Real Soldiers
James E. Miller; a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross
MCPO Retired in TN sends us a link at the Department of Defense which reports that they are about to award a Distinguished Flying Cross to Army Capt. James E. Miller who was the first aviator killed in combat on March 9, 1918; Miller, Maj. M. F. Harmon and Maj. Davenport Johnson began the first […]
David Eubank saving the world
MustangCryppie sends us a link from the Daily Mail which features the story of 56-year-old David Eubank, a former US Army special forces soldier who founded an aide organization “Free Burma Rangers” and he’s currently in Mosul, Iraq helping the folks there caught in the war against ISIS. Anyway, here’s the video of what he’s […]
Curtis Billue, veteran murdered
On Tuesday, two Georgia inmates, Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose, overpowered their guards, Sgt. Christopher Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue while the prioner were being transferred. Rowe and Dubose disarmed and murdered the guards. They’re still on the loose in Georgia. Billue was an infantry officer before he began working for the Georgia prison […]
James C. McCloughan to be awarded the Medal of Honor
The White House announced today that the President will be awarding Specialist Five James C. McCloughan the Medal of Honor on July 31st for his actions at Don Que, Vietnam, from May 13 to 15, 1969. McCloughan was serving with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, as a private […]
Thomas Kinsman passes
Stars & Stripes reports on the passing of Thomas Kinsman at the age of 72 years. He earned the Medal of Honor on February 6, 1968 in Vinh Long, Republic of Vietnam wile he was a rifleman assigned to Company B, 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, according to his citation at Military […]
Master Sgt. Timothy Kessler saving the world
Chief Tango sends us a link to the story of the day that Master Sergeant Timothy Kessler rescued an expectant mother and a number of his neighbors from a deadly cloud of anhydrous ammonia. He saw a stranded car in the cloud and selflessly drove his own car into the poison and evacuated Holly Nichols […]
Battlefield promotion for SGT Penderman
The Stars & Stripes reports that Jeremy Penderman, a multichannel transmission systems operator/maintainer, while serving in Iraq with Fort Bragg’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division as the brigade’s S6 communications shop leader, has received a battlefield promotion to Staff Sergeant. He’s occupying an officer’s duty position as a sergeant. Today, Penderman might have […]
Eugene Ruf; 108-year-old Army veteran
Chief Tango sends us a link to the report that 20-year Army veteran Eugene Ruf celebrated his 108th birthday the other day in San Antonio, Texas and his shares his secret to longevity; “All I can say is good clean living. Lots of Heaven Hill and Budweiser.” Heaven Hill is a brand of Kentucky Bourbon […]
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