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(CNN) The Pentagon took a major step toward upgrading its aging bomber fleet
Tuesday, awarding the long-awaited contract to build the new Long Range
Strike Bomber to Northrop Grumman.
Calling
the Long Range Strike Bomber the "back bone" of the Air Force's future
strike and deterrence capabilities, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said
the new aircraft allows the U.S. to "project power across the globe now
and into the future."
the Long Range Strike Bomber the "back bone" of the Air Force's future
strike and deterrence capabilities, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said
the new aircraft allows the U.S. to "project power across the globe now
and into the future."
"The
age of our bomber fleet requires new thinking and new capabilities,"
Carter said. "Building this bomber is a strategic investment for the
next 50 years."
age of our bomber fleet requires new thinking and new capabilities,"
Carter said. "Building this bomber is a strategic investment for the
next 50 years."
Officials have been
tight-lipped as to the specific capability expectations for the LRS-B,
but indications are that it will be stealth, able to carry conventional
and nuclear weapons and could possibly operate both with and without a
pilot.
tight-lipped as to the specific capability expectations for the LRS-B,
but indications are that it will be stealth, able to carry conventional
and nuclear weapons and could possibly operate both with and without a
pilot.
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee
James said the new long-range bomber will have the ability to launch
from the U.S. and strike any target around the globe to counter
advancements in air defense systems by rival nations and emerging
threats posed by potential adversaries.
James said the new long-range bomber will have the ability to launch
from the U.S. and strike any target around the globe to counter
advancements in air defense systems by rival nations and emerging
threats posed by potential adversaries.
Northrop
Grumman, the developer of the Air Force's current bomber, the B-2, beat
out a partnership between aeronautic juggernauts Boeing and Lockheed
Martin for the right to build the next generation of long-range
aircraft.
Grumman, the developer of the Air Force's current bomber, the B-2, beat
out a partnership between aeronautic juggernauts Boeing and Lockheed
Martin for the right to build the next generation of long-range
aircraft.
"The Air Force has made the
right decision for our nation's security," said Wes Bush, chairman, CEO
and president of Northrop Grumman, in a statement. "As the company that
developed and delivered the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, we look forward
to providing the Air Force with a highly-capable and affordable
next-generation Long-Range Strike Bomber."
right decision for our nation's security," said Wes Bush, chairman, CEO
and president of Northrop Grumman, in a statement. "As the company that
developed and delivered the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, we look forward
to providing the Air Force with a highly-capable and affordable
next-generation Long-Range Strike Bomber."
Along with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the KC-46 tanker, the LRS-B is one of the Air Force's top modernization priorities.
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"We
face a complex security environment," Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee
James said during the Pentagon briefing announcing the contract Tuesday.
"It's imperative our Air Force invests in the right people, technology,
capability and training to defend the nation and its interests -- at an
affordable cost."
face a complex security environment," Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee
James said during the Pentagon briefing announcing the contract Tuesday.
"It's imperative our Air Force invests in the right people, technology,
capability and training to defend the nation and its interests -- at an
affordable cost."
The Pentagon says
the LRS-B contract is divided into two parts in an effort to ensure
contractors stay on schedule and within the boundaries of designated
cost estimates.
the LRS-B contract is divided into two parts in an effort to ensure
contractors stay on schedule and within the boundaries of designated
cost estimates.
The first part of the
contract covers the engineering and manufacturing development phase of
the aircraft and includes incentives to minimize the contractor's profit
if it does not control costs and stay on schedule.
contract covers the engineering and manufacturing development phase of
the aircraft and includes incentives to minimize the contractor's profit
if it does not control costs and stay on schedule.
Engineering and development costs are estimated at $21.4 billion (in 2010 dollars) over the entire life of the program.
The second part of the contract covers the costs that go into building each of 100 aircraft projected as part of the program.
According
to the estimates outlined in the contract, each long-range bomber will
cost $511 million (in 2010 dollars), meeting the $550 million threshold
set by the Pentagon.
to the estimates outlined in the contract, each long-range bomber will
cost $511 million (in 2010 dollars), meeting the $550 million threshold
set by the Pentagon.
Based on current
independent estimates, the Air Force projects the cost of the program to
be approximately a third of the previous B-2 stealth aircraft.
independent estimates, the Air Force projects the cost of the program to
be approximately a third of the previous B-2 stealth aircraft.
More
recent programs to upgrade stealth air capabilities, including the F-35
Joint Strike Fighter, have been plagued by schedule delays, technology
glitches and cost overruns.
recent programs to upgrade stealth air capabilities, including the F-35
Joint Strike Fighter, have been plagued by schedule delays, technology
glitches and cost overruns.
"We have
committed to the American people to provide security in the skies,
balanced by our responsibility to affordably use taxpayer dollars in
doing so," said Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force chief of staff.
committed to the American people to provide security in the skies,
balanced by our responsibility to affordably use taxpayer dollars in
doing so," said Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force chief of staff.
"This program delivers both while ensuring we are poised to face emerging threats in an uncertain future," he said.
Chinese warships spotted off Alaska coast reportedly passed through US waters Published September 04, 2015FoxNews.com Facebook Twitter1493 livefyre0 Email Print Now Playing Chinese warships come within 12 nautical miles of US coast Never autoplay videos Five Chinese warships that were operating off the Alaska coast earlier this week reportedly entered U.S. territorial waters and came within 12 nautical miles of the coast, Pentagon officials told the Wall Street Journal early Friday. China’s Defense Ministry also confirmed to the paper that its naval ships had sailed to the Bering Sea for training after a joint military exercise with Russia in late August. Officials in Beijing insisted that the activity was routine and not aimed at any particular country. Navy Commander Bill Urban, a Pentagon spokesman, confirmed to Fox News Wednesday that three surface warfare ships, one amphibious assault ship and one supply vessel from the People's Liberation Army Navy had been sighted in the Bering Sea. It was the first time that Chinese ships had been seen in the body of water separating Alaska and Russia. The Chinese ships' appearance coincided with President Obama's trip to Alaska, during which he largely focused on climate change, but also pressed Congress to approve the building of more icebreakers to counter claims to the Arctic made by Russia. Pentagon officials told the Journal that the ships complied with international law, saying the Chinese actions were in accordance with the principal of "innocent passage." A Pentagon spokesman defined that principle by saying the ships "“transited expeditiously and continuously through the Aleutian Island chain in a manner consistent with international law." White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday that the Defense Department "positively identified a number of Chinese naval vessels in that region, but based on their analysis, they have not detected any sort of threat or threatening activities." More on this... Defense official: 5 Chinese navy ships in Bering Sea China, Russia demonstrate military prowess for US military A look at China's extravagant military parade China has become more active in asserting its territorial claims, including reclaiming land to build new islands at a number of disputed Spratly reefs in the South China Sea. Several of China's neighbors also claim the reefs — including U.S. ally the Philippines — which lie in one of the world's busiest shipping routes and are rich in fish and potential gas and oil reserves. The U.S. has a policy of not taking sides in the territorial disputes, but it has declared it has a national interest in ensuring freedom of navigation and overflights. On Thursday, the U.S. Navy installed Rear Adm. Frederick Roegge to command its submarine force in the Pacific. The ceremony's guest speaker, Adm. Cecil Haney, a former submarine commander himself and currently the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, said significant disagreements and disputes challenge peace and stability in the Pacific. "For example, we see China's efforts to assert regional dominance in the East and South China Seas while at the same time they're operating a new ballistic missile submarine force, modernizing its mobile and fixed intercontinental ballistic missiles and conducting persistent cyber activities and counter space demonstrations," Haney said. The submarine force, which often called the "silent service," plays an important role in keeping track of China's increased activity, primarily through intelligence gathering. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Click for more from The Wall Street Journal.
