B: The system being down all morning was a complete disaster!

Me: [thinking] - No.  Your HMMWV driver taking an RPG round to the chest is a complete disaster.  This was an inconvenience.

Maybe it's just me, but if it isn't bleeding or on fire, I don't really worry too much about it. I certainly won't let it keep me awake at night.  People seem to ( Read more... )

I had promised a friend I'd write my thoughts about General McChrystal's firing "in a few days".  Okay, it's been a couple of weeks.  I've been on vacation.  Sue me.  It's not like anyone is paying to read my blog anyway (although you can - it's available on the Kindle).  I also know it is probably old news, obe by now.  I don't really care.  I ( Read more... )

Most of these have been making the rounds for several years now. They are great!

Follow this link.

At least for now ( Read more... )

The Army Times reported this week that the 2011 pay raise proposed by Big O is 1.9%. It's the lowest since 1962 (for those playing at home, that was the Kennedy Administration), and will likely be approved by congress.  Considering what our country is asking of the military these days, I don't see this as a particularly gratifying move on the ( Read more... )

 
    

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free ( Read more... )

Two days, actually.  APFT, urinalysis (not so much fun), SAEDA (Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the US Army) training, and mission support "in the building".  Some frustrations, but overall not a bad weekend.  I'm just getting back to drilling, and am taking over as NCOIC of my team.  I'll see how things play out in the near future.  Gods ( Read more... )

From my three-day selection board.  See my f-locked entries about this ( Read more... )

I know I am a little late in posting Stanley McChrystal’s Long War, as it appeared in the New York Times on the 14th.  Nonetheless, I am looking for discussion here.  It feels a little like preaching to the choir here as I pretty much expect that the only folks who might read this all the way through are those who already have a good handle on the ( Read more... )