Factoids on the Army in 2002

The Army had in 2002 480,000 active duty troops, 565,000 Guard and Reserve troops, and 225,000 civilian employees.   40 percent of all Department of Defense personnel are with the Army.   The Army has 10 active component divisions, and 8 regular divisions and 18 separate brigades.   It has 110,000 forward stationed troops, troops [...]

Notes on Latinos in the Military post-Caldera, part 3

Notes on Latinos in the Military post-Caldera, part 3 () Back in 2003 Salon.com the online magazine ran an article by Whitney Joiner, “The Army be Thuggin’ It.”  It talks about how the Army is using hip hop culture to attract African American recruits.  Another legacy Caldera left. The Army uses a decked out Hummer [...]

Notes on Latinos in the Military post-Caldera, Part 2

Notes on Latinos in the Military post-Caldera, Part 2 () Latinos have been overrepresented in the frontlines. Just after the Iraq War started back on March 20, 2003, a report came out by the Pew Hispanic Center, reported in the San Diego Union-Tribune by Leonel Sanchez, that showed that Latinos, while underrepresented in military ranks [...]

Notes on Latinos in the Military post-Caldera, part 1

Notes on Latinos in the Military post-Caldera, part 1 Louis Caldera departed from his position as Secretary of the Army in 2001 as Clinton’s term ended and the administration of George W. Bush began.  But his policies of increasing Latinos in the Army and other armed services continued.  It came up in the post-9/11 era [...]

Caldera and The Increase in Latino Recruitment in the Army

Caldera and The Increase in Latino Recruitment in the Army (elloborojo.wordpress.com) It has already been shown how Caldera has been subservient to the overall imperialistic mission of U.S. foreign policy.  In his last years as Army secretary he helped implement a new strategy for the Army to bring it up to changing environments in modern [...]

Caldera and the Transformation of the Army for Modern Times: the New Strategy for the Army

Caldera and the Transformation of the Army for Modern Times: the New Strategy for the Army Caldera resided as Army Secretary during an era of transition for the army.  The Cold War was over for many years, and the war on terror was over a year away.  The military was involved in smaller wars such [...]

Caldera Brings in Virtual Reality training for Army, new Military-Industrial-Academic-Entertainment Complex

Caldera Brings in Virtual Reality training for Army, new Military-Industrial-Academic-Entertainment Complex Back in August 18, 1999 Army Secretary Caldera signed a $45 million contract with the University of Southern California to establish an institute to develop state of the art modeling and simulation technologies for military and educational purposes.  The purpose of this new program [...]

Caldera and the Whitewash of the No Gun Ri Massacre During the Korean War

Caldera and the Whitewash of the No Gun Ri Massacre During the Korean War Louis Caldera during his term as Secretary of the Army under Clinton was also responsible for reviewing the No Gun Ri massacre that happened during the Korean War.  This was a mass killing of refugees by U.S. Army troops in July [...]

Caldera and the School of the Americas

Caldera and the School of the Americas During Caldera’s term as Secretary of the Army he presided over the name change (read whitewash) of the School of the Americas. Now lets give a little background history of the SOA.  The School of the Americas has long been campaigned against by activists for being a tool [...]

Caldera and Military Policy in Colombia

Caldera and Military Policy in Colombia In January 2000 Army Secretary Caldera ordered a dramatic increase in military aid to Colombia, which has been engaged in an ongoing civil war with revolutionary groups in the country.  The civil war had in the year 2000 claimed 30,000 lives since it began in 1964.  Following the announcement [...]