Subject:

U.S. Armed Forces

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Allen West Argues Against Amendment to Ban Indefinite Detention of People Arrested on American Soil (Updated)

    Original post, 2:37 a.m.:Legislation was considered late Thursday night to specifically ban the indefinite detention of persons detained on American soil on suspicion of terrorism.It was an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and would settle the most controvers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Yes, Those Are the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Flying Over Fort Lauderdale

    We're not under attack -- those fighter jets you heard making all that racket yesterday in the skies above Fort Lauderdale are F-16s from the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration team, and I'm sorry if the noise woke up your infant or whatever, but this is the coolest thing ever, and that kid need ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Craig Mallak Named New Broward Medical Examiner: What His Predecessor Messed Up Completely

    Broward County announced last week that Craig Mallak is the new chief medical examiner and director of the Office of the Medical Examiner and Trauma Services. He's got a long résumé that includes a stint as medical examiner of the U.S. Armed Forces, where he ended up being the guy who identified S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Allen West Suddenly So Concerned About Due Process, Condemns New Black Panther Party Ransom on George Zimmerman

    ​Congressman Allen West took to Facebook this afternoon to "vehemently condemn" the $10,000 bounty put out by the New Black Panther Party for the "citizen's arrest" of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin.West called the ransom "reprehensible" and called on the Department of Justice t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Allen West May Have a Totally Legitimate Point About the Afghanistan Qur'an Burning

    ​When Congressman Allen West starts talking about Islam, people whose livelihoods depend on pageviews usually break out their camcorders, because the odds are pretty good someone's going to get really offended.But West has posted several Facebook messages about the recent uproar over the burning o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    99.9 KISS Country Chili Cookoff: Fewer People, More Manners, Please

    ​If many of those in attendance at the 27th Annual 99.9 KISS Country Chili Cookoff were official representatives of the United States, they'd offer a sort of dim but realistic view of American history. We have a longstanding history of demonstrating unfailing pride for living in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    GOP Debate Audience Members Make Fools of Themselves by Booing Gay Soldier (Video)

    ​Another GOP presidential debate in Florida last night apparently presented the opportunity for audience members to make asses of themselves on national television again, this time by booing a gay soldier stationed in Iraq.During the Fox News/Google debate in Orlando, a question was given to Rick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Free Beer, Food Trucks at 9/11-Related Events

    9/11 events in Broward honor first responders, military.​There are several 9/11-related events this weekend, designed to pay tribute to the thousands of people who died on that day.  We're not listing them all, just the ones that seem to be food-related.  All events are scheduled for Sun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Allen West on Gay Soldiers: "People Can Change Their Behavior, but I Can't Change My Color"

    ​Well, it didn't take too long for Rep. Allen West to make a statement that people are seeing as more outlandish than his last one.West was asked by an audience member at a speech Saturday night about openly gay people serving in the United States military, according to the Tampa Tribune.His respo ... More >>

  • Film

    July 21, 2011

    "Captain America" Ignores Its Roots for Easy Money

    ​Well, it didn't take too long for Rep. Allen West to make a statement that people are seeing as more outlandish than his last one.West was asked by an audience member at a speech Saturday night about openly gay people serving in the United States military, according to the Tampa Tribune.His respo ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    Guns Online: No Permit Needed

    ​Well, it didn't take too long for Rep. Allen West to make a statement that people are seeing as more outlandish than his last one.West was asked by an audience member at a speech Saturday night about openly gay people serving in the United States military, according to the Tampa Tribune.His respo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Death Photo: Why Obama Is Wrong on This One

    ​Yes, actually, one more thing ... President Obama made just about all the right moves when it came to killing Bin Laden.Take a huge risk and conduct the operation despite having concrete proof that Bin Laden was even in the compound? Check. Conduct a precise ground raid instead of an ai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Muslim Group "Welcomes Elimination of Osama Bin Laden"

    Flickr/ Bird Eye Muslims protesting terrorism after the attacks in Mumbai. ​The Council on American -Islamic Relations is self-described as "America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization." CAIR positions itself as a peaceful organization that denounces terrorism and seeks to b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Marco Rubio and Allen West on Bin Laden

    ​American fellow-feeling has been going down the shittah since mid-2009 or so, and for those few remaining true believers in the power of rational discourse and basic human decency, it's been a bum ride. Everything is political lately, it seems, and in the worst way. Left and right America agree o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Did Allen West Just Compare Gays to Terrorists?

    West: Don't get gay on me.​It's April in the Year of Our Lord 2011, and most Floridians have reached an accommodation with Allen West. As summer looms and West's congressional career blossoms into maturity, he's almost begun to seem normal. He still hates Muslims, but at least he's polite about it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Allen West: Foiled By Collective Bargainers and Community Organizers

    This kiss will be interrupted by a community organizer.​When will the crazy stop? Rep. Allen West is a man -- a two-hundred-poundish, handsome, intelligent man, with his own ideas, experiences, memories, loves, dislikes, hatreds, prejudices, whathaveyou. He is not a canvas.Yet that's what lots of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Jared Lee Loughner's Lunatic Rantings Prove That Politically He's ...