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Air Force Announces First Ever Female F-35 Fighter Jet Pilot, Lt. Col. Christine Mau
“It wasn’t until I was taxiing to the runway that it really struck me that I was on my own in the jet,” the former F-15E Strike Eagle pilot said, per a news release. “I had a chase aircraft, but there was no weapons system officer or instructor pilot sitting behind me, and no one in my ear like in simulators.”
Mau is the 88th F-35 pilot who has trained at Eglin in the last four years, the Air Force says. The F-35 program includes the Navy, Marine Corps and allied forces.
“This is simply a phenomenal flying machine,” a British test pilot told the news outlet in 2013 after taking the jet for a spin.
As The Hill points out, women have flown in combat since the 1990s, but the Air Force said Mau is the “first woman in the Air Force’s premier fighter.”
Mau is no stranger to making history. In 2011, she was part of the first all-female combat sortie while deployed to Afghanistan.
“Flying is a great equalizer,” said Mau, per the release. “The plane doesn’t know or care about your gender as a pilot, nor do the ground troops who need your support. You just have to perform. That’s all anyone cares about when you’re up there — that you can do your job, and that you do it exceptionally well.”
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Eglin Air Force Base.
BREAKING: Marine Fired for Refusing to Remove Bible Verse
Sterling, was convicted in a court-martial at Camp Lejune, North Carolina after she refused to obey orders from a staff sergeant to remove the Bible verses from her desk.
As it now stands – Sterling is unemployed and looking for work. It’s a process made harder because of the bad conduct discharge from the military. Hopefully Liberty Institute will be able to restore this Christian Marine’s good name and expunge the charge.
“If the government can order a Marine not to display a Bible verse, they could try and order her not to get a religious tattoo, or go to church on Sunday,” said Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry. “Restricting a Marine’s free exercise of religion is blatantly unconstitutional.”
I cannot believe this is happening in AMERICA!
Report Says Troops Who Report Sexual Assault Face Retaliation
The Arkansas hotel room smelled of smoke, and the television news showed footage of troops on patrol in Iraq.
Lt. Col. Teresa James recalls that she focused on the screen's images, rather than on the senior officer who was raping her.
James, a member of the West Virginia National Guard, kept the attack a secret for six years. She was worried she would not be believed, and if she came forward, her career would be derailed.
But when she feared a junior officer might be the man's next victim, James decided it was time to do something.
"I've paid for it ever since," she said.
After she reported the assault, she says, she began to face questions about her suitability as a leader and distrust from her colleagues. Her once-promising career stalled.
James' experience is not an isolated case. In a detailed report to be released Monday, Human Rights Watch says retaliation against military service members who report sexual assaults has contributed to a culture of fear and silence.
The organization's findings, based on interviews with hundreds of service members, provide an unprecedented look at a problem that the Pentagon acknowledges has resisted its efforts at reform, and show the challenge that commanders face in their goal of eliminating sexual assault in the military.
A Defense Department spokeswoman said officials are reviewing Human Rights Watch's findings and have been considering changes to policies to protect victims from retaliation. Spokeswoman Laura Seal said commanders are monitoring cases at monthly meetings for signs of retaliation.
"The department acknowledges that victims coming forward to make reports of sexual assault are crucial to our progress in the fight against sexual assault in the military and we are committed to ensuring that victims are treated fairly," she wrote in an email.
Don Christensen, the former chief prosecutor of the Air Force who now heads the anti-sexual assault group Protect Our Defenders, said many people who report being attacked find "the retaliation was worse than what the crime was."
If the military doesn't solve the problems of retaliation and sexual assault simultaneously, he said, "people will quit coming forward."
The Baltimore Sun does not ordinarily publish the names of victims of sexual assault. James has chosen to speak out.
She says her case was investigated, and a special National Guard office substantiated her allegations, but no charges were brought against the colonel who she says attacked her.
After reporting the assault, James says, she was reassigned, passed over for promotion and had a decoration withheld.
The West Virginia National Guard did not respond to a request for comment on the case. Messages left for the man James says assaulted her were not returned.
James says a part of her regrets reporting the assault. Another part thinks that's selfish.
Commanders say eliminating sexual assault is a high priority. The Pentagon recently reported that the number of service members who were assaulted had declined in 2014, while the number reporting assaults had climbed.
But retaliation remained pervasive, the Pentagon reported, with 62 percent of female victims saying they suffered consequences after filing a report. That figure has not budged over time.
"We're not making enough progress on countering retaliation," Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said when the figures were released. "Too many service members, the data shows, feel that when they report or try to stop these crimes, they're being ostracized or retaliated against."
Former Air Force Capt. Maribel Jarzabek a lawyer who represented victims of sexual assault, said she had to walk her clients through the possible consequences of filing a report. She carefully vetted their behavior and experiences for any actions for which they might themselves be punished as retaliation for reporting.
"A lot of them had to make decisions," she said. "Some of them regretted reporting because of how they were treated."
Jarzabek became a critic of the response to sexual assault and left the military last year.
Human Rights Watch lays out a detailed picture of what that backlash against victims looks like. Service members reported facing alienation from other members of their units, poor performance evaluations and formal disciplinary proceedings.
In many cases, victims were also violating military rules when they were assaulted, so reporting the crime exposed them to criminal charges themselves.
"The threat of prosecution for collateral charges, even if the charges are not pursued, can be enough to convince victims not to report or to leave the service, and gives perpetrators cover for their crimes," the report's authors wrote.
