Born an Aussie and raised an Englishman, Scott Grimshaw is an officer in the Maine Air National Guard . In November we had a chance to catch up with the exceptionally bright and dedicated young man who is balancing his role in the reserves with the demands of the teaching profession. You hear the tales of those born as Generation X , the generation of young men and women who are self-absorbed and interested only in what life has to offer them. Then you meet someone like high school te...

I am sure by now you have heard that the US Army had an 80% increase in the desertion rate since 2003. Or did you hear how the desertion rates are the highest rate since 1980?? If not simply look at all the news reports, CBS, ABC, AP and many many others. But like many things the media and others have tried to do, they have forgotten about the power of the internet and the availability of information because of it. Here is what they are saying: Soldiers strained by six years at war are...

The US Military Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System just put up a fantastic resource and tool for those families that have loved ones in Iraq or Afghanistan. They created a web page they call "News From The Field" and it list all the units that are deployed, and even those that are not. It links each unit to all the videos and photos that have been taken about and by that unit and put it in a very easy to follow and understand format. For people like me that search for ...

While many families in the US and around the world were getting ready for Halloween, another family was getting ready to welcome home a family member that had been gone for 15 very long months. They gathered along with hundreds of other family members of soldiers to welcome home their soldier in an airplane hangar, to wait for that glimpse of their loved one when he marched in the doors along with all the other soldiers. It was 9:15am and Holly, her two daughters (17 and 20) and her son (24) w...

While writing my article on the military's use of the UAV in combat, I remembered a news release a few years ago about a program that was starting to look at development of a new weapons, technology, communications system called the "Land Warrior" program. The funding for this program was dropped back in Febuary but is being brought back and funded again. SO I reearched it again and was amazed by what I had found, and how far the program has come. The Land Warrior program was designed to...

The US military has fielded a series of UAV's (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) that makes one think of futuristic wars and years in the future. But they are here and now. The Army is training with and beginning to use a new UAV called the "Raven".  You have to love the high tech launch system !! The Raven is a small lightweight UAV. While the Raven looks deceptively like a remote-controlled hobby plane it is actually a high-tech device that can provide real-time footage or still images...

I need the help of the blogsphere, forums, and others who believe in fairness and decency. As many of you know, and some may not, I have a pro-military YouTube Channel where I post positive videos and videos of the demise of terrorist. No blood or guts, just videos of our military doing its job. There are 450 of them posted on my channel. This brings me to the reason for my request for help. About a month ago I posted a video of a terrorist blowing himself up while using a mortar. It was not ...

I got an e-mail today from YouTube informing me that they had removed a video from my YouTube Channel (3rdID8487).  :mad The video was of a terrorist getting blown up by his own motar while trying to kill US Military members. The only reason they gave was that it violated the Code of Conduct of YouTube. I went and reviewed the Code of Conduct again (for like the 10th time) and could not find anywhere that I can see a violation.   Doing a little more research I found the very same vi...

I bet you can ask almost anyone on the street or in your immediate friends group "How many soldiers have we lost in Iraq?" and they will probably be able to tell you at least 3000 or 4000 soldiers. Why because you are told the number every day in papers and on the news and radio repeatedly throughout the day. Ask them "How many terrorist have we killed in Iraq?" and they will not be able to tell you. Why? Because of the lopsided reporting on this war. For the first time the numbers ar...

Well on the news last night I heard that the US Military might have had Bin Idiot in their sights and missed him. He was supposedly spotted in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan and Pakistan and the US Military sent in Special Forces to try and find him and capture or kill him, they did not find him of course, or you would have seen it plastered all over the news. What you did not hear on the nightly news was that the Afghanistan Army advised and supported by coalition forces,...

With all the negative comments about the surge working or not working in Iraq and the childish, and hate filled comments and ads about the Commander of the Troops in Iraq or "progress" in Iraq beng not made I wondered, what would be acceptable by most people as progress? What would have to happen in order for most people to say that things are "better" in Iraq than they have been? Not withstanding a retreat or why we went in the first place. I think most people would sa...

I posted my 400TH pro-military video today on my YouTube Channel!!    http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=3rdID8487 I have had over 181,000 video views, which is a good start. I am up to over 1000 a day. Maybe just maybe a few of those have a better idea of what is really going on in Iraq and AFghanistan from watching one of these. Just thought I would toot my own horn for a minute!.. 

I got this in the mail today from a military friend of mine.. had to share.. The Pentagon announced TODAY the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces (USRSF) These boys will be dropped off in Iraq and have been given only the following facts about terrorists : 1. The "season" opened today. 2. There is no bag limit. 3. They taste just like chicken. 4. They don't like beer, pickups , country music or Jesus....

I got this in the mail today from a military friend of mine.. had to share.. The Pentagon announced TODAY the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces (USRSF) These boys will be dropped off in Iraq and have been given only the following facts about terrorists : 1. The "season" opened today. 2. There is no bag limit. 3. They taste just like chicken. 4. They don't like beer, pickups , country music or Jesus....

Many people in the United States have no idea a special day approaches, one that honors many soldiers. One that honors more than 78,000 soldiers. This Friday, September 21st, 2007 is National MIA/POW Memorial Day. A day to honor and remember those that never came home, a day to honor those whose families still ask for answers and closure. There are men still missing in Iraq that have not been found. Four to be exact. Two of those are Pvt. Byron W. Fouty and Spc. Alex R. Jimenez. Captur...