Tax Deduction Entitlement
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 2 Comments »EDIT: Harold in comments corrected my terminology. This is a CREDIT, not a deduction. Take the credit. Harold also provided an IRS link to this information. ------------------ I wanted you to know that I was informed by a ...
Word and Definitions
Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 6 Comments »I know it's too early on a Friday for deep thinking. Bear with me. My last post was pondering the character of men/women and how you make choices for political candidates. Basically, how do you define good ...
Thoughts
Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | No Comments »You know there are a lot of clichés out there like "don't judge a book by its cover," or a very apropos quote by Stephen Covey, the author, "Public behavior is merely private character writ large." I have been thinking about ...
Find the Time
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 5 Comments »I'll be cross posting this on Youserved and my site, but I wanted to give everyone a head's up that the Youserved Podcast will be verrrrrry interesting tomorrow night (Thursday, March 4th) and maybe you should block out 2 hours, ...
Girl Scouts To Cav Scouts '10
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | No Comments »I haven't done one of these in a LONG time and found a troop with which I can partner again. Each year, as you know, the Girl Scouts sell their over-priced, but overly-yummy cookies. And each year, I've ...
Top Military Bumper Stickers
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 9 Comments »This would another fun post where people can comment on their favorites as well: "Except For Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism, WAR has Never Solved Anything." "U.S. Marines - Certified Counselors to the 72 Virgins Dating Club." "U.S. Air ...
Casey Speaks Up About DADT (And So Do I)
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 6 Comments »Ok, I'm going to give my OPINION about the so-called "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. It's actually a law, not a military policy as the media would have you believe. Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about ...
You Served Charity Store
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 1 Comment »Don't forget tonight's You Served Radio Show, but more importantly don't forget our Charity Ebay Store. Only a few hours remain on two great auctions. 100% of sales go to support Soldiers' Angels. The first is an engravable coin ...
Welcome to Shreveport: Your rights are now suspended
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 9 Comments »Got this from the National Association for Gun Rights, one of the right-wing extremist groups I belong to that defend our constitutional rights to keep and bear arms. It's so unbelievable I had to share. According to Cedric Glover, mayor ...
Ranger Up Supports Soldiers' Angels
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 1 Comment »If you've ever even considered buying something from my favorite military-themed t-shirt connoisseurs at Ranger Up, now you have no excuse! Tomorrow, Ranger Up is launching the first ever Ranger Up Charity Day. They're donating 20% of all of tomorrow’s sales ...
Rufus The Hero Dog
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 7 Comments »Soldiers' Angels Germany blog has a GREAT and inspiring story up today. Five Soldiers from Newnan, Georgia-based Bravo 2-121 were wounded in the attack. But no one was killed, and the Soldiers say that's because their dogs Sasha and Rufus ...
On Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 20 Comments »A friend sent me an interesting article that was written by a retired Naval Captain (Colonel for the sister services) on recent comments by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. I won't comment directly on ...
What Heroes Do
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 2 Comments »If you like good country music with a patriotic twang to it, I've found a new tune by Bryan Ragsdale, an aspiring country music artist and veteran. It's called "What Heroes Do" and is currently being offered for free ...
Marjah Has Begun
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 1 Comment »MARJAH, Afghanistan — Bombs and booby traps slowed the advance of thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers moving Saturday through the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah — NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip over their southern ...
More Stolen Valor?
Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 2 Comments »Where will it end? The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are making some people jealous that they can't or won't get a piece of action. More and more Americans are donning military uniforms and parading around in uniforms ...
