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The case for medium cavalry
The Case for Medium Cavalry
The Medium Cavalry Battalion is a version of the Armoured Cavalry Squadron using vehicles and systems that can easily be transported by C130 to give them greater strategic mobility. Assets such as aircraft, artillery and engineering are placed at battalion level to give it greater capability during small unit operations such as LIC and
warfare. Such a formation is ideal for use in the
Long Range Strike Group
. Such a force is designed for Expeditionary warfare and would be used to follow up initial gains made by units such as the 82nd Airborne.
The exact form the Medium Cavalry force will have will depend on what air-lift assets are provided for it. When originally writing this article my assumption was that the
would be the likely choice. The C-130 can carry around 18 tonnes and has an interior volume of
10ft x 9ft x 40-58ft
. The
C-17 Globemaster
can carry 77.6 tonnes in an interior volume of
18ft x 12ft x 85ft
. Both need a runway of around 3,000ft and difference in wingspan is less than 30ft. By using C-17s the Medium Cavalry unit could make greater use of better protected vehicles of around 20-30t weight and move three with each airlift. The C-17 was designed to have both an inter-theatre and intra-theatre role although the latter is not currently common practice. If this changes the Medium Cavalry force is likely to be heavier and but even more capable.
Two suggested TOEs for Medium Cavalry forces are given
In my article on strategically deployable
Light Infantry Divisions
I include the suggestion that a useful support element would be a modern version of the Vietnam armoured cavalry units, using systems such as the
. The armoured cavalry in Vietnam used a variant of M113 with increased armament and protection called the Armoured Cavalry Assault Vehicle or ACAV.
Before we start, let's kill a silly idea that seems prevalent. Cavalry are not just for reconnaissance. When they were
cavalry were regarded also as a highly mobile strike, patrol and raiding force. If mechanized cavalry weren't supposed to retain this capability why do they have so many MBTs? An Armoured Cavalry Squadron has 41 M1s and 39 M3s which can be compared to the 58 M1s and 58 Bradleys of an Armoured task force of twice the size. The mobility and versatility of Armoured Cavalry make them a very valuable force for
operations and similar conflicts.
For some obscure reason the US cavalry uses the term Troop for a company sized force and Squadron for a battalion, while in the rest of the world troop and squadron designate platoon and company sized units. To avoid confusion I'll generally refer to units in this article as companies and battalions.
US Ground Cavalry Troops
come in two flavors- a light motorized force using HMMWVs and a Heavy using M1A1 Abrams and M3 Bradleys.
To quote from FM 17-98
"The CFV platoon, equipped with six M3 CFVs, is found in the cavalry squadrons of an armored or mechanized division or in an armored cavalry regiment; it is also found in certain mechanized battalions, specifically in the 3rd Infantry Division.
The HMMWV platoon comprises 10 M1025/1026 HMMWVs. It is found in light cavalry regiments, in air cavalry and reconnaissance squadrons, and in mechanized infantry and armor battalions."
This has always struck me as the wrong way around. A force that has less tank battalions has a greater requirement for a strong cavalry force to act as a stronger screen and to counter any breakthroughs. There are also advantages for a heavy formation having a reconnaissance force that has greater mobility than the main force that it is scouting for.
The current Heavy Cavalry Troop (Company) has two tank platoons of M1 Abrams, two Scout platoons of M3 CFVs and a SP mortar section. The Armoured Cavalry Squadrons (Battalions) that are part of Armoured Cavalry Regiments (ACR) have three companies (troops) each with 9 M1 Abrams in two platoons, 13 M3 CFVs in two platoons and a section of heavy mortars. There is also a tank company of 14 M1s and a battery of six Self Propelled 155mm. Armoured Cavalry Squadrons that are part of Armoured or Mechanized Divisions may have
alternate organizations
such as three M3/M1-equipped ground troops and two air cavalry troops equipped with OH-58D's (Kiowa Warrior).
The Light Cavalry Troop has two platoons of ten HMMWV each, two four vehicle TOW platoons and a section of towed mortars. Three such troops make up a Light Cavalry Squadron along with a company of TOW-HMMWVs and a battery of towed 105mm.
The HMMWV-based troops would probably only be really effective in very open country such as plains and deserts. Here they'd have room to avoid heavier forces and stand some chance of exploiting the range advantages of their TOWs over tank guns.
Scout Platoons and Tank/TOW platoons usually work together. While a Scout Platoon approaches an objective the Tanks or TOW provide overwatch. During offensive operations the Scouts find targets for the tanks' guns or TOW missiles or act as a defensive screen. A similar arrangement was used by both British and
German Reconnaissance
units in the Second World War. German Armoured car companies included a platoon armed with L/24 75mm guns, usually mounted on Eight-wheel armoured cars. British Squadrons (Companies) had a close support troop with 75mm Howitzers. These were either mounted on
Armoured car
variants or
M3 GMC Halftracks
The HMMWV-based force has the advantage of being easily deployed by airlift, but is somewhat limited in capabilities. Many HMMWV-based squadrons are being converted into
Stryker based RSTA Squadons
. These have a surveillance troop with UAV, NBC-Recon and SIGINT platoons and three Recon troops. Each Recon troop has a mortar section and
three platoons of four vehicles
each with four or five dismounts. Good features of this new organisation are the Surveillance troop and the increased number of dismounts. Less useful is the
Stryker vehicle
, which requires the same sort of transport assets as the better armed and protected Abrams and Bradley. Because it is so heavy if flown in a C-130 the Stryker can be carried less distance than it can drive on a tank of fuel. TOW capability of the Squadron has been removed, the intention being to rely on the shorter ranged Javelin. The unit has no tanks or other large calibre long-range direct fire systems. There appears to be no organic tube artillery in the Squadron. Equipping with Strykers has greatly decreased the unit's strategic deployability for a questionable change in capability.
