"That burns" (UPDATED)
Family members of a fallen hero are stung by the callousness of politicians, to include that of our Commander-in-Chief: The parents of a Yelm soldier killed in Afghanistan earlier …
Category: Military
This won't be the first unintended consequence of DADT
But it's likely to be one of the first: As Congressional Democrats pushed for repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell,"--clearing the way for gays to serve openly in the …
Asking, Telling, Not Caring
Well, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is going to be history. The bill -- passed during the 1990s and signed by President Clinton -- took into law a matter previously …
Top Marine on DADT: "Mistakes and inattention or distractions cost Marines' lives"
WaPo: The Marine Corps' top general suggested Tuesday that allowing gays to serve openly in the military could result in more casualties because their presence on the battlefield would …
"The protected can't begin to understand the price paid…"
American Thinker's Alan Fraser brings us An Extraordinary Speech given by Marine Corps Lieutenant General John Kelly about a month ago... extraordinary for its content for sure but also because …
"Letting gays serve openly in the military at a time of war would be divisive and difficult"
That's the assesment of the Army and Marine chiefs who will both be testifying before Congress later today: Their assessment, expected Friday at a Senate hearing, was likely to …
Is the Pentagon ignoring the opinion of combat troops on Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
The AP suggests the answer to that question is yes: The Pentagon is playing down the risk of infantry and other combat arms troops causing problems if "don't ask, …
"You honored me, I honor back"
Great stuff coming our way via McQ at BlackFive... enjoy it, pass it on:...
Short Film: Reveille
I defy you not to feel something watching this. I DEFY YOU. Still as moving as when I first saw it in 2006. For more information about this short,...
"We're asking a great deal of them"
Colin Powell is someone who infuriated me during the 2008 Presidential campaign and I find it hard to look past that but I'm liking what he has to say …