Category: Big Pentagon

Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Times which reports that the Pentagon Force Protection Agency has issued a warning to service members about their public behavior in light of the attack on a guard at the Canadian War Memorial last week;

“Recent threats, revealed through various intelligence and law enforcement sources, indicate that terrorists, directed or inspired by the Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), view members of U.S. military members and law enforcement officers as legitimate targets for attacks,” the agency warns in memo that The Washington Times has obtained.

So, I guess we can admit now that the war has followed the troops home because this administration has decided it’s better to fight them at home.

The alert lists 11 protective steps that require employees to alter their way of life.

*Remove decals and other identifiers from clothing and vehicles.

*Vary travel routes.

*Avoid large gatherings and places where people congregate.

*Guard what you post on Facebook and Twitter.

*Do not post anything that links you to the Defense Department.

*Do not post any opposition to terrorists groups.

Um, I’d add a #12 – carry a weapon. But, then, a few years back, their commanders wouldn’t let the troops carry a loaded weapon while they were in Afghanistan, so it’s no surprise that they’d leave out that particular bullet recommendation.

So here we are in the midst of several deployments to the various shit holes around the world. The Afghan War isn’t ending this year, thousands are supporting the newest Iraq War, 3000 are headed to Liberia to battle Ebola and at home, the folks in the Pentagon are hard at work to support them. Says Military.com;

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said Tuesday that the Pentagon will continue pressing to trim military pay, pensions, and housing allowances despite rejections by Congress.

The Pentagon will also try again to reform the Tricare health care system and kill the A-10 attack aircraft despite nearly universal opposition from veterans service organizations, Work said at a Council on Foreign Relations forum.

“This whole idea of compensation is absolutely critical. Compensation (reform) is a really big deal” in DoD’s efforts to maintain readiness, fight wars in Afghanistan and the Mideast and rebalance forces to the Pacific while working under the budgetary restrictions of the Congressional sequester process, Work said.

Yeah, they cut pay raises, but that’s not enough, apparently, I’m sure we can find a senior NCO somewhere who can spur the general officers and the civilian employees onward in their quest to make military service even shittier, so shitty, in fact, that they’ll be in command of nothing after a while.

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.