Tag Archive: military

on October 4, 2013 in World News

Obama Illegally Furloughing Civilian Defense Employees

                      Obama Illegally Furloughing Civilian Defense Employees at STRATCOM On Friday, Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) told Breitbart News that President Obama was illegally furloughing approximately two thousand federal civilian defense contractors at Offutt Air Force Base, in direct contravention of the Pay Our Military Act, passed last week through Congress and signed by Obama himself. Those four thousand employees represent approximately two thirds of the civilian personnel at Offutt Air Force Base.     The Pay Our Military Act explicitly promises “such sums as are necessary to provide pay and… View Article

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on September 2, 2013 in World News

‘I did not join for this’

‘I did not join for this’: US military men speak out against Syria strike Many US servicemen are against the looming strike on Syria, Republican Congressman Justin Amash said on Twitter, in an attempt to counter the idea that the country might be overwhelmingly in favor of military action. Amash made his comments after President Barack Obama’s statement, in which he all but promised a strike in retaliation for the supposed use of chemical agents by the Syrian government. The Congressman for Michigan backed up his comments with a multitude of retweets from servicemen. Amash said he had been “hearing… View Article

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on August 16, 2013 in World News

U.S. Army Buys Nearly 600,000 Soviet AK-47 Magazines

U.S. Army Buys Nearly 600,000 Soviet AK-47 Magazines The U.S. Army is buying almost 600,000 Soviet AK-47 magazines, enough to hold nearly 18,000,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo which is not standard-issue for either the U.S. military or NATO.A U.S. Army solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities site asks for approximately 592,825 new AK 30-round magazines. The solicitation even refers to the magazines as being for “non-standard weapons.” More specifically, they are for the AK-47 designed by the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War, which is now commonly used by opposition forces in proxy wars around the world…. View Article

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on July 24, 2013 in World News

New coalition defends religious freedom in military

New coalition defends religious freedom in military New coalition defends religious freedom in military Reports of religious discrimination in the U.S. military have prompted a response: a coalition has organized to ensure military members can express their faith. More than a dozen conservative and pro-family organizations have teamed up to form “Restore Military Religious Freedom.” Crews, Col. Ron (Chaplain Alliance)Col. Ron Crews (USA-Ret.), who served as a U.S. Army chaplain for 28 years, says the coalition launched a campaign to inform military personnel about their religious liberties, using thousands of printed palm cards. The purpose of the cards is “to… View Article

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on July 24, 2013 in World News

Urban warfare training exercises in Chicago area

Urban warfare training exercises in Chicago area                 In the late evening hours of July 22, several Blackhawk helicopters flew low over central areas of the city of Chicago without any lights, startling a number of residents who were not aware of the scheduled military helicopter training exercises. A July 10 Chicago Tribune article on fresh exercises planned in the nearby suburb of Tinley Park cited Tinley Park Emergency Management Agency Director Pat Carr on helicopter exercises planned for July 23 and 24, but there was no indication of where these would be… View Article

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