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Meet the Army’s New Handgun

Posted by Jack The civilian version is called the SIG P320, but it’s essentially the same as the Army’s full size pistol the M17.  A slightly smaller version is offered called the M18. On January 19, 2017, the United States … Continue reading

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Women in Combat – A Failed Experiment

by Jack Lee In 1945 the Army and Marine’s physical fitness test included pullups, squat jumps, pushups, 2-min situps, 300 yard run, shuttle run and 60 sec-squat thrusts. In order to score excellent a recruit had to do 20 pull … Continue reading

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Christmas Stories – Americans Supporting Our Troops

by Jack   Dec 13th) My grandson was traveling in his dress blue uniform to his next duty station with some other young sailors from his unit. They stopped to get a shoe shine in Chicago’s Midway airport before flying … Continue reading

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Obama’s Colossal Blunder

by Jack Lee Mixed signals and odd delays plague Obama’s Administration.  The President looks like Mr. Dithers, he’s confused, aloof and indecisive. The following is a summary of the timeline and events that have brought us to the point of military … Continue reading

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