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Right numbers. Wrong numbers.

Posted in Airforce, Iraq, Military on November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Or, How the War was Won (Part one). With his usual clarity, Greyhawk (once again in Iraq) shows us the one simple truth about why we won. Read it all.
1:08:29 pm EST

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Ginger Gilbert

Posted in Airforce, Iraq, Media, Patriotism, Supporting the Troops on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Mother of five. Widow of Air Force Major Troy Gilbert. Blackfive’s latest Someone You Should Know. Be sure to watch the video all the way through to the end. Also read Blackfive’s links to My Pet Jawa and Strata-sphere. It doesn’t take that long. Then pass the links on to [...]

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Recruiting Goals

Posted in Airforce, Army, Marines, Navy on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

All services, except Army and Air National Guard, met or exceeded their recruiting and retention goals for August. Is there something about the Reserve that’s more appealing than the Guard?
From this personal enlistment story, it wouldn’t seem the Army has relaxed its standards or tossed aside any stupid rules.  Doesn’t cycling someone for 2 [...]

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Answering the Call

Posted in Airforce, Army, Marines, Military, Navy on August 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

People either get it, or they don’t. Unfortunately, not enough Americans get it yet. (h/t Uncle J @ B5)

8:33:43 pm EST
 

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Dude, where’s the beach?

Posted in Airforce, Iraq on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

El Capitan is back in Iraq. He’ll be part of a Coalition Air Force Transition Team (CAFTT) training the Iraqi Air Force. Go check out his blog. Lots of pictures, including pre-deployment training.
9:56:42 pm EST

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Yesterday’s Reading

Posted in Airforce, General, Iraq, Marines, Media on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was busy yesterday and read the below articles in between errands, etc., but didn’t have time to put up a formal post for any of them. So I’ll just stick them up here in one post. All of them are worth reading. They’re in no particular order.
Crittenden: How to read AP articles. (Via [...]

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Cool Video

Posted in Airforce, Military on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

John at Op-For posted two clips of an IMAX documentary film on Operation Red Flag that are pretty cool. I think you’ll enjoy seeing them. He also has a link up to the Amazon page for the 2-disc DVD set. This is the product description at Amazon:
A state-of-the-art, edge of your seat experience! Get in [...]

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