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  • No one more deserving...

    Army Sgt. Maj. Robert Prosser, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team sergeant major, shakes actor Gary Sinise's hand after presenting him with the American flag and a special unit coin on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 2009. Sinise visited wounded soldiers...
  • Video Sniper?

    Why yes there is. Go check out the Sniper who shivers in is garage for our entertainment and edification. He is doing his best to stoke the flames of our climate of hate.
  • Manhunting

    This dovetails so nicely with Jimbo's post on the Italian kidnapping/rendition case: The Joint Special Operations University's publication on "manhunting." This is not just targeted killing or detention, but encompasses a range of behaviors...
  • A Family You Should Know

    Military service is a sign. There are some families that have it embedded in their DNA, the Hidalgos of Milwaukee are one of those. The price can sometimes be painfully high and this time it was their youngest son. Waukesha — When Army officers and a...
  • Ronald W. Reagan

    In his day he was reviled in ways that George W. Bush could commiserate about. He was denigrated as just an actor, a lightweight, an extremist and many other insults. And yet now he is revered by most including many on the left. His crime at the time...
  • More Manswers- Beer Pong Strategery

    Looks like another episode of Manswers is out featuring the world's most ridiculous military expert. Content warning if you don't want to see the Manswers girls do naughty things to do w/a pibg pong ball. The previous episode w/ the world's...
  • Two Years Ago Today...

    We remember:PFC Joseph M. Lancour, 21, of Swartz Creek, Michigan SPC Sean K.A. Langevin, 23, of Walnut Creek, California SPC Lester G. Roque, 23, of Torrance, California SGT Jeffrey S. Mersman, 23, of Parker, Kansas Marine Sgt. Phillip A. Bocks, 28, of...
  • The Great Egyptian Dithering

    Boy I'm glad we have a guy who can really restore America's standing in the world and make our foreign policy something we can be proud of again. Near as I can tell this involves sitting silenty on the sidelines as dictators and tyrannical regimes...
  • Pappy Boyington

    Producer/Director Kevin Gonzalez passed on this great information that we wanted to get out to you. If anyone is in the DC area on Veteran's Day, 11 November, try to stop by the US Navy memorial at 1:30 for a new film on Pappy Boyington, the US Marine...
  • Must Read at A.S.P.

    Go read "Everybody Fights! Nobody Quits!" over at A Soldier's Perspective. ASP has a letter from an Army Specialist - who received a Silver Star, a Combat Action Badge and a Purple Heart - that he wrote to the Commanding General of the 101st...
  • Happy Australia Day!!!

    To our Aussie friends, Happy Australia Day! And this slide show about Australian SAS: We are thankful to have you crazy bastards on our side!
  • Living the donkey life

    Marathon Pundit has a touching tale of a Man and his donkey, (you thought it was more Yon eh? heh). Couldn't resist that one, but it is actually about Marines and a donkey mascot. Bring me your huddled equines, oh just go read about Smoke the Donkey...
  • Lebanon now a terrorist state

    While you may have been busy with important prep for Obama's speech tonight, the country of Lebanon just left the building. Well they made Hezbollah's chosen candidate Prime Minister, and that is pretty bad news. There was little enough control...
  • TAPS by the U.S. Navy Band

    Twenty-four notes. It's a simple melody, 150 years old, that can express our gratitude when words fail. Taps honors the men and women who have laid down their lives and paid the ultimate sacrifice for the cause of freedom. Fair winds and following...
  • The Pentagon Song

    Figured we could all use a laugh, and in doing my daily perusal of the Roger the Real King of France, I came across The Pentagon Song. Having dealt with the five-sided puzzle palace both as someone doing work for them and as a blogger, and knowing people...
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