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 [...]

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 [...]

November is Warrior Care Month

October 31, 2008
Army News Service|by Heike Hasenauer
WASHINGTON – Beginning Nov. 1, the Army and its sister services will focus attention to one of the Defense Department’s highest priorities – caring for wounded ill, and injured warriors.
As directed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, November has been designated as “Warrior Care Month.” Each branch of the [...]

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 [...]

GIBILL2008.org brought to you by our Friends @ IAVA.ORG !!

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 [...]

Have you locked down your Network Connection?

There is a great article in the San Francisco Chronicle, about;

“WARDRIVING”
For those of you who don’t understand the term, picture folks cruising your neighberhoods looking for open wireless network connections so they can leech off of your connection.
This can slow down your system, but worse if they get in, and you do banking on your [...]

CALLING ALL ARMY MEDIC’s!! 68W’s, Air Force Medics, Coast Guard Corpsman & Interntaional Doc’s

Come on in and join the Corpsman.com Fold.
Myth:  We are a site only for Navy Corpsman.
Fact:   We are a site for “ALL” Enlisted Doc’s from all U.S. Services.

Myth: We don’t like Medic’s from other Nations, I.e Brit’s, Aussies, Frenchies, etc..
FACT:  We do indeed want Medic’s from all Nations to join our site, we are even [...]

Important Military Service Links

Army
Official Web Site for United States Army
Army Medical Department — AMEDD
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Financial Management
U.S. Army Forces Command
U.S. Army Human Resources Command
U.S. Army Research Institute
U.S. Army Materiel Command
U.S. Army Military History Institute
U.S. Army Reserve
U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense/Strategic Command
U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command
Walter Reed Army Medical [...]

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