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Archive for 'August,2010'

President Obama Formally Ends the War In Iraq

*poof* Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need to rebuild our nation here at home. I [...]

President Obama’s Remarks at Fort Bliss

Here is the transcript of President Obama’s speech to the troops at Fort Bliss today. Notice that the word “success” is nowhere to be found and the word “victory” is only something he says he won’t [...]

New ASP Forum Launched

A Soldier’s Perspective proudly announcing the launching of a new interactive forum where readers of this blog can discuss whatever comes to their minds. This forum is a great place to upload images and names of [...]

President Obama to Announce End of American Combat Mission in Iraq

President Obama tomorrow will address the nation and announce the end of the American combat mission in Iraq. Prior to making the announcement, the White House has announced that the Commander in Chief will visit Fort [...]

USS Cole Victims Spat Upon

In 2000, I made a conscious decision to change my field of specialty within the Army. The catalyst for that decision was the murder of 17 Sailors on the USS Cole in the Port of Aden. [...]

President Obama Announces End of Iraq War

Ironically enough, no blame for Bush on this one?! Interesting. My favorite part: “As a candidate for this office, I pledged I would end this war. As president, that is what I am doing. We have [...]

Letters From Home

Those who know who I am know I love country music. Partly because I think they really get the military mentality. I know there are some who read here who would debate me on that one, [...]

Salute to Heroes (Win a Sears Gift Card)

Congratulations to Sarah and Tom who were randomly chosen to receive the $25 Sears Gift Cards! We plan on doing more of these in the future, so please keep coming back. Sears is honoring America’s service [...]

UPDATE: Donations No Longer Needed

UPDATE: thank you all for your support. I have raised enough to pay for hosting for the next two years. I no longer need assistance and appreciate everything. They Have Names is a website I started [...]

Moratorium on Mosque, Not Offshore Drilling

This is a guest post from a friend of mine here in Texas named John Alaniz. I ask that you please copy this letter to the editor if you see fit and pass it around through [...]

President Bush Welcomes Troops Home

I put up video a few days ago on the You Served blog of this event, but I’ve since been sent a lot of great pictures from President Bush’s visit to DFW Airport to welcome home [...]

Surviving The Cut (A Review)

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be part of the military elite? Discovery Channel grants viewers unprecedented access inside the military’s special forces training programs on Surviving The Cut, premiering last Wednesday, August 18 [...]

Ranger UP’s New Ultimate Authority T-Shirt

Yet another awesome t-shirt from the veterans at Ranger Up! I love these gun rights and 2nd Amendment t-shirts. I’m wearing one of them as I type this! I brought a different RU shirt for each [...]

FA-22 Raptor: A Thing of Beauty

These are Great In-flight Photos of the FA-22 as the first aircraft delivery was being made to Langley AFB in Va. Langley is to be first operational AFB for the FA-22. It is a very beautiful [...]

Making a Difference

Hopefully this works, since it’s the first time I’ve written a blog post from my Droid. Just wanted to announce that Nigeria is now one of the top 10 visitors to this here humble blog. So, [...]