Steve Schippert of Threatswatch, Matt of Blackfive, John of Op-For, and Ace (of Spades) and I have been chatting in email regarding the fallout of Secretary Shinseki's testimony before Congress that ignited the shite-storm that is spreading around.  Steve made a nice "wrap-it-all-up" ...

The Internet is a powerful tool.  And with free translation tools, such as Babelfish, you can surf stuff written in foreign languages and still gather good info that will enhance and improve your life, all without having to stick an icky fish in your ear.  Those who know, know. B...

Big Tobacco has a good post on military bling.  He sent me a note: John, I wrote that post about combat patches. You don't need to post a link to it. It's not that good, but I'm letting you know about it because I said I would. [BT always sends me a note telling me how crappy his work is...&nbs...

Admittedly, I put it up Saturday, traditionally the lowest-traffic day of the week around here, but the Victory In Iraq (maybe) post didn't generate much heat or light.  Kat pretty much just threw up her hands in frustration with my inability to get with the program, and Argent chimed in to say...

What you gonna do when they don't come for you?   Maybe Obama should tell his close associates and wannabe vice presidents to "shut up?"  Because, apparently, after years of talking about the horrorific war in Iraq, watching suicide bombers kill thousands, beheading videos courte...

Here's the latest from Joe Honan, the Castle's Sailor-in-the-Desert... who's becoming a jackleg agribusiness consultant. Now everyone knows that I don’t know much about agribusiness and rural economic development. Being a kid on a farm doesn’t really expose you to more than the fine...

Joe Honan reports in from Embedded Reconstruction Team Ramadi. This is not your Uncle's DoD, as Joe is a surface sailor from JFCOM who's working with the Marines as an agriculture facilitator. It's too bad the Navy doesn't get it about sailors like Joe . Mind you, it's taken the Army long enough to ...

Kat makes her points in a post down below (and has drawn in Cliff, too. Heh). I talked with a lawyer friend of mine - "Yeah. I'm still somewhat bemused. They're essentially saying that all those POW's we gathered up in WWII should have been treated the same way. Unless I'm missing something." This w...

“Because we were in the Army before -- during the war.� When most of the Iraqi RW pilots talk about “the war,� they’re referring to the Iran-Iraq dustup -- they call OIF “the fight.� Most of them do, anyway… “So, they call us Saddam’s Soldiers. Feh. We did not fight for Saddam. A...

[Kat - Part II of a two part rebuttal to the rebuttal] Having opened the door to a Cold War comparison with "Who Dies First?" and the follow up on Rational State v. Mad Mullahs , it is only fair to respond to Ry's rebuttal: Talking to the Dead . Ry goes on considerably about he cost calculation and,...