Uniform Uniformity?? (Say that 5 times fast wacka wacka wacka!)

This type of article is fun.
It gets people seeing red, green, sandy and they just go plain NUTS!!
NUTS I SAY!!
It seems that Congress wants to mandate our operational uniforms.  (WHO KNEW? )
But first.. I want to show you the 4 services Cammie uniforms, and then I will post the article from Navytimes.
For once I have [...]

Airman Fighting to stay on Active Duty after Botched Surgery

I hope the Air Force does the right thing and supports this Airman and keeps him on A/D!!
Airman 1st Class Colton Read looked up from his hospital bed into the face of his wife. A tube down his throat kept him from talking.
Fighting back tears, Jessica Read told her 20-year-old husband that doctors had amputated [...]

Army: 2009 The Year of the NCO

I started writing this article in January, and have been trying to find a way to finish it without coming off as a pompas ass.  Tell me what you think below.-D/C
2009 is the year of the NCO for the United States Army.  I find that admirable.
Unfortunately they have a “WONK” writing about it as far [...]

PT program needs fixing, audit finds

From AirForceTimes.com
By Michael Hoffman – Staff writer

An Air Force-wide audit found the service’s fitness program is failing to keep airmen fit year-round.
The fitness program “did not effectively promote a healthy lifestyle,” and unit commanders did not give airmen enough time to work out while not cracking down on airmen who failed PT tests, according [...]

Poor economy drives more troops to re-enlist

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died. As bad as that was, he would rather go back there than take his chances in this brutal job market.
Nyhus re-enlisted last week, and in so doing joined [...]

SecDef calls for Congress to mandate that Guard, Reserves have lead in DoD ops in the homeland

This is from the Navytimes.  Things are changing my friends. How long will TAR/FTS Sailors be relevant? Interesting read…
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a giant step Monday toward more tightly blending the active-duty military and reserve components into an “integrated total force,” calling for wide-ranging personnel policy changes, codifying the reserves’ homeland defense role [...]

Airmen Don’t like Needles.. They are Girly Men…

Airmen most likely to faint under the needle
Feeling woozy after your latest round of immunization shots? Then you’re probably a male airman.
Ten years of records showed that 2,612 service members passed out cold — and fell down — after a nurse slowly inserted a thin half-inch of steel into their biceps or buttocks.
Data from the [...]

Iraq: U.S. Fighters to be Disarmed???

WTF??
If this is what is going to happen, it is time to get our folks out of that god forsaken crap hole ASAP.  I don’t want any of our folks there if they cannot fire back or carry a weapon. From the AP, Read Below:
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government is grateful to U.S.-allied Sunni fighters but [...]

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Folks, Just got info from “IAVA.org” about a new site they created to help get information out about the new GI BILL.  Here is the email.  Go to this site.. it is a real “EYE OPENER”!!
I will have my tuition paid in full + 1000.00 in Books, PLUS $10,710.00 Living Expense Paid to me!!
Now hopefully [...]

Tsk tsk tsk.. And they want to be treated as adults….

Military motorcyclists arrested going 140mph
BAY MINETTE, Ala. — It appears that a group of motorcycle riders — many of them service members — didn’t get the memo about obeying traffic laws.
Alabama state troopers said 12 cyclists were arrested after they were clocked at speeds of over 140 miles per hour on Interstate 10. All were [...]

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