After only just recently extending combat tours from 12 months to 15 months, the Army is again looking at extending tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to The Associated Press (via Military.com):
The Army is considering whether it will have to extend the combat tours of troops in Iraq if President Bush opts to maintain […]

Michael Yon, reporting from Iraq on his blog, notes that a large American offensive has started in Iraq — an offensive that has yet to to be reported by the American media. Further, he agrees with me that Gen. Petraeus is the man for the job.
Using the analogy of Iraq as a patient, Michael writes:
We […]

The Ultimate Differential Theory of US Armed Forces (Snake Model)
Upon encountering a snake in the Area of Operations (AO)
Airborne: Lands on and kills the snake.
Air Force, O-6 and above: “Get that damned snake off the fairway!”
Armor: Runs over snake. Never knows it,as well as where the tank and the snake is on the battlefield. Continues […]

In 1999, while stationed at Keesler AFB for technical training, a friend of mine, Airman Eberhart, randomly mentioned to me in line for chow one day that 16 people had been killed by pirates the year before. I remember my reaction as being, first, “Pirates!?” and, second, “Where did you find that out?”
Sure enough, it […]

Top Air Force brass, the House Armed Services Committee and The Army Times have come out against continued “in lieu of” taskings of airmen and sailors to perform the duties of soldiers and Marines.
“The committee is very concerned about the creep of nontraditional missions, such as ground combat skills, into the Navy and Air Force […]