To my brethren (and sist’ren) in the Army, can anyone confirm or deny this story? Things are about to get very ugly in the wake of the Army’s suspension of a Black female E-9 last fall as commandant of the Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson, S.C. CSM Teresa King has filed suit against the [...]
Somebody Wake the Army Up
As I finally got around to reading my Defense News this week (19 March 2012) I read with interest an article regarding the Ground Combat Vehicle. Here are a couple of things that struck me about the article: · It will weight 70 tons, as much as the M1A2 · It will go 186 [...]
One of the Problems With the National Guard`
Having served in the National Guard in Virginia I well know of the problems with holding people accountable for their actions. In one unit I served, we had a Master Sergeant who we had credible evidence that he was a member of the Klan, yet we could not get rid of him. When I tried [...]
The Army Owes the family some Answers
Over at the Washington-Post is an article about Dave Sharrett Sr search about the friendly fire death of their son in Iraq. Some of what he has learned is disturbing to those who are not in the Army or have a background in the Army: The lieutenant who was seen running away was still serving [...]
Army PT Test
Over at Carl Prine’s Line of Departure there is a good discussion about the Sergeant Major of the Army’s recent remarks that the Army needs to make the APFT harder by making it a four mile run and twelve mile ruck march. The sentiment of many at Prine’s blog was this was another case of [...]
A VMI Graduates Thoughts on a Parade Honoring Iraq War Vets
While I did not write the editorial in the New York Daily News, retired Captain and VMI graduate Shannon Meehan did. I concur with his sentiments.
Me Thinks There Is Some ‘Plaining” to Do
I hate to bore our loyal readers with two posts in the same day; but I came across this article in the Washington-Post this morning and I am very troubled by it. The Army may not be able to court martial the Lieutenant, may not be able to give him an Article 15, but someone [...]
Review Essay Brian Linn’s Echo of Battle
In response to the discussion of “Guardians” in my previous post, I thought it would be worthwhile to post a review essay which I authored on Brian Linn’s Echo of Battle. Defining the sub-cultures of the Army is neither easy nor precise. Dave O says it is the guardians who push starched ACU’s, 300 PT [...]
How to Cull the Herd!
The Army leadership seems to have a problem; they don’t know how to do the drawdown. They want to do it like they have before; that is screw over the mid grade officers; except they have been instructed to preserve the experience of their mid-grade officers. It seems to me it is time to take [...]
Colonel Harold “Buz” Snyder Obit
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch the obituary of Colonel Harold Buz Snyder for Commandant of Cadets. I did not know him well, however he was held in high regard by the members of the ROTC detachment.
