Blogs Posts on "Armed Forces"
Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by The Mixed Martial Art Blog on Nov 17, 2009The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) was created to instill into troops the warrior ethos, and to teach them close-quarter combat techniques. It also serves as a way of building team cohesion and morale. MCMAP replaced former programs such a...
TRUE HERO: JOE GLENTON THE SOLDIER WHO SAID NO by Socialist Unity on Nov 12, 2009from the Morning Star Anti-war Lance Corporal Joe Glenton has been arrested and faces 10 years in jail for bravely honouring his moral responsibility to speak out against the illegal occupation of Afghanistan. The serving soldier faces up to seven c...
A Veterans Day Reminder by Bradley A. Harmon on Nov 11, 2009Freedom demands sacrifice. It is the men and women of our armed forces that step up to make this sacrifice. It is their blood and sweat that is spilled on the battlefields, both abroad and here at home. No related posts.
THE POPPY FIELDS OF AFGHANISTAN by Socialist Unity on Nov 11, 2009Millions of people will be wearing a poppy today, in sombre remembrance of fallen soldiers. The original symbolism of the poppy was from the killing fields of Flanders, where the artillery churned the mud, and this caused poppies to grow like a red c...
NICK GRIFFIN DISRESPECTS THE DEAD by Socialist Unity on Nov 11, 2009Nick Griffin came… but why didn’t Gordon Brown? 9:10am Wednesday 11th November 2009 By Scott McPherson » Swindon Advertiser THE LEADER of the far-right British National Party caused outrage when he turned up at the repatriation of six so...
No Joke: Nota Bene for 9 November 2009 by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 10, 2009Well I figured I’d give you all a break and spare you the wacky and profane puns and snark. I’m going to directly quote a single line or phrase from each of the links; the quote may have little or nothing to do with the subject. Enjoy! &#...
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY - BRING THE TROOPS HOME by Socialist Unity on Nov 8, 2009232 British dead in Afghanistan since 2001. A war that cannot be won, a war without legitimate purpose, in a country whose people wish us gone. The sooner Britain quits Afghanistan the better.
Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Kills 12 at US Army base by Fitaloon at Microshaft on Nov 6, 2009I hope this will be the last post today on deaths of soldiers serving their country. It is sobering to think that while we wait for President Obama to decide the next moves in Afghanistan many of our armed forces are being killed or wounded. It is...
NOTHING BRITISH ABOUT THE BNP by Socialist Unity on Oct 20, 2009It is not often I feel that Tories deserve congratulations, but James Bethell and Conservativehome editor Tim Montgomerie, the brains behind “Nothing British” have found an issue that can seriously damage the BNP in the eyes of people who...
Territorial Army told to sit on their arses for six months by Fitaloon at Microshaft on Oct 10, 2009The Times reports that the TA has been told to stop training and sit back on their arses for the next six months as this will save £20m that the MOD can’t afford. Some interesting reactions from this were as follows: “This is dangerous. When...
