US Special Forces Field-Testing Plasma Knife

10-26-2009 • PopSi

To help with the problem of blood loss from traumatic wounds, the military has started field-testing a device more Mandalorian than M.A.S.H.: a plasma knife.

US Drones Protecting Ships From Somali Pirates

10-23-2009 • AP

For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy. Three ships have been seized in a week off Africa's lawless eastern coast

Navy's newest warships top out at more than 50 mph

10-23-2009 • AP

The Navy's need for speed is being answered by a pair of warships that have reached freeway speeds during testing at sea. Independence, a 418-foot warship built in Alabama, boasts a top speed in excess of 45 knots, or about 52 mph, and sustained 4

Pentagon Used Psychological Operation on US Public, Documents Show

10-22-2009 • www.commondreams.org

...both the press and community relations offices develop a "hot list" of analysts who could dependably "carry our water" and provide them with ultra-exclusive access that would compel the networks to "weed out the less reliably friendly analysts" on

Pentagon used psychological operation on US public, documents show

10-22-2009 • Rawstory

Bryan Whitman, the current deputy assistant secretary of defense for media operations, was an active senior participant in a Bush administration covert Pentagon program that used retired military analysts to generate positive wartime news coverage.

Obama caves, Poland to get missile interceptors

10-21-2009 • McClatchy News

Weeks after the US pulled the plug on a Poland-based missile defense system, Vice President Biden traveled to Warsaw to assuage angry officials and emerged with an agreement that Poland will get an upgraded element of a missile defense.

Growing Chinese military creates uncertainty for U.S.

10-21-2009 • Reuters

The U.S. military needs better dialog with China to avoid "mistakes and miscalculations" given an unprecedented military expansion stoking uncertainty in the region, top U.S. defense officials said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, speaking days befor

As the Commander in Chief Deliberates, Frustration Builds Within the Ranks

10-20-2009 • NYT

But now, after nearly a month of deliberations by Mr. Obama over whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, frustrations and anxiety are on the rise within the military.

Senate OKs transfer of Gitmo detainees to U.S.

10-20-2009 • AP

President Barack Obama won a modest victory in his effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, with a Senate vote that allows the government to continue to move detainees at the facility to the U.S. to be prosecuted. The measure passed the

Active Duty Troops In Iraq Are Wearing Oath Keeper Tabs – Hooah!

10-20-2009 • Buchanan HT Liberty Pulse

I just thought the WRSA [Western Rifle Shooters Association] and the Sipsey Street boys might like to see what we are wearing while over here in Iraq. We . . . know what the deal is, and when the time comes (which it will), we know where we stand an

$100 million new US bases in Bulgaria, Romania

10-18-2009 • Digital Journal

The United States government is forking over $100 million to build new military bases in Bulgaria and Romania.

George W. Obama

10-16-2009 • Campaign for Liberty

New York Times Magazine takes a look at the current commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal's Afghanistan war recommendation and notes the "magnitude of the choice" now facing President Obama "is difficult to oversta

Cost to get one gallon of gas to combat vehicles in Afganistan: $400

10-15-2009 • Current

The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan. The statistic is likely to play into the escalating debate in Congress over the cost of a war that entered its ninth year last week.

Goldman's Mining Subsidiary Using China Fears To Get Taxpayer Money (GS)

10-13-2009 • The Business Insider

Molycorp Minerals... why does that sound familiar. Ah, yes, it's the rare-earth mining company partly-owned by Goldman Sachs (GS), which just got a $3 million Congressional earmark, ostensibly because the menace of Chinese hoarding was grave enough t

In 2008 Afghanistan firefight, US weapons failed

10-11-2009 • AP

It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote US outpost in Afghanistan and Sgt. Phillips' M4 carbine had quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The machine gun he grabbed didn't work either.

Key Democrat wants boost in forces in Afghanistan

10-11-2009 • Breitbart

The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in "serious jeopardy" and needs more troops to turn the tide against an increasingly potent Taliban insurgency, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, putting her at odds with an influential Demo

Active Duty Troops in Iraq Are Wearing Oath Keeper Tabs

10-10-2009 • Oathkeepers.org

...referring to the Oath to SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION - like Public Officeholders...

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to avoid extradition to US

10-09-2009 • AFP

McKinnon, who suffers from a form of autism, could spend life in prison if convicted by a US court of gaining access to 97 computers in 2001 and 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Government raises rates on hospital fees for retired vets by more than 20 percent

10/06/09 • The Conservatives

While most of political Washington has been consumed with the debate over how to make health care more accessible to low-income Americans, the government unexpectedly raised rates by more than 20 percent on the in-patient co-payments that must be pa

Reid: Both parties assured war support to Obama

10-06-2009 • Breitbart

The top Senate Democrat says lawmakers of both parties assured President Barack Obama on Tuesday that they will rally behind whatever decision he makes on Afghanistan.

Ex-Darpa Chief Joins D.C. Lobbying Firm

10-04-2009 • Wired

Former Darpa director Tony Tether is joining a Washington-area lobbying firm best known for its influence on Capitol Hill. But Tether — who served for more than seven years as the head of the Pentagon’s premiere research arm — says he won’t be doing

Obama to tackle military gay ban at 'right time'

10-04-2009 • AP

President Barack Obama will focus "at the right time" on how to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military, his national security adviser said. "I don't think it's going to be — it's not years, but I think it will

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep. says military officials may quit

10/01/09 • Washingting Times

Top U.S. military officials may retire or resign unless President Obama quickly sets forth a clear plan on winning the war in Afghanistan, including whether to send more troop to stop insurgents, says Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican.

Obama Risks a Domestic Military ‘Intervention’

9/29/09 • Newsmax

There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the “Obama problem.” Don’t dismiss it as unrealistic. America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be ci

Why the Missile Defense Change Isn’t the Larger Issue

09-18-2009 • Stephen D. Estes

AN AMERICAN PATRIOT TAKE Why the Missile Defense Change Isn’t the Larger Issue By : Stephen Estes 18 September, 2009 On September 17, 2009 President Obama under Direction from US Defense Secretary Robert Gates opted to shift gears with regar

Recession? What Recession?

09-18-2009 • Economic Policy Journal

Business is just fine for those clinging to the flabby skin of expanding government And talk about the Military-Industrial Complex: ....

Defense contractors join Turkish lobbying effort to secure arms

09-17-2009 • Sun Light Project

The Defense Dept's request last week for congressional approval of the sale of $8 billion worth of PAC-3 missiles to Turkey was the latest victory for a disparate group of interests including defense contractors, finance and energy corporations, trad

Police to get access to classified military intelligence

09-16-2009 • Raw Story

In a move raising eyebrows among civil liberties advocates, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it would give so-called local and state “fusion centers” access to classified military intelligence in Pentagon databases.

Another Soldier Speaks Out; Swine flu, chipping

09/15/2009 • Youtube

It doesn't look good folks, for our military to be risking themselves to warn us we should take heed. Phoenix 1.5 document shown at end.