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Airman and his husband indicted for defrauding millions from the War Department
A federal grand jury in Tucson, Arizona, delivered a 12-count indictment against Staff Sergeant Richard Stefon Ramroop and his husband Manuel George Madrid. Both were indicted for money laundering, wire fraud, theft of government property, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Approximately $3 million dollars of diverted military medical devices resulted in over $11 million […]
Top Aces
Top Aces is a “private military adversary” company that flies F-16s in exercises against regular Air Force and Navy units. Unlike typical aggressor-adversary units, they are flying highly modified F-16s which can successfully use a lot of the tactics and capabilities of modern 5th generation fighters in 4th-gen F-16 airframes. Reading the article, many of […]
Respects to Mr. Uecker
As readers know, I had great respect to Bob Uecker, the former St. Louis Cardinal (even a World Series ring!) who announced for the Milwaukee Brewers for more years than many of you have been alive. But what puts me in mind of him today is one of his best lines from “Major League II.” […]
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Schofield Smith & Wesson Model 3 Durham man fatally shot before crashing car may have opened fire first, autopsy says By Lexi Solomon A Durham man who crashed his car after being fatally shot in December may have been killed after first shooting at someone else , according to newly released documents. Darryl Whitley, 43, […]
Weekend Open Thread
The Democrats in Virginia have scheduled a special election before the Virginia electorate. For the sake of fairness, Virginia’s lawmakers want to redistrict the state to improve the chances that 10 Democrats to 1 Republican from Virginia would be seated in the House when Congress gets back to work in 2027. However, this measure is […]
Valor Friday
Some good news. Master Sergeant Rodrick “Roddie” Edmonds will be receiving a posthumous Medal of Honor for his heroism in the face of the Nazis. It’s been almost five years since I wrote up the story of Edmonds. Click through for the full story, but I’ll try to summarize. Edmonds quickly rose the ranks, and […]
High Tech Battlefield
In today’s world of gee-whiz wonder weapons and ammo, you have to be prepared to deal with all kinds of existential threats our fathers never imagined. One such battleground is in Ukraine, where the war keeps dragging on but which is dragging new weapons into public exposure, along with the counter-weapons used to fight them. […]
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Remington Model 1858 Deputies: Victim Stabs Intruder in Self-Defense During Early Morning Home Invasion by Ryan Yousefi Two men were arrested after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies say they forced their way into a residence and attacked the occupant, before fleeing after one was stabbed. According to a Broward County Sheriff’s Office booking report, Kobi Issiah […]
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