Military & Defense Archives
July 23, 2008
Iraq US Casualites for July
According to icasualties.org, the US has lost 12 troops in Iraq so far this month. Five of those 12 are listed as "non-hostile," one of which was the result of an accident which occurred in 2005 aboard the USS Roosevelt. Two of the remaining 11 are Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez...[READ]
July 8, 2008
Iraq Timetable
Iraqi officials insist on withdrawal timetable Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the U.S. unless it contains specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. The comments by Mouwaffak al-Rubaie were the strongest yet by an Iraqi official about the deal...[READ]
July 2, 2008
Sacrifice
You can't make this stuff up: More than 2,000 city workers have been called up to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan since 9/11, costing the city $65 million, Rep. Anthony Weiner said yesterday. When municipal workers who are military reservists are called up for active duty, the city makes up...[READ]
June 27, 2008
Blowing up perfectly good stuff
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Charles Howell, front, looks over the munitions to be destroyed while other airmen and Australian army ammunition technicians prepare light anti-armor weapon rockets for disposal before a controlled detonation at an explosive ordnance disposal range in Southwest Asia, June 20, 2008. U.S. Air Force...[READ]
June 26, 2008
Tavors in Azerbaijan
A picture taken on June 24, 2008 shows Azeri soldiers participating in the dress rehearsal of a military parade in Baku. Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, will host the nation's first full-scale military parade in 20 years on June 26, 2008. I didn't know they used TAR-21 Tavors....[READ]
June 25, 2008
Haditha Counter
I totally forgot to post anything about this, but Sgt. Gibby has a write-up so check it out. I've just been waiting for Murtha to apologize about the "cold-blooded murder" thing....[READ]
June 24, 2008
Marines get a few good triplets from Cadillac
Michigan news: The Marines are getting a few good triplets Andrew, Sam and Elizabeth Foltz of Cadillac may have disagreed now and then growing up, but they're taking the same post-high school path -- enrolling in the U.S. Marine Corps. They decided separately and are not entering the service together....[READ]
June 12, 2008
No Puppy Tossing
That should be a no-brainer, but apparently not: Marine expelled over YouTube puppy video The Marine Corps said Wednesday it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq... "The actions seen...[READ]
June 4, 2008
OEF Casualties by Month
In a comment on the relatively low number of US troops killed last month (and the attendant lack of media attention to the fact), a reader pointed out that the number in Afghanistan seems to have crept up. He's right. 17 US service members were killed in Afghanistan last month,...[READ]
June 2, 2008
Casualties
While out running this morning, I realized that I should check the troop casualty numbers for last month. I figured it must be pretty low for two reasons: It seemed that new reports of killed US troops hadn't been very common I couldn't recall seeing one single story about how...[READ]
May 28, 2008
Danger Room on the sudden ammo controversy in the press
Is Bigger Better? Current Ops Reignite Bullet Controversy I still don't get why this suddenly made the press now....[READ]
May 27, 2008
'Ashamed of wearing their Australian uniform'
Australian troops 'scorned' for low-risk missions: officer Australian infantry soldiers are ashamed of their low-risk missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and are scorned by troops of other nations, two seasoned officers charged in comments published Tuesday. "The restrictions and policies enforced on infantrymen in Iraq have resulted in the widespread...[READ]
May 26, 2008
Memorial Day
"No Slack" Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, honor a fallen brother with a 21 gun salute on Forward Operating Base Brassfield-Mora. ...[READ]
May 13, 2008
China and our force structure
M1A1 Abrams heavy tanks with Abrams Integrated Management System and the new Tank Urban Survivability Kit in Iraq. The Challenge From China Mark Helprin in the Wall Street Journal: As we content ourselves with the fallacy that never again shall we have to fight large, technological opponents, China is transforming...[READ]
May 6, 2008
Show us your tats
