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Toby Nunn is home from Iraq.
I am back in the states following some legal issues created by a member of leadership that come along after the film had been made and was unaware of who and what we were. It has been a painful experience that possible will end my career as a soldier because ego's are bigger than facts sometimes.Most of you should recognize the name - he's from Bad Voodoo platoon, and the film he's referencing is from a PBS Frontline documentary on his team's deloyment to Iraq. I've seen it - it's a fine chronicle of life on the road in Iraq. You can watch the whole thing online here.
As for details of whatever happened (or is happening as the case may be) Toby is currently quiet - which is appropriate if the issue isn't resolved.
But before anyone starts in on "the Army", here's an earlier comment on the topic from Toby:
There has been some issues that have arisen from the film through the chain of command. These views are not that of the “ARMY” but those of individuals.Obviously he knows the score. The US military is a large organization of thousands of individuals. It is as good or as bad as those individuals. Some of those individuals are better than others in certain circumstances.
That said, this sounds like the sort of thing that drives the good ones out.
(Via the Dawn Patrol)
The real "father of Naval Aviation" just had a birthday.
Steeljaw Scribe remembers.
I wonder if "Dad" wore brown shoes...
Remember back in the day - back when you still had hair, or hair that was not white - just put yourself there.
If, one day while waiting for a MAC flight out of Frankfurt someone told you that one day a presumptive nominee for one of the two dominate political parties in the USA would have his largest campaign stop opened up by a musical group that liked to start its concerts with a somber, sober rendition of the anthem of the Soviet Union - who'd'a'thunk it?
The full story is always interesting, and in a way pathetic. Maybe we have come a far way. Maybe we just have a lot of historical ignorance. Maybe people don't care. Maybe it just is. Even if it just is - it shouldn't be. Commie=Nazi in my book - well at least that is what started me in this line of work. Maybe I'm the problem.
I'm not - but the ACLU is outraged at the number of "youth of color" joining the military:
In fiscal year 2007, 43 percent of all new under-18 enlistees in the Navy were black or Latino, along with 32 percent in the Air Force, 30 percent in the Marine Corps, and 22 percent in the Army. In its submission to the UN yesterday the ACLU charged that the military targets youth of color for military recruitment.Obviously in the eyes of the ACLU the Navy is the worst offender, but it's not clear from the press release whether the ACLU wants to prohibit the Navy from hiring "youth of color" altogether or simply set a UN-determined limit on how many can join.
Then again they might be advocating forcing a certain number of "youths of no color" to serve for each of the "youths of color" who join.
More details here.
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