Don't 'Turn the Page' on Our Troops in Iraq
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective, Political Perspective | No Comments »The following op-ed, which first appeared at Military.com was sent to me by Rep. John Boehner's office in response to President Obama's speech last night. I present it to you now in its entirety: Last night in his Oval Office ...
President Obama Formally Ends the War In Iraq
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | No Comments »*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 know this historic moment comes at ...
President Obama's Remarks at Fort Bliss
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 1 Comment »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 use.
New ASP Forum Launched
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Nigerian Scammers | 1 Comment »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 Nigerian scammers, discuss ...
President Obama to Announce End of American Combat Mission in Iraq
Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 2 Comments »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 Bliss, TX to ...
USS Cole Victims Spat Upon
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Posted in General Perspective, Video Perspective | 6 Comments »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. In 1998, ...
President Obama Announces End of Iraq War
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 3 Comments »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 brought home ...
Salute to Heroes (Win a Sears Gift Card)
Friday, August 27th, 2010 Posted in Contests | 8 Comments »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 people (Police, ...
UPDATE: Donations No Longer Needed
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | No Comments »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 to tell the ...
Moratorium on Mosque, Not Offshore Drilling
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Posted in Political Perspective | 2 Comments »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 Facebook, Twitter, or ...
President Bush Welcomes Troops Home
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Posted in Doing Great Things, Photo Perspective | 2 Comments »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 some troops from their ...
Surviving The Cut (A Review)
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in Book Reports | 2 Comments »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 at 10 PM ET/PT ...
Ranger UP's New Ultimate Authority T-Shirt
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 1 Comment »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 day ...
FA-22 Raptor: A Thing of Beauty
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective, Photo Perspective | 4 Comments »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 AFB, located in ...
Making a Difference
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 1 Comment »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, I say ...
