F-22 Fighter Crashes Near Edwards AFB Last Update: 12:33 am EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) – One of the Air Force’s top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California. The pilot was killed in the crash. That pilot, 49-year-old David Cooley, was an employee of defense contractor Locakheed Martin…. Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Conspiracy ferry
Conspiracy ferry Did we get taken for a ride by Hawai‘i Superferry? Christopher Pala Mar 25, 2009 Hawai‘i’s Superferry ended its choppy ride last week, leaving tantalizing clues, but no proof, that the whole venture was about more than providing “reliable commercial service in these islands,” as CEO Thomas B. Fargo insisted at his dawn… Read more »
Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead.
This blog post about the Superferry debacle by Jan TenBruggencate aptly applies a popular military aphorism: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Source: http://raisingislands.blogspot.com/2009/03/admiral-farraguts-torpedoes-and-hawaii.html Admiral Farragut’s torpedoes and the Hawai’i Superferry There is a point at which a commander throws caution to the winds and orders, in the words of Admiral Farragut, “Damn the torpedoes. Full speed… Read more »
New security situation in South America
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 South American Security Paradigm Samuel Logan International Relations And Security Network http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=98146 Months ahead of the planned closing of Eloy Alfaro airbase at Manta, Ecuador, the US and Colombia continue to negotiate terms that would allow the US military limited access to Colombian airbases. The agreement favors both nations, as the… Read more »
Hawaii Court backs Protestors vs. Superferry
Hawaii Court Backs Protestors vs. Superferry (But the Saga Continues) By Jerry Mander & Koohan Paik March 24, 2009 In the latest turn of events in Hawaii’s impressive grassroots uprising against a huge corporate-military boondoggle, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled unanimously (5-0) that the Hawaii Superferry has no legal authority to continue its operations… Read more »
The Great Shame: Sex assault in the military
The Great Shame By BOB HERBERT Published: March 20, 2009 I had a conversation several weeks ago with a former Army officer, a woman, who had been attacked in her bed a few years ago by a superior officer, a man, who was intent on raping her. The woman fought the man off with a… Read more »
Hawai’i businesses infest Guam chasing military expansion
Guam offers big payoff for Hawaii investors Friday, March 20, 2009 Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Cathy Cruz-George HAGATñA, Guam – In January 2007, Maria Miller left Hawaii and moved to Guam to open Horizon Properties Inc., a real estate firm serving the growing number of Hawaii investors buying homes and condominiums in Guam…. Read more »
Convicted rapists enlist in military under “moral waivers”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/eveningnews/main4874927.shtml Does Policy Endanger Female Soldiers? Female Troops Face Threat Of Sexual Abuse By Comrades As “Moral Waivers” Increase March 18, 2009 | by Katie Couric (CBS) It’s a potent environment, with female soldiers working – and living – under hostile conditions with their male counterparts. One soldier, who asked us to call him Robert,… Read more »
Navy tells Rep. Serrano that it has no plans to return to Vieques
This press release from Congressman Jose Serrano states that the Navy has no intention of resuming training in Vieques. Congressman José E. Serrano Representing the Sixteenth District of New York PRESS RELEASE -4361 Serrano Announces Navy Has No Intention of Reopening Training Range On Vieques March 20, 2009 – Washington, DC – This afternoon, Congressman… Read more »
Puerto Ricans reject renewed military activity in Vieques
Recent news reports that the military was considering returning to Vieques to conduct training has sparked renewed anger in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico’s delegate to Congress, Pedro Pierluisi, has even come out against renewed military activity in Vieques, a 180 degree reversal of an earlier statement welcoming new military activity. Here’s an article from the… Read more »
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