US Army trains to confront TPTs

I don't know how long it takes to learn this, but apparently when you ship things to soldiers at US bases, it is REALLY BAD to use the good ole federal US Postal Service. My nephew is at Ft Sill. I sent him a laptop via USPS Priority mail on Monday. They are still waiting to "give it" to him. Apparently he simply does not just get his mail as a normal civilian would. The officers can hold on to it as long as they wish. Now I know. They only have control over ...

I can not believe how sad tonight's episode was! I have watched shows and say that is really sad, but I actually had tears running down my face tonight. I have two sons, both ready to turn 18 and 21 in May. I can not even image what it would be like to lose one of them. Thank God both are safe and at home. My heart goes out to all that have loved one in the Service and especially those who have lost ones in the Service. It is so sad that this world has to ...

Does Army Consider Christians, Tea Party, a Terror Threat? by Todd StarnesTodd Starnes // Oct 23 2013 // 5:27pm Soldiers attending a pre-deployment briefing at Fort Hood say they were told that evangelical Christians and members of the Tea Party were a threat to the nation and that any soldier donating to those groups would be subjected to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A soldier who attended the Oct. 17th briefing told me the counter-intelligence agent i ...

I thought some of you might get a kick out of that. Benefits: It's outdoors, you can watch the sky, study the clouds (I'm drawing now, and I want to draw clouds, so why not study them all day?) - you're raising money to help people in trouble - you get to ring a bell - holiday spirit. Also, I want practice drawing faces, so you can look at people's faces all day long. Also, can write some poems & research for novel. Downside - pay is lo ...

Let's hear some rousing applause for our president who does not always put himself first. The Sounds of Silence. ...

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/a-soldier-criticizes-his-army-comrades-tea-party-ideology/280788/ A Soldier Criticizes His Army Comrades' Tea Party Ideology Does the movement's rank and file want to be misinformed by conservative media, or are they the unwitting victims of unscrupulous propagandists? CONOR FRIEDERSDORFOCT 23 2013, 6:00 AM ET Chumsdock/Flickr Regular readers know I have a love/hate relationship with the Tea Party. What I love i ...

This is a tough one. Do you think they should go ahead and send her to Afghanistan? Single-mother Alexis Hutchinson refused to deploy to Afghanistan on Nov. 5, she said, because she didn't have anyone to take care of her infant son. Now she's confined to the Georgia base where she is stationed, facing criminal prosecution by the Army.Hutchinson's civilian lawyer told the Huffington Post that Hutchinson, 21, initially planned for her 10-month-old son to stay with his grandmother in ...

(I put Tea Party in quotes, because its original grass roots base has become a sad joke.) From the Washington Post, December 25: "The day after Labor Day, just as campaign season was entering its final frenzy, FreedomWorks, the Washington-based tea party organization, went into free fall. Richard K. Armey, the group’s chairman and a former House majority leader, walked into the group’s Capitol Hill offices with his wife, Susan, and an aide holstering a handgun at his waist. The aim ...

Why doesn't our government think before acting? Never mind, I know why. What a bunch of brainless numbskulls! ...

This links to a fascinating yet long article well worth the time it takes to read it. Many of the posts on this forum over the past couple of days help to lend much credence to the concerns raised in this piece. Here are a few choice highlights from it. HBGary people are talking about creating "personas", what we would call sockpuppets. But for a defense contractor with ties to the federal government, Hunton & Williams, DOD, NSA, and the CIA - whose enemies are ...

Joshua Kors, Investigative Reporter for The Nation I had been covering veterans' issues for several years and thought I'd developed a thick skin. But the pain on the other end of the telephone line was difficult to stomach. Sergeant Chuck Luther, now back from Iraq, was describing his journey to hell and back. The worst part, he said, wasn't battling insurgents or even the mortar blast that tossed him to the ground and slammed his head against the concrete — it was ...

Earlier on Saturday, a military spokesman said the insurgents' defense lines were collapsing, state television reported. "We are seeing now the last meters (yards) and then final victory will be announced," a presenter said, citing correspondents embedded with security forces fighting in Islamic State's redoubt in the Old City by the Tigris. "It's a matter of hours," she added. ...

US Army trains to confront TPTs

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