BattlelandIran
BattlelandIran
“OutServe is a gay activist group using provocative tactics to advance their agenda in the military, and to establish themselves as a special interest group pushing self-serving demands.”
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BattlelandMilitary
For God and Country
Now that the coming apocalypse over letting gay men and women serve openly has passed without a whimper, it’s time to move on to the next touchy topic: the role, or the lack of a role, that religion should play in the U.S. …
BattlelandVeterans
When is it War?
If you were in Iraq in 2008, just after the wave of troops for the troop surge had crested with 160,000 or so American troops in country, you might have had a pretty good reason to think you were involved in a war. …
BattlelandIran
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 …
BattlelandMarines
Marine Corps: “Battleland” Cutoff a Snafu
The Marine Corps is now explaining why its computers have been denied access recently to this blog. A spokesman says it was done automatically, and not deliberately. By mid-morning, access to Battleland from corps computers had …
BattlelandNational Security
Sun Tzu or Bismarck: Who will Prevail in the 21st Century?
The first three chapters in Sun Tzu’s timeless classic “The Art of War” describe how to make net assessments by comparing your strengths and weaknesses and those of your adversary and how to formulate strategy. Near the end of Chapter 3, he sums up his advice, saying, “Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will …
BattlelandWeapons
Back to the Future: Laser-Guided Rockets on a Prop Airplane
BattlelandMilitary Personnel
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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BattlelandLeon Panetta
Testifying Before Congress: Laughing Through the Pain
Testifying before Congress repeatedly on the defense budget is tough work. “I’ve been in hearings for the last three days — shit, I think I should get some kind of award going through that crap,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told airmen in Louisiana on Friday. “I mean, I told General [Marty] Dempsey [chairman of the Joint Chiefs, …
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Battleland Diary, Feb. 11-17
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandMilitary
Should Fake Boasts About Battlefield Valor Be Criminal?
This coming Wednesday is George Washington’s 280th birthday. So it’s only fitting that the Supreme Court will be asking on Feb. 22 if lying about military heroics violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech.
This …