Reality Check
The United States Military Academy at West Point yesterday confirmed that Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan recently travelled to California to meet producers of the show, broadcast on the Fox...
View Articlerifles: pointy-end woes
A long but worthwhile article about the state of our small arms and those responsible for putting them into actual arms (none of whom are likely to have to fire a shot in anger the rest of their...
View Articlemission first, people always
Not going to repeat the now well-worn story of Walter Reed-related issues, merely wanted to take a minute to point out a trend and offer up a lesson. There was a time when, while serving on active...
View ArticleQuoth the Old Crow*
via the Army Times Knowing they are being monitored, personnel might avoid enterprising or creative behavior for fear it would be flagged by monitoring software, [Tanji] said. Tanji also predicted the...
View ArticleHow Many Holes in a Gohor Stick?
I’ve never used Palantir. I’ve never used DCGS-A. When I started as an Analyst you (no-shit) used pencil and paper (and a thing called a guhor stick…but that’s a lewd joke for another day). The...
View ArticleBeing All You Can’t Be
In the military, in order to earn this badge, you need to take several weeks of hands-on, practical training, and then jump out of a perfectly good airplane and come down in one piece. At least five...
View ArticleOn accountability
That’s what I’m talkin’ about! Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, commanding general of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, was relieved of command at 10 a.m....
View ArticleThe Lessons of PFC Manning
Make no mistake: PFC Manning made some very bad decisions and he should pay a very heavy price. Taking a step back, however, one can see that in his betrayal he has done something of a public service...
View ArticleCyber Stars
/* Warning: Extensive over-use of the word “cyber” ahead. */ The other day my old friend and colleague Bob Gourley Tweeted: Random thought: There are 24 four-star flag officers in the U.S. military....
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