General Peter Chiarelli retired three weeks ago. He was the Vice Chief of Staff (VCSA) of the U.S. Army, which means the service’s second most powerful general with four stars, his only boss being the Chief of Staff of the Army. …
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Fueling the Fire
It’s hard to believe that the U.S. troops involved in the reported near-torching of Korans at Bagram air base in Afghanistan didn’t know what they were doing.
After all, for close to a decade, the U.S. military has been issuing guidance like this to U.S. troops on how to treat the Muslim holy book:
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If Israel Can’t Bomb the Iranian Nuclear Program to a Halt, What About the U.S.?
The New York Times on Monday spelled out just how much of a challenge it would be for Israel to try to derail Iran’s nuclear program using military force. Reports Elizabeth Bumiller:
…an Israeli attack meant to set back Iran’s nuclear program would be a huge and highly complex operation…The possible outlines of an …
Back to the Future: Laser-Guided Rockets on a Prop Airplane
Military Same-Sex Partner Benefits: “Separate But Not Equal”
The impact felt at the ground-level from our troops involved in same-sex marriages is gaining some high-level attention. On Friday of last week, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. issued this controversial letter to House
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Marines Say “No” To Battleland…
Marine readers of Battleland have let us know that as of last week the corps is denying them access to this site from their work computers:
I enjoy your blog and read it at work on my NMCI (Navy Marine Corps Intranet) computer. Then a couple of days after your article “What’s wrong with The Marines?“, the below message came up when
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“And as you've seen, I've been in hearings for the last three days. Shit, I think I should get some kind of award going through that crap.”
President Obama’s Defense Budget Falling Flat on Capitol Hill
Thursday morning, the Defending Defense coalition—The American Enterprise Institute, The Heritage Foundation, and the Foreign Policy Initiative—will host members of Congress discussing the negative consequences of the Obama …
Ye Olde U.S. Nuke Shoppe
Pictures from Iran’s nuclear-development sites always seem to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad touring some clean and pristine atomic facility in a bright white lab coat. He did it again Wednesday, visiting a Tehran …
“Liz — Are You For Real?”
Following last week’s decision by the Pentagon to change some of the conditions under which servicewomen can serve in a limited number of combat roles, Fox News contributor Liz Trotta attacked the Department of Defense for increasing spending on support programs for victims of sexual assault. Trotta proffers that “servicewomen want …
New Nuclear Math: It’s About Time
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The Obama Administration is considering slashing the nation’s nuclear arsenal to as few as 300 deployed strategic nuclear weapons, Robert Burns of the AP reports. That’s an 80% cut from the 1,550 currently permitted under Washington’s treaty with the Russians.
Certain circles …
Tokyo Stumbles Again On Okinawa Marines
TOKYO – What were they thinking?
A plan that was supposed to ease the controversy over a noisy Marine Corps air base in Okinawa has instead infuriated local officials and galvanized opponents. And could hasten the removal of …