April 2010 - Argghhh!

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

American Marines participate in the presentation ceremony of the future headquarters of the US embassy, near National Road 1, on Thursday, April 15 2010. (Picture Source: Bogdan Stamatin Mediafax photo). On April 15th our our ambassador to Rumania (Amb. Gitenstein) christened and presented our new embassy in Bucharest to the general public.

There are nine Medals awarded for actions on this day. None were posthumous. They span from the Civil War, to naval lifesaving awards in the Interim Awards, 1901-1911 period, on to the Vera Cruz campaign, World War II and Vietnam.Civil WarWESTON, JOHN F. Rank and organization: Major, 4th Kentucky Cavalry. Place and date: Near Wetumpka, Ala., 13 April 1865. Entered service at: Kentucky. Birth: Kentucky. Date of issue: 9 April 1898. Citation: This officer, with a small detachment, while en route to...

I love acoustic music for its rich and deep tonal qualities...

The Secretary has no filter between her brain and her mouth, or is completely irony-challenged...Secretary Napolitano, who assured us "the system worked" in regard to the "Booty Bomber" now shares this gem with us regarding border enforcement..."I say this again, as someone who has walked that border, ridden it, flown it and driven it," she said. "I believe it is as secure as it ever has been."Snerk. Probably true. However "as secure as it ever has been...

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News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.