Veterans in the news
Marine veteran chugs beer straight from her prosthetic leg
Chalk up another one to the Marines. A Marine veteran drank beer from her prosthetic leg during a Lakers game. She was caught on video, and won a $100 gift card as “fan of the game”. From TMZ Sports: A U.S. Marine Corps vet was the star of the show at the Laker game on […]
US Army Veteran killed in Ukraine fighting
Trent Davis joined the Georgian Legion in Ukraine to help the Ukrainians in their fight against the Russians. They did not send him to the front as he lacked the necessary experience. Later in the year, he joined the International Legion and was killed on his first mission. The Army Times described Davis as inexperienced, […]
Veteran congressional candidate has details of her sexual assault leaked and published
Politico, not known for their impartial reporting, has run with a story on Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer-Ruth Green of Indiana. She’s a Republican candidate for Congress, a 2005 graduate of the Air Force Academy, and a veteran of the Iraq War. In Iraq she was sexually assaulted by an Iraqi. Somehow details of this event were […]
Majewski pulls tired, old defense of his tales not matching his record
My records don’t reflect my stories because…drum roll…they classified! That’s it. It was so secret, even I don’t have the proof. From Business Insider; Ohio GOP House candidate J.R. Majewski backtracked on the claim that he was deployed to Afghanistan, saying that his lips — and records — are sealed on the matter. At a Friday […]
MG Patrick Brady jumps out of a perfectly good airplane at age 85
Retired US Army Major General Patrick Brady, at age 85, decided to jump out of a plane. It looks like he’s having a good time. You might remember that General Brady is, by my count, the most decorated Army officer. He is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, several Distinguished Flying […]
NJ VA home Covid death suits
Lawsuits filed over the high number of deaths at two NJ VA homes are showing how bad decisions by unqualified people killed off hundreds of patients. One nurse at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial at Menlo Park …went to Walmart to buy fabric to make her own (mask), she was threatened that “there could be […]
PTSD and TBI from your service? The Canadian VA says, “We’d like to help you kill yourself”
Canada has a reputation for being a place with nice scenery, nice fishing, and, above all, nice people. Apparently those that are part of the Veterans Affairs Canada bureaucracy are heartless fucks who would rather see struggling veterans get access to Canada’s relatively new doctor assisted suicide (called Medical Assistance in Dying, MAiD). Intended to […]
Medal of Honor awardee Simanek passes on. Only 2 from Korea remain
Robert E. Simanek, 92, passed August 4 in West Bloomfield, MI. He was awarded the Medal of Honor after jumping on a Chinese hand grenade (after kicking away a second grenade thrown at the same time.) The Chinese attacked. During the ensuing firefight, two grenades landed in the shallow trench where Simanek and other Marines […]
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