The Heavy Cavalry CFV Scout platoon is not without its down points:-
The M113 ACAVs used in Vietnam were known for their agility, mobility and all around firepower- a useful ability in small unit operations is the capability to fire in two different directions at once. The M3 is a very heavy vehicle and lacks even the firing ports of its M2 sister.
Vietnam ACAV platoons included a section of infantry but even when this was present the unit was often short of dismounts. The current Heavy cavalry unit has no infantry sections, just two dismounts per M3.
often mentions that the most thorough reconnaissance is conducted dismounted and that in many situations this may be the only practical means. It also frequently remarks that both the HMMWV and Bradley-based Scout Platoons are limited in the number of dismounted scouts they can employ at any time
For fighting the Soviet invasion of Central Europe the Heavy cavalry unit may have made sense. Now the Army is waking up to the fact that it has a global expeditionary role and that it may need to deploy a credible presence in days, not months.
A modern Cavalry force needs to be better protected and more capable than a HMMWV force but still capable of being easily deployed by air-lift. It should have greater mobility than a heavy tank unit, allowing it to scout places heavy vehicles cannot. It needs to have a range of surveillance and sensor capabilities but must also have adequate combat power. Sometimes the best scouting system is a dismounted infantryman so the unit needs a useful number of dismounts for both combat and scouting.
The above requirements suggest there is a very good case for a cavalry formation based around the M113.
The M113 has roll on-roll off transportability from a C-130. It retains this capability even if up-armoured. If necessary it can be airdropped.
Using Applique armour it has a better level of protection than any practical wheeled vehicle of equal or greater weight.
The M113 can be heli-lifted by helicopters such as the Chinook, giving a force a mechanized vertical envelopment capability. Fast moving hard hitting raiders can be inserted deep into the enemy's rear areas.
It is fully amphibious with minimal preparation. A river or deep paddy field does not pose an obstacle to maneuver.
It can mount a wide variety of weapons.
It has sufficient capacity to transport non-combatants, stretchers etc.
The questions now arise.
Was the success of the ACAV dependent on the conditions encountered in Vietnam, such as relatively low visibility ranges?
Can M113 cavalry be effective in modern medium or high intensity conflicts?
To answer this we need only look to the test lab of armoured warfare, the Middle East.
Israeli tanks use a screen of M113s to counter such threats as ATGWs. The tanks form a Hard core and the light tracks a swarm of gnats. The M113s can often move over terrain not suitable for the heavier tanks. If the M113s find a enemy that they can't destroy with their often considerable firepower they can usually contain it for the attentions of the tanks and artillery.
What I'm going to propose is a Medium cavalry force composed of M113s,
and either
or possibly
M60Z tanks
. The Tankitas have the same mobility as the M113s but their greater firepower and protection will prove useful when the gnats encounter the enemy, buying time for the Scout Platoon to disengage and the 105mm armed vehicles to come into action.
The M113s used by the Scout Platoon would probably be a Reconnaissance variant mounting the sensors, communication and navigation equipment their role requires. Even with this extra gear they should have enough internal capacity left to all the platoon to field a useful number of dismounts.
The entire force can easily be air-lifted by aircraft such as the C-130.
Let's look at the organization of this unit in more depth:-
There will be a Headquarters company, an Air company, a Support company and between two and four Ground maneuver companies. There may be a Reserve Tank company and/or a Surveillance company.
A Maneuver Company (Ground Troop) will have:-
Two tank platoons each with four or five tanks. These will probably be M8s to preserve the battalion's capability to be deployed by C130. These may be the
variant of the M8 that I have proposed. During a long term deployment the M8s may be replaced by heavier vehicles.
Two Scout platoons each with two Tankitas and four Scout-carrying M113-IFVs. This can be divided into two sections each with a Tankita and two M113s.
Mortar section with at least three weapons. This is either organic to the company or attached from a battalion platoon.
Maintenance/supply platoon mounted on
variants of M113
Engineer squad in M113 ESV.
In combat a Scout platoon will usually pair up with a sister tank platoon and support elements to form a formation we'll call a Demi-company.
