Monroe Cty 911 :.Chuck Simmins | January 31, 2008
Run, don’t walk, away from John McCain if you want a Republican victory in November.
Opposed Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003
Opposes drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill
Keating Five S&L scandal
Believes in global warming and legislation as a solution
Supports general amnesty for illegal aliens
Unable to control his temper
Endorsed [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 31, 2008
DAHLGREN, Va. (Jan. 28, 2007) Particle debris ignites as a test slug exits the Office of Naval Research 32 MJ (megajoules) Electromagnetic Railgun laboratory launcher during a test at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. U.S. Navy photo John F. Williams
Chuck Simmins | January 31, 2008
CNN has a piece up titled Suicides up among U.S. soldiers
The Army plans to release the data publicly on Thursday, CNN learned from Army officials. The numbers have not previously been released, despite repeated CNN requests for data covering the past seven months.
That’s odd, since I’ve already written two posts on the topic. Of course, [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 31, 2008
Commentary: It took me a bit to wrap my head around the points that General Cardon was making about Iraq.
Iraq was governed by a criminal dictatorship for thirty years. The people of Iraq learned to rely upon the functionaries in Baghdad for every decision. The penalty for making an error could be prison or death.
In [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 31, 2008
This is the second part of my interview with Brigadier General Edward Cardon, Deputy Commanding General (Support) Multi-National Division-Center(MND-C), one-on-one. We last talked in a Bloggers’ Roundtable on January 24.
The General explained the governmental structure. The national ministries still set priorities for the nation. That control is exercised in ways as minor as how much [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 31, 2008
I have had the opportunity to interview Brigadier General Edward Cardon, Deputy Commanding General (Support) Multi-National Division-Center(MND-C), one-on-one. We last talked in a Bloggers’ Roundtable on January 24.
My thanks to General Cardon for his time and patience with this interview and this interviewer. My thanks to Major Alayne Conway, MND-C Deputy PAO, for facilitating the [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 30, 2008
Air Force
by Senior Airman Eric Schloeffel
506th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs
Thirty police chiefs from across the Kirkuk province recently returned here after attending a ground-breaking, four-week training course designed to improve security throughout the region.
The Senior Law Enforcement Staff Management course, conducted at Camp Dublin, Baghdad, taught the region’s upper echelon of Iraqi Police [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 30, 2008
CJTF-82
An American convoy near Jani Khel, Paktya, struck an IED and came under small-arms fire from insurgent positions 100 yards away. Army Pfc. Monica Brown ran forward through small-arms fire toward the burning vehicle to render aid to fellow Paratroopers. After she moved the casualties to a dry creek bed next to the [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 30, 2008
DVIDS
By Elaine Eliah, Special to American Forces Press Service
To many Americans, convenient shopping means easy, safe parking at clean, wholesome supermarkets. In Iraq, where shoppers often risk their lives buying groceries and vendors watch produce rot for lack of electricity or transport, marketing has different requirements.
The new Baghdad market, also known as 9 Nissan, [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 30, 2008
This is a pretty big deal. We don’t want antiaircraft weapons floating around.
MNF-I
Concerned Local Citizens helped remove enemy weapons from Arab Jabour Jan. 27.
CLCs in Arab Jabour reported two anti-aircraft artillery guns to Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Stewart, Ga.
An explosive ordnance [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 29, 2008
and I am dumb.
I couldn’t even remember the name of the Pakistani leader killed last month. Brain lock and no knowlege of Broadway, opera or art.
Back in the old, Art Fleming, days, I would do well playing along. But the new, word-play categories and such are not my strong suit.
Chuck Simmins | January 29, 2008
DoD
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
Army Col. (Dr.) Loree Sutton is a woman on a mission.
The military psychiatrist has, for the last month, ricocheted across the Capital Beltway landscape and beyond, setting up a Defense Department office that will, for the first time, bring together the best of the best relating to psychological [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 29, 2008
Today’s Bloggers’ Roundtable was with U.S. Air Force Col. John W. Probst, with the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team, a multinational force unit, that works with the Iraqi Ministry of Interior to strengthen Iraq’s local police forces.
This was one of the drier interviews. Probst is a planner and talked about building planning capability for [...]
