“The U.S. Army is investigating a soldier who allegedly videotaped his son in a battle with another toddler and allowed the tape to be spread on the Internet. Alicia Scheideger, the boy’s mother, told ABC News her ex-husband, who is stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, had custody of the boy. She said she was the one who notified authorities of the video, which has been removed from the Internet. ‘I was horrified. It’s a baby cockfight just like somebody put two animals up to fight each other,’ Scheideger said.” [Link]
Military Pictures + News
“A spokesman for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels says the stunt-flying team will be down one jet the rest of its season after removing two members from duty for having an inappropriate relationship. Capt. Tyson Dunkelberger, a spokesman for the team based at Naval Air Station Pensacola, said Thursday the squadron will finish its last three air shows next month with five jets.” [Link]
“Ms. Barrett-Carter, 21, started contemplating a military career a few years ago. She said her weight was normal during high school, but then she started gaining. She weighed 263 pounds and wore size 22 pants when she first met Sgt. Memolo. The Army’s weight and body fat requirements vary based on height, age and gender. Sgt. Memolo gave Ms. Barrett-Carter a target weight of 160 pounds.” [Link]
Army Future Combat Systems picture
“On Sept. 8, the Republican presidential candidate told a rally crowd in Lee’s Summit, Mo., about an Obama video message to a liberal advocacy group. ‘He promised them he would, quote, ‘slow our development of Future Combat Systems,’’ McCain said, according to wire reports. ‘This is not a time to slow our development of Future Combat Systems.’ Flashback to July, however, when his campaign furnished McCain’s economic plan to The Washington Post, declaring that ‘there are lots of procurements — Airborne Laser, [C-17] Globemaster, Future Combat System [sic] — that should be ended and the entire Pentagon budget should be scrubbed.’” [Link]
“Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says that his country must be prepared to respond to an emerging arms race across the Asia-Pacific region.The Australian military would be built up to meet the challenge, he said.” [Link]
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