Posted on June 17, 2008 by yojoe
In a hearing on 17JUN08, a military judge, Col Stephen Folsom, USMC, dismissed all charges against LtCol Jeffrey Chessani. Col Folsom ruled that the decision to charge LtCol Chessani was a product of unlawful command influence (UCI). Col Folsom ruled,
the participation of Col. John Ewers as an investigator and report writer in the [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2008 by yojoe
Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert Gates has named General David H. Petraeus, USA, as the commanding general of United States Central Command.
Not that this makes up for the attack by Moveon.org, but it is a start.
yojoe out!
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Posted on March 3, 2008 by yojoe
For all the Cannon Cockers out there, here is a video fix from The Freeholder:
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Posted on February 28, 2008 by yojoe
The Air Force has determined that airmen will find no useful information on blogs. Thus, from this point forward the Air Force will block all websites with “blog” in the name. A spokesman for the Air Force explained that sites such as the New York Times will be authorized, because it is a reputable [...]
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Posted on February 22, 2008 by yojoe
First there was the Spinner, now we have the Crusher. The Crusher is the latest Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle (UGCV) for the U.S. Military. Developed by Carnegie Mellon and DARPA, the Crusher is a six-and-a-half ton unmanned monster truck, six-wheeled vehicle, able to carry a 8,000 lbs. payload, at a top speed of [...]
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Posted on December 23, 2007 by yojoe
In an attempt to stem the perceived influx of gang members into the US military, Congress, in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, inserted a provision prohibiting “membership in a criminal street gang” by members of the Armed Forces. (H.R. 1585 SEC. 579). Section 579 would require Sec Def to [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2007 by yojoe
The UK Ministry of Defense unveiled new technology which can make a tank invisible.
In secret trials last week, the Army said it had made a vehicle completely disappear
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by yojoe
The contract, valued at 1/3 of a billion dollars, for approximately 3,000 ground robots was awarded to Robotic FX. iRobot was not happy about losing out on the contract,and filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The fight is over the xBot ground robot program. Robotic FX was started by [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2007 by yojoe
The Army JAG Corps posted advertisements on the website GLEE.com, a website targeted and gays and lesbians. Given the ban on openly gay service in the U.S. military - a policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” - it seems incongruous to advertise on a website targeting the gay and lesbian community.
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Posted on October 12, 2007 by yojoe
These two Army colonels tried to fake a paternity test by switching identities. They must have forgotten that they submitted D.N.A. samples to the Army.
Two former Army War College students are facing criminal charges after Cumberland County authorities accused them of swapping identities in a plot to try to fool a paternity test, authorities [...]
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Posted on September 25, 2007 by yojoe
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is the purposed replacement for the HMMWV. That was until the requests for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles became the top priority for the military. According to InsideDefense, the JLTV has been put on hold because,
The misgivings stem from questions about technical maturity, shifting [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2007 by yojoe
Al-Qaeda forces, known as the “Thermal Brigade,” have begun employing a new weapon against U.S. troops. Armor-penetrating grenades are small hand-held explosives with a shaped charge capable of penetrating a vehicle’s roof. The new grenade is of Russian origin.
The new armor-penetrating grenade is thrown, then:
“utilizes a parachute to orient the grenade and [...]
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