“A new career and a new life.” Were I a restless younger man, I might be tempted.
How We Won WWII
Over at Battlelands, there is a great article on a new book by Arthur Herman entitled Freedom’s Forge. Looks like a good read, hopefully it is not like my Macro Economics book that was sleep inducing. Have been tied up doing by Background Investigation paperwork, I plan to respond to the comments made in my [...]
Army Drill Sergeant School
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 [...]
Gun-Day Sunday: M1 Garand Training Film
Great old WW2 training film. Great old rifle, too.
Flashman!
My oldest son, aka “Suntan,” shares a birthday with the greatest man who never lived, Sir Harry Paget Flashman. I neglected to post on Flashman’s birthday yesterday, so thank God for URR who reminds us all to honor this great man! Damn my eyes for missing it. But I’ll raise a glass tonight.
Dogs of War!
As in, let slip the… These dogs are far more than furry bomb detectors. They are force multipliers, fierce deterrents, loyal defenders. The MWD bite packs an average of 400 to 700 pounds of pressure. A dog’s nose, which can have hundreds of millions more olfactory receptors than a human’s, is so powerful it can [...]
Me Thinks the Good Professor Has Nailed It
Over at Tom Rick’s Best Defense, an Economics Professor Eric Shuck makes a persuasive argument for ending the All Volunteer Forces. Unfortunately, few people feel this way, and the AVF makes it all the easier for them to do so. Under the AVF, the military is a job for ‘other’ people (and at the risk [...]
Old Wounds
This appeared in the EarlyBird on 26 April 2012. Wall Street Journal April 26, 2012 Pg. 14 Stop Terrorists With More Airpower The goal in Afghanistan should not be having the president give pep talks and to “keep killing the Taliban while training local forces” as your editorial urges (“Afghanistan’s Bloody Spring,” April 17). The [...]
God Help Us
I do hope this is part of a big fat “I Told You So” campaign.
