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Archive for 'March,2009'

Army Leaders Develop Suicide Prevention Programs

I got this from Forces Command and wanted you know more about what we’re doing to try and stem the suicide rates within the Army. A lot of this I’ve already mentioned, but there is some [...]

Crossing The Line

When Barack Obama was declared Supreme President of the Universe (I actually saw an Obama shirt with that on it in Florida), I decided that I would support him regardless of the fact that I didn’t [...]

Photo of the Day – 13 Mar 09

Two F-22 Raptor aircraft deployed from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, fly over the Pacific Ocean during a theater security mission March 9, 2009. The Raptors are deployed for three months to the 90th Expeditionary Fighter [...]

Say What?!

Eric, over at Tygrrrr Express, has a post up about the fact that President Obama wants to open talks with the Taliban. WTF over!! Before all you BDS sufferers start raising havoc because “he’s doing exactly [...]

Win a Flip Video Camera

My peeps over at the VAMC are giving a 25-question Military History Quiz over at the You Served blog. You Served is proud to launch our Ultimate Military History Quiz. 25 moderate-to-difficult military history queries to [...]

Off Topic: HBO to Disrespect Mormons

As most or all of you know, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (a “Mormon”). While I have NEVER been happy with their “Big Love” series, I’ve never made [...]

Slowly Dying Fire

Before I begin this, I feel the need to stress how much I really do love the Marine Corps. If not for the Corps, I would never have met Anna, I wouldn’t have my beautiful baby [...]

BETRAYAL: Clinton, Castro & the Cuban Five (A Book Review)

In their new, compelling book, Betrayal, timed with the 13th anniversary of events, co-authors Matt Lawrence and Thomas Van Hare reveal the truth behind what happened on February 24, 1996, when Cuban MiG jet fighters shot [...]

Photo of the Day – 7 Mar 09

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mitchell Salmen, a cavalry scout from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, laughs with his daughter during a welcome-home ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., March 3, 2009. Salmen is returning [...]

Army Suicide Prevention Update

Before I go any further with this post, I want to address that Soldier, Marine, Sailor, or Airman that may have come here for answers. You may be contemplating suicide and you’re seeking help over the [...]

Troops Give Gifts To Iraqi Children

You know all that killing and destruction and “cold blooded murder” of our troops in Iraq who are doing nothing but “terrorizing woman and children in the night”? Well, you can find some reality at Great [...]

Photo of the Day – 6 Mar 09

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Richard “Miggs” Zins, outgoing commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 87, gets soaked with water by his fellow aviators on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while under way in [...]

Iraqis Gain More Autonomy and Sovereignty Through Peace and Stability

In July 2008, Major General David G. Perkins became the Director for Strategic Effects, CJ-9, Multi-National Force-Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq. In this capacity, he coordinates and implements political, economic, and communications activities on behalf of the [...]

An Interview With The Commander In Chief

For the record, the decision to send in more troops to Afghanistan was not a President Obama decision. This is a decision that was already in place from the previous administration. [...]

Snow Day

This weekend, it snowed a little less than an inch here in Huntspatch, Alabama. The East Coast got hammered. Typically, when it snows schools are let out, government offices are shut down, and many aspects of [...]