January 2010 - Argghhh!

Today is a thus far unique day in the series. This is the first day when the only Medals awarded were naval lifesaving Medals, with no combat awards. Two sailors who did good work duing a fire in Coquimbo, Chile, in 1909. The Medal is no longer authorized in this fashion, a new decoration, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, having been instituted as the highest award for bravery not involving combat. The Army has the Soldier's Medal and the Air Force has the Airman's Medal for the same purpose...

Coakley concedes.Princess Crabby, aka Boston Maggie, since I'm sure that your efforts delivered the Kennedy seat to Mr. Brown - you get one each hug and kiss on the cheek of your chosen duration.Those who know me know just what an award that is.Really....

And I even included some items for scale. The item in question is that thing at the bottom of the picture....

Um, excuse me, but the dog ate my global warming paperwork. IPCC clown posse strikes again. Heh. Even if it's true, we can't trust these guys to give us good data to develop a cogent response. Heh. Disheartening to be a Globule Warming Person these days. Suddenly, people are looking under the furniture and behind the curtains and the picture isn't pretty. Speaking of crawling out from under the furniture... Liberal non-entity radio personality Ed Schultz opens his mouth and inadvertently...

There are three Medals awarded for actions on this day, or a period which ended on this day. Two are for lifesaving, one under fire, one not, and the the last one is a posthumous award for which the recipient died hard.Interim Awards, 1871-1898.ENRIGHT, JOHNRank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1864, Lynn, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Ranger off Ensenada, Mexico, 18 January 1886. Jumping overboard from that vessel, Enright rescued John Bell, ordinary...

There are two Medals awarded for actions on this day, and none of them are posthumous. Which means, in a very real sense, the recipient of the award during WWII was a doubly lucky man, to survive the action, and to survive the aftermath.Civil War. Tidying up at Fort Fisher.NEAHR, ZACHARIAH C. Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 142d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Fisher, N.C., 16 January 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Canajoharie, N.Y. Date of issue: 11 September 1890...

Before it is too late, let us learn from the devolution in the moral fibre of others...

If you want to know what is going on in Haiti vis-a-vis relief efforts and the role of the US Military, this is the latest.Lt Cragg and her peeps have pulled together a very timely DOD Blogger's Roundtable for today at 1500 (3 pm EST).Bloggers Roundtable: U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Daniels, director of operations for the 720th Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.On Thursday, Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. ET we will interview U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Daniels, director of operations for the 720th...