Kyle Cassidy is working on a new book of veterans tattoos called "War Paint". You can see some of it on his website at www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint. At the moment, he's specifically looking for WWII and Korean war vets with military tats. If you work with a VFW post or know...[READ]
Not moving to Fargo, after all
Wife guilty of draining guardsman’s funds A jury has convicted a woman of draining her husband’s investment accounts while he was serving in Iraq with the Minnesota National Guard... John Kieser gave his wife “power of attorney,” before he left but said he intended her to use it only if...[READ]
April 25, 2008
House to House (of Representatives)
Cadillac Light: SSG David Bellavia is running for congress in New York State. Bellavia served in the First Infantry Division for six years. He has been recommended for the Medal of Honor and has been nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross. He wrote a book about his experience in...[READ]
April 21, 2008
Complusory Service
Jay Tea on Drafty Reasoning: I find myself wondering if those who are pushing for the return of the draft are willing to say that it was a mistake to abolish it in the first place over 30 years ago, and those who fought -- and won -- to do...[READ]
April 14, 2008
Recruiting
Tough times for today’s recruiters The military services face the toughest recruiting environment in a generation, as the most recent data shows interest in military service at its lowest level in more than 25 years. Internal Defense Department surveys tracking the opinions of potential recruits — mostly young men ages...[READ]
March 31, 2008
Numbers
Strategy Page: Five years of fighting in Iraq has killed 4,000 American troops. The first five years of fighting in Vietnam (1965-69) killed 40,258...If the casualty rates [per number of troops deployed] were the same in Iraq, there should have been 13,747 dead so far. Let's not forget that common...[READ]
Previous 'Military & Defense' Posts
- MN Protest 30 Mar 20:47
- Hillary's sniper rifle 29 Mar 12:00
- 'An onslaught of attack' 27 Mar 19:47
- Cycling 4 Children '08 27 Mar 07:59
- 'You can't tell me that everybody didn't pray' 21 Mar 11:06
- The Key Statistic 19 Mar 11:58
- Tough Spring? 14 Mar 13:03
- Recruiting station bombed 06 Mar 11:26
- I'd like to see the answer to this question 04 Mar 07:59
- Knows the military 29 Feb 13:59
- Obama needs a lesson in military history 28 Feb 12:54
- 12 months 27 Feb 13:59
- MORE on Obama and the Taliban Weapons 23 Feb 10:11
- 'Nothing larger than a football' 21 Feb 09:59
- Whack-a-Sat 20 Feb 09:45
- Tuesday on PBS: Rules of Engagement 18 Feb 19:43
- Is DoD’s acquisition system broken? 17 Feb 22:44
- Bidding War 16 Feb 23:26
- 4 arrests in China spy cases 12 Feb 13:24
- Military Recruiting - January 2008 12 Feb 12:53
- DPRK AK AAA 12 Feb 07:59
- Army Sniper Convicted 11 Feb 12:29
- Humor in Iraq 08 Feb 12:05
- Nine steps to a more effective force 04 Feb 12:33
- Taliban, Afghanistan, Pakistan 24 Jan 13:16
- Capt. Thomas Casey Children’s fund 23 Jan 09:31
- Andrew Olmsted 08 Jan 13:15
- Numbers game not so fun these days? 31 Dec 13:37
- Southwest Airlines 26 Dec 11:04
- Christmas Videos 1 & 2 24 Dec 10:12
- Hessians suffering the post-Christmas blues 21 Dec 10:12
- Troops and Contractors: Compensation Comparison 14 Dec 11:53
- Along for the ride 13 Dec 08:59
- Practically Permanent 11 Dec 12:52
- Size Matters 05 Dec 22:10
- Experimental radio antenna made of plasma 05 Dec 16:30
- More on the size of the Army 04 Dec 13:01
- DoD Troop Announcements - 5 ANG Brigades in '09 03 Dec 12:52
- Things We Couldn't Say 28 Nov 13:01
- Oorah 28 Nov 11:44
- Trophy for the US military? 27 Nov 12:21
- Maybe we should secure the border 26 Nov 12:08
- Valour-IT 20 Nov 08:54
- Canada court: AWOL U.S. soldiers not refugees 15 Nov 15:04
- Give Murdoc a freaking break, people 15 Nov 13:28
- Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25 14 Nov 22:22
- Recruiting goals met again 13 Nov 11:40
- 11/11 11 Nov 10:55
- 'Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25' 08 Nov 12:45
- American Veteran Center’s Tenth Annual Conference 06 Nov 07:59
- The English Professor Responds 01 Nov 18:39
- Westboro Loons Lose 01 Nov 08:17
- When the clueless write about the mliitary 31 Oct 07:59
- Valour-IT 30 Oct 12:40
- Licensing fees for model planes? 25 Oct 12:14
- She's nothing if not predictable 23 Oct 19:48
- Much to the disappointment of many 18 Oct 11:59
- Pro-Draft reasoning from a 15-year Marine 18 Oct 09:59
- Big retention bonuses 18 Oct 07:59
- Gen. Pace at the Vietnam Wall 17 Oct 13:59
- UPDATE: 12 Captains 17 Oct 12:58
- Question about the ObL video leakers 09 Oct 12:35
- Question about the WW2 interrogators 09 Oct 12:14