Alternately the tanks are grouped together in a single Tank platoon of nine vehicles and the company has three Scout platoons each of two Tankitas and four M113-IFVs. This arrangement gives the company more dismounts and gives the option of using of the tanks as a decisive mass. If necessary a section of three tanks can be placed with each Scout platoon to give a formation similar to the
Vietnam ACAV platoons
The company HQ may also have a 2-3 vehicle Jeep section. This will be equipped with
, Mercedes
and mount at least
one machine gun
. The GPVL or LRV is preferable since all other vehicles in the company are amphibious. The Jeeps are used for liaison, moving stretcher cases and security patrols. In certain situations
Land Rovers or Toyotas
may prove useful for low-profile reconnaissance and the battalion may have a few of these vehicles.
Battalion command includes:
A unit of tracked, armed and armoured logistic vehicles such as the
Ralph Zumbro
and Mk-19s as armament.
Two Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridges (AVLB). Certain designs of bridge can also be used as ramps in MOUT to allow infantry to rapidly access upper stories. Armoured Recovery vehicles would also be present.
Integral infantry platoon
, mainly used to secure Battalion command area but can also be used to man static OPs.
Medical section
Mess section.
Support Company
Long Range Anti-armour platoon equipped with a versatile system such as
for long range precision strike capability.
Air defence platoon
, preferably with a versatile system such as
Platoon of 120mm SP mortars, preferably in
Assault Gun Mortar
configuration. An M8 hull mounting an
turret is also possible but would not be so compact or well armoured.
The Battalion will have at least enough mortars for one to be assigned to each Scout platoon. Extra sections could be assigned as the Battalion commander sees fit.
The Support Company may include a Reserve M8 Tank Platoon.
Ralph Zumbro
has suggested that a battalion could also make good use of a battery of 105mm howitzers. The force could make do with just three or four pieces, or have six like the current Heavy Cavalry battalions. These would either be towed or in
configuration. Possibly the same capability could be offered by additional 120mm mortars in either
Assault Gun
towed Gun-Mortar
configuration. These weapons will probably not be organic to the battalion but attached from the parent regiment when needed.
Several companies are developing Reconnaissance projectiles for
Grenade launchers
and Field Artillery, Doubtless mortar rounds will also become available. The Indirect fire weapons of a Battalion will therefore have an increased role in information gathering.
Many of the weapon systems suggested for the Support company may not be organic to the Medium Cavalry Battalion but attached from higher formations as needed.
Surveillance Company
UAV platoon
Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) platoon also responsible for mortar locating radar and other surveillance systems.
NBC recon platoon.
Ground SIGINT and EW platoon.
Scout platoon/Recondo Platoon. This may seem an odd thing to have in a cavalry formation but sometimes you need a more discreet approach than rolling up in armoured vehicles. The Recondo section will approach by foot but may also use
, amphibious light vehicles (
) or helicopter insertion. If some scouts are also trained as snipers and FOs/FACs/
this is no bad thing, and if a scout wants to
learn to jump you also have the option of parachute insertion from high flying battalion helicopters. The Recondo platoon may also serve as the infantry platoon suggested for the HQ company. Alternately the non-M113 mounted Scouts may be placed in a Light Company with the LRVs and Land Rovers.
The topic of helicopters brings me to the real sweetener:-
A Vietnam-era Armoured Cavalry battalion included a company of helicopters. This had an Aeroscout platoon of OH-6 or OH-58, an Aerorifle platoon of infantry in Hueys and an Aeroweapon platoon of AH-1 Hueycobras.
Brigade would usually use this company independently of the rest of the Battalion but the fact remained that if an Armoured Cavalry battalion was attached to your force it came with helicopters.
The Medium Cavalry battalion should also have a helicopter element, but (as
Mr. Zumbro suggests
) this time it should include Chinooks. A Chinook can heli-lift M113s. It could probably also move Tankitas, Assault gun mortars and Wespe-style M113 SPHs. All this adds up to the capability to make a potent force suddenly materialize where a enemy least expects it and wants it. Ralph suggests that the Chinooks include mounting points for armament so they can become
ACH-47 Gunships
when the need is felt.
More on the ACH-47 Guns a-Go-Go
Battle reports of ACH-47s
I'd also include
in the helicopter company to give an agile scout-attack capability.
The Air Troop may also be responsible for operating the formation's UAVs.
To simplify Battalion logistics helicopter armament will use the same ammunition as weapons mounted on ground vehicles where practical. ACH-47s will therefore mount .50 and 30mm weapons rather than 20mm cannon.
The current Armoured Cavalry Regiment (Brigade) based on M1 and M3 vehicles includes three Armoured Cavalry Squadrons as described above and an Air Cavalry Squadron with several companies (Troops) of various helicopter types. Ralph's idea is to move this asset back to battalion level for support in small unit operations.
A Medium Cavalry unit for supporting an Armoured or Infantry Group would probably have:-
HQ Company including AVLB Bridging unit, Medical, Maintenance/Recovery, Logistics and Mess elements.
Two or Three Ground Troops with Tanks, Tankitas, M113s, Engineers and 120mm Mortars.
Air Troop with AH-6 and (A)CH-47.
Surveillance Troop with EW, NBC Recon, SIGINT, GSR and UAV.
Heavy Weapon Troop with EFOGM, ADA and possibly more 120mm Gun-mortars or a section of 105mm Howitzers.
