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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 [...]

MCPON tells Commands, “WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE, UNSAT!!”

If there is one thing I liked in my 24 years in the Greatest Navy in the world, it was serving with the Marine Corps!!
Why?  Well at the time, it used to drive me nuts how by the book they were, there was no Gray area for them.
“THE MARADMIN, or MARINE CORPS ORDER SAYS THIS!” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Top enlisted Marines push corpsmen equal pay for deployments

Snagged this from Navytimes I am glad the Top Marine Enlisted Leaders are trying to look out for, us, IMHO the Navy “OFFICER” Leaders forget about those of us who serve with the Marine Corps.
What do you think?? Leave a comment Below:
When sailors deploy with Marine units, they live in the same conditions, eat the [...]

RAND CORP: PTSD STUDY–MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

editor–This was taken from Military.com
WASHINGTON – Some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from major depression or post traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 320,000 received brain injuries, a new study estimates.
Only about half have sought treatment, said the study released Thursday by the RAND Corporation.
“There is a major health [...]

PT INSTRUCTIONS, OPNAVINST 6110.1H

So you always have questions about the PFT program. Why not educmate yourself so you know what is what instead of going by word of mouth? PT is serious business during this war climate. I myself have fallen off the wagon since I got out 1 year ago today. Why do [...]