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US Senate Aims To Cut Defense Government Civilian Jobs & Military Retirement

» by May 25th, 2012 at 7:02 am » Comments (0)

It looks like defense civilian employees are the next people being looked at to be reduced:  The Senate Armed Services Committee unveiled a $631 billion draft of the annual defense authorization ...more »

Congress Authorizes Free National Park Pass for US Servicemembers

» by May 23rd, 2012 at 5:11 pm » Comments (8)

Here take your free National Park Pass while we take your retirement benefits: Active-duty military personnel and their dependents will soon be able to enter every national park for free as ...more »

US Army Due To Budget Cuts May Close Hundreds of Dining Facilities

» by May 23rd, 2012 at 3:02 am » Comments (28)

Here is a revolutionary idea, instead of closing the DFAC's how about closing more Burger Kings on post instead?: With 2012 budgets for mess halls slashed by more than one-quarter, Installation ...more »

Hezbollah Operative Ali Moussa Dakdouk Responsible for Murdering US Troops Acquitted In Iraq

» by May 19th, 2012 at 3:19 am » Comments (5)

It is amazing to me how little media attention that the release of Ali Moussa Dakdouk, also spelled Ali Musa Daqduq is getting in the US: (Picture from Daily Mail) (May. 14, 2012) An Iraqi ...more »

CSM Teresa King Officially Leaves US Army Drill Sergeant School Shortly After Being Reinstated

» by May 18th, 2012 at 5:05 pm » Comments (34)

As reported a couple of weeks ago the US Army reinstated the controversial CSM Teresa King just to remove her: The Army decided to formally replace its first female drill sergeant ...more »

House Republicans Stop US Navy Purchases of Biofuels

» by May 15th, 2012 at 11:44 pm » Comments (12)

At a time of reduced budgets where there are people in the Pentagon and within the US government pushing to cut retirement benefits for servicemembers and making retirees pay more ...more »

F-35 Will Cost More Than Proposed Military Retirement Changes

» by May 13th, 2012 at 5:07 pm » Comments (21)

Here is another example of a massive Pentagon acquisition program that has gone well over budget and has not lived up to expectations: Every time the Pentagon budget is vulnerable to cuts, we ...more »

US Army Restores CSM Teresa King As Commandant of the US Army’s Drill Sergeant School

» by May 5th, 2012 at 5:56 am » Comments (46)

Via a reader tip comes news that CSM Teresa King has been reinstated as the commandant of the US Army's Drill Sergeant School: The first female boss at the Army's prestigious ...more »

CSM Teresa King Says She Is Victim of Sexism and Racism Campaign

» by May 1st, 2012 at 4:23 pm » Comments (27)

The story about the removal of CSM Teresa King as the Commandant of the US Army's Drill Sergeant School has taken a predictable turn: The first woman to command the Army's ...more »

US Government Announces Reforms To GI Bill Benefits

» by April 28th, 2012 at 3:38 am » Comments (7)

It is about time that the US government began to crackdown on shady schools competing for GI Bill and tuition assistance money from the US military: Concerned about deceptive marketing practices ...more »

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