The results: The Air Force Academy failed to accommodate the diverse religious needs of cadets and staff, although there has been no overt discrimination, a military investigative panel concluded Wednesday. The Air Force investigation, released by the Pentagon, required academy leaders to clarify their policies on appropriate and inappropriate religious expression. But it also credited …
Military
We Still Have U2 Spy Planes?
Dean Esmay writes: James Joyner notes that a U2 Spyplane recently crashed while returning home from a misson over Afghanistan. Do you remember the last time you read such a headline? It was over 40 years ago! There are several questions at once that attend such an event. One wonders, for example, what the mission …
Coalition of the Still Willing
Great photo montage of all the troops from around the world who are serving in Iraq. The photo of American troops includes a guy wearing the Blackhorse patch. Allons!
Marine Readiness
The Boston Globe has a troubling story about the overall state of Marine equipment readiness over the next few years, including this fabulous information: Marine Corps units fighting in some of the most dangerous terrain in Iraq don’t have enough weapons, communications gear, or properly outfitted vehicles, according to an investigation by the Marine Corps’ …
Now Damn It To Hell
Donald Rumsfeld was, in my opinion, right about his comments that you ‘go to war with the army you have,’ (despite the fact that it came across as callous and uncaring), because you don’t plan and engage in military operations based on the possibility of future weapons and equipment breakthroughs. If I had my way, …
Kentucky Fried Feminism*
Way to go: Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester fought her way through an enemy ambush south of Baghdad, killing three insurgents with her M-4 rifle to save fellow soldiers’ lives — and yesterday became the first woman since World War II to win the Silver Star medal for valor in combat. The 23-year-old retail store manager …
The Counter-Recruiters
Lt. Smash.