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Living in PA’s 7th District, my local Congressmen, Joe Sestak, sits on the Committee on Armed Services. While I disagree with Sestak on most issues, I do try to stay informed of legislation he is involved in, like the FY 2010 NDAA. Below is straight from Sestaks office.
To provide our service members and their families [...]

The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Wayne E. Meyer, during a 1 p.m. EDT ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, Pa.
Designated DDG 108, the new destroyer honors the late [...]

On 21 Sept, John McHugh was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of the Army at a Pentagon ceremony. McHugh comes from Congress where he represented New York’s 23rd congressional district. Also sworn in was Dr. Joseph Westphal, who will serve as the 30th Under Secretary of the United States Army. Westphal most recently worked [...]

David Hackworth was an opinionated individual. He either liked someone or not, and he would say so. His forward to Dennis Foley’s Special Men is classic Hack. It’s a chapter by itself, long and sometimes rambling, but it’s what made Hackworth, Hack. The fact that it’s there talks a lot to the character of [...]

Billy Waugh is an ex-Green beret and CIA paramilitary officer whose career has spanned from Korea to Afghanistan. Waugh’s time in Vietnam began with the CIDG’s in South Vietnam and Laos. His injuries sustained at the battle of Bong Son put him out of action, but Waugh, the warrior would return to the battlefield. Waugh [...]

I just spent two weeks of doing little to nothing, but I did do some reading.
First, I went through the Sheriff of Ramadi by Dick Couch. Sheriff tells the story of Navy SEALs in the al-Anbar province of Iraq. This was not a typical special operations deployment. These SEALs were operating in a conventional force’s [...]

Imagine a self help book written by a highly successful individual with years of experience. In this book, the writer provides key principles and highlights them through the use of stories from his career.  I just closed such a book. Now, what if I tell you the writer is Pete Blaber, a former Commander of the 1st Special [...]

Just finished Horse Soldiers, by Doug Stanton.  As I mentioned in a previous post, it covers a historical first that took place on the battlefields of Afghanistan-the first large scale military action led by the Army’s Special Forces, and the largest unconventional warfare operation since World War II. In addition to the SF unit that [...]

**Sew-in is preferred for jumping, don’t want to lose half your kit on the way down**
So, you want to add Fastex or similar style buckles to your ruck, but aren’t skilled enough to sew, and can’t afford to send it to the good folks over at Tactical Tailor. Have no fear, there are alternatives.
What’s needed:
Tin [...]

On the heels of finishing War Dog: Fighting Other People’s Wars -The Modern Mercenary in Combat, which dealt with the controversial, yet often successful-if not flat out mandatory given current tenuous state of affairs-of mercs, I think it wise to put some other books out there I’ve recently finished up, as well.
First up is, Ben Rich’s Skunk [...]