The POW exchange debacle
The POW release was orchestrated to be a feel-good moment . But now the Obama administration is dealing with a major scandal. Not just because 5 dangerous terrorist leaders were released from Gitmo....
View ArticleTrying to stop smoking in the military
The men and women in our military, for various understandable reasons, smoke quite a bit more than the general public. So our government has been launching campaigns of both persuasion and coercion to...
View Article“Up to now, I’ve given nothing for what I have taken”
Peter Wehner shares a letter written by his wife’s uncle, Frank Keaton, shortly before landing on Omaha Beach. It makes very good reading for Independence Day. From Peter Wehner, An Extraordinary...
View ArticleDestroying our own military equipment
My brother-in-law (Seabees, retired) told me that when we withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, we are going to be leaving behind or destroying much of the military equipment our troops had been using,...
View ArticleDemilitarizing the Police
I just got back from St. Louis, staying just a few blocks from the riots in Ferguson over the police shooting an unarmed teenager. I didn’t see anything and I don’t want to address the incident, as...
View ArticleThe problem with cops in camo
Why would police officers, as in those in Ferguson, Missouri, wear green camoflage jungle fatigues? If it’s necessary to hide from urban bad guys, they should wear black, grey, and dirty white...
View ArticleReligious liberty for atheists, too
Enlisting or re-enlisting in a military service requires taking an oath, ending in the words “so help me God.” An atheist airman trying to re-enlist in the Air Force has crossed out those words in the...
View ArticleAir Force will now allow atheist oaths
We blogged about the atheist airman who was not allowed to re-enlist unless he could swear the military oath to protect the Constitution “so help me God.” The Air Force has changed its policy to allow...
View ArticleLateral military enlistments?
The pattern for enlisting in the military is to sign up in your 20′s, then, if you want to make a career of it, keep rising in the ranks until you retire after 20 or 30 years. The military only hires...
View ArticleUsing our military to fight Ebola
Some 1,000 American troops have been sent to Africa to help in the fight against Ebola. Plans are to send as many as 3,900. As with others who care for Ebola patients, these military men and women...
View ArticleWomen will now serve in combat, all military jobs
The Defense Secretary has opened all combat units to women. All branches of the military must now allow women to serve in any and all positions. From In historic decision, Pentagon chief opens all...
View ArticleReligious liberty in the military
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod may yet again be headed to the Supreme Court, at least to the extent of having filed an amicus brief in the case of a female Marine corporal who was given a...
View Article“Total Defense” Plans & the Second Amendment
Sweden and Finland are not members of NATO. But they are on Russia’s doorstep. During the Cold War, they developed plans for “total defense,” in which the whole population would be mobilized to...
View ArticleTeddy Roosevelt Did Exactly What the Captain of the USS Roosevelt Did
Capt. Brett Crozier lost his command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt for asking his superiors to help save his crew from the epidemic and then leaking his request to the press. Col. Teddy Roosevelt of...
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