Dave In Texas at Ace of Spades HQ opines upon advice of counsel.
Money quote(s):
"(O)ur military operations are not hostilities. Or something like that. Even though Pentagon general counsel and acting head of the DoJ Office of Legal Counsel advised otherwise." (Emphasis in original text. - CAA.)
Our air crews are getting combat or hazardous duty pay, so this reasoning appears fairly specious. Granted, sometimes hazardous duty means only the serious threat of combat or hostilities. But delivering explosive payloads in a kenetic fashion sounds pretty combatty to me.
"The White House counsel, State Dept counsel, .... argued Obama was not bound by the Act."
&
"Obama is dancing on the head of a pin if he thinks he can sell drone-launched missiles as some kind of NATO logistical support (what, our "our explosives are transporting large amounts of concrete and steel to thousands of different locations within the proximity of the boom"?)"
Showing posts with label combat zones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label combat zones. Show all posts
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S&S - AAFES pulling aspirin from combat zones
Stars and Stripes
AAFES pulling aspirin from combat zones
By Mark Abramson and Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, May 1, 2009
Chris Six / S&S
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is pulling all products containing aspirin from the shelves at its contingency locations.
Department of Defense officials ordered that aspirin in combat zones be controlled and now prohibit over-the-counter access through AAFES and Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities, an AAFES press release stated.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In an order written in March by then-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Ward Casscells, service officials were told to make sure all U.S. troops and civilians headed into combat zones stop taking aspirin at least 10 days before they deploy, unless directed by a health care provider.
The goal of the policy is to minimize blood loss in combat injuries, he wrote, and cut down on the number of "preventable deaths" associated with those wounds.
The concern over aspirin stems from how it affects blood’s ability to clot."
AAFES pulling aspirin from combat zones
By Mark Abramson and Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, May 1, 2009
Chris Six / S&S
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is pulling all products containing aspirin from the shelves at its contingency locations.
Department of Defense officials ordered that aspirin in combat zones be controlled and now prohibit over-the-counter access through AAFES and Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities, an AAFES press release stated.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In an order written in March by then-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Ward Casscells, service officials were told to make sure all U.S. troops and civilians headed into combat zones stop taking aspirin at least 10 days before they deploy, unless directed by a health care provider.
The goal of the policy is to minimize blood loss in combat injuries, he wrote, and cut down on the number of "preventable deaths" associated with those wounds.
The concern over aspirin stems from how it affects blood’s ability to clot."
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