SecDef calls for Congress to mandate that Guard, Reserves have lead in DoD ops in the homeland

This is from the Navytimes.  Things are changing my friends. How long will TAR/FTS Sailors be relevant? Interesting read… Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a giant step Monday toward more tightly blending the active-duty military and reserve components into an “integrated total force,” calling for wide-ranging personnel policy changes, codifying the reserves’ homeland defense […]

November is Warrior Care Month

October 31, 2008 Army News Service|by Heike Hasenauer WASHINGTON – Beginning Nov. 1, the Army and its sister services will focus attention to one of the Defense Department’s highest priorities – caring for wounded ill, and injured warriors. As directed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, November has been designated as “Warrior Care Month.” Each […]

Navy Uniform Update

SUBJ/NAVY UNIFORM UPDATE// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/092022ZJUL08// AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 190/08, UNIFORM UPDATE. RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN PROVIDES THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING FLEET DISTRIBUTION OF THE E1-E6 SERVICE UNIFORM (SU) AND THE CNO APPROVED UNIFORM POLICIES RECOMMENDED BY THE 12 AUG 08 NAVY UNIFORM BOARD. 2. REF A ANNOUNCED THE PLANNED PHASED FLEET AVAILABILITY OF […]

Airmen Don’t like Needles.. They are Girly Men…

Airmen most likely to faint under the needle Feeling woozy after your latest round of immunization shots? Then you’re probably a male airman. Ten years of records showed that 2,612 service members passed out cold — and fell down — after a nurse slowly inserted a thin half-inch of steel into their biceps or buttocks. […]

I believe I have seen quite a few Parrot’s children around here!

A young man with a wild and multi-coloured hairstyle sits next to an old man on a park bench. The old man stares at the young man. “What’s the matter, old man?” says the young man. “Never done anything crazy in your life?” The old man replies: “Yeah. When I was in the Navy, I […]

Iraq: U.S. Fighters to be Disarmed???

WTF?? If this is what is going to happen, it is time to get our folks out of that god forsaken crap hole ASAP.  I don’t want any of our folks there if they cannot fire back or carry a weapon. From the AP, Read Below: BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government is grateful to U.S.-allied Sunni […]

Tsk tsk tsk.. And they want to be treated as adults….

Military motorcyclists arrested going 140mph BAY MINETTE, Ala. — It appears that a group of motorcycle riders — many of them service members — didn’t get the memo about obeying traffic laws. Alabama state troopers said 12 cyclists were arrested after they were clocked at speeds of over 140 miles per hour on Interstate 10. […]

Top enlisted Marines push corpsmen equal pay for deployments

Snagged this from Navytimes I am glad the Top Marine Enlisted Leaders are trying to look out for, us, IMHO the Navy “OFFICER” Leaders forget about those of us who serve with the Marine Corps. What do you think?? Leave a comment Below: When sailors deploy with Marine units, they live in the same conditions, […]

Have you locked down your Network Connection?

There is a great article in the San Francisco Chronicle, about; “WARDRIVING” For those of you who don’t understand the term, picture folks cruising your neighberhoods looking for open wireless network connections so they can leech off of your connection. This can slow down your system, but worse if they get in, and you do […]

FORCM For Navy Hospital Corps update for 18 August 2008

“From the Desk of the BUMED FORCE MASTER CHIEF” and Director of the Hospital Corps 18 August 2008 forcm_18_aug_2008_files 1. LANDLORD FORECLOSURES Please review the attached info sheet landlord foreclosures. This should provide some relief for Sailors who are in a situation where their landlord forecloses, and the Sailor or Sailors family is forced to […]

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