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Why colluding with Israeli aggression is a bad idea. Many years ago, I participated in a wargame whose primary thesis was – what happens if Israel acts unilaterally and drags us into a war not of our own choosing. Turns out it was prophetic. The premise of the game was
One story of a man who did terrible emotional damage to someone and never suffered for it. A story of how someone else’s squadron mate was really a terrible person.
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Yes, the US has too many generals and admirals, but Hegseth is not the man to fix that. Our inept Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has stated that he wants to cut 20% of the four-star officer positions and 10% of the rest of the general and flag officer community. I am
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Despite all the blowback from folks in certain circles and the continued whining of the surgeaholics, I remain firm in my conviction that getting the hell out of Afghanistan was the right thing to do. Most of the objections to the policy decision have no factual basis anyways – and
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For you may surely get it. This morning, on my way into work, I heard a story on NPR about the Congressional effort by Kirsten Gillibrand to pass legislation to take the power of prosecuting sexual assault cases in the military out of the hands of Court Martial Convening authorities
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A follow up to my post from yesterday on the Navy’s incredibly hellish OPTEMPO. An article appeared on the US Naval Institute Web site by a LTJG who is currently “living the dream” that is the Navy’s nightmare deployment schedule. I know a person who knows him and describes him
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Amidst all of the recent political news in the United States, a few Navy related headlines from defense trade papers may have escaped your attention. However, you really should pay attention to them. Your Navy, MY Navy, for which I gave decades of service, is being ground into the dirt.
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Work has been a bit of a nuisance this week. It’s kept me from getting to a lengthy post I am working on about our boy, the orange monster. But in the meantime, you can take some time to read about the train wreck that is happening to the Navy.
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Ok, it has been a few days between the events surrounding USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). There has been a lot posted about the decision made to fire the CO, CAPT Crozier. To be blunt, a lot of those thoughts are utter bullshit. Posted below are some reasons why. Generally, the
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Some days you just have to shake your head and cry. “So, what’s it going to take to contain this problem, guys?“ “Go talk to the crew and insult them and tell them that looking good in DC is more important than their lives – that oughta do it!“ I’ll
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