It was back in 1962 that Major-General F M Richardson CB DSO OBE Md (Retired) penned his (now classic) article for the Journal of The Royal Army Medical Corps – entitled : Napoleon’s Sex Life. According to the Major-General, Napoleon exhibited some ‘symptoms’ and had ‘leanings’ which considerably fuzzied his placement on the Kinsey Scale. […]
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Failure to detect color vision in a non-malingerer
If a person insists that they are color blind, how can you prove otherwise? This was the question facing Herbert Jägle, Bettina Sadowski, Jan Kremers, Hendrik P.N. Scholl, Beate Leo-Kottler, and Lindsay T. Sharpe, who set out to devise a method. Their 2003 study was carried out as a result of a court case, in […]
Mick Jagger’s 1969 ‘frock’ – a Fustanella or not?
One of the notable things about Mick Jagger in this video, (taken at Hyde Park, London, on July 5th 1969) is that he appears to be wearing a what some have described as a “little girl’s white party frock”. And some in academia (and elsewhere) have asked why. By way of a scholarly explanation, it’s […]
Military Experiments on Fruitcake (Part 2: 1982-4)
This is part 2 of our look at the US military’s tests, conducted at their laboratories in Natick, Massachusetts, during the 1970s and 1980s, on fruitcake, the time-honored holiday comestible. They issued at least two reports. Here’s a look at their second report: “Effects of Storage Time and Temperature on Nutritional Content of Fortified Fruitcake” [Final […]
Military Experiments on Fruitcake (Part 1: 1981)
During the 1970s and 1980s the US military conducted a series of tests on fruitcake, the long-lasting holiday comestible. They issued at least two reports. Here’s a look at the first report: “Nutritionally Fortified Fruitcake (Thermoprocessed, Flexibly Packaged) Developed for Shuttle Flight Use,” T. Branagan, NATICK/TR-82/004, June 1981. (AD A129 878). The report features these […]
A Comprehensive Look at Dandruff in Pakistan’s Army
Public knowledge about dandruff in Pakistan‘s army comes mainly from a study called Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dandruff Among Soldiers, written by Naeem Raza, Amer Ejaz and Muhammad Khurram Ahmed, published in 2007 in the Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan. Raza, Ejaz and Ahmed surveyed 800 male soldiers of all ranks, ascertaining […]
“Jesus the Strategic Leader” author rises again
Major General Gregg F. Martin, author of the classic military guide “Jesus the Strategic Leader”, has yet again risen up the ranks. General Martin [pictured here] is now commandant of the U.S. Army War College, having been promoted to that post some months ago. We have only just now learned of it (thanks to investigator […]
The Army-misunderstanding-for the avoidance of
• Question [1] What are ‘Eggcorns’? • Question [2] Why are they important to Army lawyers? The answers can be found in the Department of the Army Pamphlet 27-50-427, December 2008, page 66, where Major Ann B. Ching explains – • Answer [1] “In linguistics, an eggcorn is an idiosyncratic substitution of a word or […]
“Hell Bent for Leather”, a post-horse film
The US government produced this consistently dull, depressing training film to explain to children that, even though horse soldiers no longer ride horses, they are still (as the film’s name says) “Hell Bent for Leather“.