[UPDATE] The "Face" of Military Dating Scams – The Wall of Shame
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective, Nigerian Scammers, Photo Perspective | 625 Comments »UPDATE (29 Jul 2010): Hooboy! That CNN piece has brought in a LOT of information. It did exactly what I think Emily, Abbie and I wanted to do which was bring attention to this. So, I've ...
General Stanley McChrystal Retirement Speech
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 Posted in America's Finest | 36 Comments »At a Fort McNair retirement ceremony last week, General Stanley McChrystal gave an inspirational and humorous goodbye speech. The following is the text of that speech. I want to personally thank General McChrystal for his service to this ...
An Odd Encounter
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 6 Comments »Last night, we returned from a two-day trip to Yellowstone National Park. We had a great time and got to see an abundance of animals - moose, buffalo, elk, grizzly with two cubs, deer, black bear, mountain goats, wolves, ...
Yon Continues to Mislead the Masses
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 3 Comments »TheUSReport.com has a headline up that reads, "Michael Yon invited by Brits and US to embed again." The story quotes an email sent to the author of the article: Yon’s email on Thursday said, "And all this nonsense about my ...
Open Letter To General McChrystal
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Military Perspective | 10 Comments »This is an edited version of a letter I sent to General McChrystal yesterday: General McChrystal, You don't know me from Adam (though I served under your command in [edited] a few years ago), but I wanted to send you a ...
War (A Book Report)
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Book Reports | 7 Comments »“War is a big and sprawling word thing that brings a lot of human suffering into the conversation, but combat is a different matter…Combat isn’t where you might die – though that does happen – it’s where you get to ...
Single Parents in the Military
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Posted in General Perspective | 9 Comments »Let me start off by saying that I am going to piss some of you off with the opinion you are about to read! But I am SICK and TIRED of people NOT understanding what the word "MILITARY" means. An article from the ...
Explorer: Camp Leatherneck (A Review)
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Book Reports | 2 Comments »In January 2009 it was a patch of lawless Afghan desert, riddled with Taliban fighters. Today, Camp Leatherneck is home to more than 60,000 Marines. Now, as President Obama prepares to send more troops to Afghanistan, go inside ...
Rethinking Censorship
Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Military Perspective | 5 Comments »You know, why do we even censor military blogs with reporters like this running around? Embedded video from CNN Video Good gracious! I think she forgot to let the enemy know the kinds of weapons we're using and how much ammo ...
545 Project Releases Powerful Video
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Video Perspective | 7 Comments »The 545 Project has released a powerfully blunt video aimed at the administration and others in our government whose indecisiveness is putting our troops at risk. This is absolutely amazing! If you'd like to check out more information about the ...
Where Are The Troops?
Monday, October 5th, 2009 Posted in Military Perspective | 8 Comments »A few weeks ago, President Obama addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars and spoke about Afghanistan. "This is not a war of choice," he told the veterans. "This is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting ...
President Awards Medal of Honor Posthumously to SFC Jared Monti
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in America's Finest, Military Perspective | 1 Comment »President Obama presented the Congressional Medal of Honor today to the family of SFC Jared Monti. Of all the privileges serving as President, there's no greater honor than serving as Commander-in-Chief of the finest military that the world has ...
Politics In The Heat of Battle
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Military Perspective | No Comments »Excellent story of the grunts. An excerpt: "KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – As bullets stated to rain down on Baker Company’s position, a Soldier sighed, and said, in an annoyed voice, “Well here we go.†Over the next twenty minutes the service ...
Marine Receives Navy Cross
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in America's Finest, Doing Great Things | 6 Comments »Yesterday, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Richard Weinmaster was awarded the Navy Cross for actions in Afghanistan. The Navy Cross is the second highest award for valor, second only to the Medal of Honor. The President of the United ...
On Peaceniks
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Military Perspective | 4 Comments »There's a saying that the greatest peacemakers are the American Soldiers (an all-inclusive term). This is true. Look throughout history and you'll see that it's been the American military that has stopped indiscriminate killing and despotism. It ...
