Monthly Archive

July 2012

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 17 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.

Bureaucracy Does Its Thing: Institutional Constraints on U.S. GVN Performance in Vietnam

Study: 25% of war deaths medically preventable - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times
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Study: 25% of war deaths medically preventable - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times

03 July 2012 Study: 25% of war deaths medically preventable Army Times, By Patricia Kime - Staff writerThursday Jun 28, 2012 16:04:10 EDT A new study finds that nearly a quarter of the 4,596 combat read more..

Mexico AAR July 2012
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Carl Prine, Bombs, Brain Damage, and our Responsibility
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Carl Prine, Bombs, Brain Damage, and our Responsibility

10 July 2012 These wars have left us with thousands of troops and civilians who may have sustained brain damage from explosions.  Recently, my friend Carl Prine, a military combat veteran of Ira read more..

We Are Still #1 (somehow)
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We Are Still #1 (somehow)

11 July 2012 Thank you for the tremendous support through the years.  We are just getting warmed up, though I am in a transition stage while completing a book.  I remain serious about poten read more..

Taliban Calls Murder of Woman Idiotic and Horrific
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Taliban Calls Murder of Woman Idiotic and Horrific

12 July 2012 A recent video surfaced in Afghanistan showing an unarmed woman being murdered by gunfire.  There has been much speculation about why the murder occurred, and who is responsible. I read more..

Veterans Bashing Veterans who are Helping Veterans
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Veterans Bashing Veterans who are Helping Veterans

Paul Rieckhoff, founder of IAVA, attacked by wild milbloggers 16 July 2012 Paul Rieckhoff is a veteran of the Iraq war. After his return from Iraq, Mr. Rieckhoff founded the organization IAVA (Iraq... read more..

Two War Zones

Military Professionals Discussing the MEDEVAC Dilemma: Armed or Escorted?
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Military Professionals Discussing the MEDEVAC Dilemma: Armed or Escorted?

18 July 2012 Increasing numbers of high-ranking military officers and veterans agree that the time has come for change.  Support from lawmakers continues to grow.  Army helicopter medical e read more..

Deadly Delays
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Deadly Delays

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Best Soldiers for the worst days: Medevac crews in Afghanistan save lives day, night
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Best Soldiers for the worst days: Medevac crews in Afghanistan save lives day, night

July 20, 2012By: Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 17, 2012) -- They're the crew no one wants to see take off. "A perfect deployment would be no missions," said Spc. Bry read more..

Soldiers' Angels is Dying
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Soldiers' Angels is Dying

22 July 2012 On 17 July 2012, Soldiers' Angels announced that Executive Director Toby Nunn was leaving the organization.  Rumors of impropriety have surrounded Nunn.  Plenty of those land read more..

More than 50,000 Facebook Readers
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More than 50,000 Facebook Readers

We have more than 50,000 folks subscribed to my Facebook.  Please follow the conversations on Facebook.  Some are great, some are good, and some totally flop, but all are interesting. htt... read more..

Our dithering has played into Assad's hands
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Our dithering has played into Assad's hands

Written by: Mark Palmer and Paul Wolfowitz Published: 22 July 2012 At a time when the Assad regime appears to be tottering, the United States, Britain and other friends of Syria should be trying to g... read more..

TALIBAN STATEMENT Today
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TALIBAN STATEMENT Today

Published: 24 July 2012 The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid spontaneously emailed a statement to me today.  It looks like the Taliban are on defense after the recent murder of a woman.&nbsp... read more..

Soldiers' Ducks
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Soldiers' Ducks

29 July 2012 A wise old Soldier offered some words of wisdom.  He said, "Michael, if they can fight you with facts, they will stick with the facts.  If the facts are not on their side, th read more..

Special Operations Association Tosses out Accused Fraud
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Special Operations Association Tosses out Accused Fraud

Caption John Giduck DATE: JULY 20, 2012 SUBJECT: THE BOARD REVOKES THE SOA HONORARY TITLE OF MR. JOHN GIDUCK THE CORPORATE PURPOSES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION (SOA) AS SET FORTH IN THE B... read more..

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