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Archive for January, 2011
Female Apache helicopter pilot supporting ground troops in a combat environment
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 26/Jan/2011 23:57
US woman fatally wounded in Mexico, dies in South Texas hospital
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 26/Jan/2011 23:08
by Terry Wallace, Associated Press
DALLAS — “A woman described by police as a U.S. missionary died at a South Texas hospital Wednesday after her husband brought her mortally wounded over a Rio Grande bridge from Mexico, where he said she had been shot in the head by gunmen in a pickup truck.
Nancy Davis, 59, died in a McAllen hospital about 90 minutes after her husband drove the couple’s truck against traffic across the Pharr International Bridge, according to a statement issued by the Pharr Police Department.
Her husband told investigators that he and his wife were traveling about 70 miles south of the Mexican border city of Reynosa when gunmen in a pickup truck tried to stop them. When the Davises sped up, the gunmen fired, wounding Nancy Davis in the head, the statement said.”
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/26/5931622-husband-us-missionary-fatally-wounded-in-mexico
More US troops lost to suicide than to combat
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 26/Jan/2011 20:07
“For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The reasons are complicated and the accounting uncertain — for instance, should returning soldiers who take their own lives after being mustered out be included?
But the suicide rate is a further indication of the stress that military personnel live under after nearly a decade of war.”
http://www.congress.org/news/2011/01/24/more_troops_lost_to_suicide
Return of The ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Stealth Drone
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 26/Jan/2011 19:46
“Back in 2009, the Air Force confirmed that it had a mysterious stealth drone, the Lockheed RQ-170, flying over Kandahar in Afghanistan — the subject of much online speculation and grainy photography. Now, after something of a lull, the Secret Projects forum has new pics of the drone that Ares aviation ace Bill Sweetman dubbed “The Beast of Kandahar.â€
Not much is known about the Beast. It’s not believed to carry any missiles, and the new photographs don’t indicate that it’s armed. And as David Hambling wrote at Danger Room at the time, it’s a mystery why the stealth Beast even patrols Kandahar, given all the other drones in the skies above and the Taliban’s lack of radar.”
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/return-of-the-beast-of-kandahar-stealth-drone/
Remington 870 Supercell Recoil Pad – reduce felt recoil without dropping big bucks on a new stock
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Accessories, News, Warrior Tools on 26/Jan/2011 19:12
Product Reviews form Amazon
“For $20 I was able to enjoy shooting slugs from my new Remington 870 with synthetic stock.
I got the pad installed in a couple of minutes. The screws included with the Supercell had much wider heads than the wood screws included with the normal stock pad, and it took a minute to squeeze them into the pad. I was afraid that the large heads may rip the pad, but they popped in with no damage after some wiggling. The fit on the gun was as good or better than the stock pad.
The first time I shot the gun (without the Supercell), after about 15 rounds (variety of sabot slugs, both 2 3/4″ and 3″) I could barely move my arm. Luckily I found a brand that grouped the well and had milder recoil than some. I still didn’t want to go out and shoot another 15 rounds to get the scope zeroed in.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from the pad as I never had used an aftermarket recoil pad on a gun before. The pad definitely helped reduce the felt recoil and let me get settled in to finish zeroing the scope. 15 rounds later my gun was ready and my arm didn’t feel bad. I could tell that I had been shooting, but I wasn’t in any pain.”
“…the real beauty of it was when I took it to the range for a test. I fired 9 boxes of 2 3/4in slugs and two boxes of 3in magnum slugs, a total of 55 slugs in one session. No pain whatsoever, no bruising at all. The consistency of performance was also a benefit as I was able to aim for quick follow-up shots much faster than with the stock recoil pad. I was able to concentrate on my target and not have to worry about inadvertent flinching at all. After all those slugs, when I packed the gun up I could tell I had been shooting, but there was no discomfort or fatigue whatsoever.”
Combat Stress and the Wounded Warrior Project
Podcast From: IDGA
About this Podcast…
Maggie Haynes, Director of Mental Health for the Wounded Warrior Project, discusses the latest projects and initiatives at WWP. She details the biggest challenges veterans face as they return home from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan relating to combat and operational stress. She also talks about how this generation of veterans is the first of the internet generation and how tools such as the internet and social media are helping veterans find the information and resources they need.
The 1911 Might Be Utah’s State Gun
From TheBlaze.com:
The bill to make the Browning M1911 the official gun breezed through a committee hearing this week and is scheduled to be debated by the full House as early as Wednesday.