    It's amazing how people are trying to figure out Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner's political philosophy. He's a registered Republican, they say (hoax). He's a liberal pot smoker (according to a former classmate who didn't know him well). He's was predisposed to right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Cal Thomas: Gays Will Keep Chaplains From Collecting Your Soul

    Cal Thomas.​Conservative columnist and over-syndicated radio blowhard Cal Thomas doesn't live around here, so he may not have seen our summary dismemberment of the suddenly-fashionable "chaplain's argument" against the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. But there he is, on the opinion page of our on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    U.S. Army Culinary Arts Team Takes World Cup Gold

    ​Great food and the US military are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. In fact, Army mess hall dinners and Meals Ready to Eat are associated with the worst eating experiences for good reason. Imagine everyone's surprise, then, when the Army's Culinary Arts Team (didja even know they had o ... More >>

  • Film

    September 9, 2010

    "The Tillman Story" Sets the Record Straight

    ​Great food and the US military are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. In fact, Army mess hall dinners and Meals Ready to Eat are associated with the worst eating experiences for good reason. Imagine everyone's surprise, then, when the Army's Culinary Arts Team (didja even know they had o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Top Five Other Menial Jobs That May Be Path to al Qaeda Leadership

    "By a show of hands, who wants to be my personal assistant?"​If the FBI is to be believed, Adnan El Shukijumah is the terrorist's version of a Cinderella story, having worked his way up from dishwasher to his current rank as director of overseas operations. Granted, this former Miramar resident di ... More >>

  • Film

    February 25, 2010

    The Crazies Stages Nifty Action Sequences in Remake

    "By a show of hands, who wants to be my personal assistant?"​If the FBI is to be believed, Adnan El Shukijumah is the terrorist's version of a Cinderella story, having worked his way up from dishwasher to his current rank as director of overseas operations. Granted, this former Miramar resident di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Retired Admiral Describes Dread of Spending Military Career in Closet

    Steinman​For gays serving in the U.S. military the fear of exposure exists at every level of the chain of command. Just ask Dr. Alan Steinman. In the early Nineties, Steinman served the four final years of a 25-year career a rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard as its director of health and safety ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    War of Words

    Steinman​For gays serving in the U.S. military the fear of exposure exists at every level of the chain of command. Just ask Dr. Alan Steinman. In the early Nineties, Steinman served the four final years of a 25-year career a rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard as its director of health and safety ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Hey Barack: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

    No to be contrary, but I'm not remotely bothered by the fact that the incoming president is a smoker. Or at least I'm not as concerned as Palm Beach Post columnist Rhonda Swan who today demanded that Obama "Quit Smoking, Period."This habit makes him human. The man who directed the most disciplined c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2007

    Karate Chop!

    No to be contrary, but I'm not remotely bothered by the fact that the incoming president is a smoker. Or at least I'm not as concerned as Palm Beach Post columnist Rhonda Swan who today demanded that Obama "Quit Smoking, Period."This habit makes him human. The man who directed the most disciplined c ... More >>

  • Film

    July 5, 2007

    Auto-Chaotic

    As giant robots transform all around us (!), it´s good to know Michael Bay won´t ever change

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Letters for May 24-30, 2007

    As giant robots transform all around us (!), it´s good to know Michael Bay won´t ever change

  • Culture

    November 23, 2006

    Discrimination Sucks Out Loud

    It's official: Burning blew

  • Dining

    November 2, 2006

    What Would Bruno Eat?

    Austria sits down with Italy at Josef's.

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2006

    Air & Sea Show Boycott!

    Austria sits down with Italy at Josef's.

  • Home Entertainment

    December 15, 2005

    Virtual Quagmire

    The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire.

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Heckuva Job

    Yo, Bat Mitzvah Sweetie

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    One Way to Skin the FCAT

    More Than Wasted Time

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2005

    Scream On

    Grab your guns, and get in the pit

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Vested Interests

    War has been good for Pompano Beach's Point Blank Body Armor

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Bach in the Saddle

    Alex Bach

  • Film

    July 28, 2005

    Bombs & Bikinis

    Stealth aims low but hits its mark

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2005

    Weirdos!

    Stealth aims low but hits its mark

  • Film

    December 30, 2004

    Second Run

    Celebrating the overachieving, underhyped movies of 2004

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    The Deadliest Day

    Noncombatants pushing 40, the Florida Seabees unit weren't supposed to be anywhere near the fighting

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Noncombatants pushing 40, the Florida Seabees unit weren't supposed to be anywhere near the fighting

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Letters for October 16, 2003

    Pay, G-A

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    Letters for July 17, 2003

    Hair trigger

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Gunning for Profit

    Opportunists make a fortune supplying guerrillas and terrorists from South Florida gun shops

  • Film

    June 29, 2000

    Saving Private Mad Max

    The Patriot is a sentimental, overbearing, flag-waving crowd pleaser -- in the best possible sense

  • Calendar

    May 27, 1999

    Night & Day

    May 27 - June 2, 1999

  • More >>
VOICE Daily Deals
for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This

About Us | Media Kit | Work for New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | New Times Broward-Palm Beach Advertising | National Online Advertising | Mobile | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Problems? | RSS | Site Map
© 2012 New Times BPB, LLC, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
avatar
Newsletters | Mobile
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy