As of this morning it was going to be 50 Marines to plus up the security forces in the Baghdad Embassy… As of now, it’s 275… Sacrificial lambs??? I’d be evacuating the Embassy and setting charges, but that’s just me…
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We’ve been down this road before… Under Carter, under Clinton and under the dem controlled congress… By Col. Mike Hayden USAF (Ret) In this year’s defense budget, administration and Pentagon leaders requested a military pay raise of 1 percent. That’s … Continue reading
It wasn’t just men that were needed… Since yesterday was the Army’s birthday, I present this one… Unusual for the time, this one actually used a photograph by Reggie Green as the basis for the poster. The Second LT is wearing … Continue reading
To the US Army, 239 years old today… An interesting ceremony is the cake cutting done by the respective services, it always includes the oldest/longest serving member and the youngest member at each installation that does it. And today is … Continue reading
My Grandfather watched as his friends died in WW I… My Father watched as his friends died in WW II and Korea … I watched as my friends died in Vietnam … None of them died for the Mexican Flag… Everyone … Continue reading
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. –Galatians 6:7 AQ and the Taliban are no longer a force… We have a date certain… The war is over… LAST month Iraq … Continue reading
Yep, sure enough about 0900 I get the phone call, Where the f**k are you? I ‘splained I was sitting at my desk like a good little employee; that I’d been told I was disinvited from the meeting and that … Continue reading
Soooo… Early last week I asked one of my ‘dumb operator’ questions in a meeting… Got the usual Polish salutes, dunnos, that’s not a valid question, etc. After the meeting, the boss says set up a meeting at XYZ and … Continue reading
Tired of the daily grind of BS… so… I’m not saying let’s go kill all the stupid people. I’m just saying let’s remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. I changed my car horn to … Continue reading
Is out!!! Clicky the picture to go order! I was able to pre-read and it’s quite different from the Maxwell series. The blurb- Laredo’s defenders were ground down and its people ruthlessly slaughtered when the Bactrians invaded the planet. Overwhelmed, its … Continue reading