Republican Rep. Carl Wimmer said the state should have the gun as one of its state symbols to honor John Browning, a Utah native who invented it in 1911.
California Ammo Law Ruled Unconstitutional
From DailyNews.com:
FRESNO — A judge has ruled that key sections of a California law restricting the sale of handgun ammunition cannot be enforced because they are unconstitutional.
Once again California is on the wrong side of self defense and the second amendment.
2011 SHOT Show
Via Tactical Wire:
The 2011 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show soared above expectations by setting records for buyer attendance at 31,769 and media attendance at 2,074.
Overall attendance of 57,390, comprising buyers, exhibitors, media and guests, ranked the show as the third largest ever behind the 2008 and 2010 events. In this sluggish economy, the SHOT Show demonstrates the resilience of one of America’s oldest industries and the popularity of its products.
Obama’s State of the Union and U.S. Foreign Policy
Obama’s State of the Union and U.S. Foreign Policy is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By George Friedman
U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver the State of the Union address tonight. The administration has let the media know that the focus of the speech will be on jobs and the economy. Given the strong showing of the Republicans in the last election, and the fact that they have defined domestic issues as the main battleground, Obama’s decision makes political sense. He will likely mention foreign issues and is undoubtedly devoting significant time to them, but the decision not to focus on foreign affairs in his State of the Union address gives the impression that the global situation is under control. Indeed, the Republican focus on domestic matters projects the same sense. Both sides create the danger that the public will be unprepared for some of the international crises that are already quite heated. We have discussed these issues in detail, but it is useful to step back and look at the state of the world for a moment. Read the rest of this entry »
Oldest living member of ‘Band of Brothers’ dies
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 23/Jan/2011 02:45
Ed Mauser
OMAHA, Neb. – A member of the “Band of Brothers” who fought in some of World War II’s fiercest European battles, Ed Mauser shunned the limelight and kept his service with the Army unit a secret, even from some of his family.
His role came to light only after his brother-in-law got him a copy of the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” said Terry Zahn, who met Mauser during a 2009 Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., to see the World War II memorial. Mauser, 94, was the oldest living member of Easy Company, which is often better known now as the “Band of Brothers.” Mauser was not among the soldiers portrayed in the miniseries.
“Don’t call me a hero,” Mauser told the Lincoln Journal Star in a 2009 interview. “I was just one of the boys. I did what I was told, and let’s leave it at that.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110122/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_mauser
Electromagnetic Warfare
The Navy is in the process of replacing old EA-6B Prowlers with new EA-18G Growlers (a electronic warfare version of the Super Hornet).
Via Wired’s Danger Room blog:
The frontline weapon for this electronic war is a new airborne jamming system currently in development. The Next Generation Jammer should allow the Navy to blind the enemy’s radars, disrupt its communications and slip malicious code into computer networks.
Besides radar-jamming, the NGJ should allow the Navy to disable remotely detonated, improvised explosive devices — something the EA-6B already does — as well as insert viruses into command networks, a tactic Israel allegedly first used in combat during its 2007 air attacks on a suspected Syrian nuke site.
South Korean navy commandos kill Somalian pirates and release captured crew
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 21/Jan/2011 22:28
AFP/HO/File – This photo, released by the Defence Ministry, shows South Korean navy UDT/SEAL members capturing Somali pirates
SEOUL (AFP) – Seoul newspapers heaped praise on South Korean navy commandos who battled pirates off the coast of Somalia to release captured crew.
“The Cheongha Unit salvages national pride,” declared the Dong-A Ilbo’s frontpage banner headline over a colour photo of SEAL special forces storming a South Korean freighter that had been taken by pirates in the Indian Ocean.
In a pre-dawn operation about 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) off northeast Somalia on Friday, the elite troops freed all the hostages, killing eight pirates and capturing five others in compartment-to-compartment battles.
The Korea Times said the success would serve as a “clear message that Seoul will no longer compromise with pirates, terrorists and hijackers.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/skoreasomaliapiracy;_ylt=AiNRHod4YCIrxbbloczPdCt0fNdF
The Right to Fight: Womens’ Role in the Military
From: IDGA
Women’s roles in the military have always served as a case for controversy, and women continue to struggle not only for equality of positions and duties, but to surpass barriers that lead to promotion, which sometimes cannot be achieved unless access to certain positions are granted.
Many of us question how this can even be an issue in the 21st Century Western world, where women assume an array of powerful and influential roles. The cold, hard truth is women are not yet given the same opportunities in the military as men. The issue, however, is being addressed and laws are slowly being passed to change this.