November 5, 2009
At this time its still breaking news, so the details are not known.
First, our hearts and prayers go out to the families of servicemembers who were killed or injured at Ft. Hood.
Next, may swift and sure justice fall upon those who perpetrated this. Whatever their reasons, this is an intolerable assault on America’s finest.
Editor
UPDATE: Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley — Well Done!
October 22, 2009
Since the iPhone is the hottest thing right now, the folks at the Military Boots Blog have published a list of the top military iPhone Apps. You can find it at this link:
February 1, 2009
Frank Buckles, the last known U.S. military veteran of World War I, has his 108th birthday today. His life story is fascinating, a journey across history, including recollections of his grandmother who was born in 1817, life as a seaman, imprisonment by the Japanese during WW II, and a long retirement in West Virginia. You can read an excellent account here:
Frank has his own web site here:
Frank has been honored for his service and his portrait hangs in the Pentagon, but there is still no memorial in Washington, DC for WW I vets. See his website for more information.
September 28, 2008
Olive-Drab.com has launched a new website called MilitaryMashUp.com that features thousands of photos of military jeeps, military trucks, tanks and other military tracked vehicles along with other weapons and equipment. The emphasis is easy browsing and searching of a large number of military photos and integration of photos from multiple sources. MilitaryMashUp.com brings together the photo resources of Olive-Drab.com and provides an easy interface to Google, YouTube and Yahoo image libraries as well.
Give it a try: MilitaryMashUp.com
April 13, 2008
The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle has been in the field long enough to get meaningful feedback. Here is an excellent example:
At the end of the linked article is a link to another excellent MRAP article.
February 24, 2008
Yesterday was a commemoration celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the last episode of the M*A*S*H television series. The commemoration was held on the site of the M*A*S*H outdoor set, in Malibu Creek State Park, Malibu, CA. Here is the Olive-Drab.com page that describes the festivities with photos:
January 18, 2008
Since the M-151 jeep was phased out in the 1990s, there has been no new direct descendent of the WW II jeeps. Now, Chrysler LLC has introduced the Jeep J8, a military version of the four door Wrangler Unlimited. This vehicle will not be available in the U.S. due to regulations, but will be offered to government and military buyers internationally.
May 12, 2007
DARPA has worked with Carnegie-Mellon U. to produce an awesome new autonomous military truck. This is no fragile laboratory curiosity — its a six ton behemoth that moves out, up and over whatever gets in its way.
The Daily Eclectic Blog has a good write up with video and links.
May 2, 2007
The U.S. military has a new regulation that drastically restricts posting to Internet sites by active duty personnel, Army Civilians and Contractors. Some of the news stories about Army Regulation 530-1: Operations Security (OPSEC) predict the end of the milblogs. That would be very unfortunate since milblogging has been one of the primary sources of unbiased information from the war zones, providing real time facts to counter the generally anti-war slant of much of the traditional media.
The Army News Release about the revised AR justifies the crack down on the basis of inadvertant leaks of information that could be helpful to adversaries.
Here is a good article about AR 530-1 from Wired News:
Milblogging.com is a service that provides a portal to a large number of military blogs, as noted on the Military Resources — Portals and Other page of Olive-Drab.com.
April 18, 2007
Popular Mechanics has a detailed feature story about the development of the Land Warrior system for battlefield communications. They conclude that it is well-intentioned but overweight and underpowered, not really very useful for most soldiers in the real world.
The Army’s New Land Warrior Gear: Why Soldiers Don’t Like It