A Medium Cavalry Battalion that is part of a
LRSG Group
may not have systems such as EFOG-M, Artillery, NBC recon, EW, SIGINT, GSR and JUS elements organic to the Battalion but attached from the Group for small unit operations. For larger operations these elements would be retained under Group control as part of the C4I Battalion or Artillery/Strike Battalion.
The proposed Cavalry battalion is structured so that it has a considerable capability for independent action. It has considerable organic support elements and its maneuver elements are larger than conventional companies. In view of this Doubled Platoons (Demi-companies) will probably be commanded by
and the companies by Majors.
In effect the maneuver elements of this force are two (or more) mixed companies of Tanks (M8) and Light Track (M113 and Tankitas) and a company of Helicopters. All of these elements are organic to the same unit and therefore used to working together as a cohesive combined arms team. This suggests that the helicopter company will be very effective as the battalion's
Maneuver Air Support (MAS)
The Helicopter company therefore :-
Moves Ground elements over obstacles or defences for vertical envelopment.
Scouts ahead and to the flanks of the ground force and disrupts any enemy formations.
Provides tactical air support to ground elements engaged by the enemy.
Provides vertical replenishment.
In turn the ground elements destroy forces located by the air elements and suppress enemy air defences to permit helicopter operations.
Given the versatility and combat effectiveness of such a cavalry formation it would be one of the first units of an
expeditionary force
that would be sent to a theatre once an airhead was established. Mike Sparks takes this to the logical conclusion by proposing an
Airdrop-capable Cavalry formation
Ralph Zumbro
has suggested the idea of a force of equal numbers of ACAV and IFV M113s in the same platoons. This would be a useful force for
counter-insurgency, limited warfare and Operations Other Than War (OOTW)
. This mission, which we'll call Light Tracked Cavalry I'd assign to my proposed
Medium Mechanized Infantry
battalions. A modern M113 in IFV configuration has greater firepower than a Vietnam-Era ACAV. Israeli APCs seem to have wing machine guns as a standard fitting. The difference between a ACAV and a IFV is therefore simply one of substituting passengers for ammo.
The Case for a Modern ACAV force
If desired the commander can reduce the number of men manning an IFV to create more room and allow more ammo to be carried. The dismounted men can be used to establish and defend the base from which the IFV attack columns operate.
There is no reason not to use Infantry in a Cavalry role. If you've got the tools available then used them. Infantry are warriors first and should whatever gets the job done most effectively.
A light tracked cavalry force based on the
was another possibility but I have doubts as to how practical a
combat vehicle
the Wiesel will be.
Cavalry articles by
Ralph Zumbro
Information on Vietnam Cavalry Units.
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Al Jazeera America, the first all news cable network since Fox News Channel debuted in 1996, begins broadcasting at 2 p.m. Tuesday. But shortly before its debut AT&T U-verse announced it would not carry the channel in a contract dispute, according to The Wrap.
It is also not carried by Time Warner Cable. It will be carried by DirecTV (Channel 358) and DISH (Channel 215). It will be in less half as many TV homes as CNN and Fox. »Read Full Blog Post(104)
MSO goes into chamber orchestra mode at UWM's Zelazo Center
Lurking within the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is a fine chamber orchestra, which came out to play at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Zelazo Center Friday evening.
The difference between a symphony orchestra and a chamber orchestra is size, the chamber orchestra the much smaller of the two. Repertoire for a chamber orchestra usually consists of baroque or early classical music, or more modern music specifically written for the smaller ensemble. »Read Full Article
Alchemist Theatre fills Ionesco's 'The Chairs' with life
At the beginning of Eugène Ionesco's "The Chairs" — a rarely performed one-act farce now on stage at Alchemist Theatre under Leda Hoffmann's direction — a man stumbles around in the dark.
That's a fitting image for the lives of Old Man (Tim Linn) and Old Woman (Kelly Doherty), the nonagenarians who have long settled into a meaningless routine of busy nothings. »Read Full Article(1)
Cable TV deal could cost jobs, boost rates in Wisconsin
Wisconsin could lose jobs in the telecom industry, and see cable television rates go up, if Charter Communications acquires Time Warner Cable and forms a mega-size cable company, industry observers say.
The comments come as Charter pursues Time Warner Cable in a deal that would greatly boost Charter's standing in the cable industry and would result in a combined company with more than 15 million television subscribers. »Read Full Article(110)
Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony ratings down from 2010
Although it handily won its time period, the elaborate opening ceremonies of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics took a local ratings dip from the 2010 winter games.
The Opening Ceremonies did boost ratings for the WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) news, which will be shown at 10:30 during the Olympics. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
More from Kip Moore on new album
Photo by Stephen Shepherd, provided by The Green Room Public Relations »Read Full Blog Post
Kip Moore recalls playing for Milwaukee audiences — large and small
Last June, as Kip Moore looked out over a near-capacity crowd at Summerfest's Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard, he couldn't help but share a vivid memory.
Playing a midafternoon set on the same stage just two years earlier, Moore encountered a sparse gathering of a few dozen people. To top off the underwhelming welcome, there at the front of the stage were two fest-goers playing cards through his entire show. »Read Full Article
Things to do this weekend: Mitten Fest; Baby Wants Candy show; Cupid's Wrath
The Best of Brew City is your mobile guide to going out in Milwaukee. Locate events, live music, bars and restaurants near you and in Milwaukee's most popular neighborhoods. Visit bestofbrewcity.com and download the app for iOS or Android today.
Mitten Fest, the hearty Bay View winter street festival, returns Saturday outside Burnhearts, 2599 S. Logan Ave. This year's fest, which runs from noon to 8 p.m., will have music by the Fatty Acids, The Whips, Midwest Death Rattle and Heavy Hand; barrels of brandy old-fashioneds and specialty brews from Central Waters and Founders; food from Honeypie Cafe and Goodkind; and a cold-weather craft fair. »Read Full Article


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Day 79 - Utah, So Many Parks, So Little Time
... 12 have Scenic Viewpoints every quarter mile. There were also a bunch of short hikes at each of the viewpoints, so of course we had to stop and take pictures, and at least wander in the beginning of some of the hikes. There were even 2 short tunnels cut into the rock, and Jody was able to get pictures of me riding through. So by the time we got to Bryce Canyon it was close to 1:00.
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The Dream Team Is Back: Friday Night Lights Cast Turn a Spartan Race into 10-Year Anniversary Reunion
Originally posted 05/09/2016 10:25AM
From the football field to the obstacle course!
The former cast of Friday Night Lights is reuniting to tackle the Spartan Race this June 11 outside of Chicago, trekking 10 miles of rough terrain in a nod to the cult-favorite show's 10-year anniversary.
Joan Allen Stars in ABC's The Family, an Exciting New Thriller About Domestic Politics – and Domestic Lies
Originally posted 03/03/2016 09:00PM
Consider The Family's Claire Warren (Joan Allen), mayor of Red Pines, Maine, and a potential governor. She lost her son Adam (Liam James) a decade ago: He was abducted and murdered by their neighbor. Then Adam turns up, confused but alive. That hand-over-heart can now be raised in a fist of victory: What a miracle! And what a campaign windfall for Claire!
But wait – how was the neighbor wrongfully convicted in the first place? Why does Adam's sister (Alison Pill), who happens to be Claire's media strategist, race off to confession, her brow pinched in concern? Why is everyone so preoccupied with a ship in a bottle that was entered into evidence? And is Adam, in fact, Adam?
The premiere of The Family is so sensationally entertaining, it may even make you forget this crazy election cycle.
The Family Premiere Sneak Peek: After A Son's Sudden Return, This Brood Is Not All in the Same Boat
Originally posted 03/03/2016 09:00AM
As they say, all happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way – and the way in which the title clan of The Family is unhappy is a real doozy.
Zach Gilford and Kiele Sanchez Lose Their Baby Boy
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The actors were expecting their first child, a son, in early November
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The actors are expecting their first child in November, their rep confirms to PEOPLE
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Talk about a fairytale wedding!
Former Friday Night Lights star Zach Gilford, 30, and his Glades star bride Kiele Sanchez, 36, got their happily ever after in December and PEOPLE has now obtained the beautiful, lovey-dovey photos of the pair at their Napa, Calif., nuptials.
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Gilford's fiancé is fellow actress Kiele Sanchez, 35, who played Nikki Fernandez on Lost and who currently stars on A&E's The Glades.
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Anthea Butler: The pentecostal prosperity gospel that pervades Christian Nigeria is tested by a terrorist attack on a school, and the kidnapping of its students.
Virunga National Park Warden Shot
Georgianne Nienaber: Virunga National Park's Chief Warden, Emmanuel de Merode, was shot in a roadside ambush as he was driving from Goma to Rumangabo in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwanda Massacre Anniversary: Useful Tragedy Tales
Kathleen Wallace: The Rwandan tales will be used to justify all sorts of intervention amongst factions who happen to be taking up space on top of resources that are coveted.
Obama's Under the Radar Assistance to Africa
David Love: As the world preoccupies itself with the lost Malaysian Airlines flight 370 and Russia's annexation of Crimea in the Ukraine, President Obama is helping another part of the world—Africa.
How White American Evangelicals Exploit African Homophobia
African Homophobia: Denouncing homosexuality is one of the ways these African countries decry perceived neo-colonialism.
Sexual Violence in War: 'Not a Second-Class Crime'
Sexual Violence in War: We believe that 95% of the victims are women—but evidence is coming out that we have men who are sexually abused.
Nigeria's LGBTQ-Cleansing Law
Nigeria Anti-Gay Law: Nigerian lawmakers say their stance ois true evidence of a proud and participatory "democracy in action."
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Mandela Ending Apartheid — Mass media can also be a weapon that eradicates democracy and promotes ignorance, along with other dire ends.
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If you want to see a real salvage yard, take a drive out to Six Points. That is the biggest salvage yard there has ever been in Aiken. Im sure its filled with rats and snakes and its never been written up.
