MISFIRE: DoD shouldn’t have waited so long to approve danger pay for troops in Niger
The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.
Medals & Misfires
MEDAL: Marine Corps fitness test offers smart alternative to running
The other services should pay attention.
MEDAL: Mattis vs Petraeus and the new Rules of Engagement
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis loosens the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan. That's good news -- and a big change after years of counterinsurgency doctrine that tightened up those rules too much.
MEDAL: Giving sailors time to sleep
New sleep and watch schedule rules is good news for the Navy and its surface fleet sailors.
MISFIRE: Relying on TV cop shows to train Afghan police
Training local police overseas is ostensibly a vital mission, but the U.S. military still has no well-trained, deplorable police development force.
MISFIRE: More evidence that the VA just doesn’t get it
The VA was not really tracking whether employees who were working remotely from home were actually working.
MEDAL: Monken’s extension makes sense for Army football
Monken has proven he's the right personality to lead Army football.
MEDAL: DoD expertly navigates ‘climate change’ controversy
'Climate change' is a bad word, so DoD ain't using it.
MISFIRE: Harvard is wrong to honor Chelsea Manning
Just no, Harvard.
MEDAL: Female Marines are rocking pullups on the Corps’ new fitness test
What's next? Gender-neutral fitness standards?
MISFIRE: Really? America's two most elite warplanes can't share data?
The Air Force has known about this problem for years.