They recommend that the department provide victims with immunity from minor offenses that are revealed in the course of reporting a sexual assault.
Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel, said even seemingly minor retaliation -- colleagues refusing to sit with a victim at lunch, for example -- can be serious for troops stationed overseas or at isolated bases, and who in some cases have to trust their comrades with their lives.
"For the DOD to downplay the social retaliation is ... very offensive," he said. "To be excluded from your coworkers because you reported a sexual assault is huge."
While there are legal avenues open to service members to take action against people who retaliate against them, Human Rights Watch's researchers concluded they were mostly ineffective.
The Defense Department's inspector general is empowered to launch investigations into retaliation. But the office rarely does so, the researchers said, and has not substantiated a single claim in recent years.
James says a complaint she filed with the inspector general two years ago is still open. The office declined to comment on her case.
A law designed to protect military whistleblowers is so weak that it is essentially useless, the researchers say. Victims are required to demonstrate that they were retaliated against -- a significant departure from civilian whistleblower cases, in which the burden of proof is mostly shifted to the accused.
The authors recommend changing that law and giving new powers to the inspector general.
James is now a few weeks away from retiring. With counseling, she says, she's managed to come to terms with her experience, and feels there's nothing more her comrades in the National Guard can do to hurt her.
"I am in such a better place today than I was two years ago, but it's not about me," she said. "If there's something that I can do, that I can say that will help change this process, that it will help one person to get through something like this, that's what it's about for me today."
Lt. Col. Teresa James recalls that she focused on the screen's images, rather than on the senior officer who was raping her.
James, a member of the West Virginia National Guard, kept the attack a secret for six years. She was worried she would not be believed, and if she came forward, her career would be derailed.
But when she feared a junior officer might be the man's next victim, James decided it was time to do something.
"I've paid for it ever since," she said.
After she reported the assault, she says, she began to face questions about her suitability as a leader and distrust from her colleagues. Her once-promising career stalled.
James' experience is not an isolated case. In a detailed report to be released Monday, Human Rights Watch says retaliation against military service members who report sexual assaults has contributed to a culture of fear and silence.
The organization's findings, based on interviews with hundreds of service members, provide an unprecedented look at a problem that the Pentagon acknowledges has resisted its efforts at reform, and show the challenge that commanders face in their goal of eliminating sexual assault in the military.
A Defense Department spokeswoman said officials are reviewing Human Rights Watch's findings and have been considering changes to policies to protect victims from retaliation. Spokeswoman Laura Seal said commanders are monitoring cases at monthly meetings for signs of retaliation.
"The department acknowledges that victims coming forward to make reports of sexual assault are crucial to our progress in the fight against sexual assault in the military and we are committed to ensuring that victims are treated fairly," she wrote in an email.
Don Christensen, the former chief prosecutor of the Air Force who now heads the anti-sexual assault group Protect Our Defenders, said many people who report being attacked find "the retaliation was worse than what the crime was."
If the military doesn't solve the problems of retaliation and sexual assault simultaneously, he said, "people will quit coming forward."
The Baltimore Sun does not ordinarily publish the names of victims of sexual assault. James has chosen to speak out.
She says her case was investigated, and a special National Guard office substantiated her allegations, but no charges were brought against the colonel who she says attacked her.
After reporting the assault, James says, she was reassigned, passed over for promotion and had a decoration withheld.
The West Virginia National Guard did not respond to a request for comment on the case. Messages left for the man James says assaulted her were not returned.
James says a part of her regrets reporting the assault. Another part thinks that's selfish.
Commanders say eliminating sexual assault is a high priority. The Pentagon recently reported that the number of service members who were assaulted had declined in 2014, while the number reporting assaults had climbed.
But retaliation remained pervasive, the Pentagon reported, with 62 percent of female victims saying they suffered consequences after filing a report. That figure has not budged over time.
"We're not making enough progress on countering retaliation," Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said when the figures were released. "Too many service members, the data shows, feel that when they report or try to stop these crimes, they're being ostracized or retaliated against."
Former Air Force Capt. Maribel Jarzabek a lawyer who represented victims of sexual assault, said she had to walk her clients through the possible consequences of filing a report. She carefully vetted their behavior and experiences for any actions for which they might themselves be punished as retaliation for reporting.
"A lot of them had to make decisions," she said. "Some of them regretted reporting because of how they were treated."
Jarzabek became a critic of the response to sexual assault and left the military last year.
Human Rights Watch lays out a detailed picture of what that backlash against victims looks like. Service members reported facing alienation from other members of their units, poor performance evaluations and formal disciplinary proceedings.
In many cases, victims were also violating military rules when they were assaulted, so reporting the crime exposed them to criminal charges themselves.
"The threat of prosecution for collateral charges, even if the charges are not pursued, can be enough to convince victims not to report or to leave the service, and gives perpetrators cover for their crimes," the report's authors wrote.
They recommend that the department provide victims with immunity from minor offenses that are revealed in the course of reporting a sexual assault.
Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel, said even seemingly minor retaliation -- colleagues refusing to sit with a victim at lunch, for example -- can be serious for troops stationed overseas or at isolated bases, and who in some cases have to trust their comrades with their lives.
"For the DOD to downplay the social retaliation is ... very offensive," he said. "To be excluded from your coworkers because you reported a sexual assault is huge."
While there are legal avenues open to service members to take action against people who retaliate against them, Human Rights Watch's researchers concluded they were mostly ineffective.
The Defense Department's inspector general is empowered to launch investigations into retaliation. But the office rarely does so, the researchers said, and has not substantiated a single claim in recent years.
James says a complaint she filed with the inspector general two years ago is still open. The office declined to comment on her case.
A law designed to protect military whistleblowers is so weak that it is essentially useless, the researchers say. Victims are required to demonstrate that they were retaliated against -- a significant departure from civilian whistleblower cases, in which the burden of proof is mostly shifted to the accused.
The authors recommend changing that law and giving new powers to the inspector general.
James is now a few weeks away from retiring. With counseling, she says, she's managed to come to terms with her experience, and feels there's nothing more her comrades in the National Guard can do to hurt her.
"I am in such a better place today than I was two years ago, but it's not about me," she said. "If there's something that I can do, that I can say that will help change this process, that it will help one person to get through something like this, that's what it's about for me today."
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US military drops weapons in areas held by ISIL in Iraq
Volunteer forces fighting against ISIL say the US military dropped weapons for militants in Iraq.
Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:0AM
Volunteer
forces fighting against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists say US military
aircraft have dropped weapons in areas held by the terrorist group in
Iraq.
American helicopters dropped boxes of weapons in Yathrib and Balad
districts in Iraq’s Salahuddin Province, according to the fighters.The report comes as the Iraqi army and volunteer fighters appear to be gaining the upper hand and making significant gains against ISIL.
