Personally, I’ve got a raging case of “Don’t let the barn door hit you in the bassoon” on hearing this (Karen caught the beginning of it a couple days ago), but that’s just me versus the Jew-haters. So what’s happening is, there’s this big festival thingie in Austin all the “with-it” types like to go […]
It’s South By Southwest Conference (SXSW) time in Austin, Texas. It is an annual event that is “a global event for digital creatives to explore cutting-edge ideas, discover new interests, and network with professionals.” The conference dates this year are March 8-15. Austin is a big live music city and SXSW brings in musicians from all […]
We’ve been covering the ongoing struggles of the US military to meet its recruiting goals here for some time now, particularly the Army. Having missed their goals yet again last year, they are currently short of their target number of soldiers by many thousands. With no new influx of recruits in sight, the Army announced […]
THE wheels are falling off at the Ministry of Defence under the inspired leadership of Grant Shapps, the Army wives dealing the latest blow. Thanks to their protests, the plan to change the way Army accommodation is allocated has been shelved. The hapless Secretary of State should have thought twice before messing with them. Neither Mr Shapps nor those […]
HAVE our armed forces been taken over by wokeness? As an Army Reservist for some years, I have my own perspective on the matter. To become a fully fledged reservist you must complete basic training followed by your specific trade. Being an infanteer, my trade training took place at Infantry Training Centre Catterick. During this […]
I AM in despair at the state of the Army. What was once universally regarded as the best in the world is now unable to recruit and frets that the proportion of ethnic minorities amongst the officers recruited from the Commonwealth is too low. The proposed solution? Reduce the security requirements. That comes on top of […]
THE head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, opined last week that wars are won by citizen armies after the professional ones have fought themselves to death. In the General’s opinion, the UK needs a citizens’ army of 50,000 to be able to fight the Russians and their hundreds of thousands. The current British Army, by […]
Maybe you all remember that particular 2021 gem of a woke-asterisk recruiting pitch. It was so nausea inducing, most veterans I know couldn’t get past the first 30 seconds, less mind sit through the entire 2+ minute fairy tale. Army and Guard vets were appalled, and we Marines were howling in hilarious, “WTF are they […]
THE US Army is struggling to find recruits, according to the New York Times and other outlets. Only the Marines are meeting their targets. ‘It’s dark days for the Army, Navy and Air Force’. They have tried almost everything to bring in new people. ‘They’ve relaxed enlistment standards, set up remedial schools for recruits who can’t […]
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