Notable Quotable: Marine Corps General says “Power Point Makes Us Stupid”
A PowerPoint diagram meant to portray the complexity of American strategy in Afghanistan certainly succeeded in that aim. We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint By ELISABETH BUMILLERThe […]
Note to Taliban: Surrender Now
Because if you don’t, these three soldiers are deploying next year and it’ll be ugly, you know what I’m saying? These three ladies are members of the Oklahoma National Guard’s […]
Canadian Forces Decorations You Might Not Have Heard Of
I once heard a Canadian general say that one of the problems with the military is that we are obssessed with the “Three Ms” – Me, Money, and Medals. Typically […]
Military Picture of the Week
From a friend’s brother’s pictures of his trip to Paris, taken in 2009 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Some fitness standards needed in the French military, perhaps?
Military Picture of the Week
Despite record snowstorms throughout Britain, it’s good to see from this MOD Image of the Day that the British military has not lost its sense of humour. MP+ Troops from […]
Military Picture of the Week
It’s Friday and with Remembrance Day now safely behind us for another year, I hope it’s now not too irreverent to post this photo, courtesy of my brother the Mad […]
Military Picture of the Week
It’s Friday and that means another milpic of the week, courtesy of my brother the Mad Colonel. There are apparently Indian and Pakistani soldiers. Glad to see them competing at […]
Military Picture of the Week
It’s Friday and it’s time for another Military Picture of the Week, courtesy of my brother the Mad Colonel. Never a good thing to find that your banana hammock is […]
Military Picture of the Week
From my brother the Mad Colonel. Don’t know the provenance of this one but it looks like a chorus of Navy SEALS (or the Asian equivalent).
Military Image of the Week
One of many pictures from the recent 60th National Day Parde in Beijing on September 15. This one shows “Soldiers from the PLA Airborne Corps massag[ing] their comrades during a […]