Wait, I don’t get it. If you remember the moments, days, weeks following the attacks on 9/11 then you certainly remember the importance of faith and religion on just about everyone. Churches, Synagogues, and Mosques were filled to capacity by those that regularly attend and those that maybe hadn’t been to a house of worship in years. 

The country was in despair, it was in fear and the country as a whole was sad and mourning. So most of us went to our places of worship to find solace and peace. It was the clergy of all these faiths that comforted so many people either directly or indirectly. In my opinion Religion is as much a part of the events of 9/11 as Fireman, Police, and military are. I consider it part of the fabric of that day.

So how can Mayor Bloomberg not include religious leaders in the memorial events on the 11th? Does he hate God? Does he hate religion? Is he a an Atheist or as known as in the Muslim faith, and Infidel?  

He should be ashamed of himself and all of the people from all the religions of this world should be ashamed of him too. I would like to see the leaders of all the faiths; Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Mormon, Pentecostal, etc. etc. would stand up and ask their members to make their voices heard about how mad they are about this. I would really like to see the people of NYC stand up and demand that he step down as mayor. His time is done, it is time for him to go back to his millions of dollars and business ventures and leave public civil-service to those that care about truly representing and caring for the public. 

Posted on September 9th, 2011 by Bouhammer
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Posted on August 27th, 2011 by Bouhammer
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Posted on July 30th, 2011 by The Frontlines
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It is really sad when the CJCS is not sure if warfighters on the front lines of the Global War on Terror will be able to get paid on time or not. 

It is unclear if the United States will be able to pay troops on time in the event of a debt default, the top U.S. military officer told troops in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Pentagon officials were working hard to plan for a potential default but cautioned that the circumstances were extraordinary.

“So I honestly can’t answer that question,” he told troops at Kandahar air base in southern Afghanistan, as several expressed anxiety over budget wrangling in Washington.

Potentially suspending pay to U.S. forces waging wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is an extremely sensitive subject in the United States and Mullen acknowledged that many troops lived paycheck to paycheck.

“So if paychecks were to stop, it would have a devastating impact,” Mullen said, answering questions from troops.

“I’d like to give you a better answer than that right now, I just honestly don’t know,” he said.

 

Devastating impact is an understatement. It will cause a huge issue in morale among all soldiers and especially the families.

Posted on July 30th, 2011 by Bouhammer
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First Afghan Female Military Pilots Arrive in US for Training

Sourya Saleh, wearing a black scarf to cover her hair and an olive drab Afghan Army uniform, doesn’t look like a cultural warrior. But she and three fellow Afghan women, the first of their gender to qualify as pilots in the Afghan Army, may help change attitudes about women in their conservative Muslim homeland where women’s voices often go unheard.

“We are going to open the door for other ladies in Afghanistan,” the Afghan Army Second Lieutenant told reporters at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. “It is a big deal for us, to open this door for others. Other ladies who feel that they can’t do it, we want to show them.”

Full Story Location http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/us-afghan-women-texas-idUSTRE76C7FY20110713?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

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The Warrant

Posted on July 19th, 2011 by The Frontlines
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The Frontlines: TRICARE In The Firing Line

Spiraling health care costs for military personnel are getting the attention of Congress, and for the first time in recent memory, some action to reduce such costs has been proposed.  TRICARE, the health care plan for the military, has been a very expensive plan. A retired soldier pays $460 a year in health care premiums. Active duty servicemen pay nothing. This amount has remained unchanged since Tricare was started in 1995. Civilian employees of the federal government pay between $5,000 – $6,000, in comparison.

President Obama has proposed a 13% increase in TRICARE’s fees. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is about to approve this proposal. If approved by the Senate, the savings of 7 billion dollars over five years is modest. But, for the first time in recent memory, military compensation is no longer untouchable.

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very respectfully,

The “Warrant”

References

The Economist, May 22, 2011

Posted on July 17th, 2011 by The Frontlines
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THE FRONTLINES BULLETIN There have been several interesting articles in the news lately, this is one of the top three:

The Obama Doctrine Defined

The words “vacillating” and “aimless” are commonly used by both left and right to describe President Barack Obama’s approach to the Libya war. His political friends and foes alike lament that he has no clear goal in Libya—and that, by failing to articulate one, he is revealing his unease at having been dragged into the fight to oust the regime of Muammar Qaddafi.

Democratic Senator James Webb of Virginia issued a press release on March 21, 2011, noting that the U.S. mission in Libya “lacks clarity.” Former Republican Senator Slade Gorton wrote in the Washington Post: “We should never enter a war halfway and with an indecisive goal. Regrettably, that is where we stand today.”

The criticism has some validity, but it misses an important point: the administration’s approach has logic and coherence in the service of strategic considerations that extend far beyond Libya.

Since his campaign in 2007 and 2008, Barack Obama has declared that he wants to transform America’s role in world affairs. And now, in the third year of his term, we can see how he is bringing about that transformation. The United States under Barack Obama is less assertive, less dominant, less power-minded, less focused on the American people’s particular interests, and less concerned about preserving U.S. freedom of action. It is true that he did not simply pull the plug on the war in Iraq, as he promised he would do, and that he increased the commitment of troops in Afghanistan. But those compromises reflect the president’s pragmatic judgment about the art of the possible, not his conviction about what kind of country America should ultimately become.

Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-obama-doctrine-defined/

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The TASK is to provide valuable information for veterans. The CONDITIONS are information overload of often useless partisan rhetoric which distorts the facts, clutters the environment, and thus prohibits  important information from being distributed to Veterans. The STANDARDS are that The Frontlines Bulletin will be short, concise, and referenced material in order to provide timely and relevant information to Veterans and their families.

To read the entire bulletin please read: The Frontlines Bulletin (122300(S)JUL2011). If you have a different opinion or comment please post it here or email me at askthewarrant@thefrontlines.com or visit www.thefrontlines.com. Fronts Change. Memories Don’t.

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The “Warrant”

Posted on July 17th, 2011 by The Frontlines
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I was going to write about this as I personally watched the President speak yesterday and my jaw hit the floor when he said this and showed such disrespect that he could not remember the details of the few MOHs he has presented, to include the very first one to a living recipient since Vietnam. I am sure Jared Monti’s family was just mortified. 

Since the guys over at Blackfive beat me to it, here is the link so you can read what they already wrote. Overall to me it just shows what an uncaring a$$hole the President is. Not because of any other reason than just his disrespect for our warriors. 

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2011/06/president-obamas-terrible-mistake.html

Posted on June 24th, 2011 by Bouhammer
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Not that I fly that often, but when I do, I won’t be using Delta…

Update:  It appears that Delta is looking into the situation, and some of the blame looks to be on the Army.  If the Soldiers’ orders had them flying coach, then their orders should have reflected that only three bags were authorized (even though it’s a real SOB hauling that much gear around in just three bags).

Delta’s response is here: http://blog.delta.com/2011/06/07/military-travel-baggage-policies-our-thoughts/

Posted on June 7th, 2011 by Country Singer
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Posted on June 7th, 2011 by The Frontlines
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