Real Soldiers
LT Josh Pitcher returns to Afghanistan
Stars & Stripes tells the story of 1LT Josh Pitcher who was wounded nearly two years ago and lost his leg. He’s is training to go back as a platoon leader in the 82d Airborne Division; After the incident, his life spiraled out of control, he said. But just over a year and a half […]
Colonel Ola Lee Mize passes
Last night we received the sad news that Colonel Ola Lee Mize passed on at the tender age of 82. Colonel Mize was treasured in the Special Forces community as well as the rest of the military as a soldier’s soldier. He earned the medal of Honor. He earned the Medal of Honor in Korea […]
Widow loses bid for Medal of Honor for her husband
MCPO Ret. In TN and Bobo send us a link in regards to a judge that denied a widow the opportunity to continue her fight to gt her husband’s Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) upgraded to the Medal Of Honor because of a technicality. Lt. Garlin Murl Conner was second only to Audie Murphy, a fellow […]
LCpl. William Kyle Carpenter to receive the Medal of Honor
Stars & Stripes reports that Marine Lance Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter will be awarded the Medal of Honor for taking the brunt of a grenade blast which saved his buddy, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio; Carpenter was nominated for the nation’s highest award for valor following reports that he covered a grenade to save the life […]
Marine Maj. Kurt Chew-Een Lee passes
AverageNCO, while trolling the obituaries like he does, ran across this one about Maj. Kurt Chew-Een Lee, the first Asian-American Marine officer who passed at the tender age of 88 in his Washington, DC home on Monday; He received the Navy Cross, the Marines’ second-highest honor, for bravery during a fierce assault by Communist Chinese […]
Peralta discussion continues
Last weekend we wrote about the Washington Post article in which two witnesses to Sergeant Rafael Peralta’s death and the heroic act which preceded it, claimed that the act never happened. The Washington Times today reports that Sergeant Peralta’s mother claims that the Washington Post reporter, Ernesto Londoño, tried to get her to play the […]
Old Guard delivers 700 pounds of food to charity
Our buddy, Nicky, sends us a link to an article in Arlington Now about some troops from the Old Guard at Fort Myers, VA who delivered by foot 700 pounds of food to the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC); About 50 members of the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment delivered nearly 700 pounds of donated […]
24 Medals of Honor to be awarded
According to the Washington Post, the White House is set to announce the award of 24 Medals of Honor for past wars. According to the Post, these are previously “overlooked minority” awards. Mostly, I’m disappointed that the list doesn’t include SGT Rafael Peralta and Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe who pulled his Bradley crew […]
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