Ensign David Quant fires a 9mm pistol June 5 during training in the Pacific on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
A Tax Fight in Pittsburgh and the Future of Non-Profit Hospitals Nationwide
It’s mayor vs. med center for extra revenue
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Army Suspends Top Commander in Japan
TOKYO – Well, this is embarrassing.
Just days after the Marines handed out wallet cards reminding troops in the Pacific to behave ethically, the Army’s top general in Japan has been effectively fired over allegations that …
BattlelandProcurement
Lightning II Strikes Twice More
Thought Winslow Wheeler’s epic last week trying to nail down the cost of an F-35 Lightning II fighter was fascinating reading. Still waiting for someone to volunteer to make the contrary case.
Unfortunately, Wheeler simply …
New Era of Labor: Hawaii’s Powerful Teachers Union’s Multi-Front War
In a radically changing political landscape, reform-minded Democrats and rogue teachers made the state’s latest contract fight one to remember
Before and After: A Satellite Captures Damage and Recovery from Superstorm Sandy
A look from above reveals the long road to full recovery in New York and New Jersey.
“It showed the enduring value of the strategic nuclear deterrent.”
— Air Force Major General Garrett Harencak, the assistant chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, speaking Friday of the impact of sending U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flying over South Korea recently to induce the North Koreans to scale back their threats. h/t Elaine Grossman
BattlelandCool Military Acronyms
RAPID UPSIDE
It stands for:
Revolutionary Analog-based Probabilistic Inference Devices for Unconventional Processing of Signals for Intelligent Data Exploitation.
OK, so it’s no RADAR, SONAR or LASER (invented by the same folks …
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Marines Get Carded
TOKYO – The Marines have tried curfews, drinking restrictions and plain old jawboning to cut down crime and controversy on Okinawa, a key center of U.S. military power in the Pacific. Now they’re handing out reminder …
BattlelandMilitary Justice
If War Is Hell…
…the rules on dealing with troops who harm non-combatants in a war zone, without running afoul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, is Hell’s next-door neighbor.
The Pentagon has just released a Defense Legal Policy …
BattlelandF-35 Price Fixing
On Final Approach to Fighter Fiscal Sanity
Part 5 of 5
Each year the Defense Department’s comptroller, the Pentagon’s chief financial officer, publishes a report: Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System.
The public and Congress have a right to expect these …
Presence Patrol, At Least for Now
Spc. Jeremiah Carter on patrol in Kandahar province June 2.
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Defense Dweebs Rule!
It’s been a strong week for those pale folks, sprinkled in cubicles and tiny offices around Washington, who scratch their heads and ask: why is our military so screwed up? How should we fix it?
The initial volley came from …