Posted in Iraq, Marines, Navy, Traitors on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ex-Marine Murtha (Not former Marine Murtha, EX-Marine Murtha. In the Marine Corps that’s a significant difference.) was given a citation for his “selfless devotion to the Nation’s Sailors and Marines…”? Really? For his devotion to repeatedly claiming on national television that eight United States Marines were cold-blooded killers?
That would be these [...]
Posted in Iraq, Military on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everything I’ve been reading at various milblogs and elsewhere for some time now has been indicating to me that we have won. The Iraq War is over. For all the evidence on why the war is over and why November 22, 2008 has been declared VI Day, click the below image.
Thank you to all the [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Military on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
General David Petraeus is now in charge of Central Command and, as such, assumes responsibility for both Iraq and Afghanistan.
New head of the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, left, shakes hands with outgoing head U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, as U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of [...]
Posted in Army, Iraq, Supporting the Troops on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah, I watch too much Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. This story, though, isn’t about that show. This story is about veterans, volunteers, Operation Coming Home, Blackhawks, and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team, The Black Daggers, coming together to build a home for Joey and Jayme Bozik. Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee [...]
Posted in Election '08, Iraq, Military on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The latest viral video. Be sure to watch it all the way through to the end.
Thank you for your service, Joe Cook.
(H/T Craig)
9:55 pm EST
Posted in Iraq, Marines on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Former Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. was found not guilty of murder by a civilian jury in Riverside California. He’d been charged with killing or causing “others to kill four unarmed detainees on Nov. 9, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq, during some of the fiercest fighting of the war.” It was a travesty that he was [...]
Posted in Iraq, Military on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mrs. Greyhawk has the story of someone who made the time to visit with and thank our wounded troops at Walter Reed. He expresed “gratitude and appreciation for the sacrifices made by these great warriors, soldiers,” as well as their families’ sacrifices. It’s good to know that others appreciate the men and women of the [...]
Posted in Iraq, Marines on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, Marine 1st Lt. Grayson was acquitted of charges in the Haditha cover-up case.
Grayson’s attorney, Joseph Casas, said he believed the verdict could influence pending prosecutions.
“I think it sets the tone for the overall whirlwind Haditha has been. It’s been a botched investigation from the get-go,” he said. “I believe in the end all of [...]
Posted in Army, Heroes, Iraq on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, President Bush posthumously awarded PFC Ross A. McGinnis the Medal of Honor which was presented to his parents in a ceremony at The White House. The citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by act of Congress, March 3rd, 1863, has awarded in the name of Congress the Medal of Honor [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Army, GWOT, Heroes, Iraq on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, the Maryland National Guard dedicated a new monument at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation. It honors seven fallen members of the Maryland National Guard. WJZ-TV Channel 13 in Baltimore has a very nice article and video.
I was also sent some pictures.
The granite tablet on the left.
It reads:
THE MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD
PARTICIPATED IN THE [...]
Never Forget!
