The US and South Korea have military exercises scheduled for this coming weekend. North Korea has warned us to cancel the exercises–and to end any talk of sanctions against N. Korea; to fail to follow these orders will cause the region to be...
The phonies are everywhere. The top general in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, reports that there are four or five social networking sites that impersonated him online and have used his picture as part of an ask for people to send money. One of the scams...
In reading the newspaper today I noticed many instances of cowardly criminals shooting at, and sometimes hitting, each other and sometimes innocent victims. I did note, too, that none of the people using guns stupidly was a licensed concealed...
In Afghanistan one of the things we are doing is to help the local elders (leaders) read and understand their nation’s constitution. One of the purposes is to focus on the role of local government and the elder’s role in promoting security and...
A recent training exercise held for medics in the 1st Armored Division in Afghanistan involved suturing pigs’ feet. A typical response was that the training was really beneficial as the medic had little prior experience in suturing. Since the better...
From USA Today – “Led by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, the chief legal officers of nine states and one US territory just filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration crackdown against a legal...
President Obama was here in West Michigan today for the dedication of a new factory that will make batteries for electric cars. The plant is owned by a South Korean company. The federal government is paying for nearly half the cost of the...
A news release says that US Attorney General Eric Holder says there’s a real question about whether a terrorist suspect such as Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can face the death penalty if he were to plead guilty before a military...
The aerostat is a Persistent Ground Surveillance System (PGSS), which provides our local battlefield leaders with a 24-hour-a-day “eyes-on” capability, to survey and closely monitor the battle space, and any possible enemy activities; it uses high...
At FOB Wright in Kunar Province in Afghanistan, the M777 Howitzers have been fired so often, that the locals have dubbed the base Top Chi, which is Pashtu for the Big Guns. This province continues to have one of the highest numbers of significant...