I don't like to post political stuff too much around here. There are better venues for that. But I noticed that MoveOn.org, a Democratic Party organ led by a group of white Berkeley liberals, has a petition up, and which you can sign here, that calls...
  • Night at the Movies

    Tonight's feature: U.S. Navy SEALs: Direct Action Why watch the anti-military filth perpetrated on us by Hollywood pinkos? Tuck the women and children into bed. Grab an ice-cold beverage, a steak (substitute more economical meat product if necessary...
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  • The whole of government approach

    Warrior Legacy Institute Fellow Brad Patty has a piece up at the American Security Council Foundation's site about how we need to get all of our agencies on the same page to succeed at stability operations. The world is a dangerous place. Two things...
  • St. Patrick's Day should be treated like any major Holiday

    Matty O' here to remind everyone that St. Patrick's Day is coming tomorrow. To get you moving towards the spirit of St. Patrick's Day in Chicago, here is my favorite video about my favorite sustenance... Here is a link to sign the petition...
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  • Battle-tested business leaders

    A pretty nice look at the next greatest generation as they transition from wartime to civilian leadership roles, and from CNN none the less. WOW. (Fortune Magazine) -- In the spring of 2008, Wal-Mart threw an annual shareholders meeting befitting its...
  • An election in Iraq? Who knew?

    So I have to say that the simple fact that the Iraqis held an election and it got as little publicity as it did is a good thing. Sure the reports that did come out focused on the bombings, but if it had gone poorly they all would have piled on. Creaky...
  • Pick axes coming for you

    The Ranger Up guys are branching out into the under-served smart ass video market. Here is their fighter Jorge Rivera explaining his image problems going into his fight against Nate Quarry. You can get the Jorge Rivera Conquistador shirt here.
  • MaryAnn at Afghan Quest

    Our friend and Soldiers' Angel MaryAnn is featured at Afghan Quest, who writes in fear of his life. Enter Soldiers’ Angels and the force that defies gravity and fatigue; MaryAnn Phillips. I can’t describe MaryAnn as unassuming, a word often associated...
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