I haven’t been linking to this enough, because I keep forgetting. At any rate, go check out the daily Dawn Patrol.
Military
Rocket Attack
Blackfive has some video of a rocket attack on the PX at Camp Liberty. Watch ’em both. Just out of curiosity- when I was in, we were never allowed, no matter where we were, to carry a weapon in to the PX. That appears to have changed. Also, this week is the 230th birthday of …
Recruiting Woes
This could become a huge problem: The Army appears likely to fall short of its full-year recruiting goal for the first time since 1999, raising longer-term questions about a military embroiled in its first protracted wars since switching from the draft to a volunteer force 32 years ago. Many young people and their parents have …
The Morality of the Draft
Is the draft morally acceptable? Tacitus says it is.
Air Force Academy
More information continues to trickle out of the Air Force Academy (previous posts on this issue here, here, here, and here), and via Talk Left I see that the Superintendent of the Academy has dropped a bomb that should silence some of the apologists in my comments who claim there is no problem and that …
The Boys of Company H
Just watched what those poor bastards had to go through on Iwo Jima in Discovery HD. Jeebus.
Happy Memorial Day
Image Credit Read this, and then remember: Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Marine Major, Mar 21, 2003 Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, Marine Captain, Mar 21, 2003 Therrel Shane Childers, 30, Marine 2nd Lieutenant, Mar 21, 2003 Jose Antonio Gutierrez, 22, Marine Lance Corporal, Mar 21, 2003 Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Marine Corporal, Mar 21, 2003 Kendall …