Tampa, FL– Forget new gear, weapons, or sophisticated targeting systems. The newest tool coming to combat troops is low-tech: beards. In a report released yesterday, research think-tank Xegis Solutions noted that beards have a direct correlation to combat effectiveness.
Military cadets are celebrating gay pride week at the nation’s oldest private military academy by holding a “Queer Prom” and a “Condom Olympics” — an event that includes a game where participants smear lubicrant on condoms until they tear. Norwich University’s celebration of homosexuality will culminate Saturday with a “Free Love Dance” at the school’s [...]
The union representing an Orange County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed an unarmed Marine last week is now blaming the Marine for creating “a situation that put his children in danger and ultimately cost him his life,” according to a statement released Tuesday. The Assn. of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs released its statement after [...]
From 2003-2008, I was a United States Marine. Trained as a Russian Linguist, I worked as a Security, Governance, and Economics Analyst. “Property of male Marines” was never in my job description, and therefore I should never have had to “expect” to be raped. Nowhere in my enlistment contract, not even in the fine print, [...]
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 9, 2012) — The Army announced its intent today to open six occupational specialties and more than 13,000 positions to women. These six military occupational specialties, or MOSs, were previously closed to women because they were normally co-located with direct combat units: – 13M Multiple Launch Rocket System crewmember – [...]
German court jails man for US deaths Updated: 04:29, Saturday February 11, 2012 A Kosovo-born man has been sentenced by a German court to life imprisonment for the killing last year of two US soldiers at Frankfurt airport. Arid Uka was also convicted on three counts of attempted murder. The 22-year-old had boarded a bus [...]
(CN) – A depressed Army reservist who made a phone call for help says dozens of police responded by surrounding his home and arresting him, vandalizing and searching his place without a warrant, seizing his dog and killing his tropical fish. Matthew Corrigan, who lives alone with his dog, sued the District of Columbia in [...]
February 1 2012 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Following is the reasoning we sent to the committee explaining why we felt compelled to nominate Private Bradley Manning for this important recognition of an individual effort to have an impact for [...]
It was a harrowing seven tours. He was shot 11 times. He was declared missing in action, twice a prisoner of war. Once he was MIA for two months and 14 days.
The Saga of SSG Assbag. (Oh how I am tempted to use his real name) Sleeping on duty, nude photos, dereliction of duty and MORE!! IT’s all here
PORTLAND, Ore. — Eugene Police Officer Dan Baker drove a blue SUV and set off sirens to clear cars in front of him at traffic lights. He pulled over motorists — though it’s unclear if he ever gave out tickets. And when he stopped by a youth shelter as a volunteer, he came in full [...]
Kimberly Brown was relaxing in her west Fayetteville apartment with some television Friday night when she smelled smoke and saw firetrucks come through the gate into the complex’s parking lot. In the next 30 minutes, she heard pounding footsteps, men banging on doors, water spraying the outside of her apartment building and gunfire. Brown’s upstairs [...]
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A soldier from Fort Bragg and two Fayetteville police officers were injured early Saturday morning after the soldier fired on police and then barricaded himself in an apartment off 71st School Road. The stand-off, which lasted about four hours, ended just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday when police used explosives to knock down [...]
US President Barack Obama is busy aligning Middle East allies with the next US steps on Iran. Contributing to the mounting sense in Washington of an approaching US-Iranian confrontation, the Pentagon is substantially building up its combat power around Iran, stationing nearly 15,000 troops in Kuwait – two Army infantry brigades and a helicopter unit [...]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KTLA) — The man accused of shooting and paralyzing an Army soldier Friday night at party is now in police custody after he turned himself in, police said.
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, saying Wednesday that its disclosures of classified documents promote world peace by holding governments accountable for their actions.