- The War series 03 Oct 14:59
- Blackwater 03 Oct 13:26
- Fighting the Border Fence 03 Oct 08:25
- 'I did it because he deserves it.' 01 Oct 11:53
- Murdering Nazi Goons Are People Too 21 Sep 07:59
- Clueless at Columbia 18 Sep 10:59
- 'The General's apparent acquiescence in becoming the chief spokesman for the White House' 17 Sep 12:49
- Just don't question their patriotism 13 Sep 09:01
- FOAB 12 Sep 12:07
- Moveon.org calling names 10 Sep 12:55
- Petraeus Report today 10 Sep 09:16
- Aegis BMD info leak in Japan 29 Aug 16:03
- Marine corporal in favor of the Draft 29 Aug 13:26
- Semper Fi in his eye 20 Aug 12:57
- "Rogue Contractor" 17 Aug 11:37
- The Petraeus Report: One month and counting 15 Aug 12:40
- Surging the robots 13 Aug 12:19
- 'In cold blood'...or not 09 Aug 16:48
- TroopIdeas.com 09 Aug 11:57
- Beauchamp and more 07 Aug 12:52
- Dragon Skin: Slayed Again 05 Aug 21:29
- The .256" British: A Lost Opportunity 05 Aug 15:28
- Half-staff flags 03 Jul 11:59
- IN THE MAIL: eGear XT-130 LED Tactical Light 29 Jun 17:26
- Missile Defense Video 25 Jun 13:59
- Lee and Sherman unite 25 Jun 09:59
- Airpower really is useful. We should get some. 12 Jun 13:57
- D-Day: 06 June 1944 06 Jun 07:59
- US Embassy plans posted online 01 Jun 11:51
- 'I'll Remember' 31 May 23:31
- C-RAM 30 May 08:47
- Memorial Day 2007 28 May 13:48
- Iraqis going with 5.56 ARs 16 May 21:09
- We can't just hunker down 14 May 11:52
- Tough, thankless, and hot 11 May 16:12
- Three divisions to go, please 11 May 13:17
- Wheel of Misfortune 11 May 08:36
- Dix coverage 10 May 12:05
- You can't commute to this fight 10 May 10:02
- Dix 08 May 11:44
- MilBlog Conference AAR, pt. 1 07 May 23:28
- Headed back to MI 06 May 07:14
- This month's Order of Battle 02 May 12:54
- MilBlog Conference 02 May 08:39
- Vetobait bill passed 26 Apr 20:26
- Ex-commander of U.S. prison in Iraq detained 26 Apr 12:50
- 'Lagging behind reality' 26 Apr 12:20
- Two words: A Lot 26 Apr 08:59
- Plan Red 25 Apr 10:59
- 'I have always been partial to the Syria theory.' 24 Apr 20:41
- Keep on training 24 Apr 19:30
- IN THE MAIL: Chosen Soldier by Dick Couch 23 Apr 12:05
- Backing off from backing off? 19 Apr 13:59
- Sew Much Comfort - video 16 Apr 12:50
- Der War KommiCzar 13 Apr 13:06
- 'A failure by the international community' 12 Apr 12:29
- McCain at VMI 11 Apr 22:50
- Speaking of 'Snowing Like a Banshee' 11 Apr 14:59
- The Diyala Operations 11 Apr 12:31
- Allies against a common enemy? 11 Apr 11:48
- In the Mail: ON THE HUNT by Col. David Hunt 11 Apr 07:59
- Shooting at tanks for grins and giggles 10 Apr 12:21
- British military struggling to cope? 09 Apr 15:49
- Third of five 'surged' brigades entering the action 07 Apr 14:43
- On plan 07 Apr 14:15
- Without Merit 04 Apr 14:59
- Extended 04 Apr 07:59
- MOLLE Light by PentagonLight 03 Apr 21:58
- April Fools working for the TSA 03 Apr 12:19
- Families United Petition 03 Apr 10:59
- Unloading a Korean tank 03 Apr 07:59
- The speech Bush should give 02 Apr 08:59
- Searching Iraq the Model's Home 31 Mar 10:34
- But what do the troops know about the war? 28 Mar 22:13
- UPDATE: Unarmed vs. Unarmored 28 Mar 13:33
- What? Murdoc didn't make the finals? 28 Mar 12:14
- Unarmed is not unarmored 28 Mar 08:59
- Fair Weather Missile Defense 27 Mar 09:59
- Desertions 26 Mar 12:07
- No agenda at work here, folks. None at all. 26 Mar 09:59
- Journalists: Come to Iraq for the FREE FOOD 23 Mar 09:59
- The enemy hides his face 22 Mar 08:59
- No-time Toulouse 20 Mar 16:06
- MilBlog Conference General Registration 18 Mar 22:32
- Pre-Registration for the MilBlogger Conference 13 Mar 22:24
- New Blood 11 Mar 23:45
- The 'rush to war' once again 09 Mar 11:59
- Millbloggie Winners 07 Mar 21:56
- The 'Surge' - Early Returns 07 Mar 07:59
- 'You may all go to hell. And I will go to Texas.' 06 Mar 22:01
- SecDef Gates meeting an Eagle Scout 03 Mar 11:03
- 2-Star at Walter Reed relieved of command 02 Mar 08:54
- Mystery weapon - Not from the toy hostage 01 Mar 12:01
- America is at the mall again 26 Feb 11:59
- Iwo Jima 23 Feb 12:40
- It's a Long War 23 Feb 12:27
- America: At war or at the mall? 22 Feb 11:58
- Yet more on military death rates 22 Feb 10:42
- Noah is leaving Defense Tech 21 Feb 13:28
- Comparing the military death rates 21 Feb 12:55
- America is at the mall 21 Feb 12:01
- Well, they're 'contingency' plans... 20 Feb 12:58
- The Plan 19 Feb 22:10
- The 246 Spartans 19 Feb 13:14
- The 11-point plan? --UPDATED 19 Feb 12:38
- Troops need more than words 17 Feb 15:13
- The US Congress inaction 16 Feb 16:00
- 2006 Milbloggies 15 Feb 16:49
