“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt
New Jersey Army National Guard 250th Brigade Support Battalion’s Company H (Hotel) held a deployment ceremony on 05FEB2019, because they’re going to ‘Horn of Africa’.
Unlike other deployment ceremonies in other states, this one was held in VFW […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the ‘Take Back’ month of October 2018:
Mexico’s military leaders want opium legalized!
U.S. Navy video happily warns that state-level legalized ganja does not change federal-level laws, especially for military personnel and their spouses:
Air National Guard Training and Education Center […] Continue Reading…
“We are a small piece of IO and intel in the grand scheme of U.S. Army force structure, but we make a world of difference through each one of our team members supporting these global missions.”-Lieutenant Colonel Kristin L. Henry, 11FEB2019
“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, […] Continue Reading…
“On behalf of a grateful nation, we want you to know we recognize that without you, there would be no democracy.”-Major General John C. Harris Jr., Ohio National Guard, 08FEB2019
“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt
More than 100 personnel with Bravo Company, 638th Support Battalion […] Continue Reading…
“We’ve been in this war for almost 19 years, and I know that a lot of you have been involved from day one. I would ask the old guys to take care of the young ones who haven’t deployed. Mentor them through the deployment and let them know that everything will be ok.”-Major General […] Continue Reading…
18 February 2019 (15:44 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Bahman 1397/12 Jumada t-Tania 1440/14 Bin-Yin 4717
On 14FEB2019 a ghost ship washed ashore, at the end of a U.S. Navy runway on the secluded Naval Air Station North Island (part of Naval Base Coronado), off the southern coast of California. According to the official report this was not […] Continue Reading…
One of the most economically powerful European Union member, and a powerful NATO member, Germany still uses mules in mountain warfare because they’re still the most efficient way to transport weapons and supplies to Gebirgsjäger. So much for hi-technology.
World War TwoIt’s not just the Germans, U.S. MARINES TRAIN RESUPPLY […] Continue Reading…
I’ve been able to get some 1:144 scale Boeing 777-200s (United Nations-International Civil Aviation Organization B772) for cheap; some Minicraft kits (made in China) being offered in an ‘as is’ grab bag sale (turned out they were complete, but one had a broken fuselage), and a two-for-one sale that got me Eastern Express issues (made […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of October, 2018:
how America treats its black farmers
Trump boosts dairy industry
Farmers struggle to store crops
Grains try to avoid market meltdown
Ag Economy Barometer falls to lowest reading since October 2016
Agricultural damage from Hurricane Michael forecast to top $1.3 billion
Farmers face ‘new normal’; hurricanes
WARN=Worker Adjustment […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in October 2018.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Holy weapons malfunction Batman! An ongoing type of taxpayer rip-off was finally revealed by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in the form of ‘suspended stock’, which are parts paid for by taxpayers for use in maintaining expensive military weapons systems, except that they’re mislabeled […] Continue Reading…