List of students
Theres a list of 10 high school players to watch. How about a list of 10 students?
Christmas lights
Dont be on Monetta about the Christmas lights. It gives the old people joy to see them. I love to go through there just to see the lights.
New hospital
Please let University Hospital come here.
The application for University Hospital in Aiken should be approved. It would help to reduce medical costs in Aiken, which are extremely high.
Health care lawsuit
The Republicans are suing Obama for not implementing a certain mandate in the health care law quickly enough. These are the same Republicans who voted more than 50 times to repeal or stall the same law. They are using taxpayer money for their suit. It would be much too kind to say they are nuts.
Why are there so many commercial and contractor vehicles parked in residential areas in Aiken County?
Career politicians
Political service was never meant to be a career for anyone at the state or federal level. We need to wake up and get rid of the career politicians.
The Northside
It would be wonderful to give the Northside a facelift.
All these trees on Hampton Avenue prevent you from walking on the sidewalks. If these trees were on the Southside, they would be taken care of.
Outlet mall
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Riders coming to the Bear Classic Criterium in Greeley knew they were in for chilly and windy conditions.
They got a slight surprise, though, when they discovered the course was changed Sunday morning.
The original course, a three-quarter-mile loop, included stretches on 17th Avenue and Reservoir Road.
Alex Lewis, president of the University of Northern Colorado Cycling Club, said the company handling the barricades had a scheduling mix-up and didn't show up early enough to set up the longer course.
"They came a little later (in the morning) with half to a quarter of the (barricade) stuff," said Lewis, who finished 14th in the Men's A race.
Organizers went with an alternate, shorter course in the parking lot next to Nottingham Field.
As it was, the racers didn't mind, and about 150 riders from the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference, which includes UNC, Colorado State University, the University of Colorado, Fort Lewis College and Mesa State College, competed in a full day's slate of races.
Liz Martin, a UNC sophomore, was in second place in the Women's A race heading into the final lap of a 19-lap race.
"I was doing really well and the girl in front of me braked, and then I slammed on my brakes and went into the curb and went down," Martin said. "But I felt really strong before then."
The alternative course, which had several tight turns, didn't phase Martin.
"It was pretty technical, but it was pretty fun," she said.
Due to her crash, Martin clocked a 42:26 and finished seventh of eight riders in the Women's A event. She was the only UNC rider in the race. Natalie Koch of CU won the event with a time of 40:10.
In the Men's A race, Richard Geng of Mesa State finished first on the 38-lap circuit in a time of 1:08.12.47. Lewis was the top UNC finisher in the race, clocking 1:08.01 over 37 laps for 14th place.
The campus site was a new course for the Bear Classic Criterium. Last year, the UNC Cycling Club held the event at Promontory.


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The Joy Formidable among new concert announcements for Turner
A concert with Welsh rock trio the Joy Formidable is one of four shows announced Tuesday morning for Turner Hall Ballroom.
News of the Joy Formidable U.S. tour, which includes the April 9 show at Turner Hall Ballroom (1040 N. 4th St.), arrives on the same day as the release of its excellent sophomore album "Wolf's Law." (Look for a review later today on Tap Milwaukee, and tomorrow in the Journal Sentinel.) Frontwoman Ritzy Bryan talked a bit about the new album, and an adventure she had at the Safe House, in a video interview with Tap Milwaukee last year backstage at Summerfest. See it below. »Read Full Article
'Argo' tops 'Lincoln' at Oscars
In a best picture category rich in films about history, history repeated itself Sunday when Ben Affleck's suspenseful Iranian hostage drama "Argo" beat Steven Spielberg's reverential "Lincoln."
"Argo" actor-director Affleck starred in "Shakespeare in Love," which beat Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" for best picture in 1999. »Read Full Article(11)
2013 Oscar winners: Complete list
And the winners are . . .
Complete list of winners at the 85th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night: »Read Full Article(2)
Oscars night live blog
Journal Sentinel entertainment writers discuss Oscars fashion and films on the red carpet and during the show.
'Argo' to squeak by 'Lincoln,' Tap Oscar voters say
It'll be "Argo," but not by much - if Tap Milwaukee readers' votes are any indication.
As of 7:15 p.m. - just 15 minutes before the ceremony was to start - 32% of Tap readers picked "Argo" for best picture, vs. 29% for "Lincoln," with "Silver Linings Playbook" a distant third at 19%. »Read Full Article
John Axford picks 'Argo' for best picture
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher John Axford annually lists his Oscar predictions on Twitter, from spring training. Here are his picks.
The Academy Awards are soon upon us and I'm going to give my best predictions. Trying to beat last years 11/15. There are a few pure guesses and even some that I'm predicting even though they weren't my favorite, but it's about who I think will win! »Read Full Blog Post
Poet Susan Firer uses love of language
Susan Firer isn't the first artist to make something out of Lake Michigan. Mary Nohl salvaged rocks and things from the water to shape into yard sculptures. Firer, from Whitefish Bay, writes poetry in the shape of the lake itself, and about other cool things that inspire her.
