Monatsarchiv: Oktober 2017

The Buck Stops With the CSA

Erstellt am Oktober 31, 2017 von keydet1976

A lot of noise and smoke over the photo’s of the Security Force Assistance Brigade Beret and Patch.  The CSA makes it clear it is not taking anything away from SF and that they will not be called the legion.

Veröffentlicht unter Army, Uncategorized | 1 Kommentar

To Drain the Defense Acquisition Swamp, First Get Rid of the Water

Erstellt am Oktober 31, 2017 von DaveO

An interesting fact: the people who break the rules of Defense Acquisition – FOGO, Acquisition officers (uniformed and career civil servants), and the contractors who advise them – don’t pay one thin dime. We do. We always do. The problems … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Arms and the Citizen, Readiness, Recommended Reading | Verschlagwortet mit | Kommentar hinterlassen

Bergdahl, Russia, and Discipline

Erstellt am Oktober 27, 2017 von DaveO

Leading off is a very incendiary editorial calling the Army’s treatment of members of SGT Bergdahl’s unit into question. I have to admit, what about this affair at that unit’s level required a Non-Disclosure Agreement with threats of punishment – … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Army, Heroism, History, Iraq, Marine Corps, NATO, Navy | Verschlagwortet mit | 3 Kommentare

The CSAF Get’s It

Erstellt am Oktober 26, 2017 von keydet1976

So why does the Chief of Staff of the USAF have to help an airman get in touch with his family in Puerto Rico.  What about his Chain of Command.

Veröffentlicht unter Air Force, Leadership, Uncategorized | Kommentar hinterlassen

A Supply Corps, A Marine Corps, and a Victory Corps?

Erstellt am Oktober 26, 2017 von DaveO

A friend is conducting an inquiry into family history, and shared a screenshot of her father’s High School yearbook, from some school in St. Louis in 1944, featuring the usual batch of faces and clubs and quotes from Tennyson and … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Arms and the Citizen, Elements of National Power, History, World War II | 1 Kommentar

If It Is Happening at West Point

Erstellt am Oktober 25, 2017 von DaveO

Then VMI is not far behind. It’s never far behind the latest educational fad. From these articles, it looks like America’s military service academies are toast. It may take 30 years or more to flush the trash from the leadership … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Air Force, Army, Insurgency & Counterinsurgency, Leadership, Uncategorized | 1 Kommentar

Ken Burns’s Vietnam: A Closing Commentary

Erstellt am Oktober 24, 2017 von DaveO

What I have to say won’t be as eloquent as the lives of hundreds of thousands of American men and women who returned from Vietnam and lived well. They didn’t fall into drug addiction, domestic violence, and raised families and … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Elements of National Power, History, Insurgency & Counterinsurgency | Verschlagwortet mit , | Kommentar hinterlassen

Novel Ideas

Erstellt am Oktober 20, 2017 von DaveO

Hat tip to Townie to commented on this novel idea in another forum: training Surface Warfare Officers before they are turned loose on the fleet. Meanwhile, over in the Army, the USAR activates the 2nd Space Battalion. I remain hopeful … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Air Force, Army Reserve, Navy | 1 Kommentar

Living with Pigs

Erstellt am Oktober 16, 2017 von DaveO

I had a good vacation, the first since 2002. Two weeks of no computer, news feeds, and work intruding. I liked it so much I’m doing it again next month around Thanksgiving. You’re welcome! The title doesn’t refer to riding … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Cyberwar, Idiocy, Readiness, Stray Voltage, Veterans' Issues, VMI | 5 Kommentare