OPINION: The Draft divided America in the Vietnam Era – but we should bring it back for this important reason:
“When the United States goes to war, the vast majority of the country has no skin in the game. It’s not that the average American doesn’t care; it’s just that he doesn’t care as much as he would if the troops deploying might include his own children. The draft fixes that problem. If every declaration of war incorporated a call-up of the nation’s youth to fight that war, then the country would take war more seriously.”
“We are on a war footing” Pentagon brass’s blunt message for the Emerald Coast:
When Dale Marks, Assistant Secretary of War for Energy, Installations, and Environment, spoke to the Niceville-Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, he delivered a blunt message: Northwest Florida is on the front line of America’s industrial “arsenal of freedom,” and time is now the nation’s most dangerous adversary. Marks, who is also Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, credited his time on the Emerald Coast with shaping his view of defense, stating, “The military does not operate in a vacuum… We operate within the strength of our host communities”.
Eglin Tightens Security With a Sweeping Dash Cam Ban
Eglin Air Force Base will ban dash cameras and vehicle recording devices beginning March 1 as part of a new operational security policy.
Niceville Man Arrested, Accused of Sending Classified Eglin Documents Illegally
Paul J. Freeman, a 68-year-old resident of Niceville, has been indicted on charges of unauthorized possession and transmission of classified national defense information. The indictment alleges that Freeman shared sensitive information about U.S. Air Force aircraft and weapons with unauthorized individuals on multiple occasions between November 2020 and March 2021. If convicted, Freeman faces up to ten years in prison for each of the nine counts.
