Posts Tagged With: US Military

Should Pension For US Military General Officers Be Reformed?

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2012 at 11:53 pm » Comments (11)

Here is some US military pension reform that I think reform should be looked at: A change in federal law to keep experienced officers in uniform allows top generals and admirals ...more »

VFW Strongly Criticizes Changing Military Retirement Into A 401k

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2012 at 8:02 am » Comments (19)

The VFW has now come out strongly against any plans to change the military retirement system into a 401k: Tomorrow’s recruits are the ones who have to be convinced that the ...more »

S&S Admits To Being Duped By Army Staff Sergeant Over Vietnam Claims

» by GI Korea February 2nd, 2012 at 8:28 am » Comments (3)

Kudos to the folks at This Ain't Hell who sniffed out another fraudulent vet story: An Army reservist in Afghanistan with the 425th Civil Affairs Battalion who told Stars and Stripes that ...more »

VA Declares Former Drill Sergeant Dead 4 Times, Demands He Repay Pension for Being Dead

» by GI Korea February 1st, 2012 at 4:05 pm » Comments (12)

I have had plenty of military retirees explain to me the bureaucratic nightmares they have had with the VA but this has to be the worse yet: Despite rumors to the ...more »

US Not Looking for New Bases In the Pacific Region

» by GI Korea January 30th, 2012 at 3:22 am » Comments (5)

As much as many servicemembers would love to see another US base in the Philippines it looks like that just isn't going to happen: A top U.S. military commander for Asia ...more »

Providing Context To Military Sexual Assaults

» by GI Korea January 25th, 2012 at 4:33 pm » Comments (0)

Over the past week the media has been breathlessly reporting an increase in military sexual assaults and how this is because of PTSD though no context of what is really ...more »

Army Lieutenant Convicted For Bomb Hoax

» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2012 at 8:20 pm » Comments (6)

I wonder if CNN will lead another article using this guy to perpetuate the "crazy vet" stereotype?: An Army officer who carried nunchucks, built a fake bomb and forced an evacuation ...more »

Media Continues To Perpetuate Crazy Veteran Stereotype

» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2012 at 5:42 pm » Comments (1)

The good folks at This Ain't Hell have taken CNN to task for perpetuating the stereotype of crazy vets: Despite the fact that its been proven that Benjamin Colton Barnes, the veteran ...more »

Chinese Hackers Target US Military Common Access Cards

» by GI Korea January 22nd, 2012 at 9:21 am » Comments (2)

Well the Chinese hackers are at again this time targeting the CAC's used by military servicemembers: A Chinese-based cyber attack is targeting the Defense Department’s Common Access Cards with technology that ...more »

Service Women’s Action Network Continues To Attack Pentagon On Sexual Assaults

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2012 at 8:17 am » Comments (10)

Is it just me or does it seem like the critics of sexual assault in the US military are never satisfied with anything the DOD does?: While praising some of the ...more »