The military released the recruiting numbers today: Army Recruited 741 Goal 700 Percentage of goal 106 Navy Recruited 2,022 Goal 2,011 Percentage of goal 101 Marine Corps Recruited 1,717 Goal 1,619 Percentage of goal 106 Air Force Recruited 2,209 Goal 2,192 Percentage of goal 101 Now what will they say about the numbers? I wonder how the Anti-military will try and spin this. Oh almost forgot: Active dut...
The following is a portion of a live news conference by General Peter Pace, USMC , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Jan 5th, 2006. I find his remarks highly entertaining and "energizing". Gotta hand it to him, he said what he meant. And what a lot of us wanted to say. Q: If I could switch topics, sir, this week Representative John Murtha was asked if he would join the U.S. military today, and he said no. And pressed in that ABC interview -- and I don't know if you saw it or not...
Now I am sure you have heard by now the suicide bombing where the two bombers dressed as Iraqi Police blew themselves up and killed many. But did you hear about this? Jan. 9, 2006 – Iraqi police pre-empted two suicide bombers today, a French hostage was rescued over the weekend, and an Iraqi citizen led soldiers to a weapons cache yesterday, military officials in Baghdad reported. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at noon today when they were denied access at an Iraqi police en...
"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - US Marine Corps ----...
"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - US Marine Corps ----...
OK now there is a question of how much body armour is and should be available to the troops. Here is what the Washington Post had: Body-Armor Gaps Are Shown to Endanger Troops Pentagon Studies Call Deaths Preventable They of coure accuse, accuse, accuse. Not once did they bother to ask the guys wearing the stuff what they thought. Then a few smart reporters went out and did just that, what a concept! Here is what they found: Some U.S. troops reject more body armor Chicago Sun Time...
Jan. 7, 2006 – Iraqi soldiers and police seized a bevy of enemy weapons caches during a series of operations conducted across the country yesterday. First, soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Intervention Force and coalition forces discovered a buried weapons cache north of Sadah yesterday. The cache contained two 60 mm mortar tubes, two improvised 57 mm rocket launchers, five 115 mm tank rounds, one 100 mm tank round, one 152 mm artillery round, one 130 mm artil...
How special are our military men and women?? After writing a recent piece on a special student I had in the police academy and discussing the military on a local radio talk radio station I thought of a question that I wanted to answer for myself and when I found the answer I was amazed and thought I would share the results with everyone. The question I thought of was “Just how special are the people in or military?” and by that I mean how many people out of all the people in the U.S.A. ser...
Jan. 4, 2006 – U.S. soldiers killed and captured terrorism suspects in Iraq Jan. 2, and U.S. and Iraqi forces seized weapons caches, military officials reported today. Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, killed a suspected terrorist and captured another after an attack on a coalition base near Balad. The soldiers immediately captured one suspect, but chased the second for two hours. The chase ended when the soldiers cornered the suspect in a grove of palm tr...
AR RAMADI, Iraq – U.S. Marines discovered more than ten metric tons of munitions hidden at 72 cache sites 39 km south of Fallujah during the week-long Operation Green Trident. First Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8 began the operation last week near the village of Al Latifiyah to search suspected locations for hidden weapon caches. More than 1,000 artillery and mortar rounds were unearthed along with scores of rocket propelled grenades and hand grenades. Most of the ca...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Police coordinated with Coalition Forces to foil two terrorist attempts to use vehicle-carried improvised explosive devices against Iraqi citizens Jan 2. While on patrol, police officers identified a suspicious vehicle while operating in western Rashid at approximately 4 p.m. Jan. 1, and notified a Coalition Force patrol. The patrol conducted an investigation. Shortly afterward, an explosive ordnance disposal team responded to the vehicle-carried improvised explo...
Baghdad - Iraqi Security Forces now number more than 223,000 trained and equipped soldiers and police. These troops are spread throughout the country and are taking an ever increasing roll in securing their country against terrorist and insurgents in areas across the country. “As Iraqi security forces continue to grow in capability and size -- now numbering more than 223,000 -- they are conducting more and more successful independent operations throughout Iraq, including Baghdad,” Brig. ...
Well tonight I lost a family member and friend of mine that has lived a great 14 years. His name was Max. Max died tonight. His kidneys failed him and he went quickly. We noticed he was not feeling well on Sat. evening and I sat with him through the night last night and he was declining in health rapidly. Today I took him to the doctor and the doctor called this evening to say there was no hope. My wife and I went to the doctor and held Max while he was put to sleep. Max was our 14 year...
Last Friday, the 30th, I got to co-host with Chip Morris on the Drive Time Happy Hour, 3-6p slot on 97.3 FM in North Central Florida. And I have to say, I HAD A BLAST! Whata lot of fun that was. I got to talk, respond, and into some other stuff. I also learned a lot about Radio I did not know. Like someone actually has to think of what to say. Ahead of time! LOL I also loved the callers and responding to them. Chip, the primary Host, was a gas. I laughed so hard at some of his bits I had to...
I was pulished in the local paper today: Nice way to start the year.. http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060101/EDITORIALS0101/201010322/-1/editorials07 Link What do ya think?? Should I retire now?? LOL