- Those tolerant Russians 14 Feb 11:48
- The mystery weapon 13 Feb 13:04
- Recruiting numbers for January 12 Feb 12:56
- MilBlog Conference Update 08 Feb 12:53
- Big Bucks 08 Feb 12:30
- Barkin' Arkin 02 Feb 21:17
- William Arkin is Bill Arkin 02 Feb 07:59
- Arkin Inflammatory 01 Feb 22:10
- Contractors in the line of fire 29 Jan 12:35
- 2007 MilBlog Conference 27 Jan 09:04
- The Plan - More good news 26 Jan 11:50
- I don't think we'd wait to shoot back 23 Jan 07:59
- What's up with the M32 grenade launcher? 22 Jan 22:21
- Unpatriotic defined 21 Jan 15:21
- Piczookery: Backwards Flags 19 Jan 11:59
- 2007 SHOT Show - Day 2 12 Jan 18:34
- 2007 SHOT SHOW - Day 1 12 Jan 11:59
- Piczookery - Fast-roping from a Seahawk 12 Jan 07:59
- Big development that you probably haven't heard 11 Jan 20:33
- Troop Surge 10 Jan 16:20
- Set your Tasers to 'stun' - 2007 SHOT Show edition 08 Jan 21:03
- Murdoc headed to the 2007 SHOT Show 06 Jan 17:35
- What part of "National Guard" don't you understand? 05 Jan 09:59
- This is why they don't issue ammunition to Zoomies 04 Jan 11:58
- Dumbest thing I've heard all year 02 Jan 13:59
- Older troops more susceptible to combat fatigue? 02 Jan 12:24
- REVIEW: "Gauntlet" by Barbara Masin 31 Dec 09:59
- GP-219 electromagnetic gauss pistol 28 Dec 07:59
- Military Draft System To Be Tested 27 Dec 12:58
- Merry Christmas to those in uniform 25 Dec 14:53
- Haditha Troops charged 22 Dec 12:54
- Motivational Military Posters 22 Dec 12:31
- Vroom! Vroom! BOOM! The Scooter of Doom 22 Dec 12:14
- Advertising on the Armed Forces Network 18 Dec 10:59
- Rummy at Al Asad Air Base 13 Dec 07:59
- REVIEW: Scholarships from Military Sources 12 Dec 21:27
- Taryn's Shades 09 Dec 08:59
- Hint: It ends in a '4' 08 Dec 07:56
- 'The War Tapes' on DVD 06 Dec 21:10
- Not Bringin' Da Pain Yet 06 Dec 12:22
- Frank Warner interviews an Army Captain in Iraq 06 Dec 12:03
- New MilSearch 04 Dec 20:43
- New Army ad campaign 03 Dec 20:55
- UPDATE: Atomic Nuked Veteran 03 Dec 11:08
- Westboro Jerks Chased Off -- But They Win 01 Dec 00:00
- Podcast: Juba the Baghdad Sniper Captured! 30 Nov 19:43
- Ripping off the military...and caught 30 Nov 13:49
- "Atomic Nuked Veteran" Plate 30 Nov 12:08
- Threads of Compassion 29 Nov 21:14
- UPDATE: Helmet Cams 29 Nov 12:14
- British Army Helmet Cams 28 Nov 21:09
- All this and World War, too 28 Nov 12:59
- Bill Roggio back to Iraq 27 Nov 13:58
- Deadlies at Defense Tech 22 Nov 12:48
- Patriotic Rock in Rural Iowa 22 Nov 12:04
- Jeff Jacoby on San Fransisco's elimination of JROTC 20 Nov 12:04
- DoD announces next units to be deployed 17 Nov 13:35
- 'The Ground Truth' 17 Nov 07:56
- THE GROUND TRUTH tonight in Grand Rapids 12 Nov 14:17
- Help! Barrett M468 vs. Barrett M648 12 Nov 00:04
- Less than $500 to go! 11 Nov 21:01
- Happy Birthday USMC! 10 Nov 12:08
- Veteran's Day (One Day Early) 10 Nov 08:53
- Tiger-striped Falcon 09 Nov 10:05
- Rummy resigning? 08 Nov 12:51
- Sick of VALOUR-IT yet? 02 Nov 09:23
- 10% of the way in 1 day! 31 Oct 14:20
- Cowboy talk from the POTUS 31 Oct 12:18
- This man was close to being our President 31 Oct 08:41
- Small Diameter Bomb Enters Service 20 Oct 20:39
- What Counts As a "Declaration of War"? 15 Oct 05:21
- SpouseBUZZ rocks! 22 Sep 13:27
- In the mail: DON'T TREAD ON ME by H.W. Crocker III 22 Sep 13:01
- In the mail: GAUNTLET by Barbara Masin 19 Sep 12:08
- This is not a photoshop 14 Sep 16:08
- Marrow donor for navy SEAL identified! 12 Sep 12:21
- UPDATE: Trophy 07 Sep 13:36
- THE WAR TAPES [Review] 07 Sep 07:51
- I came, I saw, I donated 06 Sep 13:48
- NATO takin' it to 'em 04 Sep 10:35
- Just watched THE WAR TAPES 31 Aug 23:10
- Taking over from the Screaming Eagles 31 Aug 21:23
- Death Rate in Iraq 27 Aug 10:56
- Murtha, Murtha, pants on fire 04 Aug 12:29
- Advanced Personal Protection 02 Aug 12:29
- Pictures from the front 29 Jul 10:24
- Missile Command with frickin' lasers 18 Jul 10:26
- Military pay lagging 13 Jul 07:52
- "Hanging Out With The Boys" video 12 Jul 12:43
- MORE: Boot Murtha Poster 11 Jul 12:18
- Leaders and mentors in a professional army 08 Jul 12:40
- Hit and Missile in the ol' DPRK 06 Jul 13:07
- Taepodong-2: The Donger down in flames 05 Jul 23:40
- The Trouble with Poodle-Shooters 26 Jun 19:37
- Oops...He Did It Again..... 26 Jun 06:27
- Has John Murtha (D-PA) completely lost it? 19 Jun 12:13
- Haditha blah blah blah 19 Jun 10:30
- "The children there needed shoes" 16 Jun 10:37
- ROUGHNECK NINE-ONE 14 Jun 20:07
- Active Duty troops info included in lost data 07 Jun 12:34
- Suing the Westboro loons 07 Jun 12:01
- 06/06/06 - D-Day Anniversary 06 Jun 12:37
- MilLinks 01 Jun 07:51
