Controversy spurs Pentagon's Hagel to review new 'Nintendo' medal
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will reconsider new Distinguished Warfare Medal, for which drone operators are eligible. Critics complain it ranks higher than the Bronze Star or Purple Heart – awards for acts of valor in physical combat.
Good!
US Considering Aid to Syrian Rebels…
…who are full of jihadist and al-qaeda.
Meanwhile, American Soldiers are raising money to by Body Armor for themselves via Charities.
Also, the Sequester…
Russian Bombers with Nukes flex Muscle by Flying Around Guam - with Nukes
No big deal to the White House though, the Russian Reset is working.
Troops getting gear from charity as U.S. military braces for budget cuts
This is Pathetic.
“We need body armor,” Negherbon recalls the veteran Army sergeant saying. “He said, ‘We’re getting ready to deploy, and they are only giving us 30 of the 60 vests that we need.’ The way he laid it out to me … it was part budget and part just general policy of what the unit was going to be issued as opposed to what they needed to have issued.”
…The sergeant told Negherbon 60 soldiers in his unit, which deploys to Afghanistan in early April, are route-clearing specialists assigned to eliminate roads of obstacles, primarily improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
“It’s not like they are chefs or secretaries,” Negherbon said. “They are the guys that go out there and identify and defuse the bombs.
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Maybe if they fire their shotguns in the air, huh Mr. Biden?
Tiny, Swarming, Killing Drones
Terrific? or Terrifying?
John Stewart exposing the hypocrisy of the Obama - Biden Administration
Pentagon extending benefits for gays
What amazes me, is how Obama is strategically using the military as a grounds for social experimentation.
Mandate acceptability of homosexuality. Mandate military chaplains to recognize and allow for gay marriage ceremonies (without ability to refuse). Now benefits for partners…
At least when the Brit’s voted in favor of it, they are not forcing the church to violate their religious conscience: LINK