Reuters reports that unsecured creditors of Point Blank Solutions Inc. have asked the Delaware bankruptcy court to appoint an examiner or Chapter 11 trustee to displace the company's board.  According to the Reuters news release,  "the official committee of unsecured creditors claimed that the company had placed the interests of ...

In an explosive new report by ProPublica and National Public Radio ("NPR") it would appear that the US military is seriously underestimating the brain damage or traumatic brain injury ("TBI") caused by roadside bombs.   Officially, the military claims that 115,000 troops have suffered "mild" TBI, although ProPublica and NPR claim that "unpublished ...

Doc was the combat medic for 1st Platoon, 55th Engineer Company, 5th Engineer Battalion. He was a 23 year old, gentle giant from Alabama with an calm demeanor and a way of putting everyone around him at ease. I was his first platoon leader and I remember liking him from ...

BAE Systems has received an initial order of $17 million from the U.S. Army for Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Systems ("HEADS") to help address combat-related traumatic brain injuries("TBI"), which according to many medical professionals are becoming a signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.   BAE is one of ...

The Washington recently aired a story on the increased frustration with the "Rules of Engagement" governing military personnel deployed in Afghanistan.  The story, written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, documents several incidences where US troops under attack were not able call in additional support for fear of wounding or killing civilians.  Said one ...

In a delightful article published by Huffington Post entitled "Pentagon's New Contractor Policy Doesn't Scare the Defense Industry At All," Huffington's editors sadly conclude that recently announced measures to improve the efficiency of the military's procurement process are likely to produce little more than a yawn from contractors who have long ...

Dr. Charles Hoge, the U.S. Army's senior mental health researcher at Walter Reed Hospital from 2002 to 2009 and now advisor to the Army Surgeon General, wrote an interesting piece for the Huffington Post in which he effectively dismissed the idea that there might be lingering effects from mild traumatic ...

Hack has said that his favorite book was "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. It is one of my own as well. There was an other famous writer of that time named Lao Tzu. I am certain that Hack knew him as well. Lao Tzu was the founder of ...

A recent article by Terri Judd of London-based The Independent entitled "Sharp rise in Army deaths from small arms fire prompts inquiry into Taliban snipers," suggests that troops may not have the proper helmets or body armor to deal with the changing tactics of the Taliban.    According to the ...

In the midst of yet another example of deficient body armor, the US Army continues to insist that body armor and body armor plates supplied to US troops are safe.    In late January,  Secretary of Army Pete Geren stated that 'there is nothing more important than the safety of our ...

In what is now becoming a regular occurrence, the US Army is recalling body armor plates that may have failed to meet manufacturing specifications. According to the June 14th news release, the US "Army recently issued a message for all troops and units to inspect their body armor, specifically the ...

SFTT has had a single report from a credible source that a unit in Afghanistan has problems -- jamming -- with their government issued magazines for their 5.56mm weapons.    These single-spring magazines are jamming in Afghanistan firefights and some believe these government-issued magazines are inferior to the double-spring magazines currently available  commercially ...