Texas Man Faked Way Into Army
by The Associated Press
May 21, 2010
A Texas man with no military experience tricked the Army into letting him enter a reserve unit as a noncommissioned officer earlier this year, a deception that placed an untrained soldier in a leadership position in a time of war, an Associated Press investigation has found.
While the soldier never deployed overseas, some say the case demonstrates how easily someone could pose as a member of the U.S. military.
I would say this is a more important breach of security than Mexicans sneaking into America looking for work.
US rifles not suited to warfare in Afghan hills
By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press Writer – Fri May 21, 4:41 am ET
KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. military's workhorse rifle — used in battle for the last 40 years — is proving less effective in Afghanistan against the Taliban's more primitive but longer range weapons.
As a result, the U.S. is reevaluating the performance of its standard M-4 rifle and considering a switch to weapons that fire a larger round largely discarded in the 1960s.
But a U.S. Army study found that the 5.56 mm bullets fired from M-4s don't retain enough velocity at distances greater than 1,000 feet (300 meters) to kill an adversary. In hilly regions of Afghanistan, NATO and insurgent forces are often 2,000 to 2,500 feet (600-800 meters) apart.
We've been in Afghanistan for almost 9 years and it's just now that the geniuses in the military are finding this out???
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I was personally banned from two Clear Channel shows for saying that the Iraqis generally considered the US occupiers thugs (borne out by polls) and disclosing the high rate of divorces,emotional and untreated physical problems accrued by US troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Limbaugh/Hannity wannabees, Mike McConnell and Gary Jeff Walker did NOT serve when it was their time, but for the past seven years have made a talk show living out of exalting the (mythical) goodness, stellar and effective performance of the troops in both wars. The actual war crimes,existence of anti war troops and anti war troop bloggers. ex. www.ivaw.org etc. McConnell and Walker and Bill Cunningham have concealed from their audiences entirely.
The actual war crimes,existence of anti war troops and anti war troop bloggers. ex. www.ivaw.org etc. McConnell and Walker and Bill Cunningham have concealed from their audiences entirely.
Hannity, Ingraham, Levin and Bennett have also tried to hide the truth.
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