Archive for the ‘U.S. Coast Guard’ category

 North Korea has 70 submarines while South Korea has 10, according to Seoul’s Defense Ministry. The most menacing threats from the North’s navy are small submarines that would deposit commando raiders along the South Korean coast, said John Pike, head of the Globalsecurity.org think tank. Now this would certainly be a reason for concern, however [...]

   The advantage of using Special Forces or Spec Ops troops would certainly go to North Korea in the event of a war but I don’t believe that it would give them enough of an advantage to win the war. Experts believe guerrilla warfare would be the North’s most viable strategy in the event of [...]

 We have been listening to the rhetoric and stuff coming out of the mind and mouth of my little fat buddy ( North Korean President Kim) over the last few months. He has been bragging about what he can do with nuclear weapons and the carnage that we can expect from him in the near [...]

  One problem in Iraq that is dynamite about to blow is the friction between the two leading Islamic factions.  With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government’s security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian fighting that could plunge the country into a [...]

Dick Darn Cheney accusing someone of lying…man please gimme a break. You are going to burn Dick…(in gasoline drawers). For those of you who want a serious laugh take a look at the following excerpts from an article that I read. Please just be objective, consider the facts, and make your own determination. I just [...]

  Heck no. We should listen to everything that the Chinese have to say and do the absolute opposite. Any public Chinese opinion is about the weakest form of propaganda that anyone could imagine. The Chinese have revealed new details about the size of its military in a report that U.S.-based analysts largely dismissed for [...]

In these modern times of warfare and terrorism hostages are often used as pawns in order to secure a promise. Sometimes people are kidnapped and sold for ransom but many times it is done just for political reasons. Terrorists have learned that if they can capture and hold innocent people sympathies will often go against [...]

  Now that the military has opened up so many new job possibilities for women we will probably see more women rise into the top of the military structure because they will be able to hold some of the most coveted jobs. All of the glamorous military occupations are those having to do with having [...]

 Marine Maj. Gen. Charles Gurganus said he agreed with Dunford that winning is “achievable” if the Afghan security forces and government succeed, and Al Qaeda is permanently denied sanctuary. But it won’t be a U.S. win. He emphasized that it must be an Afghanistan “win.” It seems that the Afghans are not really motivated to [...]

 The US Coast Guard has a very unique and interesting function. Their job is totally necessary and totally unique. Their responsibilities include many diverse activities. They range from inspection type duties of vessels at sea to drug interdiction. The Coast Guard is responsible for the detaining of many drug smugglers and other criminals at sea [...]