Tag: military

Look in any firearm magazine and you'll see either advertisements or articles informing you that a certain military unit or police agency uses certain firearms or gear. There are two messages here - first, if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for you; second, they are way better than you, so their decision making processes are infallible and you'd be an idiot to pick anything else. The truth is that my needs are not the same as, say, DEVGRU's needs. I don't live on an oil platform, so… Read More

Today I read an article which stated that women might be allowed to attend the US Army's Ranger school. This follows closely on the announcement that the Marine Corps will allow a few good women to attend the Infantry Officers Course. Whether or not women should be allowed in direct combat has been a matter of discussion for quite some time. Women have, of course, taken part in combat actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them have been seriously injured or killed. Quite a few have received extremely well-deserved… Read More

This will be a slight departure from my normal posts. As some of my readers might know, I was in the military (Technically, I still am). I progressed from a na¯ve Seaman Recruit to a tired-of-all-the-BS Hospital Corpsman Second Class in a relatively short period of time. I did not always know the right thing to do, and I often made mistakes – especially in the beginning stages of my enlistment. I do not believe that I was ever hazed as a result of those mistakes, or for any other… Read More