Courage in the heat of battle, another amazing Soldier - Lt. Col. Tray Ardese.

‘It was “game on” when you walked out’ - Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes
“It was going to be a reconnaissance patrol. We thought we would sneak out and see what was going on,” he said. “Somebody was watching the base and […]

PLEASE VOTE for the ONLY military couple-Van Ngo & Eric Oberly
US Weekly/WeddingChannel.com Dream Wedding Contest
Voting is unlimited and will continue through June 19th at this website: http://www.usmagazine.com/dream-wedding-2009-couple-5

You can read their story at the link to vote.
Wedding Channel, Dream Wedding Contest 2009, Van Ngo, Eric Oberly

TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

FREEDOM ISN’T FREE
Memorial Day, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Trace Adkins Arlington

Spc. Robert Hamilton

Spc. Robert Hamilton, from Corpus Christi, Texas, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, prepares to bandage the thumb of an Iraqi boy in Ula Market in Sadr City, April 19. The boy cut his thumb while preparing meat at a local butcher shop.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their […]

You might remember back in March there was the story of the US Army soldiers policing the streets of Samson, Alabama. Now there’s this story from The Obama Files for May 6th.
Military Police in combat fatigues and sidearms restraining a man at the Kentucky Derby.

The military has no business policing citizens except during extraordinarily […]

Isn’t that just too convenient. Just as these 2 officers who happen to be of the Sikh religion want to be able to keep their beards and wear a turban in uniform. And they’re blaming the recruiter who they say told them they would be able keep the beard and wear a turban. […]

About time for this Marine to take his life back.

Marine acquitted in killing of Fallujah captive
CAMP PENDLETON – A military jury on Thursday morning acquitted a Camp Pendleton Marine accused of killing an unarmed captive during the 2004 battle for Fallujah, Iraq.
The eight-member panel of Marine officers found Sgt. Ryan Weemer not guilty on […]

This Weeks Post Was Suggested And Written By Brat
Sgt. Patrick Tainsh, 33 years old from Oceanside, California Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment February 11, 2004

Five years ago today, Sgt. Patrick Tainsh sacrificed all as the mounted unit he was part of was hit by an IED in Baghdad. He was posthumously […]

Here is someone who sacrificed fame, fortune and life for you. His name is Stephen Cochran, he’s a country music singer who gave up all to voluntarily join the United States Marine Corp! He gave up so much from a career to his personal life to join the USMC. He was badly […]

Talk about motivation, that what USMC Lance Cpl Allan Desruisseaux represents. At the age of 19 or maybe 20 Lance Cpl Desruisseaux weighed in at 326 lbs but he wanted to join the Marines. Once he was turned down by the Marines Desruisseaux was on a mission to lose weight and get into […]

I find it simply chilling that after all this time where this incident has been dissected a number of times without success of finding these Blackwater contractors at fault that the Justice Department is still trying to skewer these men without any viable evidence of wrongdoing. There are two Tennessee Veterans who have been […]

It’s the 67th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. There were 2,350 people killed and the attack drew the United States into World War II. Our WWII Veterans are quickly dying away, one way to read their stories is to go to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Project.
Al Bodenlos’ Story:
Early in the morning […]

When my friend showed me this picture of her grandson I asked if I could post it. This is from the Veteran’s Day Parade in Lawrenceburg, Tn. She said that no one told him to do this but he stood quietly like this through out the parade. Never running for any of […]

Yikes, I forgot to link to this yesterday. I participated in this virtual parade which was put together by CJ at Soldier’s Perspective and VA Mortgage Center. VAMC paid $20 for each participant in the parade to be donated to Soldier’s Angels VALOUR IT. In total we raised $460 for voice-controlled/adaptive laptop […]

Veterans Day 2008, Freedom Isn’t Free, Support the troops

What a triumph and symbolic day for these Soldiers.
Troops in Iraq Become U.S. Citizens on Election Day

By Army Spc. Christopher M. Gaylord
Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Nov. 4, 2008 – On a day when Americans exercised their right to vote, 186 servicemembers deployed across Iraq became U.S. citizens today at Al Faw Palace on […]

Last year I did a posting on pumpkin carving ideas, little did I know what that posting would do for my site traffic a year later. Considering that I do no advertising and most of my content is just linking to other stories, I think my traffic stats are looking good, for this month […]

October 25th, 1983 President Reagan began the invasion of Grenada to oust the Revolutionary Government and protect US citizens.

My guy was one of those dropping from the skies that early morning.
Operation Urgent Fury
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At 0534 the first Rangers began dropping at Salines, and less than two hours elapsed from the first drop until the last unit […]

Message From: Semper Fi 1st Sgt Dave Jobe “Baker 8″:
How are you all doing? The proud warriors of Baker Company wanted to do something to pay tribute to our fallen comrades. So since we are part of the only Infantry Battalion left in Iraq the one way that we could think of doing that is […]

Keeping with the Olympic theme we have a precision routine by members of the US Navy.

I’m heading to upstate NY very early Thursday morning to visit a friend at her cabin in the Andirondaks. Looking forward to alot of sight seeing and great views. I’ll have to wait and see what my net […]

Military Motivator ~Time~

From the VFW:
Tomorrow is the last day to vote for your favorite photo in VFW’s Patriotic Photo Contest. Will it be the soldiers who hiked 3 hours to show old glory on a mountain in Afganistan? Shamu’s moment of pride? The grateful mother-to-be? Every vote counts! Don’t miss your chance to help choose the winning […]

Did you know that our Coasties are on duty in the Arabian Gulf? A good friend’s son is currently deployed for a year to the North Arabian Gulf. Mostly what we hear is that “IT’S HOT”! Course he can’t really say a whole lot about his mission so it seems the temperature […]

This is just such a great story. Danny Gilyeat and his children were the recipients earlier this year of an Extreme Makeover form ABC. Now, his friends took his old 1981 Ironhead Harley-Davidson bike and did an extreme makeover which included customization to accommodate his artificial leg. I didn’t even know this […]