- U.S. Military Responds to Indonesia Earthquake 31 May 13:14
- Seen on the way to the Tigers game 31 May 07:51
- Do not attempt to rob Marines...Really 30 May 23:03
- May's MILITARY TRANSFORMATION UPLINK 26 May 00:05
- More on "Stop Enlisting, Start Resisting" 24 May 15:03
- "I'm not a Ranger but I play one on YouTube" 22 May 12:20
- More on the DARPA "Man Cannon" 18 May 12:59
- I'll believe it when I see it 16 May 12:20
- Well, okay, question it a little 11 May 12:49
- Get a load of the earplugs 10 May 12:01
- Border Patrol: Un-freaking-believable 09 May 13:07
- Media and the military 08 May 13:18
- Matthew Webber funeral 08 May 07:50
- "The Michigan Taliban" 04 May 18:21
- Train like you fight, pt. 23 02 May 11:18
- Ugh 30 Apr 22:55
- Uhh, go read this 28 Apr 12:06
- They already broke the big X-Band radar 27 Apr 12:53
- In the mail: THIS IS OUR WAR by Devin Friedman 27 Apr 12:24
- So others can sleep peaceably in their beds at night 27 Apr 10:57
- Military Transformation Uplink 26 Apr 07:40
- You know it's true 20 Apr 13:17
- MilBlog Conference 19 Apr 13:46
- Rules 14 Apr 14:39
- UPDATE: Urban Combat Skateboard 14 Apr 09:50
- Now that's what I'm talkin' about! 11 Apr 14:55
- Retina scanning Iraqi recruits 06 Apr 07:52
- Indiana Jones is a Marine?!? 05 Apr 21:33
- Uhh, that's been a bit obvious for a while now 04 Apr 10:59
- VirtuSphere Battle Ball 03 Apr 09:06
- Man, is it good to see ACE back in form! 31 Mar 12:47
- Murdoc's MilSearch 31 Mar 12:02
- Can a .50 BMG travel nearly 5 miles? 29 Mar 12:53
- WW2 Army Divisions Poster Ad 23 Mar 12:07
- Military Deaths (all causes) 1980-2004 22 Mar 13:04
- How do you say "Oh My God" in Russian? 18 Mar 23:24
- Murdoc wants one! 15 Mar 13:13
- Military Transformation Uplink 15 Mar 08:21
- Jeremy Staat joins up 13 Mar 17:13
- Got Rimfire? 09 Mar 12:15
- What?!? 08 Mar 08:45
- Military desertion rate drops drastically since 9/11 07 Mar 21:15
- Look who's here 06 Mar 08:52
- "They've seen it with their eyes" 02 Mar 08:41
- German/Spanish UCAV? 01 Mar 07:23
- Zogby Poll 28 Feb 22:20
- COMING SOON: Military Transformation Uplink 27 Feb 12:05
- New ACU tough on enemy forces, dry cleaners 21 Feb 13:14
- Philippine mudslide relief slideshow 20 Feb 21:20
- Al Asad sandstorm video? 18 Feb 12:43
- Marine. Sioux. American. 06 Feb 12:33
- They gave the Air Force rifles! 30 Jan 12:54
- The Officers' Club on DADT 27 Jan 11:01
- "This corner under NEW NON-COMMIE MANAGEMENT" 21 Jan 19:18
- Beat the Harsh Afghan WinterTM in style 18 Jan 12:55
- Dragon Skin body armor 18 Jan 12:33
- Vietnam-era flak vests did not weigh 25 pounds 12 Jan 19:59
- Iran 2006: Be afraid...Be very afraid 12 Jan 14:16
- Last-ditch defense 12 Jan 12:06
- Just like between North and South Korea! 11 Jan 19:34
- Malkin on the armor 11 Jan 12:53
- So could carpet bombing and free-fire zones 09 Jan 12:58
- Manic Monday Morning 09 Jan 08:24
- Some of America's finest 05 Jan 12:23
- Canadians to form Special Forces unit 05 Jan 08:55
- And the reasoning is? 03 Jan 19:44
- Even if true, it doesn't necessarily mean anything 03 Jan 12:40
- Merry Christmas! 24 Dec 16:42
- Bring da Pain 22 Dec 13:02
- The Danes to get more IFVs 22 Dec 09:34
- Defense Tech on the wiretap story 20 Dec 12:48
- Sweet 16th! 20 Dec 12:43
- Helmets to Hardhats 20 Dec 12:28
- Hey, go take a minute to say "thanks" 20 Dec 11:59
- GPS in the news 20 Dec 11:08
- Down south 19 Dec 11:12
- Still helping earthquake victims in Pakistan 13 Dec 15:04
- Recruiting still up, retention down a bit 13 Dec 13:04
- That's because we're using them on IEDs! 13 Dec 10:49
- Man, he ain't the only one... 12 Dec 10:35
- Submarine aircraft carriers 10 Dec 13:35
- Out along the edges, always where I burn to be 09 Dec 20:24
- Yes, you heard me 09 Dec 14:18
- Littoral Combat Ships 09 Dec 12:36
- LTG (R) William P. Yarborough 09 Dec 07:55
- Rummy will stay the course 08 Dec 21:23
- Officers vs. Froggys 08 Dec 19:35
- Mommie Pinkos 08 Dec 13:17
- More on ANGELS 08 Dec 12:43
- Stop the presses! 08 Dec 12:12
- M777 155mm howitzer 08 Dec 11:52
- MQ-8B Fire Scout moving ahead 08 Dec 09:28
- Global Hawks going to Guam 08 Dec 07:52
- More battlewagons 07 Dec 16:52
- Triple Seven Tanker? 07 Dec 09:23
- "This is not a drill!" 07 Dec 07:44
- Dare I even say the word "battleship"? 06 Dec 12:30
- UPDATE: New tanker/cargo planes 06 Dec 10:34
- Satellite sidekicks or satellite assassins? 06 Dec 07:52
- Even worse, they probably violated copyright restrictions and deprived some poor artist of their deserved royalties 03 Dec 21:43
- Navy's Chief of Operations fighting for more ships 03 Dec 09:17
