2 days ago by Standish

The military's new armored vehicles might save personnel from insurgent ambushes and terrorist attacks, but will the drivers be trained well enough to save the passengers from accidents? Blackwater is concerned and is offering a solution. The company built itself as a training provider, and now that ...

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28 days ago by headjundi

The Grizzly JLTV. Blackwater Closes Vehicles Division, Lays Off Employees By kris osborn Published: 3 Nov Blackwater USA has closed its vehicle operation after unsuccessfully bidding for contracts to build Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, comp ...

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33 days ago by worldmilitaryhistory

Stryker Find posters, framed art prints, calendars and postcard sets featuring the Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicle and the brave soldiers who man it. Visit the PatriArt Gallery today. ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 28 (UPI) — Pentagon policymakers tentatively decided last weekend to terminate a competition ...

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35 days ago by Dagpotter

The Australian Defence Minister announced that the country would participate in the development phase of the JLTV. As we posted yesterday three development contracts are due to be announced soon by the US Army. JLTV will be used to replace Land Rover vehicles in the Australian inventory. The benefit ...

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92 days ago by Fitz

Really, for starters (and I know this is deplorably late), you should watch this DNC Orientation video from a comedy troupe here in Denver. If you like jokes about Denver's reputation for being a skiing town full of cowboys and/or our "150 year battle with the Ute Indians," this video is for you. Pl ...

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98 days ago by worldmilitaryhistory

Armed Eagle Be an armed eagle! Get the tee-shirt to prove it at The Military Chest. The military credits its new crop of hulking armored vehicles with saving hundreds of soldiers’ skins. But these Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected ( MRAP) behemoths come with all kinds of problems, as well. They’re too ...

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102 days ago by Michael Eden

Barack Obama isn't ready to be President. Don't ask me, ask Obama's new VP selection, Joe Biden. Republicans are already able to excoriate Obama with Biden's own words. If Obama picked Biden because of his experience, we should at least listen to what Biden said when it mattered most.

102 days ago by Michael Eden

Obama wanted to seem all “hip” and “now” but his text message system obviously totally flopped. After all the promises and all the hype, the only text anyone ever got was a fake - a suitable metaphor for the whole Obama campaign. Barack Obama did a stupid thing by not asking Hillary Clinton to run w ...

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113 days ago by worldmilitaryhistory

CAMP TAJI, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2008 — The cavalry has always played an integral role in the world’s militaries. Traveling and fighting on horseback gave them an advantage to regular ground troops, as it made them faster, more mobile and a more lethal force. Throughout the years times changed and cavalry u ...

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113 days ago by ecthompson

So what’s going on? Georgia tries to get control of a state which seems to lean toward Russia. It is clear why this was the time for Georgia to make a move. Were we consulted prior to Georgia making this move. If so, what did we say? Russia knowing that the United States is hamstrung in Iraq and Afg ...

Where's the Outrage? - whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress · 69 references