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A San Antonio warrant officer was killed in a helicopter crash in Logar Province, Afghanistan.  CW2 Thalia S. Ramirez and another soldier from the Rio Grande Valley were piloting a OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, a scout helicopter when they crashed.  CW2 Ramirez was assigned to the 82d Airborne Division.  There are indications the helicopter may…

The "fight club" at Corpus Christi State School has resulted in a settlement.  I wrote about the "fight club" scandal at CCSS here, here and here.  The Texas state school systems house the developmentally disabled, also known as mentally retarded citizens.  The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.  See Corpus Christi Caller-…

Social media has spawned new sorts of litigation.  An Assistant Attorney General in Michigan learned that the hard way.  Andrew Shirwell started a blog titled the "Chris Armstrong Watch" blog.  Chris Armstrong is a former student leader at the University of Michigan and is openly gay.  Mr. Shirwell, the former Assistant AG, describes himself as a "right-wing…

Its hard to believe there is a war on.  We are in the middle of a cantankerous presidential debate, but the war in Afghanistan never comes up.  According to a San Antonio Express News columnist, we have had the highest number of casualties since last September.  According to statistics, the number of attacks on American…

Illinois has become the second state to enact a law preventing employers from seeking an employee’s Facebook password.  See Texas Employment Law blog post.  Illinois follows Maryland in enacting such a law.  The Illinois statute does not affect whether an employer can restrict an employee from accessing Facebook during work hours. 

This is good…

The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security has produced a YouTube video describing what you should do if a shooter enters your work place or some other public space.  Always have a plan, says the video.  Be aware of your surroundings.  

The video, called "Ride, Hide, Fight" says if…

Its a fact of life in San Antonio that many restaurants hire illegal immigrants.  The illegal immigrants work hard and ask few questions.  But, when ICE performs an I-9 audit, these restaurants suddenly lose their workforce.  Sushi Zushi has closed its doors after a recent I-9 audit.  See San Antonio Express News report.  Sushi…

When I was a young captain in the Texas National Guard, I had to miss Annual Training, our annual two weeks at Ft. Hood.  So, I was temporarily assigned to help the folks at the Texas National Guard Officer candidate School.  Their AT came later in the Summer.  At state OCS, we trained and commissioned…

You just cannot make this stuff up.  Dean Ernst, a Canadian software executive worked from home in Alberta.  He was from Calgary, so his two year employment contract anticipated he would move to Calgary at some point and work from there.  But, he changed that just a bit.  The business moved to Vancouver, while he…

I do not understand why some service members feel the need to exaggerate their military service.  I suppose some of that has long occurred.  Once, I was in the Officers Club at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas enjoying a drink with another service member.  Some guy we did not know, sitting at the bar started telling…