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Military
Suspicious Activity
What is going on onboard the USS Nassau?:
A U.S. Navy vessel experienced no loss of life during months of action in the Persian Gulf, but as it returned to the United States on Monday, one sailor was missing and another presumed dead.
A ship search on the USS Nassau continued Monday for Petty Officer 1st Class Shaun Dale, after a sea and air search the day before turned up no clues as to his whereabouts. He was first reported missing from a Sunday morning roll call on the Nassau , an amphibious assault ship with a crew of nearly 1,000.
WTF?
They better go back to the drawing board, because this dog doesn’t hunt:
THE US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its own death row and execution chamber.
Prisoners would be tried, convicted and executed without leaving its boundaries, without a jury and without right of appeal, The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported yesterday.
The plans were revealed by Major-General Geoffrey Miller, who is in charge of 680 suspects from 43 countries, including two Australians.
The suspects have been held at Camp Delta on Cuba without charge for 18 months.
General Miller said building a death row was one plan. Another was to have a permanent jail, with possibly an execution chamber.
This is a pretty appalling idea.
Bob Hope and Arlington
Bob Hope will be turning 100 on the 29th of May, and it made me wonder whether it would be possible, if he desired, for him to be buried in Arlington National Cemetary. I don’t believe he ever served officially in the military, but I would be hard pressed to think of someone who has done more for our military over the years than Hope.
Does anyone know what the requirements are? Are there loopholes/exceptions?
Coward, Liar, or Mooch?
This is what a coward, a liar, and a mooch looks like. He used the military to further his personal goals, and now, when the nation needs him, he is turning his back on those who got him where he is now. The press should not be allowed to refer this twerp as a marine. Kick him out, and take back every penny that the military has given to him in college aid.
Then, get rid of conscientious objector status in the all-volunteer military- and for the exceptionally stupid, force all recruiters to tell potential recruits that they just might have to kill someone in the future.
*** Update ***
John Scalzi has some trenchant remarks regarding Mr. Funk:
You have to be a really interesting sort of ignorant not to know that the Marines kill people from time to time. Your first hint: The big rifle so many of those Marines carry around. Your second hint: All those movies, books and television shows, widely available to the general public, in which Marines are shown, you know, killing people. Your third hint: The fact that the Marines are widely acknowledged to be a branch of the military of the United States, and militaries are likewise widely known, by most people who are smart enough to stand upright on two legs, to kill other people on occasion (typically members of other nations’ militaries, though sometimes they’re not so picky, depending on country and context).
Up Close and Personal
Here are some pictures of my secretary’s older brother, SSG Beerbower, who is currently fighting the war on terror in Afghanistan as a member of the 82nd Airborne.
Three Amigos (SSG Beerbower is in the center)
Manning the Hummer
A Different Hummer (this has a Cal .50 mounted)
Her other brother is in the Marines, fighting his way across Iraq.
Vodkapundit’s Psyops
The Vodkapundit wonders what the translation for this leaflet is:
Front:
Back:
According to the Psywarrior, these were dropped in Afghanistan, and the translations are:
Front:
“Taliban and Al Qaida fighters, we know where you are hiding.”
Back:
“Taliban and Al Qaida fighters, you are our targets.”
The text is printed in both Dari and Pashtu.