Archive for March, 2014

Air Force IG fails Cadet Informant

Late last year I wrote extensively here and on SOFREP.com on the Air Force Academy using cadet informants to expose other cadets involved in drug usage and sexual assault.  In the process, cadets were instructed to violate the cadet honor code and academy regulations with the promise they would be protected.  The Air Force’s Office …

Bicycles: Infantry and More

by Yankee Papa   The SOG team was in Laos, awaiting extraction.  NVA “headhunter” units were narrowing down their search… It was only a matter of time…and it was running out for the team.  They had requested extraction, but FAC pilot was radioing information to them… asking odd questions… and the general drift seemed to …

Did we help invade Crimea?

In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down along with much of our common sense on our relationship with Russia.  A relatively recent rush of military-to-military training exercises with the Russians has likely helped Russia become more effective and likely even facilitated the invasion of Crimea. When the Soviet Union died the Soviet military fell into …

What Potential Army Cuts Might Mean

By now everyone has heard about the defense cuts leaked by Secretary of Defense Hagel’s staff to the New York Times.  To summarize, the Air Force is again offering up the much hated (by the Air Force establishment) A10 as its offering.  The Navy will cut back on the number of unsatisfactory and lightly armed …