I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
So, today I’m off to Careers & Jobs > Advanced Individual Training”>Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for soldiers changing their MOS mid-career and prior service personnel coming over to the Army in the 38B MOS. AIT is typically a continuation of Basic Combat Training for new inductees, with Drill Sergeants, a high degree of control, with … Read more
…I’m glad to hear someone is outraged but it should hardly be surprising. We, the US military, went into this war with fiberglass and canvas humvees and Vietnam era flack vests. Congress wants to extract as much political value out of each round of funding approval. So, it should really come as little surprise that … Read more
Yes, I am back from six weeks of military training. Warrior Transition Course was not a good experience. I’m glad it’s over. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to write an entry explaining my experience. Every attempt only sounded like so much whining and bitching. Suffice it to say that … Read more
Tomorrow I will depart for Warrior Transition Course. A four week course designed to train prior service people from other branches how to be soldiers. You might also call it Soldiering School. They’ll teach us Army Customs and Courtesies, which I’ve already learned are somewhat different from the Navy. We’ll get a refresher course on … Read more
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Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fled Iraq for Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad and the arrival of 21,500 U.S. troops sent by President Bush to quell sectarian violence, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday (source). At least one major insurgent component is now reacting to us instead of us reacting to them. Most … Read more
[This was written in reply to a post from my friend Jessica, the bulk of which was a letter from Michael Moore.] MIchael Moore and the rest are using two different methods of calculating involvement in this “longer than World War II” thing. For WWII they are counting the time from 07 Dec 1941 to … Read more
So now, instead of the President — whom they also call the Commander-in-Chief [note: corrected the term which is a bit embarrassing given that I am in the military and should have known better] — fighting the war, we’re going to try fighting it from Congress instead. War by committee. This ought to be great. … Read more
I didn’t see this in the mainstream media. This is a letter from the mayor of Tall ‘Afar, Ninewa, Iraq, thanking the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment for liberating his town from the control of Abu Mousab Al Zarqawi. I got to know some of the guys from the 3rd ACR while I was in Kuwait. … Read more
Phillip Carter, writing for Slate Magazine, provides candid criticism of current policy in Iraq based on his service there (click here for article). More significant is the fact that Mr. Carter also offers some real suggestions on how it might be done correctly. Real solutions in Iraq will require greater commitment of resources and increased … Read more