Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Bouhammer
Filed under: General Military, Wall of Honor | No Comments »

Where was this program when my middle son was wanting to drop out of Boy Scouts, which he eventually did. I can guarantee you he would still be in and probably be the top Scout had they offered this in pack 93.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.htmlThe responding officers — eight teenage boys and girls, the youngest 14 — [...]

Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Bouhammer
Filed under: General, General Military | 2 Comments »

I will complain when I don’t agree and I will compliment when I do agree. If the President or his administration does something I think is good or in the best interest of this county I will say so. I was not happy when I heard that the President was going to release the additional [...]

Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Bouhammer
Filed under: Executive Branch, General Military | 5 Comments »

I just read an article from the March 2009 edition of USAA magazine entitled Leadership and Laptops.  The BLUF of the responses to the theme coming from COs & PLs is the inordinate amount of time and effort consumed by after action / post patrol reports, all done using MS Powerpoint. WTF, over? Can anyone out [...]

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Shard
Filed under: General Military | No Comments »

Check out a Op-Ed piece that was published yesterday in the Wa-Po (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/04/14/ST2009041402780.html?sid=ST2009041402780) and read how over 1000 very experienced General and Flag officers have signed onto a letter that was sent to the President requesting him to keep the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy in place.
They cite facts, statistics and put up a very [...]

Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Bouhammer
Filed under: Executive Branch, General Military | 2 Comments »

It seems that the uproar by many blogs (to include this one), Veteran groups like Vets For Freedom and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and many in the public in general have been heard by the Obama Administration. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano gave an apology on Fox News on Thursday for the report that was blogged [...]

Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Bouhammer
Filed under: General Military, Mainstream Media, The US Constitution | 4 Comments »

I really can’t add words to this video:

Posted on April 15th, 2009 by CJ
Filed under: General Military | 2 Comments »

*Originally posted on my main site, www.bouhammer.com, but I felt so strong about this and because of the content that I had to post it here too*
N/T to LT Nixon for this one.
Apparently the Government that my father served for 22 years as a US Army Special Forces soldier, risking his life and going to [...]

Posted on April 14th, 2009 by Bouhammer
Filed under: General Military, The US Constitution, Wall of Shame | 13 Comments »

Posted on April 11th, 2009 by CJ
Filed under: Congressional branch, Economic, Foreign Relations, General, General Military, Poll, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

I’ve had some run-ins with the TSA and law enforcement as I’ve traveled the country on business and pleasure. My wife gets so nervous when we get pulled over or approach a checkpoint because she knows that I know my rights. I refuse to cooperate at DUI checkpoints because I know my 4th [...]

Posted on April 9th, 2009 by CJ
Filed under: Congressional branch, General Military, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »