Archive for the ‘Armed Forces’ Category
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
About the best tag line I can come up with.
For the first time in his life, Barack Obama got something right. He gave the order to take out bin Ladin. Most of the puzzle pieces that allowed Obama to bring this pig down were identified and assembled during the Bush ...
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
Today marks the 69th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the first bombing of the Japanese main islands during World War 2. The raid, planned and lead by Jimmy Doolittle with a force of 16 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers with all volunteer air crews were successful in their mission and achieved ...
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
I read about this yesterday and was very touched by the heroism and dedication of Lance Corporal Liam Tasker and his dog, Theo, who have taken the final journey home together after long and hard service in Afghanistan.
From
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
For those not familiar with "The Punisher", you should take a look at it. No, we're not talking about the Marvel Comics character of the same name, but the Army's new XM25, the new 25mm "air burst grenade launcher". According to the Army Times, this Holy Smoker has been undergoing ...
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
I read about it first on BigPeace last night, and one of my writing partners on LibertySF has also written about this.
Major Richard "Dick" Winters has passed away at the age of 92. He was the company commander of Easy Company, 2nd, Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, of the 101st Air ...
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Sunday, November 28th, 2010
I've been of a changing mind on our Middle East policy, specifically the ongoing operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as continued military presence throughout the region. It also plays into how to cut Federal spending, which should be down from just about every agency (but not all ...
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Saturday, November 20th, 2010
I just read about the tragedy of the Afghan War dog, Target, being mistakenly euthanized at an Arizona Animal Shelter. Here's the article, with background on Target.
Target was as fine a dog as can be, and will be dearly missed her family.
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Today is the 235 Anniversary of the United States Marines. From Marines.com:
During the American Revolution, many important political discussions took place in the inns and taverns of Philadelphia, including the founding of the Marine Corps.
A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern to draft a resolution calling for ...
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
I am stunned to learn that a union worker was fired from a job for wearing a hat and sweat shirt depicting the U.S.S. George H. W. Bush, a ship that his son serves on, simply because his idiot union boss thought it was somehow a political statement.
Check out the ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Yesterday I ran across a piece on Big Piece by Mark Seavey concerning (and excerpting) an editorial by David Green that had been published earlier this week in the Daily Illini. Green was writing about a patriotic incident at a football game, where there was a military flyover and some ...
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
How many people remember Obama's campaign promise that he would remove ALL U.S. troops from Iraq within his first 16 months of office? Now, nearly 20 months after Obama was sworn into office, he has declared an end to combat operations in Iraq, and the last combat brigades left that ...
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
President Obama has decided to skip visiting Arlington on Memorial Day, opting instead to go to Chicago for (yet another) vacation and sending VP Joe Biden to do the honors.
First off, Obama not going to Arlington isn't a big deal. He isn't military, and most people serving in the military, ...
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
It was 68 years ago today that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War 2. The Empire of Japan planned and executed the surprise attack; although their intentions were to have a Declaration of War delivered just prior to the beginning of the attack, that ...
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was born on this day in 1912. Pappy was a Marine Corps fighter pilot during World War 2, being awarded our nation's highest medal, the Congressional Medal of Honor. Boyington also served in the American Volunteer Group, the Flying Tigers, during the lead-up to the u.S. entry ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers in the Coalition that brought freedom to those two countries make the ultimate sacrifice for the country they serve and in defense of Liberty.
Today I read about the lost of four British soldiers who lost their lives during Operation Panther's Claw, a campaign ...
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
I heard about this story while listening to Greg and Melissa on KS95 this morning. It is a heart-wrenching story that stopped me in my tracks. It is the story of a real American hero, who not only gave his life for his country, but went on to save another ...
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
When someone does a good deed, it is only right that it is acknowledged. In the case of Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, it is only fitting that their act of good will be publicly noted.
The story involves a National Guard captain preparing to be deployed (second tour) to Iraq ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Two acts of terror took place this week, each resulting in two different responses from the White House.
In the first, abortionist George Tiller was murdered for the sole reason that he provides abortion services, especially (and specifically late-term abortions). Scott Roeder, Tiller's accused killer, is anti-abortion and Christian.
The second incident ...
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
From World Net Daily News:
A newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warns against the possibility of violence by unnamed "right-wing extremists" concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty and singles out returning war veterans as particular threats.
The report, titled ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Today is the anniversary of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The flag was raised by five U.S. Marines and a Navy corpsman, immortalized in a photo by Joe Rosenthal. Three of the men in the photo were killed in battle.
The Battle of Iwo ...
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