Category: Military

Excerpts From An After Action Review

by Swiss Servator | Sep 18, 2020 | KHAAAAAANNN!!!, Military | 390

I am not at liberty to say how, or from whom I received this. You will have to read to see why you...

Profiles in Toxic Masculinity XIII – Saburo Sakai

by Animal | Aug 31, 2020 | History, In Memoriam, Military | 142

With last week’s presentation being an American hero of the Pacific War, it seemed appropriate this week to present a figure from the other side.

Warp Speed Mr. Sulu

by mexican sharpshooter | Aug 29, 2020 | Beer, Food & Drink, Military, National Security | 279

Leave…it to…the Shatman…to….finally create…controversy…we can really….bitch…about.

Profiles in Toxic Masculinity XII – John Basilone

by Animal | Aug 24, 2020 | History, In Memoriam, Military | 168

An adventurous lad, John dropped out of school at age fifteen and went to work as a caddy for a local country club until he was eighteen, when he began his military career.

Feedback Requested

by Mustang | Jun 9, 2020 | Cops, Economy, Education, History, Military | 378

If we want to have this discussion, we need to be willing to recognize where the real problems are.

Quack Medicine

by mexican sharpshooter | May 16, 2020 | Beer, Food & Drink, History, Military | 184

You sure about this? I am not a doctor…

Profiles in Toxic Masculinity XI – Marcus Antonius

by Animal | May 11, 2020 | History, In Memoriam, Military | 133

It was in the conquest of Gaul and its aftermath that Antony’s various talents came to the fore.

Chapter 24: 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 | 40

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 | 30

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 | 46

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 | 23

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 | 370

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 | 24

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 | 37

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

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 | 41

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

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