Category Archives: Military

Pentagon Federal Employees Will Not Feel Cuts

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Federal employees who were fearing cutbacks to the Pentagon budget can rest easy. The cuts will only effect things like weapons, planes, ships and military service members. Keeping nearly 1 million federal workers whose combined benefits greatly exceed $100,000 dollars … Continue reading →

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Iran Extracts Sensitive Data from Captured Drone With Plans to Reverse Engineer Technology

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Reportedly, Iranian engineers are in the process of reverse engineering the technology from the captured US spy drone last year. On top of that, engineers were able to extract data that catalogued the operational history of the drone. Gen. Amir … Continue reading →

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George Washington Named Britain’s Greatest Military Opponent

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Fox News George Washington has been named Britain’s greatest ever foe, according to the UK’s National Army Museum. The American Revolutionary War hero and the country’s first president was the winner of a vote held at the museum Saturday to … Continue reading →

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US Military Relinquishes Special Operations Control to Afghans

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Before we come back with, "what could go wrong with this," in light of the news that the US military will transfer special operations night raids to Afghanistan, it’s important to consider this is one more important step to turning … Continue reading →

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A Sedated Military Force?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

LA Times In a small but growing number of cases across the nation, lawyers are blaming the U.S. military‘s heavy use of psychotropic drugs for their clients’ aberrant behavior and related health problems. Such defenses have rarely gained traction in … Continue reading →

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US Navy Stacking Up in Persian Gulf

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Business Insider The global signs of a coming military conflict with Iran continue to build, and today the U.S. Navy made clear its intentions by announcing it’s sending four additional mine countermeasure ships to the Strait of Hormuz. Stars and Stripes reports the Chief of … Continue reading →

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Soldier Accused of Afghan Civilian Deaths Was on His 4th Tour

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

From Truth Dig The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, nine of them children, had already served three tours of duty in Iraq and arrived in Afghanistan for his first tour in December, according to The Associated Press.

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Workplace Violence Trending Up in Afghanistan?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

It appears a US soldier went off the deep end and massacred Afghan civilians around his southern base in Afghanistan. Who knows what was going through this young man’s mind, or if he even had one by this point. Some … Continue reading →

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Navy’s Longest Serving Aircraft Carrier Taking Final Voyage

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Tucson Sentinel After 50 years, the longest-serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy, famed as the aircraft carrier used in the 1986 film Top Gun, will embark Sunday on its final voyage,according to The Associated Press. The USS Enterprise, the first … Continue reading →

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DoD: ‘Dirty Infidel Training’ for Troops

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Verbal disrespect for Islam and/or the Quran is as inappropriate as physical desecration of the Quran. If you must search a location of a person’s belongings, ask them if they have a Quran or religious item present. If so, ask … Continue reading →

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Two More American Soldiers Killed By Afghan Soldier and Literacy Teacher!

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

USA Today | NATO: 2 coalition US troops killed in Afghanistan Two American soldiers were killed Thursday in a shooting by an Afghan soldier and a literacy teacher at a joint base in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in … Continue reading →

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Of Course He Has

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Remember when this group actually meant something? Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, the Associated Press reports. Manning is most famous for allegedly leaking troves of classified … Continue reading →

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Obama To Cut Military Healthcare; Leaves Unions and Federal Work Force Untouched

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

The Washington Free Beacon: The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. The proposal is causing a major rift within the … Continue reading →

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Karzai: ‘Apology Accepted. Now Punish the Evil Doers!’

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

This is not a joke, unfortunately. After receiving Obama’s handwritten letter, Karzai responded to the gesture by telling the Afghan people: He was speaking to them after discussing the matter with “jihadi leaders,” “prominent scholars,” and Afghan elected officials, and … Continue reading →

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