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 […]
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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 […]