- USS San Antonio sails today 03 Dec 08:51
- Getting $1.53 out of every dollar bill 02 Dec 12:49
- Victory defined 01 Dec 21:08
- Defending America from a hole in the ground 01 Dec 19:44
- F/A/R/C/E-22 Raptor...cleans windows too! 01 Dec 12:07
- American Forces Information Services feed now on MO 30 Nov 21:20
- UPDATE: The Rummy and Gen. Pace briefing 30 Nov 12:56
- Rummy nails it 29 Nov 21:46
- "It just -- it was an epiphany." -- SecDef Rumsfeld 29 Nov 20:24
- Great discussion over at Defense Tech 29 Nov 13:14
- Iraqi T-72s 28 Nov 23:25
- Shipbuilding overcapacity 28 Nov 23:01
- More on the border 28 Nov 13:05
- Let's be sure to think about this 27 Nov 14:11
- Marbles vs. Golf Balls 25 Nov 15:13
- Troop levels in Iraq once again 25 Nov 12:44
- Sending calling cards to Iraq 23 Nov 13:42
- How dare they pull political stunts like that?!? 22 Nov 19:40
- Cope India 2005 - US down in flames again? 21 Nov 12:24
- UPDATE: Strykers on watch 21 Nov 07:50
- What? I thought mothers knew best... 20 Nov 20:59
- Border Patrol revamps hiring 20 Nov 12:03
- The thermobaric SMAW-NE 18 Nov 13:17
- UPDATE: Naval missile defense system 18 Nov 11:59
- Another success for the naval missile defense system 17 Nov 21:40
- Argghhh, mateys! 16 Nov 23:10
- How are the Italian 767 tankers doing? 16 Nov 22:03
- Don't tread on me 16 Nov 13:04
- Willy Pete 16 Nov 12:12
- Fourth Rail headed to the Sandbox in one week 15 Nov 19:14
- Now this is military transformation 14 Nov 09:16
- Coming soon to a headline near you 14 Nov 08:58
- Veterans Day 11 Nov 12:04
- From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Tripoli 10 Nov 12:12
- UPDATE: Recruiting 08 Nov 21:41
- Just for the record 08 Nov 15:05
- UPDATE: USS San Antonio 08 Nov 13:37
- Cope India 2005 underway 08 Nov 13:26
- Strategic lift remains a concern? 08 Nov 12:33
- Recruiting 07 Nov 23:41
- Naval Expeditionary Combat Command 07 Nov 07:53
- Get yer OPs out 04 Nov 19:50
- Defense Tech is on fire 02 Nov 12:02
- UPDATE: Murdoc's Military Searches 01 Nov 22:39
- Murdoc's Military Searches on Rollyo 31 Oct 13:01
- Blogosphere boots on the ground 31 Oct 12:05
- Snark on the warpath 30 Oct 15:08
- Transparent aluminum armor 25 Oct 11:57
- Ready for the aftermath 24 Oct 13:21
- 5-14 CAV activated 24 Oct 12:35
- Raptors over Utah 24 Oct 11:57
- New shots at Timmeh! 22 Oct 10:54
- Osprey will not try for Search-and-Rescue role 21 Oct 12:31
- Last Titan IV 21 Oct 12:11
- Anti-recruiting ad in student newspaper 20 Oct 13:03
- "What would the world be like without Captain Hook?" 16 Oct 12:38
- Stages? We don' need no stinkin' STAGES! 15 Oct 14:04
- "Currahees" Screaming once again 14 Oct 16:13
- Foxy, but not exactly Soviet Maj. Anya Amasova 13 Oct 12:53
- By Hook or by
CrookProwler 12 Oct 12:03
- The B-52 - Not just for flattening things any more 11 Oct 12:19
- And how much did the study cost? 11 Oct 12:04
- Recruiting again 10 Oct 11:51
- Friday Linkzookery - 07 Oct 2005 07 Oct 15:42
- We don't have TIME to 'understand'! 06 Oct 12:56
- Things that go "BLOOP" 06 Oct 11:55
- Navy's missile defense tests successfully once again 04 Oct 13:09
- Predators on the Line 03 Oct 12:50
- More on the F-14's final bow 03 Oct 12:14
- Defense Tech on Excalibur 29 Sep 12:27
- Grand Rapids resident now US citizen 27 Sep 13:34
- LAW on DID 27 Sep 13:05
- Fun x 4 per joystick 27 Sep 12:46
- Laying down the LAW once again 26 Sep 12:01
- Getting Set 23 Sep 12:29
- Last MX missile retired 20 Sep 12:30
- Putting the "Am" in "Amtrac" - Marines on the bayou 18 Sep 17:04
- Joint ops over Cheops 18 Sep 10:41
- Ooops 06 Sep 14:00
- Life...500 gallons at a time 04 Sep 12:19
- Navy ships and Hurricane Katrina 03 Sep 20:33
- Gee, ya think? 01 Sep 14:29
- Just think what it would have done to a DD(X) 01 Sep 13:20
- "Hang on, I wanna try something!" 29 Aug 13:38
- Ellsworth stays 26 Aug 12:20
- Flip-flop? I think not 25 Aug 12:18
- OMG - Dilbert's company is building the XM8! 25 Aug 12:04
- Slaves? 24 Aug 07:59
- My, what a small radar signature you have, Granny 23 Aug 21:31
- Emphasis on the question mark, I guess 20 Aug 19:16
- Attention military parents! 19 Aug 19:31
- Earn extra cash! 19 Aug 12:27
- M60E4s not for SOCOM 18 Aug 19:29
- CROWS blog 18 Aug 13:04
- Looking for an ACH 18 Aug 12:50
- Very fitting 17 Aug 17:09
- What is this weapon? 17 Aug 12:02
- National Airborne Day 16 Aug 12:38
- Big drone post at Defense Tech 16 Aug 07:58
- Look ma, no wheels! 15 Aug 23:43
- Special Operations Command getting new MGs 15 Aug 12:13
- No batteries required 15 Aug 12:00
- Rick Rescorla on the History Channel 11 Aug 13:24
- Recruiting 11 Aug 13:04
