Hiring our Heroes.

No not late.  Real fucking late.  But I guess better late than never.  BlackFive is reporting that the US Commerce Dept US Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring hiring events for veterans.  Check it out at their spot here.

SIDENOTE.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR POLITICS BUT WITH ALL THE LIP SERVICE GIVEN AND ALL THE INACTION TAKEN, I FIND IT BEYOND AMUSING THAT A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION AND NOT A GOVERNMENT ONE  IS ACTUALLY PUTTING 'BULLETS DOWN RANGE' ON THIS ISSUE...I GUESS ITS EASIER TO TALK A GOOD GAME RATHER THAN ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE VETS LOOKING FOR WORK.  ANYTIME I SEE ANYTHING JOB SEARCH RELATED FOR YOU GUYS I'LL MAKE SURE I POST IT. 

US, Philippine Marines conduct amphibious raid on a beach in Palawan

2nd Land Army????

The US Marine Corps has made a terrible mistake.

You don't adopt the language of your critics when you're trying to re-orient yourself to another mission.  Take for example this 2nd land army talk.

OUR NATION NEEDED THE USMC TO SERVE ON  LAND FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.  THAT DOES NOT MAKE US A SECOND LAND ARMY!

The leadership at HQMC is deficient.  They're so fucking joint.  So damn politically correct, that they've adopted the language of our critics.

Pitiful, pathetic and something we need to fix.

USMC Assault Breacher Vehicle in action - Afghanistan

Found my next truck...

AEV Brute.  Its a conversion so that gives me pause...Jeep was suppose to be introducing these type vehicles but hasn't pulled the trigger yet..so..time to start saving.  Check it out here for yourself.

Does the thought of lower defense budgets have you down? No problem, simply militarize American police depts!

via Jalopnik
The title is tongue in cheek.  Well a little tongue in cheek anyway...check out Alpine Armoring website for more details.

AMERCAL 2011 ...the video

Info needed (beyond Google searches)...USAF Red Horse...

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 820th RED HORSE airborne flight, parachute into a drop zone from a C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 15, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. RED HORSE and 6 CTS Airmen perform airdrop missions to stay current on training and certifications, enabling them to perform jump missions and operate their own drop zones. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Worley)

Great photo and the caption has me curious.  Do these guys deploy?  How are they used in theater?  Do they make use of these skill sets?  Did they build the UAV base in Ethiopia?

Interesting skill set and one that would appear to be in demand...especially further inland.  The USAF version of SeaBees?