Daily Archives: 18 July 2008

Soldier’s Angels need your help

Posted on 18 July 2008 by dlhitzeman

Soldier’s Angels is a support organization dedicated to helping service members and their families weather the difficulty of war. Soldier’s Angels needs help right now continuing to fulfill its mission, so this post is a personal appeal to my readers … Continue reading →

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Training the way they fight

Posted on 18 July 2008 by dlhitzeman

PETA is outraged because the Army apparently uses live, wounded pigs to train lifesaving techniques to soldiers preparing to depart for Afghanistan and Iraq.

A military axiom I am familiar with is “train the way you fight”. The idea is to make training as realistic as the real thing as possible so that the real thing is not a surprise, thereby increasing overall effectiveness in combat. […] Continue reading →

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