A little known facet of the US Armed Forces is how many people aren't actually part of the military.
*cough*
But seriously, the United States Department of Defense employs 1.3 million men and women on active duty, 826,000 in the National Guard and Reserve forces, and 742,000 civilian personnel.
With the episode Newbie Dash coming up, I wanted to do a blog about callsigns.
A callsign is a short, standardized way to name a group of things or people. Callsigns are often used in voice communication. The NATO alphabet figures heavily.
Meals Ready to Eat, and other lies.
They aren't meals, they aren't ready, and you can't eat them.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I've spent many hours in surplus stores. Even if you've never had the pleasure, you've probably heard about soldier food.
Ah, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. A little-known branch of law that is playing a part in some of the biggest political battles of modern times.
It's important enough that they have this sweet banner.
The magic stuff that helps planes fly.
Obligatory XKCD.
Think of a thing that you consider to be very aerodynamic. An airplane, yeah? How about the world’s fastest airplane?
Obligatroy “Do you even read my Christmas list?”
When the movies portray a crisis, there will probably be a scene with a big room full of people sitting in front of computers while some guy with lots of rank looks at huge screens on the wall that display all kinds of data.
What's one thing that fighter jets have that no other airplanes have?
I was going for "an ejection seat" but if you think of something funnier, feel free to let me know.
Of course, Aston Martins come with ejection seats, too.
More frequently, though incorrectly, referred to as stealth.
And if you don't learn the difference, beavers and songbirds will kidnap you whether you're wearing your low observability suit or not.
Terrorism is probably the number one news topic of today – and has been for about fifteen years now. That might be as long as some of you have been alive. While I think we can all agree that terrorism is a bad thing, have you ever stopped to think about what it is? World governments try to blur the lines a little in rhetoric, so I’d like to takes this opportunity to discuss several topics of terror.
Drone: \ˈdrōn\
as a verb
1. to make a low humming sound
as a noun
1. a stingless male bee that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen
2. an unmanned vehicle
3. this, apparently:
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