Navy
US group rescues “Most wanted woman”
Seems there was a bit of unannounced drama associated with the Nobel Peace Prize presentation in October. As we know, the prize went to the leader of Venezuela’s opposition, Marina Corina Machado. She herself was unable to attend at the time. The lady is very much in demand with Venezuela’s Maduro regime – on […]
Army – Navy Game Today
Let me see…my family has always been Army. I was Army. But in fairness, we have had Navy in the family – a since-divorced jerk brother-in-law, in-laws – well, let’s just say I am not conflicted over whom to cheer for. (In fairness, my Navy in-laws are good folks. But they ain’t Army.) The game […]
Royce Williams may get MoH
This coming year’s National Defense Authorization Act has an authorization within it to upgrade Royce Williams’ Navy Cross to the MoH for his one-man battle with several Soviet MiGs during the Korean War. I wrote about him, back here. Since that original article, his Silver Star has been upgraded to a Navy Cross. Were Captain […]
WWII Native vets pass
Been a bit of a rough week in the WWII vet community. After all, anyone remaining has to be at or beyond the 100 year mark, so while not surprising, it’s still sad. Won’t be too long until we go from ‘the last survivor of his unit/ship to ‘last survivor. There is an exception […]
Wednesday Short Takes
Clearing up some confusion – the strife over striking the two survivors of the September drug smugglers’ attack continues. If, like me, you remember reading of two survivors from an earlier attack being repatriated, OR getting killed in a follow-on strike – which was it? Oct. 16: The U.S. military struck a semisubmersible vessel suspected […]
A great Birthday!
We are gathered here together…to celebrate the birthday of Dominic Bersani. Who is Mr. Bersani when he’s at home? Mr. Bersani is an interesting fella, a recent high school graduate who celebrated his birthday November 20th. Bersani, from East Greenbush, New York, was given an honorary diploma from Columbia High School and military medals […]
Valor Friday
In my studies on the topic of military valor, I’ve become acquainted with the various awards issued by our allies, or at least their top-level decorations. I’ve become quite familiar with the British (and by extension Commonwealth) awards and decorations. The British system is complex, with both civil and military medals as well as other […]
Quick update down South
As we have been hearing, the current administration is taking a MUCH harder stance on South American drug smugglers. To date, 20 drug smuggling boats (so they say) have been sunk. The attack brings the total number of people killed by the US military’s strikes on the alleged drug boats to 80. CNN has reported […]
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