Army Base

The Ft Leavenworth military base is located in Leavenworth County, Kansas (just north of the city of Leavenworth) in the upper northeast portion of the state. The base serves United States Army. The garrison supports the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) by managing and maintaining the home of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC).

The US Army Basic Combat Training (BCT) base Fort Jackson is located in Columbia, South Carolina. The base is named after President Andrew Jackson who was also a United States Army General. Fort Jackson is the biggest Initial Entry Training Center of the United States Army, training thirty-four percent of all troops and sixty-nine percent of all women entering the Army every year.

Fort Stewart is located in Liberty & Bryan Counties, Georgia. Savannah, GA(36 miles), Jacksonville,FL (108 miles), Philadelphia,PA (715 miles) are some of the surrounding cities. The base serves United States Army. US 3rd Infantry Division occupy the base.

Fort Richardson is located in the U.S. state of Alaska, adjacent to the city of Anchorage. Fairbanks,AS (356 miles), Seattle, AS (2090 miles) are some surrounding cities. The base serves United States Army. 4th Brigade & 25th Infantry Division occupies the base.

According to sources, another 20,000 soldiers (and their families) are planning to transition into Fort

Bliss over the next few years, which includes two Brigade Combat Teams.

Although no formal discussions have been made discussion about the additions are certainly in the pipeline. For those military professionals that are familiar with the base say there is no better place for the expansion. The wide expanse of land and mountain desert terrain provides for great ground training and includes multiple live fire sites. Although the growth will be good for El Paso one question remains whether the city can sustain the growth to its current infrastructure.

A website maintains a count of Coalition casualties in Iraq. According to  the website, fatalities are added to the site when either a news article is published mentioning a death, or an obituary stating the name of a fatality or the Department of Defense releases the name of a fatality.

The website maintains different reports based on dates, country or location of origin,  and cause of death. In addition, the names of most of the soldiers can be found on the website.

Well, just got the news. Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren is considering extending combat tours again in Iraq. They are also considering adding to the role of Reservists once again.

I do not understand what is going on there at this point. The administration initially lied to us about the need to train the Iraqi army. That lie has now fallen by the wayside.

It is time to end this.

I also just read that Bloomberg just dropped the Republican Party most likely in order to start his bid for the Independant Party for President. Now this is going to be a total mess for next years election.

Like something out of a Seinfeld episode, the mail at Walter Reed Hospital is a little behind. Letters posted May 2006 are being delivered now.

Officials are still trying to determine the causes of the delay. Possible reasons are laziness and disorganization.

The US Army will spend $33 million do increase the mental professional personnel by 25%. An overwhelming number of soldiers showing signs of psychiatric needs has prompted the decision. The main trigger for this increase is the complaint of post-traumatic syndrome of soldiers returning from Iraq.

I just read about some scam artist targeting our soldiers at Fort Benning and Fort Bragg. Two companies have been reportedly taken over $100k from soldiers. The companies have operated under the names Capital Consortium Group and Three Hebrew Brothers but may use other aliases. The scammers are bold enough to meet the soldiers at the bases to discuss investments that promise huge payoffs.