Real Soldiers
Sergeant Joseph Love; saving the world one person at a time
abc27 WHTM Sergeant Daniel Famous, a Pennsylvania National Guardsman instructor at Fort Indiantown Gap discovered that he needed a kidney last year. Fellow Guardsman Sergeant Joseph Love stepped up when he discovered that he was a match for SGT Famous, according to WHTM; Love started the rigorous, five-month process of testing to see if he […]
Silver Stars for SFC Andrew Busic and CWO3 Mark Colbert
The Olympian reports that the Army awarded Silver Stars to Sergeant First Class Andrew Busic and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Colbert of the 1st Special Forces Group from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, for their actions on Forward Operating Base Ghazni back on August 28th when a massive attack struck the base with RPGs and suicide […]
Still on Guard
The Washington Times noticed that not everyone in the Metro DC area had a snow day; With what’s being billed as the storm of the season dumping inches of snow on the Washington, D.C., region, leaving a cloud of closures in its wake — Capitol Hill, area schools, airports, Metro bus service and almost all […]
Sgt. Steven Lyzenga; 52-year-old basic trainee
Beretverde sends us a link to an article from the Waynesville, North Carolina Daily Guide about SGT Steven Lyzenga who began his military career in 1981 as a Marine, then transferred to the Air Force to be a pilot and now he’s in basic training at Fort Leonardwood as a soldier; “I wanted to finish […]
Brian Cotts; another Marine saving the world
Brian Cotts, a former Marine (if there is such a thing) saw an armed robbery happen near Andrews Air Force Base in Southeast DC yesterday, and decided that he needed to do something when he saw the thieves kidnap a woman; “When I saw all that happening, all I wanted to do is stop that […]
Master Sergeant David R. Halbruner; Benghazi DSC
Our buddy, Doug Sterner, sends us a copy of the narrative for Master Sergeant David R. Halbruner who was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11th, 2012. Included is another DSC for Staff Sergeant Eric B. Shaw, a squad leader in the […]
Navy Cross recipient charged with killing birds
Mary sends us a link to the Daytona News-Journal which reports that Donald A. Daigneault, a Korean War veteran who earned the Navy Cross is facing charges for “shooting” some sandhill cranes. 81-year-old Daigneault claims that he “shot” the cranes with a sling shot and some marbles to keep them from ruining his yard, but […]
Goodbye, Chief
Growing up in a small town, you get to know many of the people who live there. You get to know some more closely than others. So when one of the folks you grew up with passes, you feel it. And when it turns out they were a vet – and you’re a vet yourself […]
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