Bouhammer | August 11, 2010
I just read this article and it made me sick to my stomach. http://www.military.com/news/article/two-marines-killed-by-afghan-prisoner.html “The prisoner escaped a room where he was observing prayer time, acquired a rifle and subsequently engaged Afghan and coalition forces. The Marines were killed while trying to subdue the prisoner,” said NATO in a statement. This is what we get [...]
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Bouhammer | June 24, 2010
1. So McChrystal is gone ( a serious mistake on the part of the President)2. Petraeus has been demoted down to lead the fight in Afghanistan3. Who will lead CENTCOM or are they expecting Petraeus who fainted last week before a Senate Committee to do both jobs? And all of this as we now learn [...]
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Bouhammer | May 27, 2010
This has been a hell of a week in the milblog world. For some reason the sun and warmth of the cusp into the summer season has brought out idiots across the internet that have felt it necessary to pick fights with many of the leading milblogs. Between David Axe, Michael Yon, Craig Hooper, Robert [...]
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Bouhammer | May 13, 2010
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) is about as controversial in the military as the black beret as a universal headgear. For the past two weeks a group of us milbloggers have been discussing the issuance of a formal letter on the support of the repealing of it, if the Service Chiefs determine it should be. [...]
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Bouhammer | May 12, 2010
A few days back my good friend, CJ Grisham wrote a blog entry over on You Served (http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2010/05/05/dump-the-beret/) about the need to dump the Beret. After reading that post, it got me thinking about how many times many members of the military have written about the need to get rid of the black beret as [...]
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Bouhammer | May 6, 2010
I try not to get my blood boiling over small things any more in life, but there are limits and sometimes I can’t stay quiet. I could not let this pass without pounding the keyboard. Read below to see what I am talking about. http://militarypundits.com/2010/05/california-students-sent-home-for-wearing-american-flag-shirts/
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Bouhammer | May 4, 2010
You have got to be kidding me? Promising awards to soldiers for “not shooting”! NATO commanders are weighing a new way to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan: recognizing troops for “courageous restraint” if they avoid using force that could endanger innocent lives. That is as dumb as what Shinsenki did when he came up with [...]
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Tags: COIN, McChrystal