Firer, 64, has published five full-length books, including "Milwaukee Does Strange Things to People," earned two national prizes, works as an adjunct professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and formerly served as the city's poet laureate - a program of the Milwaukee Public Library. She also curates the poetry column at Shepherd Express. »Read Full Article(11)
The high cost of putting on the Oscars ceremony
When the Oscars are handed out tonight, they will - presumably - be for artistic and creative merit. And the films that are honored are the result of considerable blood, sweat and tears.
But the ceremonies themselves are a costly, you-have-to spend-money-to-make-money proposition, as an article in the Hollywood Reporter points out. »Read Full Blog Post
First Stage's 'Pinkalicious' is a tasty treat
In a world where enough is never enough - and where, with cupcakes as with potato chips, we can't seem to stop at one - a character like Pinkalicious Pinkerton is sure to be popular. The beloved children's book heroine is now starring in her very own musical at First Stage Children's Theater, under John Maclay's direction.
At first, pink-hued blush, there's nothing particularly complicated about this sugary confection, in which a cupcake-loving girl must learn the value of moderation - and the importance of eating greens. »Read Full Article(1)
My brush with Team Spielberg
I am at the bottom of the Hollywood food chain, to say the least. Whenever I deal with film industry types I feel like a strung out Dennis Hopper rambling about Marlon Brando's tribal leader in "Apocalypse, Now": "I'm a little man, I'm a little man. He's a great man!"
But when and if Steven Spielberg thanks all "the little people" in an Oscar acceptance speech tonight, I know he will be talking to me. Every year he is nominated and every year, right around the holidays, I get a note from him thanking me for my support. »Read Full Blog Post
Ad congratulates local Oscar nominee
Pius XI High School took out an ad in Sunday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel congratulating a former student involved with a film that has received four Oscar nominations.
Michael Raisler, a Wauwatosa native and a 2003 Pius alum, is executive producer of "Beasts of the Southern Wild." »Read Full Blog Post


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The Samsung Glyde has a lot of potential, with a smooth-sliding full-size QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8-inch touchscreen, as well as extras like assisted GPS, Bluetooth, haptic feedback, and a 2-megapixel camera. It even looks like a smaller version of one of its main competitors, the LG Voyager, though it lacks the former's mobile TV capability. Unfortunately, the Glyde's main input method – the touchscreen – doesn't work well enough for us to recommend the phone. If Samsung fixes this issue via a firmware update, we'd consider changing our tune.
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The bar-shaped 4.1-ounce Glyde measures 4 x 2 x .7 inches — thick but still very compact — and has a midnight blue shell trimmed in chrome-colored plastic. A 2.8-inch touchscreen, an analog Home button, and the ear speaker take up the phone's front face, while the 2-megapixel camera lens and LED flash adorn the back. A pair of speakers and a 2.5-mm headphone jack sit on top, with buttons for power/hold, volume, and camera/camcorder on the right side. The charge/sync port is on the left side, and the phone's pinhole mic is located on bottom.
The phone's thickness is attributable to the QWERTY keyboard, which literally glides out to the left from behind the front. We're impressed with the quality and smoothness of the spring-loaded sliding mechanism, and the 3-row keyboard is excellent in terms of button size and feel. We did find the space bar's placement (between V and B) a little awkward, and the top row is crowded against the edge of the phone's top half, but we're happy the keys are backlit.
The Glyde has a microSD slot that supports the latest range of high-capacity cards, but Samsung oddly chose to keep it hidden underneath the back cover. At least you don't have to remove the battery to get at it, but cutting away a small part of the cover to expose the slot would have been much smarter.
Inside, the dual-band CDMA (800/1900MHz) Glyde packs stereo Bluetooth and assisted GPS, as well as 3G support and a fairly competent Web browser. It has 45MB of built-in flash memory for messages, applications, ringtones, media, and ringtones, though you can add up to 8GB with a microSD card. The Glyde lacks WiFi, though it has very good on-board email client that supports accounts like AOL Mail, Gmail, Windows Live, and Yahoo Mail.
The Glyde's capacitive touchscreen responds to your skin's ability to carry electricity away from the screen's electrodes, rather than simply being pressure sensitive. This means you can't use a stylus or fingernail to operate it.
To wake the screen, you press any physical button. To unlock it, touch the lock icon, and to lock it manually, press the tiny power/lock button on the side. Unfortunately, bugs cause it to sense touches in the wrong area of the screen, sense touches correctly but not activate the pressed virtual button, or occasionally wig out entirely in jittery spasms. This was extremely frustrating and made simple activities (like dialing) inconsistent.
When you slide out the keyboard, the screen automatically rotates to landscape mode. It's possible to use the QWERTY keyboard for functions like scrolling and activating links or buttons, and in some cases it makes operation far easier. But this defeats the whole purpose of having a touchscreen, which ultimately drives up the price of a phone.
In some instances, you can work around the screen's lack of precision by zooming in via the dedicated volume buttons on the side of the phone and dragging your finger to scroll vertically and horizontally. This slows down the overall experience, though, and we much prefer the convenience of gesture-based zooming like on the iPhone.