In October, a video showed the terrorist group captured a bundle of US weapons airdropped in the Syrian border town of Kobani.
The US military admitted that it had dropped 28 bundles filled with grenades, mortar rounds and other supplies that were intended for Kurdish fighters.
The video showed masked terrorists inspecting the military equipment, which was airdropped in areas controlled by ISIL near Kobani.
The US Central Command said that the airdrops, including weapons and ammunition, and medical supplies, were "intended to enable continued resistance against ISIL's attempts to overtake Kobani."
The US and its allies have been conducting airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
They say they are carrying out the airstrikes against the Takfiris in both countries in order to curb their advances in the region.
However, the air raids have so far failed to halt the insurgents’ military gains.
December 17, 2014 - Wednesday
This cannot stand. When a military chaplain cannot openly speak about his faith, military disarmament has reached a level that no budget cuts could ever produce.
On November 20th, Capt. Joseph Lawhorn, U.S. Army Chaplain at Fort Benning, participated in a mandatory suicide awareness and prevention briefing in which he gave a presentation describing resources – both spiritual and secular – that were available for handling such grave mental health situations. He went further and discussed his personal struggles with depression, describing the spiritual and religious steps that helped him during those dark times in his life.
As a result of the chaplain’s discussion of his faith, he was called into his brigade commander’s office on Thanksgiving Day. There Col. David G. Fivecoat issued Chaplain Lawhorn a Letter of Concern that is to remain in his personnel file for the duration of his stay at Fort Benning. This type of letter can be devastating for career military personnel and would likely prohibit further professional advancement of Chaplain Lawhorn.
The fact that a chaplain was reprimanded for discussing his faith in a suicide prevention course is beyond belief. It casts a chilling effect upon other chaplains and military personnel who would speak about their faith. How else would a Christian chaplain be expected to respond to a crisis that is plaguing our men and women in uniform?
This kind of intimidation must be eradicated from our armed forces. Please join me in signing our petition to Secretary of the Army John McHugh to rescind the Letter of Concern and to reprimand Col. Fivecoat for violating protections afforded to all military personnel enacted into law in the National Defense Authorization Act.
With your help, we can help put on notice those who would be emboldened to take similar actions against chaplains in the future that actions like this cannot stand.
Sincerely,
Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin, USA (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
This cannot stand. When a military chaplain cannot openly speak about his faith, military disarmament has reached a level that no budget cuts could ever produce.
On November 20th, Capt. Joseph Lawhorn, U.S. Army Chaplain at Fort Benning, participated in a mandatory suicide awareness and prevention briefing in which he gave a presentation describing resources – both spiritual and secular – that were available for handling such grave mental health situations. He went further and discussed his personal struggles with depression, describing the spiritual and religious steps that helped him during those dark times in his life.
As a result of the chaplain’s discussion of his faith, he was called into his brigade commander’s office on Thanksgiving Day. There Col. David G. Fivecoat issued Chaplain Lawhorn a Letter of Concern that is to remain in his personnel file for the duration of his stay at Fort Benning. This type of letter can be devastating for career military personnel and would likely prohibit further professional advancement of Chaplain Lawhorn.
The fact that a chaplain was reprimanded for discussing his faith in a suicide prevention course is beyond belief. It casts a chilling effect upon other chaplains and military personnel who would speak about their faith. How else would a Christian chaplain be expected to respond to a crisis that is plaguing our men and women in uniform?
This kind of intimidation must be eradicated from our armed forces. Please join me in signing our petition to Secretary of the Army John McHugh to rescind the Letter of Concern and to reprimand Col. Fivecoat for violating protections afforded to all military personnel enacted into law in the National Defense Authorization Act.
With your help, we can help put on notice those who would be emboldened to take similar actions against chaplains in the future that actions like this cannot stand.
Sincerely,
Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin, USA (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
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You don’t protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy
It's been 70 years since we fought a war about freedom. Forced troop worship and compulsory patriotism must end
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Graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, May 28, 2014. (Credit: AP/Brennan Linsley)
Put a
man in uniform, preferably a white man, give him a gun, and Americans
will worship him. It is a particularly childish trait, of a childlike
culture, that insists on anointing all active military members and
police officers as “heroes.” The rhetorical sloppiness and intellectual
shallowness of affixing such a reverent label to everyone in the
military or law enforcement betrays a frightening cultural streak of
nationalism, chauvinism, authoritarianism and totalitarianism, but it
also makes honest and serious conversations necessary for the
maintenance and enhancement of a fragile democracy nearly impossible.
It has become impossible to go a week without reading a story about police brutality, abuse of power and misuse of authority. Michael Brown’s murder represents the tip of a body pile, and in just the past month, several videos have emerged of police assaulting people, including pregnant women, for reasons justifiable only to the insane.
It is equally challenging for anyone reasonable, and not drowning in the syrup of patriotic sentimentality, to stop saluting, and look at the servicemen of the American military with criticism and skepticism. There is a sexual assault epidemic in the military. In 2003, a Department of Defense study found that one-third of women seeking medical care in the VA system reported experiencing rape or sexual violence while in the military. Internal and external studies demonstrate that since the official study, numbers of sexual assaults within the military have only increased, especially with male victims. According to the Pentagon, 38 men are sexually assaulted every single day in the U.S. military. Given that rape and sexual assault are, traditionally, the most underreported crimes, the horrific statistics likely fail to capture the reality of the sexual dungeon that has become the United States military.
Chelsea Manning, now serving time in prison as a whistle-blower, uncovered multiple incidents of fellow soldiers laughing as they murdered civilians. Keith Gentry, a former Navy man, wrote that when he and his division were bored they preferred passing the time with the “entertainment” of YouTube videos capturing air raids of Iraq and Afghanistan, often making jokes and mocking the victims of American violence. If the murder of civilians, the rape of “brothers and sisters” on base, and the relegation of death and torture of strangers as fodder for amusement qualifies as heroism, the world needs better villains.
David Masciotra is the author of Mellencamp: American
Troubadour (forthcoming, University Press of Kentucky). He writes
regularly for the Daily Beast and Splice Today. For more information
visit www.davidmasciotra.com.
It has become impossible to go a week without reading a story about police brutality, abuse of power and misuse of authority. Michael Brown’s murder represents the tip of a body pile, and in just the past month, several videos have emerged of police assaulting people, including pregnant women, for reasons justifiable only to the insane.
