Improvised explosive devices are the curse that keeps on giving.
The Pentagon announced Thursday that it has established the Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Brain Tissue Repository for Traumatic Brain …
By the Chem Stick’s Early Light
Airmen use chemical lights to help a UH-60 land at Kandahar Airfield, June 1.
Zut Alors! Stop That Plane!
Many Air Force jets have tailhooks, just like the Navy’s. But they’re used only when something is wrong aboard the plane – no brakes, for example – that keeps it from landing safely.
The service was looking for a second …
Weighing the Wisdom of Women in Combat
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France — The debate on whether women should be allowed in front-line combat has, if anything, one enlightening quality: it says a lot about the so-called civilian-military divide.
A number of combat-arms …
Second-Guessing Benghazi (Cont.)
Despite the challenges of Syria, National Security Agency leaks, sexual assaults in the ranks and the fiscal vise of sequestration, the death of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11 continues to preoccupy some …
“Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $244,863,014 modification...to a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract...for the procurement of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.”
— From the Pentagon's Thursday contract announcements. Apparently the contradiction inherent in "firm-fixed-price" and a quarter-billion-dollar hike (although "modification" could be a reduction, we suppose) doesn't warrant further explanation.
“If That Does Not Suit You, Then Get Out.”
The Australian army has its own sex scandal unfolding, and Lieut. General David Morrison, the army chief, let his troops know he is not pleased.
Not sure if it’s his words, his accent, his anger, his laser-like stare – or …
CIA Commando Challenges Agency in Court
A CIA paramilitary officer is filing suit against the spy agency in federal court Friday alleging that the agency is using a baseless war crime allegation to ruin his career.
The complaint by the active-duty commando, …
Too Little, Too Late?
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, goes the old (military) adage.
The Obama Administration, responding to the purported use of chemical weapons by Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, has opted to respond with an ounce …
“We are actually going and modifying all our contracts -- at some cost to the government, I might add -- and requiring they [contractors] provide that data. So you will have more accurate information, but at some cost.”
— Pentagon comptroller Robert Hale on Wednesday, explaining why the number of contractors working for the Defense Department (ranging from 300,000 to 700,000) is so squishy. On fixed-price contracts, he explained to the Senate Budget Committee, the contractor does the job for a set price and was under no obligation to tell the government how many workers were doing that job. That has now changed, and as Hale made clear, the taxpayers will be billed for that information. The best estimate, he added, is 700,000.
When Will the Contractors Contract?
Neoliberal economics has been an ideological mantra of Republicans and Democrats alike since President Jimmy Carter began the wave of privatization that exploded during the succession of Republican and Democratic presidencies …
Brush With History
Air Force 2nd Lt. Jennifer Szatkowski has an amazing story. Click on the photo to see it.
A Trillion Here…
It was only two short years ago that Battleland published a major piece in the pages of Time detailing how the Pentagon could cut spending by about 15% over the coming decade.
How to Save a Trillion Dollars
…was the …
