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• Soldier may not face manslaughter charge in GI's alleged hazing death

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • This was the platoon sergeant's fault all the way. I was a platoon sergeant in an infantry company for a lot of years and never tolerated hazing.

• Investigators find Air France black box

  Sun May 1, 2011
  • Passengers can survive rapid decompression of the cabin if they grab their oxygen masks. The size of the debris field and the telemetry data indicate that the aircraft hit the water at close to terminal velocity. The impact energy is well above the survival limit for a human being.

• Investigators find Air France black box

  Sun May 1, 2011
  • For those interested: Everybody on board was killed instantly when the aircraft slammed into the ocean. However, the descent took several minutes, so I would imagine there was a lot of praying.

• BP spill troubles are far deeper than first thought, panel finds

  Thu Feb 17, 2011
  • This is too easy... Tell BP and Halliburton to get out. No more drilling, no more selling their products in the US, let them go to the international community to do business. I am sure there are lots of other countries that would be glad to have them.

• Lawsuit claims Pentagon turned blind eye to military rape victims

  Tue Feb 15, 2011
  • When I was a Platoon Sergeant, a female soldier in my platoon was raped by a fellow soldier. When she reported the rape, too late for any physical evidence, I found her assailant and beat him badly enough to send him to the hospital.

• Overcharges on soldiers' mortgages investigated

  Mon Jan 17, 2011
  • I would be willing to bet that Chase is not the only mortgage bank to pull this stunt. I got nailed by Bank Boston back in 1991 in Desert Storm. They threatened to foreclose on my house, and nobody wanted to hear anything about the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act.

• And Then There Was One

  Thu May 14, 2009
  • This is too easy. McKiernan got relieved because he is an idiot. He got the job through the "good old boy" system, then made a thorough hash of it. During his tenure, Battalion and Company Commanders repeatedly told reporters, "We have met none of our objectives since we got here".

• Columbine: What are your thoughts, ten years later?

  Thu Apr 9, 2009
  • Interesting reading.... It is gratifying to know that people in our society are still very concerned over this issue. That it remains largely unresolved is troubling, but change comes slowly at times....