It is equally challenging for anyone reasonable, and not drowning in the syrup of patriotic sentimentality, to stop saluting, and look at the servicemen of the American military with criticism and skepticism. There is a sexual assault epidemic in the military. In 2003, a Department of Defense study found that one-third of women seeking medical care in the VA system reported experiencing rape or sexual violence while in the military. Internal and external studies demonstrate that since the official study, numbers of sexual assaults within the military have only increased, especially with male victims. According to the Pentagon, 38 men are sexually assaulted every single day in the U.S. military. Given that rape and sexual assault are, traditionally, the most underreported crimes, the horrific statistics likely fail to capture the reality of the sexual dungeon that has become the United States military.
Chelsea Manning, now serving time in prison as a whistle-blower, uncovered multiple incidents of fellow soldiers laughing as they murdered civilians. Keith Gentry, a former Navy man, wrote that when he and his division were bored they preferred passing the time with the “entertainment” of YouTube videos capturing air raids of Iraq and Afghanistan, often making jokes and mocking the victims of American violence. If the murder of civilians, the rape of “brothers and sisters” on base, and the relegation of death and torture of strangers as fodder for amusement qualifies as heroism, the world needs better villains.
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New Executive Order to Recruit Illegals Into Our Military
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In case you haven’t heard, in September, the Department of Defense outlined Barack Obama’s plan to pass an executive order after the first of the year which will allow illegal aliens to join our military, giving them a path to citizenship. This will apply to those given amnesty under DACA, an illegal law Mr. Obama plans to expand after the first of the year.
Mr. Obama has fired 90,000 soldiers and officers, some while serving in Afghanistan, while he is at the same time planning to hire people who broke the law to get here and stay here and who might have no particular allegiance to this country or worse – they could be infiltrators.
The army is at pre-1940 conscription levels, the Marine Corps is at about 1917 levels, the Navy is at WWI levels and the Air Force is as low as it’s ever been, yet we are firing 90,000 soldiers but we can afford to hire illegals.
It is a felony to arm illegals but the law never stands in Barack Obama’s way.
Only Congress has the right to amend immigration law, but Mr. Obama, the constitutional lawyer, is once again violating the constitution.
His Executive Order will expand an existing program allowing recruiters to target foreign nationals with high-demand skills, mostly rare foreign language expertise or specialized health care training as an expansion of DACA (the DREAM Act).
The rare foreign languages will undoubtedly include Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and so on though Russian and Chinese will do.
For the first time in our history, the program — known as Military Accessions in the National Interest, or MAVNI — will be open to immigrants without a proper visa if they came to the U.S. with their parents before age 16. More specifically, they must be approved under a 2012 Obama administration policy known as Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA.
Illegal children approved under DACA can be as old as 31 years of age. Some lie and make themselves younger so the 31-year age isn’t even held to. There are no real checks, including when they entered the United States. It’s primarily based on an honor system. Border Patrol has reported that anyone claiming they are DREAMers cannot be deported and have to be released
Not all DREAMers are nice people. Some DACA have already ended up in jail.
Read more at http://minutemennews.com/2014/10/new-executive-order-recruit-illegals-military/#oB6tbjpuwpsAi3xF.99
Well Deserved – Fifty Years Later, This Vietnam Veteran Has Been Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
You’re at camp, deep in the jungle. It’s raining. The enemy is closing in around you. The nearest reinforcements are more than 25 miles away. You and your fellow soldiers are low on ammunition. You’re wounded.What do you do?
Sgt. 1st Class Bennie Adkins did more than just endure such a scenario, in March 1966—despite his own wounds from the battle (18 in all), he led his men on a two-day trek through the jungle, to safety. And now Adkins, at age 80, has been awarded with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the most prestigious award a service member can receive.
Read more at http://blog.theveteranssite.com/adkins-vietnam-veteran-awarded-medal-honor/#7FtPhqeIKwYtEksm.99
Parents of SEAL Team Six Casualty Slam Obama in Open Letter
One couple knows all too well the pain suffered by the parents of James Foley, the American photojournalist executed on camera last month by the Islamic State.
Billy and Karen Vaughn also lost their son Aaron Carson Vaughn in 2011, when the SEAL Team Six soldier’s Chinook helicopter was shot down over Afghanistan.
Now the couple are calling on President Barack Obama to step down, citing his reaction to the Foley video and ‘lack of leadership’ in confronting ISIS.
On Monday, the Vaughns wrote a letter, calling out Mr Obama’s decision to go golfing after holding an important press conference on the Foley video.
‘As Commander-in-Chief, your actions – or lack thereof – Mr President, cost lives.
‘As you bumble about in your golf cart, slapping on a happy face and fist-pounding your buddies, your cowardly lack of leadership has left a gaping hole — not only in America’s security — but the security of the entire globe.
‘Your message has come across loud and clear, sir: You are not up to this job. You know it. We know it. The world knows it,’ the Vaughns wrote in the letter published on World Tribune.
The couple go on to directly ask Mr. Obama to resign so that a man or woman ‘of courage and substance’ can take over and address the ‘out-of-control thug fest’ happening in Syria and Iraq, where ISIS is attempting to establish a caliphate.
‘It’s time for you to step down and allow a true leader to restore our honor and protect our sons and daughters…
‘America has always been exceptional. And she will be again. You, Mr President, are a bump in the road,’ they wrote.
Billy Vaughn told MailOnline that he has been displeased with the way President Obama has been acting at press conferences.
‘I’d like to see him have some passion about anything going on in the world instead of just speaking in a monotone voice like he has a script that has been made up,’ Mr Vaughn told MailOnline.
Their only-son Aaron Carson Vaughn was killed in August 2011 when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan. All 33 on board died in the crash, including Vaughn and several SEAL Team Six members.
Vaughn and his fellow commandos were attempting to reinforce a group of Army Rangers after they ran into trouble during a raid to capture a senior Taliban leader.
SEAL Team Six is best known as the group which carried out the execution of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011.
FULL LETTER FROM BILLY AND KAREN VAUGHN
After finally choosing to view the barbaric, on-camera beheading by ISIS of freelance war correspondent James Foley, I have been left with a level of rage known only to those of us who have sacrificed unspeakable offerings on the altar of world peace.
My offering was my only son — Aaron Carson Vaughn. Aaron was a member of SEAL Team VI. He was killed in action when a CH47D Chinook, carrying thirty Americans and eight Afghans was shot down in the Tangi River Valley of Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011.
Many times over the past three years, I have been asked what drove my son to choose his particular career. What made him want to be a Navy SEAL? My answer is simple.
Aaron Vaughn was a man who possessed the courage to acknowledge evil. And evil, once truly acknowledged, demands response. Perhaps this is why so few are willing to look it in the eye. It is much simpler — much safer — to look the other way.