- Working the black seam (remix) 11 Aug 12:02
- Headline of the day 11 Aug 08:47
- And now...Number One...The 'Larch' 10 Aug 12:29
- 2Slick gets some fan mail 09 Aug 12:52
- LPD-17 USS San Antonio delivered 08 Aug 12:39
- Now THAT'S an interesting question 04 Aug 13:18
- This is how Murdoc Cat blogs 04 Aug 12:01
- SEA FIGHTER 'oinks' its way into San Diego 02 Aug 21:52
- But don't use a mouse-killing rifle 28 Jul 08:41
- Buckethead on the Fire Scout 27 Jul 12:11
- Big thingy in the water 26 Jul 23:33
- Dear Soldiers 26 Jul 12:47
- Buffalo at work 26 Jul 12:38
- Marines and their sense of humor 25 Jul 20:11
- SEA FIGHTER Pics 25 Jul 12:07
- Marine AAV from above 25 Jul 12:01
- A murder of CROWS 25 Jul 07:47
- Hadn't heard about this 24 Jul 18:47
- Hunter UAVs to be deployed in Korea 19 Jul 13:22
- Naval unmanned whirlybird 14 Jul 22:09
- Battleships: Pro and Con 14 Jul 21:35
- SEA FIGHTER's creators 13 Jul 12:29
- Where do we find such women? 12 Jul 12:41
- New greener ACU in Iraq 12 Jul 08:54
- Recruiting looking better 11 Jul 19:58
- Good to see 11 Jul 13:21
- First new ship of the "brown water Navy" 11 Jul 12:29
- Amtrac convoy pic 11 Jul 12:08
- USS AMERICA's grave 11 Jul 07:56
- From: the Department of No Freaking Kidding 05 Jul 11:38
- Another TICONDEROGA retires 02 Jul 15:43
- Stormbirds storming again 30 Jun 11:50
- DD(X) and BB at Defense Tech 28 Jun 13:05
- UPDATE 2: Stealth Speedboat 27 Jun 13:38
- Future Combat at Defense Tech 27 Jun 09:46
- UPDATE: Stealth speedboat? 25 Jun 22:09
- Stealth speedboat? 24 Jun 16:30
- The CAB - not just for soldiers anymore 24 Jun 14:57
- We still need soldiers, and we'll need more of them 23 Jun 14:09
- Big gun of the future? 23 Jun 09:29
- DefRev on the latest Milkor grenade launcher 22 Jun 21:22
- A few more details on the Combat Action Badge 22 Jun 20:37
- Eurofighter and F-15 22 Jun 12:21
- RhinoRunner at Defense Tech 22 Jun 11:47
- Learn to fly WW2 planes in your spare time 19 Jun 22:56
- UPDATE: Found at the Camo Store 19 Jun 16:57
- Frag? 18 Jun 21:17
- Why, yes. Yes, I do. 18 Jun 15:41
- Blackfive's milblog roundup 16 Jun 21:31
- If he did it, fry him, shoot him, or hang him 16 Jun 21:04
- Don't forget BEST RANGER 16 Jun 12:01
- Best Ranger Competition on the Military Channel 15 Jun 12:45
- Not your father's B-52 14 Jun 23:07
- UPDATE: Is it me, or was ALIENS eerily prescient? 14 Jun 14:45
- Combat Action Badge unveiled 14 Jun 08:29
- Navy stuff 13 Jun 13:20
- Is it me, or was ALIENS eerily prescient? 13 Jun 12:49
- UPDATE: Air Wars 10 Jun 20:22
- Finally home from tsunami relief work 10 Jun 13:42
- Gotta wear shades 10 Jun 12:53
- A little of this, a little of that 09 Jun 12:01
- June 6, 1944 06 Jun 07:33
- No more battlewagons 05 Jun 14:31
- USS AMERICA sunk 31 May 07:58
- Memorial Day 2005 30 May 23:07
- New shoulder-fired bunker buster 28 May 21:23
- Somebody almost set us up the BAT BOMB 27 May 18:55
- This oughta be illegal 27 May 12:01
- I call "shotgun"! 23 May 12:12
- More military transformation 17 May 12:14
- UPDATE: He wants to be one of the few, the proud 13 May 19:47
- Found at the Camo Store 12 May 19:07
- He wants to be one of the few, the proud 12 May 18:48
- UPDATE: Multi-national 737-based MMA? 12 May 12:25
- Temporary bow being fitted to the USS SAN FRANCISCO 10 May 21:21
- UPDATE on the cell phone in school story 07 May 13:27
- About time 05 May 12:39
- Stunvee 04 May 12:45
- Stryking Back 03 May 12:39
- Another entry in the caliber debate? 01 May 21:26
- Rat Patrol 25 Apr 14:54
- Guard vet drafted in 5th round by the Redskins 25 Apr 09:35
- ACLU Double Feature 21 Apr 21:15
- Senators move to keep 12 carriers 21 Apr 17:06
- Coming and Going 20 Apr 16:57
- Real-world training 20 Apr 12:23
- 230 Years Ago Today 19 Apr 21:50
- "No news" isn't always "good news" 18 Apr 08:23
- Robots? Or remote control? 17 Apr 13:03
- Combat patches and such 16 Apr 17:03
- Very Sad 16 Apr 16:17
- Whatever it takes 16 Apr 15:32
- Checking out a Known Unknown 14 Apr 12:26
- Fake Blogging - April 13, 2005 13 Apr 12:59
- UPDATE: Campaign medals, then 11 Apr 23:01
- Are they nuts? 11 Apr 12:23
- UPDATE: CROWS 11 Apr 11:56
- CROWS 08 Apr 19:56
- More video game training for US troops 08 Apr 13:06
- 70 ÷ 70 = 50% 04 Apr 12:59
- National Missile Defense is priceless...in the sense that no one knows what the price will be 04 Apr 12:27
- FOB Goblins on patrol 04 Apr 12:04
- Back...and to the right 04 Apr 11:54
- Stryker Initial Impression Report 01 Apr 00:10
- Styker Report 31 Mar 13:01
- UPDATE: The M1 Streetbrawler 31 Mar 12:20
- Carriers in the Pacific 30 Mar 19:19
- Whoops! How'd that leak out? 30 Mar 12:52
