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  • D-Day

    Sunrise, Omaha Beach 3 June 2013 On this day in 1944, more than 180,000 troops (app. 24,000 airborne and 160,000 soldiers) began the liberation of Europe. The landing zones ran for more than 50 miles, and faced formidable obstacles and determined resistance...

  • Godspeed

    I can't share too many details yet, but yesterday there was a charity run that ended at Utah Beach. The young (44?) year-old-veteran who won the race suffered a heart attack at the remembrance ceremony and died. I ask you to keep his wife, children...

  • Pointe du Hoc

    Someone You Should Know This man never set foot on the ground on D-Day or for some time thereafter. Yet, he is someone any Ranger will not only thank, but buy a round for because he was a crucial part of securing Pointe du Hoc. Pointe du Hoc 7 June 2013...
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  • A Grim Reading of the Recent Intelligence Scandals

    What was the worst thing you learned about American intelligence this week? Here's the worst thing for me. Not the top-level finding, that the CIA's analysis didn't always give specific categories to the people killed in allegedly-CIA-led...
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  • Free Bradley Manning at Meade

    Not actually giving away free samples, just whining that treason is not important enough to lock someone up for. Friend of UJ and the site "the One-Eyed Jack" took one for the team and drove through the gaggle of dirty, nasty, patchouli-smelling...

  • Which Do You Like Best?

    Do Not PO A Redhead I had an unexpected treat last night, when a friend came in from out of town. Better yet, he brought his studio lights so we went to a semi-regularly scheduled photo seminar and shoot. We shot. They shot. Fun was had. Problem is, however...
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  • The Flame

    Over on Facebook, I challenged readers to identify a photo: What was this sticking up above the sand? There is a story to this one, and one I think you will enjoy. I saw this walking up Sword beach, sticking up above the sand. Being curious, I walked...
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  • The Guns At Longues, A Real Life Guns of Navarone

    A view of the surviving guns The situation is critical, and ships must come in. On the cliffs above and between two key beaches is a major enemy position, the heart of which are four 150mm naval guns that can sink any ship afloat. They are well protected...
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  • More To Come, But...

    A most interesting statue There is more to come on Normandy, but this week I am in Central America on embed, and I hope to be posting not only about Normandy, but perhaps a bit about what has brought me down here. Stay tuned, the best is yet to come....
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  • Discussion

    A senior officer discusses a recent exercise Over the last few days, I've gotten to go out with the Interagency Border Unit as they conduct exercises that are the capstone to the basic training being given the unit. Exercises are always good for generating...
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  • The IRS has a SWAT team?

    Sadly yes. Rep. Jeff Duncan wants to know why IRS law enforcement agents are training with AR-15 rifles. As chairman of the House Homeland Security oversight subcommittee, Duncan (R-S.C.) toured a federal law enforcement facility in late May and noticed...

  • Along Sword And Gold Beaches

    Memorial to Royal, Merchant, and Allied Navies At times it seemed you could not walk or drive 100 meters without coming across a monumnet of some sort. In some stretches, walking was the only way you didn't miss any. They are well worth seeking out...
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  • Continuing Along Sword Beach

    A restored Churchill on display As you travel along the D-Day beaches, particularly along Sword, there really are monuments and memorials every few hundred meters, if not closer. Part of this has to do with the large number of small towns and villages...
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  • BREAKING: Family of US POW Bowe Bergdahl Receives Letter from him...

    I just found this on the wires and wanted to share with the Blackfive faithful: The family of Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured by the Taliban in 2009, received a letter from him recently -- reviving their hopes that the 27-year-old army sergeant...

  • Obama reaps the lack of trust he has sown

    Outargeous outrage of the day. Obama team forces Verizon to turn over all of their phone records, millions state they "feel violated", me included. A little reality check from a guy on our team who knows the real deal,former federal prosecutor...
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