That is, unless you are the leader of the Free World.
As Commander-in-Chief, your actions — or lack thereof — Mr. President, cost lives. As you bumble about in your golf cart, slapping on a happy face and fist-pounding your buddies, your cowardly lack of leadership has left a gaping hole — not only in America’s security — but the security of the entire globe. Your message has come across loud and clear, sir: You are not up to this job. You know it. We know it. The world knows it.
Please vacate the people’s house and allow a man or woman of courage and substance to seize the reigns of this out-of-control thug-fest and regain the balance we, America, have provided throughout our great history.
Thanks to your “leadership” from whatever multi-million dollar vacation you happen to be on at any given moment, the world is in chaos. What’s been gained, you’ve lost. What’s been lost, you’ve decimated. You’ve demolished our ability to hold the trust of allies. You’ve made a mockery of the title “President.” And you’ve betrayed the nation for which my son and over 1.3 million others have sacrificed their very lives.
But this should come as no surprise, since your wife uttered a vile statement on Feb. 18, 2008, during the primary campaign — one that speaks volumes of your true convictions. “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country,” she said.
I am sure my deceased son thanks you for that, Mrs. Obama. Oh, and you’re welcome.
Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such despair and such growing fear that the world’s last best hope, America, has finally been dismantled. Perhaps the better word is transformed — fundamentally transformed. Come to think of it, it’s become difficult — if not impossible — to believe things haven’t gone exactly as you planned, Mr. President.
Amazingly, in five short years, your administration has lurched from one disaster to another. You spearheaded the ambitious rush to end the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan — with no plan on how to do so effectively. Also, the release of “the Taliban five” in exchange for one American — without consulting Congress — is also on your shoulders.
You have been at the helm during unprecedented national security leaks — including, but not limited to the outing of SEAL Team VI on the Bin laden raid, the outing of the Pakistani doctor who provided the intelligence for that raid, the outing of Afghanistan’s CIA station chief, and the outing of your personal “kill list” to make you look tough. In addition, 75 percent of American deaths in Afghanistan and 83 percent of Americans-wounded-in-action have occurred on your watch, according to icasualties.org.
And now, we have this recent, heinous event: the beheading of an American citizen by a barbaric organization you foolishly referred to as “the JV team” in your statements to the New Yorker magazine in January.
You, sir, are the JV team. It’s time for you to step down and allow a true leader to restore our honor and protect our sons and daughters.
America has always been exceptional. And she will be again. You, Mr. President, are a bump in our road.
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CAIR Doesn’t Think Our US Military Should Be honored on Memorial Day
While
the rest of the country was recalling its fallen troops, two prominent
CAIR officials questioned whether they deserved to be honored.Virtually
all Americans come together on Memorial Day to honor those who paid the
ultimate sacrifice for the country’s freedom and safety
. Two Council on American-Islamic Relations’
officials spent the holiday weekend differently: Questioning whether
U.S. troops deserve to be honored and tweeting that the country was
“established upon white supremacy.”The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group labeled by the Justice
Department as a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity and unindicted co-conspirator in a terrorism-financing trial, disingenuously claims that it is a moderate organization. Yet, on May 23, Zahra Billoo, the radical executive-director of CAIR’s San Francisco Bay Area chapter, tweeted that she “struggles with Memorial Day each year” about whether to honor American soldiers who died in wars:
Random Thoughts
Thomas Sowell | May 27, 2014
Random thoughts on the passing scene:
Will the Veterans Administration scandal wake up those people who have
been blithely saying that what we need is a "single payer" system for
medical care? Delays in getting to see a doctor have been a common
denominator in government-run medical systems in England, Canada and
Australia, among other places.
Class warfare rhetoric would have us resenting "the top ten percent" in income. But that would be a farce, because most of us would be resenting ourselves, since more than half of all Americans -- 54 percent -- are in the top ten percent at some stage of their lives.
Some people act as if the answer to every problem is to put more money and power in the hands of politicians.
Freedom means nothing if it does not mean the freedom to do what other people don't like. Everyone was free to be a Communist under the Stalin dictatorship, and everyone is free to be a Muslim in Saudi Arabia. Yet whole generations are coming out of our colleges where only those who are politically correct are free to speak their minds. What kind of America will they create?
In Thomas Piketty's highly-praised new book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" he asserts that the top tax rate under President Herbert Hoover was 25 percent. But Internal Revenue Service records show that it was 63 percent in 1932. If Piketty can't even get his facts straight, why should his grandiose plans for confiscatory global taxation be taken seriously?
Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial.
Republicans in Congress seem to be drawn toward the immigration issue like a moth toward a flame. How turning illegal immigrants into Democratic voters, while demoralizing the Republican base, will help either the country or the Republicans is a mystery. If ever there was a high-risk, low-yield investment, this is it.
President Theodore Roosevelt said that his foreign policy was to "speak softly and carry a big stick." President Barack Obama's foreign policy is to speak loudly and carry a little stick. They say talk is cheap, but loose talk by a President of the United States can be very expensive in both blood and treasure.
One of the scariest aspects of our times is how seldom either people or policies are judged by their track record.
Why in the world are the Baltic states in NATO? The Russian army could overrun them before NATO could get a meeting together to decide what to do.
NCIS has opened an inquiry into the matter, and senior lawmakers on Capitol Hill have denounced the actions. NCIS supervisory special agent Curtis Evans told reporters that he expected the number of victims to increase further and had expanded the investigation to look at groups and websites other than "Marines United And USAF".
Class warfare rhetoric would have us resenting "the top ten percent" in income. But that would be a farce, because most of us would be resenting ourselves, since more than half of all Americans -- 54 percent -- are in the top ten percent at some stage of their lives.
Some people act as if the answer to every problem is to put more money and power in the hands of politicians.
Freedom means nothing if it does not mean the freedom to do what other people don't like. Everyone was free to be a Communist under the Stalin dictatorship, and everyone is free to be a Muslim in Saudi Arabia. Yet whole generations are coming out of our colleges where only those who are politically correct are free to speak their minds. What kind of America will they create?
In Thomas Piketty's highly-praised new book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" he asserts that the top tax rate under President Herbert Hoover was 25 percent. But Internal Revenue Service records show that it was 63 percent in 1932. If Piketty can't even get his facts straight, why should his grandiose plans for confiscatory global taxation be taken seriously?
Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial.
Republicans in Congress seem to be drawn toward the immigration issue like a moth toward a flame. How turning illegal immigrants into Democratic voters, while demoralizing the Republican base, will help either the country or the Republicans is a mystery. If ever there was a high-risk, low-yield investment, this is it.
