Category: Military

Chapter 25: After Action

by Ozymandias | Feb 4, 2020 | Big Government, Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law

I feel compelled to offer a kind of “after action report” or lessons learned section on the AVIP.

Chapter 23: Conviction

by Ozymandias | Jan 28, 2020 | Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law

When Court ended that day, I knew that either we got a stay by the next morning or David Ponder and Jason Stonewall would be going to jail.

Chapter 22: Why, Indeed

by Ozymandias | Jan 21, 2020 | Big Government, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law

Indeed, any detailed historical look at DoD and VA actions in the aftermath of large batches of veterans returning home and filing claims, reveals a shocking pattern.

Chapter 21: Back to Okinawa

by Ozymandias | Jan 14, 2020 | Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, Liberty, Military, National Security, Politics, Rule of Law

At Dulles, I left without saying more than a brief goodbye.

Making War Ethically: To Bomb or Not to Bomb

by Ozymandias | Jan 10, 2020 | Constitution, Foreign Policy, Military, National Security, Politics, Rule of Law

There are entire degrees to be obtained in studying and arguing about theories of warfare, what constitutes sufficient causus belli, and under what circumstances nuclear and/or total warfare might even be considered.

Chapter 20: Why?

by Ozymandias | Jan 7, 2020 | DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Federal Power, Health Care, History, Military

Given how flawed the program has been from its inception – and all of the documents involved are public records, most of which were created by the U.S. government itself – the most salient question becomes ‘why?’

Chapter 19: Working Behind the Scenes

by Ozymandias | Dec 17, 2019 | Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, Military, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

I took in the room with a glance. There were two groups of people – ours and theirs.

On the Composition of the US Military and Being a World Power

by Ozymandias | Dec 13, 2019 | Congress, Constitution, Executive Branch, Federal Power, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Military, National Security, Politics, Society

I’ll let the Glibertariat hash out the details and point out the flaws in my thinking in the comments.

Chapter 18: The Walking Wounded

by Ozymandias | Dec 10, 2019 | Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Drugs, Executive Branch, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

Coincidentally, in the first week of October 2000, the House Committee on Government Reform was holding another hearing on the anthrax vaccine program.

Chapter 17: Science Intervenes and Project Badger Surfaces

by Ozymandias | Dec 3, 2019 | DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Federal Power, Health Care, Military

These studies received little to no attention in the U.S.

Chapter 16: Guard Pilots Quit

by Ozymandias | Nov 26, 2019 | DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Federal Power, Military

The impact of the anthrax program on the Armed Services was substantial.

Chapter 15 – The Stay

by Ozymandias | Nov 12, 2019 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

From the beginning I’ve had the sense that they have mischarged the offense, perhaps intentionally.

Veterans’ Day 2019 – Something To Hear

by Swiss Servator | Nov 11, 2019 | Literature, Military, Music

Friends, Romans, Glibs….lend me your ears.

Chapter 14 – Secretary Cohen’s “Four Points”

by Ozymandias | Nov 5, 2019 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Drugs, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Licensing, Military, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

In December of 1997, the anthrax vaccine manufacturer was shut down and could not manufacture anything related to the AVA.

Who’s a Good Boy?

by mexican sharpshooter | Nov 2, 2019 | Beer, Food & Drink, Military, Musings, N/A, National Security, Opinion

Why yes, you!

Chapter 12: The DoD “Evolves” on the Anthrax Vaccine

by Ozymandias | Oct 22, 2019 | DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Federal Power, Health Care, History, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation

During the hearings on the Nixon impeachment, Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) asked the now famous question: “What did the President know and when did he know it?”

Profiles in Toxic Masculinity VII: Mad Jack Churchill

by Animal | Oct 21, 2019 | History, In Memoriam, Military

There was no family connection to another famous example of toxic masculinity who shared the last name of Churchill.

Chapter 11: United States v. Stonewall, July 2000

by Ozymandias | Oct 15, 2019 | Congress, Constitution, DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Executive Branch, Federal Power, Fourth Amendment, Liberty, Military, National Security, Regulation, Rule of Law, Science

I had defended Marines and sailors facing a lot more time or charged with much more serious crimes, yet I was more nervous than I had ever been before walking into court.

Chapter 10 – The Anthrax Vaccine Fails, Is Awarded Zero Points… and you’ll still have to roll up your sleeve!

by Ozymandias | Oct 8, 2019 | DoD Anthrax Vaccine, Federal Power, Health Care, History, Military

The anthrax vaccine’s manufacturer has had an interesting ownership history, beginning in 1968 as the Michigan Department of Public Health (MDPH).

The Face of Battle – A Book Review

by R C Dean | Oct 8, 2019 | Books, History, Military, Opinion

In which R C Dean revisits a classic of military history.

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