How To Reduce Military Suicides
• lewrockwell.com/Laurence VanceSince the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I have been quite vocal in my opposition to most of what is done by the U.S. military in the name of defending our freedoms and other nonsense.
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US to stockpile cluster bombs in Australia?
• aljazeeraDespite Australia having signed the convention against cluster munition, a US base may transport and stockpile munition.
Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic flying bomb
• news.yahoo.comThe Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour.
Airstrike Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities Could Kill 100s of North Koreans and Russians
• Oilprice.comAs the drums for direct military intervention to derail Iran’s purported covert military nuclear weapons program beat louder in both Jerusalem and Washington, an overlooked issue is the possibility of international collateral damage
Obama sends in the Marines to Australia, Irritating China
• Washington PostThe Obama administration announced plans Wednesday to establish a permanent military presence in Australia, part of the president’s high-profile foreign policy shift toward Asia that is intended to counterbalance China’s growing power.
Dover mortuary whistle-blowers shocked by problems
• APThe body of the Marine lay on a gurney at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary, an arm bone jutting out from the torso. Embalming technician James Parsons wondered how he would be able to get the stiffened arm back into position so that a uniform cou
Veterans Day: Thanks but No Thanks
• fff.orgVeterans Day honors those citizens who fought in the U.S. government’s wars — wars supposedly waged to preserve Americans’ liberty. Most Americans uncritically accept this last part, and believe they owe the U.S. military a debt of gratitude for thei
US Marines to be based in Australia: reports
• www.france24.comAFP - US President Barack Obama will use a visit to Australia next week to announce that America will begin stationing Marines at a base in Darwin, reports said on Friday.
Navy Ship Commander to Face General Court-Martial
• NY TimesA Navy ship commander accused of sexually assaulting two women on his crew this year is slated to appear in a San Diego military court Friday.
Gangs infiltrate US military
• RT.comThe Blood and Crips have found themselves working the same turf, but the bullets being shot by members of the notorious American gangs aren’t being aimed at each other. The unlikely pair, rather, are teaming up within divisions of the US Military.
Normandy then and now: Video made possible by members of the "The Greatest Generation!"
• The Political CommentatorNormandy: Operation Overlord and beyond! Because of the courage and sacrifice of "The Greatest Generation" during all of WW II, the socialists, anarchists and the others have the right and the ability to be doing what they are doing (the legal a
Most Powerful U.S. Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled
• APThe last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs -- a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima -- is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.
The Sun Never Sets on the US Military
• AntiWar.comOnce again, President Obama has ordered U.S. soldiers into harm’s way unnecessarily. Last week, he quietly told the U.S. Congress that he had sent 100 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers into Uganda to help governments in central Africa fight a rebel a
Soldiers burn O'Reilly books
• RT.Com/USAIt gets awfully cold in the Afghan desert at night, and American troops need to sometimes take desperate measures to stay warm. One smart soldier in Afghanistan has stumbled on a trick, however: Bill O’Reilly’s book makes some damn good kindling.
Analysis: The rise and rise of western covert ops
• ReutersFour months ago, Admiral William McRaven commanded the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Now, as the new head of U.S. special forces, he argues that his shadowy, secretive warriors are increasingly central to how America and its allies fight.
Killer Apps, Mini Missiles: Army’s Expo Gets Put on a Budget
• www.wired.comDanger Room took its video camera to highlight some of the more affordable options. Trucks, Howitzers and choppers are out. Apps, night vision upgrades and truck-based rockets are in. It's almost like the Army could learn how to live on a budget.
US Army to fly assassination drones
• AFPA miniature "kamikaze" drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army's arsenal, officials say. Dubbed the "Switchblade," the robotic aircraft represents the latest
Solyndra Came Close to Landing Navy Deal
• Wall Street JournalA major investor in Solyndra LLC was instrumental in helping the troubled solar-power firm compete for a potentially lucrative U.S. Navy deal, a previously unreported connection that will likely fuel controversy surrounding the company.
Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet
• www.wired.com/dangerroomA computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.
4 soldiers charged in US home invasion; 4 shot
• APFour soldiers from Fort Sill in Oklahoma were charged in a home invasion in which four people were shot and wounded. Three of the Fort Sill soldiers in Oklahoma broke into the home in Lawton on Sept. 20, and the fourth served as the getaway driver
Kongsberg NSM anti-ship missile test
• www.popsci.comF-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program - It’s not part of the plane itself, but a stealthy cruise missile developed by Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, and it’s looking for a ship to sink.
South Africa Firms Build Niche Plane
• online.wsj.comAhrlac is a multipurpose alternative that's marketed for perform military and civilian reconnaissance. It will cater to African governments involved in combat, peacekeeping and humanitarian work
The Growing Hysteria About the Fake Pentagon Cuts
• nationalinterest.orgBack when he took office, the conventional wisdom was that Leon Panetta was there to manage defense budget cuts. It turns out that he will say just about anything to prevent them, as Jacob Heilbrunn pointed out the other day.
U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, officials say
• Washington PostThe Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of a newly aggressive campaign to attack al-Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, U.
U.S. Can’t Track Tons of Weapons-Grade Uranium, Plutonium
• Wired.comthe U.S. can’t track or fully account for 5,900 pounds of “weapons usable” nuclear material that it once shipped overseas.
Proposed changes in military benefits worry troops
• Carmen Gentile and Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAYThe plan unveiled last month would end the time-honored, lifetime pension for those who retire at 20 years from the military, and replace it with a 401(k) program that pays benefits after turning 60 to 65. Offered by an advisory panel to the Pentagon
Pentagon narrowing options for Iraq troops
• www.usatoday.comThe Obama administration is reviewing a number of options that could leave several thousand U.S. troops in Iraq after the end of the year, but only if Iraqi officials make a decision about what they want American forces to do.
U.S. Army orders its first batch of suicide drones
• www.msnbc.msn.comSmall size, quiet motors let aircraft find target, sneak in and deliver knockout blow
Dangerous Voyage To Site of Israeli Attack on USS Liberty
• www.veteranstoday.comTexas man making dangerous voyage to site of 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty
Widow: After 8 deployments, Army Ranger takes own life
• KOMO NewsJared tried to come to grips with what he'd seen and done on his 8 deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. "There's no way that any God would forgive him - that he was going to hell," says Ashley. "He couldn't live with that any more."
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