President Theodore Roosevelt said that his foreign policy was to "speak softly and carry a big stick." President Barack Obama's foreign policy is to speak loudly and carry a little stick. They say talk is cheap, but loose talk by a President of the United States can be very expensive in both blood and treasure.
One of the scariest aspects of our times is how seldom either people or policies are judged by their track record.
Why in the world are the Baltic states in NATO? The Russian army could overrun them before NATO could get a meeting together to decide what to do.
U.S. Air Force And The US Marines nude photo-sharing scandal: Number of victims doubles
NCIS has opened
an inquiry into the matter, and senior lawmakers on Capitol Hill have
denounced the actions. (Representative image. Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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Reuters
Washington, United States
Mar 18, 2017, 09.41 AM (IST)
The number of victims who have come forward to investigators looking
into a growing scandal involving some Marines sharing nude photos of
women online has doubled to more than 20, an official from the Naval
Criminal Investigative Service said on Friday. United States Air Force And The Marine Corps has been rattled by a scandal involving a private
Facebook group called "Marines United" and its surreptitious
distribution of explicit images of women in the armed forces - often
with obscene, misogynist commentary.
NCIS has opened an inquiry into the matter, and senior lawmakers on Capitol Hill have denounced the actions. NCIS supervisory special agent Curtis Evans told reporters that he expected the number of victims to increase further and had expanded the investigation to look at groups and websites other than "Marines United And USAF".
I get nervous every time I see Mitt Romney showing up in the media. He seems to be maintaining his visibility, in hopes of another run for the White House in 2016. He might well get a second chance to fail. Romney is the Republican establishment's idea of the perfect candidate for president -- no matter how many times such candidates lose, even under promising conditions.
Anti-Semitism may have the dubious distinction of being the oldest of the group hatreds. You might think that the world would have gotten over anti-Semitism by now, but Jews have been singled out for separate treatment by the Russian insurgents in Ukraine.
"We cannot insure to the vicious the fruits of a virtuous life; we would not invade the home of the provident in order to supply the wants of the spendthrift; we do not propose to transfer the rewards of industry to the lap of indolence." Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan said that in 1896. Today's Democrats do all those things that Bryan rejected.
Any fool can say the word "racism." In fact, quite a few fools do say it. But clever people can also say "racism," in order to get fools to vote their way.
Those people who want Hillary Clinton elected president, so that we could have our first woman president, seem to have learned absolutely nothing from the current disaster of choosing a president on the basis of demographics and symbolism.
The old saying that taxes are the price we pay for civilization has long since become obsolete. The amount that the government spends to defend us from foreign attack, or to maintain law and order at home, has been overtaken by the money it spends just to transfer some people's money to other people who are more likely to vote for the reelection of incumbents.
Government policies to "bring down the cost of medical care" almost never bring down those costs, and often increase the costs. These policies simply refuse to pay the full costs of medical care. Any one of us can do that, but we know there will be consequences. There will also be consequences when the government refuses to pay the costs, but these consequences will be concealed and/or denied.
The old saying that "politics is the art of the possible" is dead wrong. Politics is the art of making the impossible seem possible, and even plausible and desirable. That is how ObamaCare got passed.
To let the world's leading terrorism-exporting nation get nuclear weapons can prove to be the most irresponsible and catastrophic decision in the history of the human race. It was also an irresponsible and catastrophic decision of the American voters to elect as president someone who would let that happen, basing their votes on rhetoric and racial symbolism.
VA Scandal: Bodies of Veterans Left Unburied for Over One Year
Our veterans, whether the bodies are claimed or not, are required by law to receive a proper burial. However, that is not what happened to as many as 60 deceased veterans whose bodies have been at the morgue in L.A. County for the past year and a half.
On Friday, 28 bodies were transferred from the morgue to be buried at the Riverside National Cemetery. The Veterans Administration claims that they were never notified about the bodies and is blaming the L.A. County Morgue. According to CBS2/KCAL9, the morgue is pointing the finger of blame at the VA also stating they have no idea how long the bodies have been there.
Rightfully so, many citizens, some veterans themselves, are furious that individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to America have not been given a proper burial. Richard Burns, a Marine veteran, leads memorial services every Wednesday at the Riverside National Cemetery in honor of unclaimed veterans. Burns said of this travesty, “I think it’s incomprehensible. It’s kinda sad that these people didn’t get the proper care that they deserve even after death.”
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A VA spokesperson, Cindy Van Bibber, claims that at no point was the VA contacted about the bodies. The morgue disputes that claim stating, “…there are about 60 decedents of probable veteran status that have awaited disposition for about a year as a result of a personnel change in the Veterans Affairs office and stringent identification/eligibility processes required by the VA.”
With the Obama administration and the VA embroiled in a scandal with veterans dying due to secret lists that hid failure to provide medical care, this latest revelation may add more anger to the fury surrounding that VA scandal.
Eric Shinseki
AKA Eric Ken ShinsekiBorn: 28-Nov-1942
Birthplace: Lihue, Kauai, HI
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Military
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Japanese-American,
and the first person of Asian ancestry to achieve a ranking of four
stars in the U.S. military. Became the 34th U.S. Army Chief of Staff on
22 June 1999, and Secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department on 20
January 2009.
Shinseki is probably best known for his estimate before the 2003
invasion of Iraq, that "something in the order of several hundred
thousand soldiers" would be required to maintain order in post-war Iraq.
Shinseki's estimate was openly ridiculed by undersecretary Paul Wolfowitz in Congressional testimony as being "wildly off the mark", and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld decided that a much smaller force would be adequate.
University: BS, United States Military Academy (1965)
University: MA English, Duke University
University: National War College
US Secretary of Veterans' Affairs (20-Jan-2009 to present)
US Army Chief of Staff (1999-2003)
US Defense Department Army Vice Chief of Staff (1998-99)
US Defense Department Commanding General, US Army Europe (1997-98)
US Defense Department Army Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans (1996-97)
Member of the Board of BancWest
Member of the Board of Ducommun, Inc.
Member of the Board of First Hawaiian Bank
Member of the Board of Grove Farm Company, Inc.
Member of the Board of Guardian Life (2006-)
Member of the Board of Honeywell (2003-)
Atlantic Council Director
Air Medal
Bronze Star "V" device, 2 oak leaf clusters
Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal
Purple Heart oak leaf cluster
Shrapnel Injury mortar round, shoulder and chest (Apr-1966)
Plane Crash helicopter (Sep-1966)
Shrapnel Injury landmine, right foot (1970)
Japanese Ancestry
Happy 240th Birthday Marines: A Message From The Commandant Of The Marine Corp.
