BattlelandDefense Contractors
Courage Services, Inv. (as in, Invisible)
The outsourcing of what used to be thought of as vital governmental functions continues. Public Intelligence posted this last week on its website. It’s basically a 2009 intelligence report done for the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity by an outfit calling itself Courage Services, Inc. Its nifty corporate logo appears on the …
BattlelandNational Security
Leon Panetta, Doomsday Cabin Salesman
This ad appeared on page 15 of Sunday’s New York Times. In stark terms, using a recent comment by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, it warns of impending cataclysm. It urges New York City readers to prepare for doom…by buying a cabin in the Catskills, “located less than two hours from New York City.”
The website linked to the ad …
BattlelandAfghanistan
The “Second Apology” Tour
Rajiv Chanrasekaran’s new book, Little America, is making a splash with a pair of lengthy excerpts in the Washington Post (first one here, second here), ForeignPolicy.com, and Slate.
Several reviewers, bloggers and tweets …
BattlelandClose-up
Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces June 23-29
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines from around the world, and the home front.
BattlelandMilitary Spending
Countdown to Sequestration: Six Months to Go
This is our fourth monthly flag of the impending sequestration: if Congress and the President can’t agree on $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over the coming decade, whack: automatic cuts begin January 2. Half that sum – about $600 billion – would come from national-security accounts.
The story line remains the same: the GOP …
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Is Online Teacher Training Good for Public Education?
Internet courses and degrees are exploding at every level of education, but questions remain over whether it’s possible to teach people to be face-to-face classroom instructors in a program that’s entirely online
BattlelandArms sales
Chinese Takeout: Powered by Pratt & Whitney
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin probably never uttered or wrote this quote often attributed to him:
The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.
Unfortunately, you can’t say the same thing about the Justice …
BattlelandAir Force
Hot Shots
The Pentagon’s only wildfire-fighting team has been dispatched to help fight the Colorado wildfires. Well, one Colorado wildfire. After all, it’s only a team of 18.
And since the Vandenberg Hot Shot squad belongs to the …
BattlelandNuclear Weapons
Never Mind…
David Fulghum over at Aviation Week is one of the capital’s top-notch defense reporters, although the lede on his latest story might leave you scratching your flight helmet:
Evidence is mounting that the U.S. defense community and the Obama administration view 2013 as the likely window for a bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear and
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“Daddy’s Home!”
BattlelandMilitary
“Stolen Valor” Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court basically upheld President Obama’s health-care law Thursday in the final day of its term. Amid all the hubbub over that, it’s important to note they struck down another law – one that made it a crime to …