When you touch the screen, a motor vibrates briefly (with adjustable strength) to let you know the screen "heard" you. Unfortunately, just because the screen "hears" you doesn't mean it understands what you're trying to tell it; we often had to press buttons and links repeatedly to get the desired response, despite the phone having given haptic feedback.
Pressing the physical Home button underneath the LCD brings you to the main screen from anywhere in the phone's menu system. The main screen has three icons across the top for dialing, menu, and contacts, as well as a shortcut bar at the bottom for settings, with wide-open space in the middle. Pressing the tiny square in the center of the screen brings you to a customizable shortcuts menu for most of the phone's features.
Overall the menus are clear enough, and the buttons are generally large enough to be pressed easily. We like the interface's customizability, and the menus are very well laid-out for quick navigation, except for the annoyingly glitchy touchscreen.
Although the phone has no physical End button, you can use the Home button to end calls or get out of any other application that's running. Unfortunately, when the screen auto-locks as you're on a call, it doesn't automatically sense if you move the phone away from your face (a la the iPhone) — you have to wake and unlock the screen.
Calls and Reception
In our testing the Glyde got nearly identical 1XRTT and EVDO reception to our Samsung u740, which has served us reasonably well for several months so far. Oddly, twice we got brief "Leaving Service Area" messages while sitting still in our Brooklyn apartment, but we'll chalk that up to quirkiness.
Call clarity on our end was very good and consistent across different volume levels via the earpiece. We were less impressed with the speakerphone's sound quality, though the full-duplex chip prevented dropouts when two people talk at the same time. People we called said our voice sounded a bit fuzzy but intelligible.
The integrated 2-megapixel camera has an autofocus lens and a small LED flash, and it can capture video at up to 320 x 240 resolution. The pictures we took didn't look too bad as long as there was plenty of ambient light present. Outdoors in daylight, our pictures were reasonably sharp with adequate detail and a slight tendency toward softness and overexposure. Indoors, our pictures were often blurry; the autofocus seemed to have trouble locking onto anything, and the flash wasn't much help.
Aside from being very small, our test videos (aside from tiny) looked like average cell phone video: blurry, pixilated and slightly jumpy. In lots of daylight, the camcorder fared okay, but in most indoor scenes, it captured enough detail to give you the general idea, but not much more.
One thing we really miss in the Glyde is any sort of mobile TV like Verizon's MediaFLO (supported by the LG Voyager). Instead, the Glyde is limited to your own videos or V Cast streaming video. You can also purchase music over the air from Verizon's Music Store, or listen to your own files (MPEG-4, H.264, and Real Video). The screen looks pretty good, and downloads are about as quick as they were with the LG Voyager — about a minute for music tracks or a little more than that for (low-res) videos.
Supported music files include MP3, AAC+, eAAC+, and Real Audio. We tried to plug in our own headphones via a RadioShack 2.5-mm adapter, but the pin order in the Glyde's jack didn't match the adapter, causing audio to come only out of the right earphone unless we unplugged it half way. Music is clear if not particularly loud from the phone's built-in speaker, but we're hoping Samsung comes to its senses with its forthcoming Instinct and includes a proper 3.5-mm jack.
Surfing the Web using Verizon's proprietary browser was consistently speedy as long as we had a strong EVDO signal. You can choose to view pages as they appear on a desktop browser or in an optimized version that reformats some sites to the Glyde's screen. The browser is significantly hampered by lack of Flash or Ajax support, but the overall experience was smooth thanks to the excellent QWERTY keyboard. The dedicated email client worked great with our GMail and Yahoo accounts, and the IM client handled our AIM chats very smoothly with a simple interface.
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GPS and Bluetooth
VZ Navigator ($2.99/day or $9.99/month USD) is a capable GPS app, and the phone was able to locate itself quickly enough in New York City, which is usually a challenge due to the tall buildings. You also get loud and clear turn-by-turn directions, live traffic reporting, and a 3D map, as well as local info like movies and weather.
Bluetooth on the Glyde was about the same as with our u740; transmission was consistently clear when the phone had an unobstructed path to our test headsets (a Plantronics Discovery 935 for mono and Jabra BT8030 for stereo). With walls and bodies in the way, range was limited to about 8-12 feet.
Battery Life
The Glyde's battery life is rated at just 3.5 hours of talk time (10.4 days standby), which is about half an hour less than that of the LG Voyager and less than half that of the iPhone. We found ways to save on battery life with the Glyde, however, like disabling or lowering the haptic feedback and keeping brightness and volume settings low. There's not WiFi to drain the battery, but if you use EVDO, Bluetooth, and camera features a lot, you may want to pass on the Glyde.
We think the Glyde could be a solid phone if it had a more reliable touchscreen and a better Web browser (really, Verizon, it's embarrassing); as it is, we give it borderline pass/fail grade. We look forward to Samsung's Instinct, which will include hot features like Visual Voicemail, and we pray they did a better job with the touchscreen.
• Sliding mechanism and keyboard feel great
• Extras like GPS, camera, Bluetooth
• Decent reception and call quality
• Unreliable touchscreen
• Verizon's Web browser is very limited


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