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Here's the story. Even with big cash bonuses, joining the army is becoming less and less attractive for those with other options. 15-month deployments, no end in sight. In the long term, these are the recruits that will make up the army and their "aptitude" is declining. This could degrade...

I get these emails frequently, especially around the major holidays. LTG Stultz is not the only one who sends them out, and frequently they are riddled with religious references, explicitly Christian references. This one was a pleasant exception. Not eloquent, perhaps, but simple, direct, and...

Maybe he should have thought of the "Hey! I might have to fight people one day!" angle when he signed on: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/ts_nm/usa_soldier_beliefs_dc

Anyone ever see this? http://thememoryhole.org/mil/animal_esp.htm (The PDF document is 15 pages long, just to give a heads' up)

"You belong to the Army now, soldier." Most vets who went through Army Basic Training likely heard that on more than one occasion from their DI. Now it seems that there really is some truth to that. A local man, Army Spc. Frank Chapman, is prepared to donate a kidney to his mother who is...

I suppose this is the opposite of abusing the prisoners Wrongfully fraternizing with the daughter of a detainee? I can arrange for your daddy to have KY jelly and extra Kool Aid. ;)

Family at home, who read about the extension in the media, had to tell their sons and daughters in Iraq their tours were extended 125 days. No one in the chain of command in Iraq told the soldiers they wouldn't be leaving. According to Gov. Corzine whose National Guard is involved, he was...

Losing the paperwork war .... http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2465632.php http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=59369&CFID=2501261&CFTOKEN=40637932 For more information, contact Paul Boyce at U.S. Army Public Affairs, (703) 697-xxxx.

ie this POS and anyone like him should get the same treatment he gave out. Well maybe a little torture first. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/16/iraq.slaying.ap/index.html "Disgrace to the uniform" is far too weak a description. I'd be happy to pull the trigger on this guy.

From CNN.com: "An editorial to be published in an independent military publication Monday calls for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to be replaced. And the Pentagon is countering by saying the new 'chorus of criticism' is 'old news.'" This is the second time this publication has called for...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7630851222567912489&q=%22god%27s+next+army%22 It's, um, "interesting" at least.

The head of the British Army has said the presence of UK armed forces in Iraq "exacerbates the security problems". In an interview in the Daily Mail, Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, is quoted as saying the British should "get out some time soon". BBC political editor Nick...

Army launching 'Army Strong' ad campaign Aaaaargh! Fire Bad! Army Strong! But I for one am glad that they didn't overspend: They could have had this slogan for free: "Win a Free Trip to Iraq!"

Oct. 4, 2006, 7:33AM Turkish hijacker is seeking asylum http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4235154.html

This is completely unfair and will prove a costly error in our "war on terrorism." It's not like you can find Arab linguists on any street corner and certainly not linguists with the drive and initiative this young man has. It's a shame that, "all men are created equal," isn't quite so...

Source in Norwegian.

I was given an interesting box at the armory last weekend. Inside was a folder marked Top Secret containing a letter welcoming me to the Future Soldiers Footlocker and a comic book yeah! I found the contents of the box disturbing and sad. Inside was a board game called Daring Eagle that looks...

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=6789@kpix.dayport.com Who ya gonna call? The National Guard apparently.

Reported on the BBC. Don't know if it's true or not. New Orleans Police have shot a number of army engineers on a bridge.

The BRAC Commission has voted 8-0 earlier today to close Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. For those interested, the hearings are being covered on CSPAN-2. From the NBC Washington affiliate: The new facility will also be named Walter Reed.

Following are two quotes as provided by the U.S. military in news releases: Sunday's news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I...

There was a great letter in today’s NYTimes. They had run an article a couple of days ago about all of the young conservatives coming to Washington for the summer or to start their careers “reshaping” America. The story was about living in Dorms run by organizations like the Heritage...

Amusing, if ballsy, teen goes on experiment to see how far recruiters will go to sign a drug addicted high school drop out. Got it on tape/video. The kid sounds like a great candidate for some kind of civil service. I just can't decide which.

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The US army has ordered something like 2,000 of these British-made Stryker armored vehicles. They already have about 300 in Iraq, and are rushing to send more there now. The Stryker http://www.army-technology.com/projects/stryker/ This is a huge mistake, in my opinion. If the US is...

Interesting read. Download the .pdf here Interesting passages so far (feel free to add your own).

...like we'd ever to to War with the world's most populated nation: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/03/international/asia/03CND-CHIN.html?ex=1071118800&en=a20c1843643db8e9&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE Tiawan IS a 'struggling democracy'. A people actually fighting for independence against it...

http://msnbc.com/news/994931.asp?0cl=c3 There appears to be a revolt brewing in the IDF. Pilots, Generals and troops on the ground are all questioning the ethics of the brutality they are inflicting on Palestinians. It is being done in the name of the religious zealots who want all of the...

Article here I don't know much about this conflict, but wasn't Australia supposed to stop this sort of thing?

http://www.iraq-today.com/news/archive/00046.html ..full article