Real Soldiers
Army and FAA investigating epic flyover at Tennessee Titans game last month
As part of the NFL’s “Salute to Service” events planned for the weekend after Veteran’s Day (game day in this case being 14 November 2021), the 101st Airborne Division had some helicopters fly from their home base Fort Campbell over Nissan Stadium in nearby Nashville. The flyover was a smash hit, as the talented aviators […]
Valor Friday
To the British Army, there is one group of legendary fighters that will never be equaled. This elite formation is made up entirely of volunteers from a small landlocked country in south-central Asia. With a history of service to the British Empire dating more than 200 years, they have earned their reputation time and again. […]
Valor Friday
The American Civil War saw unprecedented levels of American military service. During the war 3.3 million men entered the military services of their respective countries (2.2 million Union and 1.1 million Confederate). That’s nearly 10% of the US population at the time (from the 1860 census). This hadn’t been seen since the Revolutionary War (in […]
CWO4 Mike Durant jumps into Ala. senate race
Mike Durant, one of the pilots of the downed Black Hawks from the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, has entered the race for the Republican nomination for US Senate in next year’s mid-term. Durant, who has never held political office, is joining a crowded field currently led by Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL). Durant’s Army career […]
Georgia WWII veteran given French Legion of Honor for his role in liberating France
98-year-old Master Sergeant Louis Graziano received France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor for his service during the Second World War. A young draftee, Graziano drove a fuel truck onto Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944 as part of the third wave. He would go on to serve in the Battle of the Bulge and […]
Valor Friday
Vito Rocco “Rocky” Bertoldo was born in 1919 in Decatur, Illinois. He worked as a coal miner and then a truck driver for a company that made auto parts before World War II when they changed to making munitions. Due to poor eyesight, he was ineligible for the draft. Despite his draft exemption, Bertoldo decided […]
9.11.01 – We remember Rick Rescorla
I’d like to take a moment to re-tell the story of this amazing hero of 9/11. I could write about Colonel Rick Rescorla (ret), but our own Hondo wrote him up better than I ever could more than six years ago. Without further ado, take a moment to remember men like Rick and the hundreds […]
Soldier receives Silver Star for heroism in Afghanistan 12 years ago
I’m glad that this case is finally being rectified, but when you hear was Sergeant Holroyd did to earn the Silver Star you’ll wonder just why on earth did this take 12 years! Jeff LPH 3 sends in this Army Times report; t was Aug. 10, 2009, when Sgt. Adam Holroyd and his fellow 10th […]
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