{"id":146578,"date":"2023-08-30T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=146578"},"modified":"2023-08-28T13:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T17:53:56","slug":"wednesday-military-shorts-claims-coyotes-and-mini-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=146578","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Military Shorts – Claims, coyotes, and Mini-Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the realm of ‘good; news, VA has identified a system glitch which was delaying veterans’ filings.<\/p>\n

About 32,000 veterans\u2019 disability claims were delayed \u2014 some as long as five years \u2014 due to a technical flaw in federal filing systems, Veterans Affairs officials acknowledged this week.<\/p>\n

The total represents only a small fraction of the more than 7 million claims filed since the start of 2018, but has left some individuals waiting for years for answers on cases that are only just now being processed. Leaders called the problem an embarrassing oversight and have promised that veterans will be awarded back pay once their files are handled.<\/p>\n

In this situation, the 32,000 delayed disability compensation claims filed through online systems were not properly routed to processing staffers, leaving the cases untouched. Military Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note VA already has a backlog of first time claims totaling almost a quarter-million claims.<\/p>\n

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And if it isn’t the bureaucracy biting you in the a$$… at least six Alaska National Guardsmen were attacked by coyotes (the four-footed kind, not people smugglers) at Ft. Polk<\/del> Johnson last week.<\/p>\n

Soldiers assigned to the 297th Infantry Regiment were injured when they encountered up to four coyotes while training at Fort Johnson, Louisiana, according to a base spokesperson. The soldiers likely encountered a den and were attacked by the wild dogs, suffering bite marks to their arms and head.<\/p>\n

The soldiers were all treated for injuries and released from medical care. Fort Johnson wildlife officials shot one of the coyotes and captured another for rabies testing. The soldiers were armed with rifles but were training with blanks, which is common in the training environment.<\/p>\n

A video posted on TikTok alleged 14 soldiers were injured from a coyote attack at the training center last month. Images in the video appeared to show a soldier with a stitched-up wound on his lip, and another with a stapled wound behind his ear, as well as various injuries, including puncture wounds, scrapes and bruises.<\/p>\n

Military.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Funny how poorly “Halt or I’ll click!” works on anything, animal or human.<\/p>\n

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Now we get to something sorta positive. The Brits have come up with a drone-busting sight system which when attached to the rifle makes downing drones significantly easier. Don’t even need an F-14.<\/p>\n

The SmartShooter\u00a0 control system, Smash for short, utilizes software that identifies and tracks the Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) in the air.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The system displays a box win the viewfinder which tracks the drone even if it takes evasive action according to the article. I wonder if it turns from green to red when you put the drone on ice, man?<\/p>\n

When the soldier activates the weapon, which has also been supplied to the UK’s allies, the system suppresses the firing mechanism until it is locked on to the target trajectory. Telegraph<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, up till then I was a happy camper – but in a shooting environment when you will probably have a crazy mix of weapons and targets to engage, seems kinda foolish to me to restrict the weapon to one kind of target under ANY circumstances.\u00a0 But it’s kinda cute, and it least it doesn’t look like it weighs another 30 pounds to hump around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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