The recent disclosures that the standard issue M4 may not be the best military carbine for US troops in Afghanistan has prompted considerable debate both within and outside the military community. I recently visited the Fox News Site which currently has 58 comments to an article which compared the AK-47 to the M4.
Now I am not a gunsmith and have little intelligent commentary to add to the debate, but I was struck by the knowledge and ...
Continue Reading →Thanks to Mother Jones writer Adam Weinstein who brought this item to our attention, SFTT has reviewed a recent DoDIG report (Department of Defense Inspector General) that documents yet more absolutely blithering incompetence inside the multi-billion dollar DoD Procurement bureaucracy. The issue in this case is spare parts for the M2 .50-caliber Heavy Machine Gun (“HMG”), better known as “Ma Duece” by those who rely upon it to reach out and “touch” Jihad ...
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In a refreshing but somewhat rambling presentation, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, USMC General Cartwright, suggests diverting money from high-tech military procurement programs to give our troops the proper combat equipment to fight the “low-end wars” that we are in for the “next five to ten years.” In an article published in the Army Times, staff editor John Bennett writes that General Cartwright ...
In yet another alarming sign that US troops do not have adequate combat gear, the US Stars and Stripes now reports that the US Army standard-isssue M-4 rifle may not be the best weapon of choice for Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain. This disclosure comes on the heels of a new Congressional inquiry on body armor procurement and testing procedures.
Slobodan Lekic of the Associated Press reports that the “U.S. military’s workhorse rifle (the “M-4″) is proving less effective in Afghanistan ...
Continue Reading →The Greenwich Post featured a front-page article in this week’s edition describing Eilhys England Hackworth’s heroic campaign to help insure that our frontline troops have the best body armor, helmets, combat boots, rifles and sidearms available. In an article entitled “Col. Hackworth: Soldiers’ Group Notches Victory,” staff writer Chris Davis describes some of the successes that SFTT has achieved to make sure that our brave heroes have the best combat gear possible. It is a cause worth fightling for and, I ...
Continue Reading →In an important new development Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), Chairman of the Committee for Oversight and Government Reform asks Defense Secretary Robert Gates for explanations about the management of the Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) troop armor procurement and testing programs. What follows is a reprint of the release:
The inquiry follows a DoD Inspector General (“IG”) report issued recently that identified problems with the Army’s body and vehicle armor testing process. Since the ...
Continue Reading →On November 20, 2009, Secretary John McHugh formally announced that the National Research Council would perform an independent evaluation of the US Army’s body armor test procedures. The announcement by Secretary McHugh followed a month of Pentagon-spin by military wordsmiths intent on undermining the devastating findings of the General Accountability Office (“GAO”) in their Report to Congressional Requesters, entitled “Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding.
Thanks to the efforts of Senator ...
Continue Reading →Colonel David “Hack” Hackworth, my dear late husband, died in my arms five years ago this month. As of May 1st, to celebrate Hack’s unique life and legacy, Soldiers For The Truth is launching a year-long 5th Anniversary Celebration to honor his lifelong dedication to America’s frontline troops.
Our first event will be a public wreath ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery planned for May 22 to honor Hack’s legacy. I ...
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Arlington National Cemetery
May 4th marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of Colonel David “Hack” Hackworth. His legacy will be honored at a gravesite memorial, 2:00 p.m., May 22, 2010. Following the gravesite memorial at 3:15 p.m., family and members of the Soldiers For The Truth Foundation will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the fallen.
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Continue Reading →The following article was published April 24th on Crosshairs – Military Matters in Review at www.milmat.net by Fred Edwards. I have recently “discovered” Mr. Edwards and believe that he supplies much needed context and insightful analysis of military matters. This recent article by Mr. Edwards focuses on a possible military response by Iran in the event they are threatened or attacked. The analysis is sobering.
“On the final day of its three-day war games in the Straits of Hormuz, Iran reportedly ...
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