Army-wide barracks inspection ordered

“Folks, we let our soldiers down; that is not like us,” Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers, the deputy director of Operations & Facilities of Army Installation Command, told reporters. “There is no good excuse for what happened.” While the walk-through is not yet complete, Rogers said that garrison commanders have reported so far that “soldiers are … Read more

Hiding Institutionalized Behavior

This CNN article (read more | digg story) says that Fort Bragg is addressing the deplorable conditions of the barracks that the 82nd Airborne lives in after a video depicting these conditions was posted to YouTube. This is a continuation of an established pattern by which the Army hides institutionalized behavior. When Building 18 at … Read more

Anyone Else See a Pattern?

Conditions in a barracks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina ( read more | digg story ) Building 18, Walter Reed Army Medical Center All soldiers are entitled to outstanding leadership; I will provide that leadership. I know my soldiers and I will always place their needs above my own. from The NCO Creed I wrote … Read more

What Tack for Iraq?

One of the reasons I don’t post often is that I try to offer my own insight and opinion on things. That takes time to first construct in my mind and then write down in some cognitive form. However, some times things appear that are complete in their own right. Such is the case with … Read more