Posts Tagged With: US Military
US Senate Aims To Cut Defense Government Civilian Jobs & Military Retirement
» by GI Korea 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: Â 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 GI Korea 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 GI Korea 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 GI Korea 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 »F-35 Will Cost More Than Proposed Military Retirement Changes
» by GI Korea 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 »CSM Teresa King Says She Is Victim of Sexism and Racism Campaign
» by GI Korea 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 GI Korea 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 »Air Force Personnel Personally Attacked For Winning Bronze Star
» by GI Korea April 19th, 2012 at 3:57 am » Comments (13)
This story about two Air Force personnel being attacked for being awarded the Bronze Star is pretty disappointing: Two female airmen who were awarded the Bronze Star have been targeted by ...more »Air Force and Marine Personnel Implicated In Secret Service Columbia Prostitution Scandal
» by GI Korea April 18th, 2012 at 6:35 am » Comments (23)
Further information is coming out now about the US military involvement in the Secret Service scandal in Columbia. Â Apparently it was 7 Air Force personnel and 2 Marines who were ...more »Should Contractors Working for the Military Be Subject To UCMJ?
» by GI Korea April 12th, 2012 at 4:51 pm » Comments (15)
Here is a legal case that contractors working for the US military might want to be paying attention to:  Iraqi-born translator Alaa “Alex” Ali never served in the U.S. military, but ...more »




