Tag: Army

  • Fat Kids Are A Threat To National Security

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    National security is threatened by the sharp rise in obesity rates for young people over the last 15 years, the group Mission: Readiness contends. Weight problems are now the leading medical reason that recruits are rejected, the group says, and thus jeopardize the military’s ability to fill its ranks. The solution? To throw some money…

  • Army Trap

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    Hat Tip: JP

  • How Not To Take A Nap On Your Rifle

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    Sleeping on the job AUG: Darwin called… Pretty much the stupidest thing you can do. Loaded or not, it is not good practice. The rifle is a Steyr AUG. I can’t tell what country those guys are from by the patch and uniform.. anyone know? Hat Tip: JP

  • Training the Afghan Border Police

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    Since we are on the topic of the Afghans… Some jumping jacks: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdggP7rw0mg[/youtube] Looks like they are having a good time. Push ups: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThUxg1hrrU[/youtube] The push ups video is especially priceless… “That was the worm man…. he was doing the worm” LOL Hat Tip: moi

  • The Distant Executioner – Vanity Fair

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    Another very well written article from Vanity Fair.  I started keeping an eye on their website ever since their article on Erik Prince of Xe (Blackwater) back in December of last year. You shoot one man, you terrify a thousand. That was the theory outside of Afghanistan. Through generations of warfare, it’s what sniping was…

  • Mexico Drug Gangs Turn Weapons On Army

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    In coordinated attacks, gunmen in armored cars and equipped with grenade launchers fought army troops this week and attempted to trap some of them in two military bases by cutting off access and blocking highways, a new tactic by Mexico’s organized criminals. At least 18 alleged attackers were killed and one soldier wounded in the…