Veterans in the news
Another Valor Friday
We have an EOW notice of an Army veteran police officer. Sergeant Mark Butler of the Navasota, Texas Police Department was killed in the line of duty stopping a fleeing felon. His watch ended on Wednesday shortly after 1500 hours. The incident started in nearby College Station (with Navasota lying about halfway between College Station […]
“Harry Doyle”, Army vet, passes age 90.
Perhaps the funniest ex Army corporal ever passed on at the tender age of 90. Dubbed “Mr. Baseball” by no less than Johnny Carson, Bob Uecker epitomized baseball’s humor like few have done before or since, and was a touchstone of the Milwaukee Brewers almost from their start through two league championships (both American […]
An MSNBC host claims that US military personnel are bigger threats than illegal aliens
Lawrence O’Donnell leveraged the attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas to push the idea that Americans, specifically military personnel, are more dangerous than illegal aliens. O’Donnell dismisses, as Donald Trump’s “imagination”, the criminals illegally crossing into the United States. O’Donnell pointed to the casualties that resulted from Timothy McVeigh’s attack to help forward his […]
Matthew Livelsberger’s uncle suggests nephews’ actions were ‘peaceful’
Dean Livelsberger, Matthew Livelsberger’s uncle, claimed that the nephew’s actions were actually “peaceful”. The uncle said that the nephew could have created a bomb capable of taking out half of the hotel building. The uncle referred to Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City bomber, as being a regular soldier. From Daily Mail: His uncle Dean Livelsberger told […]
Las Vegas and New Orleans attackers identified as Army veterans
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, the man involved with the New Orleans attack, served in the U.S. Army from 2007 through 2020. Prior to 2007, Jabbar enlisted in the Navy but did not make it beyond the delayed entry program. Jabbar served on active duty from 2007 through 2015. He spent the balance of the time in […]
Jimmy Carter passes away at 100
The Carter Center announced that Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, passed away at the age of 100. James Earl Carter Jr. was born in 1924 into a farmer’s family. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and then served onboard a submarine after World War II. After serving in the Navy, Carter returned […]
Joe Biden’s napping allegedly kept families of the fallen waiting 3 hours
One of the family members of the Marines killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal said that grieving families had to wait three hours before seeing their loved ones’ remains transported. Joe Biden reportedly was napping on Air Force One on the tarmac. Biden’s presence was required for the remains to be transferred to their next stop. […]
WWI official miracle
The Catholic Church in the person of Archbishop Malcom McMahon announced that it has declared the cure of a WWI vet in in 1923 an official miracle, the first one for an Englishman at Lourdes. (No, I will not take pot shots at the English despite being such low-hanging fruit.) Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, of Liverpool […]
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