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Army’s newest troop
10-year-old Khalil Quarles has always loved the Army even before cancer interrupted his young life. So some folks at Fort Meade, MD, worked fairly hard to help him become a soldier, according to WBAL; Khalil, 10, thought the highlight of his day Wednesday would be chatting on Skype for the first time with a soldier […]
A Line in the Sand
Our buddy, Justin Burgess, an Army Captain with the 3rd ID, who we supported back on July 4th when his first book was offered for free for a few days, writes to tell us that he’s back from Afghanistan and he’s got a second book, “A Line in the Sand” and he’s offering to us […]
Christmas in Kabul
The folks at 3rd Sustainment Command send us news that they’ve been visited by a VIP already; A group of Soldiers, from the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) based out of Fort Knox, KY, gather around the “Combat Santa” to tell him their Christmas wishes at the New Kabul Compound Dec 12, 2012. The Soldiers were […]
Kickstarter; Chosin – a 3D Animated Movie
You may remember that I wrote a brief review of the documentary “Chosin” several months ago. The producers wrote to us today as a result about their latest project – a 3D animated war film about the battle centered around the real life participants. Marine Brian Iglesias, one of the producers, tells you about the […]
Belgian teen honored to wear US uniform
Tequila Volare sends a link from CBSAtlanta about Antoine Brisbois, a 16-year-old Belgian and cancer victim who made a request of the Make-A-Wish Fondation that he be allowed to become a US soldier, like the folks his grandfather told him about when they liberated his country from the Nazis. So they sent him to Fort […]
WWP vs Gun Talk
Several of you have sent us links to the dust-up about Wounded Warrior Project not partnering with Gun Talk for donations to their worthy cause. For those of you might not have heard of it yet, the folks at Gun Talk offered a walk on their program to WWP and Leslie Coleman of WWP declined […]
Brothers return honor to family of hero
Ret12B40 sends us a link to the story of two brothers, Michael and Mauro Mazzariello, 11 and 8 respectively, who found some medals in an antique shop that belonged to someone they’d never met and they decided to return the medals to the family where they belonged; The purple heart, bronze star and good conduct […]
CFA’s Veterans’ Day video
So, I’m sitting here watching Band of Brothers for millionth time and the folks at Concerned Veterans of America send us their Veterans’ Day message in video form;
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