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Don’t Drink the Pool Water! It Contains a Surprising Amount of…Human Waste
Chlorine is supposed to take care of most of the microbes floating around in pools, but human waste, it seems, is stubbornly resistant to being sanitized.
The Roots of Sexual Abuse in the Military
Even before the Army confirmed a third military sexual-assault preventer had been implicated in sexual harassment in the past two weeks late Thursday – the charges ranged from sexual battery, to pandering, to stalking an …
$20,800,000,000
— The annual cost to the U.S. military of rust and other corrosion, according to a new Government Accountability Office report, here. As Neil Young once noted: “Rust never sleeps.” But the Pentagon’s problems go well beyond mere oxidation, and include pitting, galvanic reaction, calcium or other mineral buildup, degradation due to ultraviolet light exposure, and mold, mildew, and other organic decay. Still, $21 billion would buy a lot of Rust-Oleum.
“Chaos” Theory: In a Parallel Universe, Far, Far Away…
Marine General James “Chaos” Mattis, former chief of U.S. Central Command — and a Marine for 41 of his 63 years — walked out of the Pentagon for the last time Wednesday.
It is said the only possessions he took with him was a …
Is This The End of Alimony As We Know It?
Traditionally, alimony has been a man vs. woman thing. Men get ordered to pay, women get alimony and men get bitter. But as women have become more economically powerful, the game has changed.
Deadly Tornadoes Leave Path of Destruction in Texas
At least six people are dead and as many as 100 are injured after multiples tornadoes tore through North-Central Texas Wednesday night.
Bombs Away
“Afghan NDS [National Directorate of Security] units with allied partners have conducted over 60 high-profile arrest operations over the past six months in Kabul alone, including the spectacular interdiction of a 12,000-kilogram truck bomb on the outskirts of the city which resulted in five enemy killed in action and two captured.”
— U.S. Army Major General Tony Thomas, special-operations commander in Afghanistan, on Wednesday.
Bridge Amid Troubled Water
History was made in a flash earlier this week, when the Navy’s jet-powered X-47B drone flew off an aircraft carrier for the first time. The official Navy video of the event lasted all of 10 seconds.
But actual recordings of …
New Spate of Sexual-Assault Reports Resurrects a Painful Memory
With recent investigation of the Army coordinator of one of Fort Hood’s sexual-abuse prevention programs, coupled with the arrest of an Air Force officer in charge of his service’s sexual-assault prevention program, dismay is …
Lone Calming Canine Presence
Another case of not enough military mental-health workers: Maj. Eden is the lone U.S. combat-stress therapy dog in Afghanistan.
Long-War Trophy
Soldiers coming home from battle have long smuggled war trophies – weapons and other items plundered from the enemy, living or otherwise. There are strict Pentagon rules and regulations on the practice.
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