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Follow up on B-2 crash

…and contractor parts repair management.” I wonder if the PBL includes penalties for crashing an aircraft because the “quantitatively measured” technical orders were not so hot? PBL is an often…

PTSD and our military response

…totals include 28,365 cases for the Army, 5,641 for the Marines, 2,884 for the Navy and 2,476 for the Air Force. Army officials said the larger number of PTSD diagnoses…

Another challenge issued by ilsm

…1940’s the Air Force became the first and subsequently main customer of RandD Inc. We know it as RAND. This think tank is responsible for such concepts as Mutually Assured…

Baghdad cleansing?

…has never displayed before. However, Iraqi army operations, backed by US ground and air support, have so far failed to overwhelm the Shia militiamen, who are still responding with roadside…

Gas tax fury overrides Pentagon accounting disaster

…had submitted multibillion-dollar expense reports without any receipts. Preoccupied with protecting their turf, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines continue to maintain separate, increasingly outdated systems that can’t talk…

Complicated politics in the ME

…even tell us about it, we still back it up with air power and American troops as it stumbles… No special knowledge, but part of the general knowledge. The game…

Peltzman Effect

…the Peltzman Effect that concludes that seat belts cause more deaths. Peltzman agrees that wearing a belt and having air bags sharply reduces the changes of death if you are…

Free trade, Republican’s no like (along with others)

…imports only from countries that ban child labor (82% support), and allowing imports from countries that meet certain clean air and water standards (78% support). About two-thirds (64%) of Americans…

Page five in the news-Iraq

…administration and candidates, spending has been maintained or increased to build not only a fortress embassy, but what is to be eventually the largest airport in the world with a…

Propaganda from Texas

…an average of $18,153 a year. How is that possible? A look at the far right-hand column of the consumption chart, labeled “financial flows,” shows why: those lower-income families have…