Tag Archive 'Army'

When a carefully Constitutional military slips into politically correct stupidity

on Jan 08 2012 | Filed under: Media matters, Military

One of the many blessings of our American military is that it’s a Constitutional military that has as its Commander in Chief a civilian elected by the American public.  (Although history has shown, fairly recently in fact, that the American public sometimes elects bad CinCs.)  Because the elected CinC is frequently someone without military experience, [...]

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Looks like the Army is getting itself a good one

on Dec 19 2011 | Filed under: Military

A new enlistee thought quickly and helped arrest a couple of brazen criminals (emphasis mine): A quick-thinking cashier ran out of a Mill Valley store Sunday morning and photographed two women who had shoplifted Taser stun guns and pepper spray — resulting in arrests a few minutes later. At about 9:15 a.m. Mill Valley police [...]

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Aerial magic

on Jul 28 2009 | Filed under: Military

Me, personally, I think parachutists are crazy — but then again I get vertigo standing on a chair to screw in a light bulb.  These Army paratroopers, however, have brought magic to the craziness, and done something truly beautiful:

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Recruiting in Marin

on May 11 2008 | Filed under: Military

The other day, I had a delightful lunch with Staff Sargeant Jason Eck, the Army’s recruiter in Marin. I wrote about it here, at Pajamas Media.

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