Real Soldiers
Sergeant Dan Rose walks tonight on WWE SmackDown
The folks at World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. sent us a story about Sergeant Dan Rose who was paralyzed in an IED blast in 2011. SoldierSocks, a non-profit foundation focused on helping veterans, announced today that their ambassador, Dan Rose, a veteran living with paralysis, will be a special guest at WWE’s SmackDown tonight in Albany, […]
Robert O’Neill; the SEAL who shot bin Laden
My inbox has been full of links to articles about Robert O’Neill, who everyone agrees was the fellow who shot bin Laden. Apparently, he was worried that someone was going to leak his name, so O’Neill beat them to the punch, well, along with folks like our friends at SOFREF. According to the Washington Post, […]
Aaron Mishler saving the world
Aaron Mishler finished his Army career as an E-4 Army medic three months ago, but he says he couldn’t stand by and do nothing while Ebola ravaged the countryside in Africa, according to ABC57; Mishler begins the story of how he found the opportunity to travel to Liberia by saying, “Well I have been watching […]
Kendrick Taylor; Navy vet saving the world
Navy veteran, Kendrick Taylor saw 76-year-old Rosemary Carlson attacked in a grocery store parking lot and leaped into action. After saving the woman, he took down one of the criminals and held him for the police. Watch the video;
CWO5 Ralph E. Rigby; last draftee retires
MCPO Ret. In TN sends us a link to the story about Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph E. Rigby, the last continuously serving Army draftee, who is retiring after 42 years of service. At the young age of 19, joining the Army was far from his life plans. He was clueless as to what would […]
Gettysburg hero’s family to receive Medal of Honor
The surviving family of First Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing will be presented with the Medal of Honor at the White House next week for the lieutenant’s actions on the last day of the Battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the face of the famous Pickett’s Charge, according to the Stars & Stripes. Though he and many of […]
Six Soldiers saving the world
Chief Tango sends three links about 6 soldiers who were presented with Soldiers Medals for their heroism here at home. Staff Sergeant Christopher Cummings and Sergeant Carlos Torres of the 7th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg were each awarded the medal when they pulled two other soldiers from a burning car. Major Dennis K. […]
Walter Dixon; Waynesville, MO 2014 Veteran of the year
Someone sent us a link from the Waynesville Daily Guide about their Veterans’ Day events starring Walter Dixon who they claimed was a Korean War POW. We checked the DPMO website and couldn’t find him, so we became suspicious. Dixon is a a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. He was […]
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