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Category Archives: Military
Private Chen Had Trouble Adjusting To Military Life
I no more than hit publish on the previous post and a find some interesting comments around the web about the death of Private Danny Chen. Now keep in mind I have not verified any of these sources yet. Speculate … Continue reading
Soldier Commits Suicide, Family Blames Racism
First, the allegations. Family and friends of Danny Chen, who apparently shot himself to death in Afghanistan, say racist taunts and bullying led to the tragedy, and they are demanding more action beyond the arrests of eight of his fellow … Continue reading
British Amputee Soldiers on Top Gear
I was watching the season finale of Top Gear tonight (it is Monday after all) when this bit caught my eye. A group of British Soldiers – all of them amputees wounded in Afghanistan – are training in preparation for one … Continue reading
Wounded Soldiers Stuck in Limbo, Addicted to Meds
Well color me unsurprised. Medical officials estimate that 25 percent to 35 percent of about 10,000 ailing soldiers assigned to special wounded-care companies or battalions are addicted or dependent on drugs — particularly prescription narcotic pain relievers, according to an … Continue reading
End of the Year Veteran Donations
I’ve been looking for something to post that would show everyone that I’m not dead, but didn’t revolve around politics like much of my past content. So I decided to finally write about something I’ve been meaning to for a … Continue reading
Mind Controlled Prosthetic Arm
Cool? Yes. Practical? Functional? Not for all amputees. The world’s first human testing of a mind-controlled artificial limb is ready to begin. A joint project between the Pentagon and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), the Modular Prosthetic Limb will … Continue reading
Army admits ‘unimaginable, unacceptable wrongs’ at Arlington Cemetery
Via Cnn: Washington (CNN) — Army Secretary John McHugh told Congress Wednesday that “unimaginable, unacceptable wrongs” had resulted from the mismanagement of Arlington Cemetery, one of the nation’s most hallowed burial places for its war dead. A months-long Army investigation … Continue reading
Does a former Drill Instructor make a terrible therapist?
A perfect example of why I could never be a therapist. I had to correct Geico’s title from Youtube on this. R. Lee Ermy was in the Marines, not the Army. Marines have drill instructors, not drill sergeants (not “sargents” … Continue reading
Dennis-Yarmouth School Teachers Disciplined for Tasteless War Protest
If these teachers act this way in public, just imagine how they run their classrooms. Two Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School teachers who held an anti-war sign during a senior assembly last week are facing disciplinary action. D-Y world history teacher … Continue reading
Most Realistic War Game Ever
Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks This is by far the most realistic war game I have ever seen. Despite the fact I was trained as an Infantry Soldier, I spent as much time fixing our broken … Continue reading