Military Newsletter
Latest intelligence on the world situation, updates on US military capabilities, news that affects Military retirees,
and news that will probably never be reported by the "Liberal American Media!"
Edited by Lt Col Kent Vasby, USAF, Ret
Parade, ceremonies, live webcast to mark Pearl Harbor Day Today
The 74th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Monday with ceremonies, a parade and a host of other events from Washington, D.C., to the site of the attack in Hawaii that drew the United States into World War II.
If Obama had been President for Pearl Harbor
Six Years Later: Obama Finally Calls Fort Hood a Terrorist Attack
Almost Radical Islam? - Obama on ISIS: 'They are thugs and killers,' a 'perverted interpretation of Islam'
U.S. Intel to Obama: ISIS Is Not Contained
A new U.S. intelligence report on ISIS, commissioned by the White House, predicts that the self-proclaimed Islamic State will spread worldwide and grow in numbers, unless it suffers a significant loss of territory on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria (and Libya).
ISIS Inc: Extraordinary documents show terror group's masterplan for world domination
ISIS has created staggeringly sophisticated levels of administration in a bid to turn its self-declared caliphate into a legitimate state.
The terrorists have created departments to administer over the health, education and the treasury sectors.
Investigators search home of shooter's former neighbor again
Police believe Enrique Marquez purchased the two modified 'assault-style' weapons that were used in Wednesday's massacre that left 14 dead
Yes, this is Enrique!
Marquez admitted himself to a mental health facility in Long Beach after Wednesday'sattack and has been unavailable for questioning
Crowded skies!
Unusual footage: Russian drone films American drone over Syria
According to the Russians, during the last few days the US-led coalition in Syria has deployed three times more drones than before with up to 50 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles often up in the air at the same time.
After 60 Years, B-52s Still Dominate U.S. Fleet
The B-52 is an Air Force plane that refuses to die. Originally slated for retirement generations ago, it continues to be deployed in conflict after conflict. It dropped the first hydrogen bomb in the Bikini Islands in 1956, and laser-guided bombs in Afghanistan in 2006. It has outlived its replacement. And its replacement's replacement. And its replacement's replacement's replacement.
Air Force commanders are now urging the Pentagon to deploy B-52s in Syria.
The B.U.F.F. is like the rook in a chess game, said Maj. Mark Burley, Just by how you position it on the board, it changes the posture of your adversary.
Turkey angered by rocket-brandishing on Russian naval ship passing Istanbul
Turkey accused Russia of a "provocation" on Sunday after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship allegedly held a rocket launcher on his shoulder while the vessel passed through Istanbul.
Read more at Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-russia-idUSKBN0TP0JW20151206#
Erdogan: Turkey Can Find Alternatives To Russian Energy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Ankara may find alternatives to buying Russian oil and gas as bilateral relations deteriorate over the downing of a Russian warplane.
The Alternative is Israel?
Turkey-Israel agree to start works on pipeline project
Northrop Grumman to develop GPS backup for subs
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $19.8 million Navy contract to develop a backup navigation system for submarines when GPS isn't available.
Carson: No need for transgender troops
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson opposes allowing openly transgender people in the armed services, saying it would amount to "using our military as a laboratory for social experimentation."
Penis Transplants Being Planned to Help Wounded Troops
Within a year, maybe in just a few months, a young soldier with a horrific injury from a bomb blast in Afghanistan will have an operation that has never been performed in the United States: a penis transplant.
Here's how to replace military service records and awards
Army veterans and retirees who served on active duty or in the reserves and their family members are eligible to receive a variety of service-related documents for free. It's just a matter of knowing how.
Few women choose to stay in submarine force
For the first women to earn the coveted dolphin pin, it's decision time about whether to stay in the Navy.
And so far, only three of the original 24 have signed up.
The other migrant crisis: Cubans are streaming north in large numbers
No worries - we need more future presidential candidates
A year after President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced with great fanfare their plans to normalize relations, an old source of tension has stubbornly returned, with a rush of Cubans trying to get to the United States.
Videos
PTSD - quite a song
In response to Obama's "Address to the Nation" last night.
Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Thanks, Dick P
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
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The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
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INVENTION OF THE CAR BACK-UP SENSOR
Thanks, Marty
Most of the newest cars have a Back-Up Sensor that warns the driver before
the rear bumper actually comes in contact with something.
Most people probably think that this valuable feature came out of the minds of engineers,
but it was recently disclosed that the concept was first developed by a Chinese farmer.
His invention was simple and effective.
It emits a high-pitched squeal when the vehicle backs into something.
