Books For Soldiers is in dire straits and needs our help. This worthy organization has been around since the first Gulf war, when it shipped 1,000 books to our troops in Iraq. Now, unless they get the donations to stay afloat, all shipments will cease as of December 31st.
In 2007, we [...]

Starting on October 1st and for one year, the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team will be under NorCom’s control here in the states as an on-call federal response force for natural or man made emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.
They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control [...]

I know it’s everywhere. I know you’ve seen it. But I hadn’t, not until Dave emailed me the link…

I know I didn’t want to cry this morning, but I’m glad I took the time to watch this vid. You will be too.

…especially if it’s in the Washington Post.
Greyhawk and Tammi are all over this, but basically WaPo is taking the Iraqi’s word over ours about what happened when a bomb detonated against a civilian bus AND a convoy.
Bonus: There was a milblogger on scene, coincidentally a member of Bad Voodoo Platoon!
My version of a [...]