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Private that defected to North Korea gets time served, and the Navy solves their retention issues

| September 22, 2024 | 52 Comments
Private that defected to North Korea gets time served, and the Navy solves their retention issues

You’ll remember Travis King, soon to be formerly a private in the US Army, was the boneheaded turd that was supposed to be escorted to the airport to fly back to the states from South Korea. As I recall he was being chaptered out. Somehow he slipped his guard, snuck into a tour group visiting […]

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Valor Friday

| May 10, 2024 | 14 Comments
Valor Friday

Kurt Chew-Een Lee was the child of Chinese immigrants. Growing up in Sacramento, when America entered World War II, Lee was only 15. As a participant in JROTC during those high school years, it should be no surprise that he enlisted as soon as he turned 18. The eldest son of six children (three boys, […]

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Valor Friday

| May 3, 2024 | 9 Comments
Valor Friday

Don’t let the bookish looks of this bespectacled man deceive you. This guy was a straight up badass. Benjamin Wilson enlisted in the Army before WWII. He was at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Schofield Barracks wasn’t a prime target of either of the two waves of Japanese aircraft. It was […]

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Valor Friday

| April 19, 2024 | 7 Comments
Valor Friday

Ronald Rosser was born in 1929, the eldest of 17 children, in Columbus, Ohio. From 1929, Rosser’s parents had one kid just about every year for 18 years. Coming of age during World War II, Ronald was too young to see active service in that conflict, but he did enlist at the age of 17 […]

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Last Korean War MoH recipient dies

| April 8, 2024 | 9 Comments
Last Korean War MoH recipient dies

We really don’t want this blog to be an obituary page, but we can’t let the passing of a legend like Colonel Puckett go unmentioned. You’ll recall that Puckett received the Medal of Honor in 2021 for actions during the Korean War. After the 2022 passing of Staff Sergeant Hiroshi Miyamura, Puckett was the last […]

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Valor Friday

| December 1, 2023 | 5 Comments
Valor Friday

Some figures in military history are truly larger than life. Even when they’re in active service, their legend precedes them. They are the types that those who serve with or under them, wear that closeness as a badge of honor for the rest of their lives. Men such as George Patton, Chesty Puller, Chester Nimitz, […]

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South Korean police officers raid U.S. Army bases

| September 24, 2023 | 24 Comments
South Korean police officers raid U.S. Army bases

South Korean police, and the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, conducted joint raids. They found synthetic cannabis, “mixed liquids” used for vaping, and cash. The suspects are accused of using the U.S. military postal service to bring marijuana into South Korea. Among those charged were individuals alleged to have been sellers, middlemen, as well as […]

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Wednesday shorts – Brandon act, A-anniversary, Kim spying, Fusion test

| August 9, 2023 | 32 Comments
Wednesday shorts – Brandon act, A-anniversary, Kim spying, Fusion test

Seems I see lots of partial articles this week – ah well, that’s the way it goes. First up – Air/Space Force folks can now self-submit and get a mental health evaluation within a day, under the provisions of the Brandon Act. “Service members may request a referral for any reason, including, but not limited […]

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