45 year old US Army Seargeant enlisted at 41

The Hampton Roads Pilot has an article about US Army Sergeant Jeffery Williamson who joined the infantry at age 41.

Kandahar Supplies

The Edmonton Journal has an article about the effort involved in managing all the supplies needed by the CF's troops in Kandahar.

At a brisk pace through a massive warehouse on the Kandahar Airfield, Ward points at different crates and boxes stacked to the high steel roof.

"It's everything under the sun, from foot powder to everything I'm wearing, to weapons, Head and Shoulders shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes," he says, barely scratching the long list.

"The National Support Element is not the sexy part of the fight, but it's highly important. We're all about the beans and the bullets."

A Fence for HMCS Carleton?

The Ottawa Citizen has an article about the controversy about putting a fence up around HMCS Carleton, Ottawa's Naval Reserve unit.

"If we fenced all around it would really take away from the façade," said Cooper. "We don't want people to bike by and think it's a POW compound." But, he said, in this era of heightened security, the ultimate decision will be made by the military police.

Oldest NATO soldier in combat

The Edmonton Journal has a story about Cpl. Eric Hjalmarson. He joined the Canadian Forces at the age of 49 and is now, at 58, serving as an armoured vehicle gunner in Afghanistan.

Army.ca also has a post about him, this one with a picture.

US Army to allow editing of Field Manuals

The New York Times has an article abut a new US Army program to allow the rank and file to use a wiki to edit the Army's official Field Manuals.

“For a couple hundred years, the Army has been writing doctrine in a particular way, and for a couple months, we have been doing it online in this wiki,” said Col. Charles J. Burnett, the director of the Army’s Battle Command Knowledge System. “The only ones who could write doctrine were the select few. Now, imagine the challenge in accepting that anybody can go on the wiki and make a change — that is a big challenge, culturally.”

SEALS to offer swiming lessons

The Hampton Roads Pilot has an article about a new US Navy SEAL program to teach prospective trainees how to swim.

New UK Counter-insurgency Manual

The Times has an article about the UK's new Counter-insurgency Manual. The article seems to focus on on the tactic of paying Afghans more than the Taliban does.