Military Roundtable

Posted at 3:07am on Jun. 23, 2008 Young lady with a baby television spot

By steven215

I just watched an attractive young woman with a young child on her lap tell Mr. McCain that he couldn't have the child for his hundred years in Iraq.
The only thing that struck me about the spot was why wasn't somebody aware that our country has a volunteer military and if the little boy is going to become a military man he has to ask permision, be approved, tested and then trained.
One would think that his mother might have considered that before the spot ran.

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Posted at 3:07am on Jun. 23, 2008 Young lady with a baby television spot

By steven215

I just watched an attractive young woman with a young child on her lap tell Mr. McCain that he couldn't have the child for his hundred years in Iraq.
The only thing that struck me about the spot was why wasn't somebody aware that our country has a volunteer military and if the little boy is going to become a military man he has to ask permision, be approved, tested and then trained.
One would think that his mother might have considered that before the spot ran.

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Posted at 1:29pm on Jun. 11, 2008 [Breathalyzer?]

By winsunsh


[We have a lot of these, folks. And I have no objections at all to replacing hit diaries with them. So why bother? - Moe Lane]

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Posted at 11:29am on May 25, 2008 Memorial Day

By patriotroom

Remembering our fallen heroes.

The 173rd Airborne in Viet Nam

On the 8th of November the angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965, the 8th of November


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Posted at 5:49pm on May 23, 2008 True Heroes

By corbenrice

I don’t have much to say. I just want to share this with you.

I am grateful for a country that honors true heroes.

May God Bless him and his Family.

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Posted at 7:14pm on May 20, 2008 Hand that man a beer

By John Wayne

Why can't our young military members age 18 to less than 21 not enjoy a drink legally (in most circumstances)? I know there are more important things to worry about, but this is one thing that has bothered me for a long time. I served in the Air Force from 1978 to 1988 (enlisted at age 17). When I first went in, this was not an issue. The drinking age in most states was mostly 18, and I never had trouble getting a beer on base even when I was 17. In the mid '80s, someone started listening a bit to closely to MADD. In 1985, Federal law (United States Code, Title 10, Section 2683) and DOD Instruction 10.15.10 set forth very arbitrary and somewhat confusing rules concerning the legal drinking age of military members.

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Posted at 4:14am on May 17, 2008 The word "Jihadist"

By Oscar98

I've noted before that I'm not a fan of calling terrorists "Jihadists." This article from the AP is about 3 weeks old, but indicates that the Bush Admin (finally) agrees with many info ops practitioners such as the US Army Special Forces.

Don't call them jihadists any more.

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Posted at 9:06pm on Apr. 30, 2008 A McCain War Story

By patriotroom

It is stuff like this that Obama and Hillary can't buy with all the campaign cash in the world. By the way, don't know if you heard, John F. Kerry served in Vietnam too.

[Ret. Col. Bud] Day relayed to me one of the stories Americans should hear. It involves what happened to him after escaping from a North Vietnamese prison during the war. When he was recaptured, a Vietnamese captor broke his arm and said, "I told you I would make you a cripple."

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Posted at 8:37pm on Apr. 30, 2008 The Invisible F-22 Raptor Will Kill 'Em All

By patriotroom

From Peace and Freedom '08, gently edited.

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Posted at 9:10am on Apr. 28, 2008 Wounded Soldier Ride

By TXPoet

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Have you even heard of the “Wounded Warrior Project”? The history of the Soldier’s Ride starts in 2004 and is on their website. One event this year was a three-day bicycle race from the “White House to the Lighthouse” at Annapolis Maryland via Walter Reed Army Hospital and Baltimore MD.

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Posted at 4:13pm on Apr. 24, 2008 Petraeus and Odierno

By Ed54

By now everyone knows that GEN Petraeus (aka P4) has been selected to lead Central Command. There's no shortage of reportage on P4's potential impact at CENTCOM, so I won't belabor that topic much. I will say that many CENTCOM staffers feel the command has stagnated under Fallon's autocratic style, so any intellectual rejuvenation that occurs under P4 will be a good thing.

The lesser reported aspect of this move, but potentially the more significant one, is the nomination of LTG Ray Odierno to command MNC(I) in Iraq. This is great news for anyone who wants to see the US successful in Iraq.

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Posted at 9:41pm on Apr. 23, 2008 The Cost of Freedom

By TXPoet

While reading the news and catching up on the latest condemnations of the USA by our supposed leaders I ran across an article that transported me back to my time of Military Service.

Here is the article from the Military Times. SSG Tabb was promoted posthumously to SFC (E-7). This hero volunteered to go to the Middle East. This was his fourth deployment.

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Posted at 9:32pm on Apr. 23, 2008 LA Times Disses Disabled Veterans

By TXPoet

The LA Times in a story by Staff Writer Ralph Vartabedian questions John McCain's ability to serve as President and Commander in Chief based on the fact he draws a disability pension from the Navy for injuries he received as a 5 year POW during Vietnam.

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Posted at 8:54am on Apr. 14, 2008 This Big Dog Will Hunt

By patriotroom

Maybe this is old news, but Boston Dynamics has a new toy for the military.

Check out Big Dog.


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Posted at 11:44am on Apr. 10, 2008 McCain needs to get behind new GI Bill

By Brandozilla

John McCain must get behind Jim Webb's and Chuck Hagel's new GI Bill, both for political reasons and more importantly because it is the right thing to do.

The bill, put forth as the first step in making "A 21st Century GI Bill," would give veterans who qualified tuition for a full four years of college, as well as a stipend for books and living expenses. Currently, veterans are covered by the Montgomery GI bill, which requires that troops pay $100 a month during their service, which then qualifies them for around $800 per month for college tuition. As Webb and Hagel pointed out in an op-ed last year, that barely covers courses and books at many community colleges, let alone a state school or private university.

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