- Tell me this isn't a cool picture 30 Mar 11:55
- Donald Sensing's son, USMC 29 Mar 12:53
- DefenseTech all over it these days 29 Mar 12:22
- Ike out of the yard 29 Mar 11:58
- Homeland Insecurity, part of an ongoing series 28 Mar 13:39
- Some awards for USS SAN FRANCISCO crew members 28 Mar 08:37
- Homeland Insecurity, Part x+1 27 Mar 11:53
- UPDATE: Why aren't people all over 'W' for this? 25 Mar 17:01
- Army's Swift Boat 24 Mar 14:18
- Attack Subs 24 Mar 13:33
- Missile Defense 23 Mar 21:18
- USS SAN FRANCISCO crewmen punished 23 Mar 13:22
- Ghost Carriers? 22 Mar 08:48
- Huge boost in Predator fleet coming 21 Mar 12:38
- Here's a couple of FrontLine Photos 18 Mar 13:10
- The "No Right Answer" Game 18 Mar 12:40
- Don't know what, if anything, it means 14 Mar 13:01
- This just in 14 Mar 08:22
- More rants on the 5.56 debate 12 Mar 23:44
- You really ought to read this 11 Mar 12:29
- SAW & LMG 10 Mar 17:19
- XM8 will have to compete 09 Mar 22:28
- Deep sixing CV-66 09 Mar 12:31
- Still being looked at 07 Mar 12:29
- New Navy Unis 06 Mar 12:08
- Two security issues I think we're blowing it on 03 Mar 22:23
- Honest Abe returns to Pearl 01 Mar 08:49
- Rangers lead the way in an 8-wheeled armored car 25 Feb 12:24
- First KC-767 tanker 24 Feb 21:15
- 767 Tankers 20 Feb 14:53
- Don't pick on Jimmy 16 Feb 22:24
- REAL Transformation 16 Feb 12:39
- No valid reason 15 Feb 13:47
- Fly the robotic skies 15 Feb 13:36
- 22nd verse, same as the first 14 Feb 13:37
- UPDATE: New Cammies hitting the field 13 Feb 11:43
- New Cammies hitting the field 11 Feb 12:52
- "I don't have one bit of concern" 10 Feb 23:01
- The Littoral Combat Ship Prototype 09 Feb 11:58
- UPDATE: Why is this acceptable? 08 Feb 14:47
- UPDATE: Huh? 07 Feb 00:01
- Why is this acceptable? 06 Feb 23:33
- Forgot to mention this 04 Feb 13:40
- Hour of fun for the morbid 04 Feb 13:00
- Bring in the 'Hogs 03 Feb 14:42
- Train like you fight, fight like you train 03 Feb 14:24
- Sound Collision Alarm 28 Jan 12:18
- The danger of helicopters 27 Jan 12:45
- Nice 26 Jan 21:01
- Blackfive talks to soldiers 25 Jan 12:43
- "This 'violates the fly-before-buy concept'" 21 Jan 20:16
- More Stryker Stuff 20 Jan 20:46
- Stryker stuff 20 Jan 13:40
- It's not often that I disagree with Donald Sensing 20 Jan 12:40
- The US military and tsunami aid 16 Jan 13:50
- A few Friday quickies 14 Jan 14:13
- No more "prairie-dogging it" for Stryker commanders 11 Jan 20:38
- M113s. Good. 04 Jan 01:28
- 2004 -- Going, going, gone 31 Dec 16:08
- Just like the Minutemen, right? 22 Dec 13:30
- Post title of the week 16 Dec 12:36
- From the horse's mouth 15 Dec 08:31
- Hook is closing up shop 14 Dec 21:46
- ACE points out the AGS once again 11 Dec 11:46
- UPDATE: Rummy grilled 10 Dec 12:48
- 63 years later 07 Dec 08:46
- UPDATE: Marines can find irony in anything 06 Dec 23:34
- Graveyard of the Elephants 03 Dec 21:26
- More on the Talon Robot 03 Dec 20:02
- Here's red in your eye! 29 Nov 12:38
- B-737 MMA 29 Nov 12:28
- Okay, I'll stop wishing for new B-25s 23 Nov 12:43
- Doctor! My brain hurts! 22 Nov 23:21
- Don't ask -- Just go look 22 Nov 12:33
- Congress won't okay European tankers? 18 Nov 20:24
- Upgrades for the C-5 18 Nov 13:12
- COMBATT 17 Nov 13:20
- SCAR for SOC 17 Nov 13:07
- I'm telling you 16 Nov 14:01
- All the better to hurt you with, my dear 16 Nov 12:15
- This isn't necessarily bad, you know... 14 Nov 01:03
- So Busted 12 Nov 13:54
- Veterans Day 2004 11 Nov 12:05
- Fallujah 2 09 Nov 12:57
- A naval plan Andy Rooney would love 27 Oct 13:11
- Tankers SOL for CIB 26 Oct 12:53
- Just. Plain. Wrong. 26 Oct 00:01
- Glad they cleared that up 21 Oct 12:34
- I was kinda wondering about the Phoenix 15 Oct 12:38
- Ghost Soldiers 14 Oct 12:15
- UPDATE: Tanked 09 Oct 23:49
- Tanked 08 Oct 22:17
- Contracting out aggressor work 08 Oct 13:35
- On the way! - Personally 08 Oct 12:32
- AV-8B Harrier Retired 05 Oct 22:39
- Rathergate distracted me... 15 Sep 08:11
- Not quite sure about this one 09 Sep 12:45
- Iran, Rockets, and "What could possibly go wrong?" 08 Sep 13:21
- Israelis to test Strykers 08 Sep 12:57
- Electric BUFF 06 Sep 10:27
- Advanced Combat Helmet 26 Aug 12:53
- Paint It Black (Extended Dance Remix) 25 Aug 12:35
- A little help here, please 24 Aug 12:10
- Dayhawk Flying Missions 23 Aug 12:33
- That's gotta' come down like a load of bricks 19 Aug 20:38
- DefenseTech on National Missile Defense 19 Aug 12:20
- An alternative to DU? 17 Aug 23:16
- Various Little Things 17 Aug 13:23
- Serious firepower 12 Aug 18:04
- But is it Atkins-friendly? 05 Aug 12:08
- Should we just ignore that old info? 03 Aug 12:50