10 November 2015
A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
When the Continental Congress raised up the
two battalions of Marines in 1775, it launched the greatest fighting
force the world has ever known – a force revered globally for its
uncommon valor, unparalleled adaptability, and ferocious tenacity. Over
the past 240 years, the battlefields and equipment have changed, but the
spirit of the United States Marine Corps has prevailed in every clime
and place. One hundred years ago, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island
opened its doors as the first base dedicated solely to making Marines.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of men and women have been forged into
elite warriors at Parris Island, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego,
and The Basic School in Quantico. Each recruit had a different reason
for stepping onto the yellow footprints, but all are unified by the intangible traits that
characterize United States Marines and the remarkable legacy that has
carried on across generations. Whether you served on the hallowed grounds of Belleau Wood, fought on
the iconic island battlefields of World War II, navigated the harsh
terrain and climate of the Chosin Reservoir or Vietnam, conducted
assaults during Desert Storm, marched on Baghdad, fought in the close
combat in Fallujah, or conducted combat operations in Afghanistan,
everyone who wears the Eagle, Globe and Anchor is a member of the
storied legacy. As we celebrate the 240th birthday of our Corps, we pay tribute to
all who have served and we remember our fallen heroes. We take great
pride in our legacy and in the fine men and women who carry our colors
into the future. And we extend heartfelt thanks to our families for
their steadfast support. Our 26th Commandant, General Louis Wilson, once said, “In
the last analysis, what the Marine Corps becomes is what we make of it
during our respective watches. And that watch of each Marine is not
confined to the time he spends on active duty. It lasts as long as he is
‘proud to bear the title of United States Marine.’” Thank you all for
guarding the legacy of our Corps during your watch.
Happy Birthday Marines!
Semper Fidelis,
Robert B. Neller
General, U.S. Marine Corps
Commandant of the Marine Corps
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Michelle Obama Ticks Off Marine…So He RIPS Her to Shreds In Must Read Letter ___________________________________
This is what happens when Michelle Obama ticks off a Marine so much that he decides to respond. This letter is brutal and filled with hard truth…not to mention, it also echoes what so many of those who love our country feel about MO and BHO.Mrs. Obama,
It sickens me that I have to take time to write you this letter. I am a Marine who doesn’t recognize color because every color has lived and died for you. You live in a free country to blame your life on the color of another man’s skin. All colors have given their lives for an educated woman to have the freedom to be so ignorant. I don’t blame black people for the ignorance that comes from your mouth.
I love all colors because I love all that God creates. I don’t have to like you to love you because we can’t always like the ones we love. Just because I don’t like you today doesn’t mean I can’t like you tomorrow. I don’t like you or your husband today because of what you’re doing to this country. Isn’t it funny how the truth always reveals itself in time. You and your husband never showed this side of yourselves in 2008 before he was elected.
You both live better than 99% of the people in this world because of this country. You said that you are for the first time proud to be an American. Well, I will tell you that most of us are ashamed of you. You and your husband have become millionaires off the people of this country, but demonstrate very little appreciation for all that we give. White, black, brown or indifferent millions have fought and died for you to have the freedom to say the ignorant things you say.
You are educated, but clearly have very little common sense. You blame past generations of Americans for the troubles of a few. Stop blaming white people for your misery and take a look at yourself in the mirror. We are responsible for our own happiness and misery. The KKK is ignorance wrapped in a sheet while the Black panthers are raised on ignorance and hate. No different from the teaching of Islam thinking their race is better than all other men.
God is love and creates every color to include everyone’s skin. To truly love God is to love all that He loves. For that I love each of you and pray that we all start taking responsibility for our own damned sins.
Martin Luther King had a dream that we would all live in the promise land. He is not remembered for being black. He is remembered for the love, and character he had within his heart. If you don’t like this country get on that plane and never come back. I will stay here and love all Americans, regardless of skin. I will love the beauty of what God created and stand tall with my American friends. Not because of their color but for the character and love they carry within. This country doesn’t owe you anymore than it owes me.
So many have thanked me for my service and I will always be grateful. I pray that one day you and your husband might cause me to be grateful for yours. You will never be remembered as the First Lady of Color but soon forgotten after you leave the White House. You nor your husband shall ever divide us. I wish you no harm, but pray you will take your troubles to a land you no longer hate. Hate shall come and go but His love shall last forever. (Source)
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A U.S. Army soldier on active duty in Hawaii has been charged with providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the FBI said.
FBI officials identified the soldier to CBS News as 34-year-old Ikaika Erik Kang. According to the FBI, Kang allegedly attempted to provide military documents, and training, to ISIS.
His service record indicates he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2013 and Iraq in 2011 and was highly decorated, CBS News' Paula Reid reports. According to CBS affiliate KGMB, Kang was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Kang was arrested on Saturday and is expected to appear in court on Monday afternoon. The FBI said Kang was the subject of a year-long, joint investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Army.
According to the criminal complaint, Kang swore allegiance to ISIS. The FBI said it believes Kang worked as a lone actor and was not associated with others who present a threat to Hawaii.
KGMB reports that Kang graduated from Kaiser High School in Honolulu. He was stationed at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu.
Kang's father, Clifford Kang, told KGMB that he is "shocked" about the allegations against his son.
"I'm just in shock. He's a great kid. He's not real outgoing, he's never been, but neither was I," Kang told KGMB. "But other than that he's a great kid, a normal kid who grew up in Waimanalo."
Kang said he believes his son may be suffering from PTSD from his tours overseas.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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ikaika-erik-kang-arrested-May 14, 2014A U.S. Army soldier on active duty in Hawaii has been charged with providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the FBI said.
FBI officials identified the soldier to CBS News as 34-year-old Ikaika Erik Kang. According to the FBI, Kang allegedly attempted to provide military documents, and training, to ISIS.
His service record indicates he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2013 and Iraq in 2011 and was highly decorated, CBS News' Paula Reid reports. According to CBS affiliate KGMB, Kang was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Kang was arrested on Saturday and is expected to appear in court on Monday afternoon. The FBI said Kang was the subject of a year-long, joint investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Army.
According to the criminal complaint, Kang swore allegiance to ISIS. The FBI said it believes Kang worked as a lone actor and was not associated with others who present a threat to Hawaii.
KGMB reports that Kang graduated from Kaiser High School in Honolulu. He was stationed at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu.
Kang's father, Clifford Kang, told KGMB that he is "shocked" about the allegations against his son.
"I'm just in shock. He's a great kid. He's not real outgoing, he's never been, but neither was I," Kang told KGMB. "But other than that he's a great kid, a normal kid who grew up in Waimanalo."
Kang said he believes his son may be suffering from PTSD from his tours overseas.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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