89%
— The number of military criminal investigations into sexual-assault cases that “met or exceeded” relevant investigative standards, according to a report, here, released Monday by the Pentagon inspector general.
“Combat Air Forces units from multiple commands began flying again today after many stopped flying in April of this year due to sequestration.”
— An Air Force statement saying that recent reallocation of funds by Congress will permit warplanes to resume training. "Since April we've been in a precipitous decline with regard to combat readiness," says General Mike Hostage, the service's top war-fighter. "Returning to flying is an important first step, but what we have ahead of us is a measured climb to recovery."
Copywrong
Sure the Marines think they’re special…guess that explains that little extra — © — affixed to their uniforms:
Several recent news articles have highlighted the huge amounts of money and effort expended because of service
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“Tactical Off-Road Motorcycle Training for 36 personnel starting no earlier than 22-July-2013 and completing no later than 02-July-2013 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433 and Tahuya State Forest in accordance with the attached PWS (Performance Work Statement).”
— An Army solicitation, here, apparently seeking time travel as well as motorcycle training.
“Lost Honor”
The Marines have just issued a video featuring leathernecks sentenced to prison for sexual-assault convictions (spelled their correctly two out of three times, too, in this accompanying screen grab…).
It’s the latest in a …
Cooked Books Tell Tall Tales
The Defense Budget Is Even Larger than You Think: Part one of two.
The Pentagon’s budget has increased, over time, much more than the Defense Department tells Congress, and the public.
The vast majority of people in …
Fighting Military Suicide: Can Technology Help?
Two months ago, Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy told Secretary Eric Shinseki, chief of the Department of Veterans Affairs, that “every veteran suicide represents a collective failure of our nation to properly care for …
Officially, a Non-Combat Casualty…
Specialist Hilda Clayton, 22, died July 2 while photographing Afghan soldiers July 2 when their mortar exploded.
Just How Big Is The Defense Budget?
Numbers have a precision to them that isn’t always warranted.
Take your very own U.S. defense budget, for example. Even after you’ve learned the difference among then-year, current-year and constant-year dollars, there can …
Up In Smoke…40 Years Ago
Anyone trying to get military records for a relative – or the subject of a news story – may have heard those dreaded words: Those records were lost.
What follows is like a military tattoo, in a precise order:
…in a …
$30 Million
— How much Army Corps of Engineers contracting officer Kerry Khan stole from U.S. taxpayers using bribery and kickbacks between 2006 and 2011. The Justice Department, here, calls it “the largest domestic bribery and bid-rigging scheme in the history of federal contracting.” A federal judge sentenced Khan, 55, to 20 years imprisonment Thursday.
“No Comment.”
Pew survey on how much Americans believe each job contributes to society’s well-being (click on it to enlarge).
“We're basically hollowing out the force through sequestration.”
— Admiral Samuel Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, to reporters Thursday at the Pentagon.