SeanR and I have often discussed way to get more soldiers in the military. Money always works.... read entire post
bloc
posted on Nov 20, 2007
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Tags: politics, military, the military, bonuses, iraq
"The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments. "... read entire post
bloc
posted on Jan 18, 2008
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Tags: politics, ouch, iraq, the military
"While many officers don't oppose the war itself, returning repeatedly to serve in Iraq is a grueling way to live. One of the many reasons for this is that it corrodes their families; the divorce rate among Army officers has tripled since 2003."... read entire post
bloc
posted on Sep 19, 2007
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Tags: Democrats, soldiers, the military, silly, politics, bush, iraq
The webb amendment failed again. This is the amendment that would require our troops get equal time at home after a deployment!
Listen to this jackass Republican claim that giving the troops equal rest time would "demean" them. What a jack as... read entire post
"This month, congressional Dems and the Bush White House are at it again, this time over educational benefits for those who wear the uniform"... read entire post
Arab linguists are essential to our fight against terrorists, we don't have as many as we need, yet we keep firing them for being gay! As of today 55 arab linguists have been fired for being gay.... read entire post
"then the responsible course is for the president and those supporting this open-ended and escalated presence in Iraq to call for reinstating the draft."... read entire post
bloc
posted on Feb 20, 2007
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Tags: the military, veterans, politics, iraq
This is a must watch video segment from Countdown.... read entire post
bloc
posted on Jul 17, 2007
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Tags: the military, war, bush, money, politics, defense spending
"At present, the U.S. defense budget accounts for approximately half of total global defense spending" source
If you add up the military spending of the entire world (not counting us) it is roughly the same as our military spending. No sane p... read entire post
One of my previous posts was about a marine that was being harassed for exercising his free speech.... read entire post
bloc
posted on Jan 22, 2007
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Tags: iraq, marines, volunteer, the marines, the military
How will the military increase it's size and man the surge? Here is part of their plan.
"The Marine Corps plans to ask up to 100,000 former Marines released
from the ranks since September 2001 whether they would like to come
back.... read entire post
bloc
posted on Feb 20, 2007
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Tags: politics, the military, volunteers, war, iraq
and it's trouble filling the ranks.... read entire post
bloc
posted on May 17, 2007
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Tags: politics, bush, the military
"Bush budget officials said the administration "strongly opposes" both the 3.5 percent raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases "unnecessary."... read entire post
Bronx
posted on Mar 13, 2007
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Tags: humor, policy issues, the military, gays, recruitment
I do not know why I am reminded of a Japanese golfing joke here. Perhaps, it ....... read entire post
bloc
posted on Apr 06, 2007
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Tags: the military, surge, national guard, politics, iraq, bush
“There’s no way to sustain the current rate of deployments without calling up probably nine National Guard brigades in the coming year for involuntary second tours.”... read entire post