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Wednesday items
No single big item, but a lot of small ones. First up, senior Minnesota US attorneys, even a few appointed by President Trump, have resigned in the face of DOJ demands that they investigate the late Ms. Becca Good of ICE shooting fame. Veteran prosecutor Joseph Thompson, who was previously appointed by Donald Trump to […]
DOGE cuts impact Ft. Greeely chow
Where is Ft. Greely? Try back-of-beyond, Alaska. NNE of Anchorage in that largely empty part of the map… yeah, not someplace people flock to – unless they are under orders. 350 or so permanent party, more when some of the frequent exercises take place there. I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it is a […]
Valor Friday
Jeff LPH sent an article to me about Lloyd Burke. I’ll post that below, but I did very briefly talk about Colonel Burke before. During my series on the “Most Decorated” men for the various wars and branches, he came up by my count as the most decorated Army officer of the Korean War. Starting […]
Partial Hayburner Reprieve
You may recall that last year the Pentagon announced they would be suspending the ‘horse’ units’ operations this year. The Military Working Equid program (and you know the Army can’t resist an acronym – MWE) previously had 326 horses, donkeys, and mules at 5 units on various posts. The Army has announced they will keep […]
Valor Friday
Time for a wee bit of good news for Minnesota. It’s been a rough couple of weeks months years for the state. I spoke about Captain Willibald Bianchi a few months back when it was announced that his remains had been identified and were coming back home. Bianchi you might recall received the Medal of […]
Monday – what?
Seemed a quiet weekend to me – dunno what my neighbor spread on his farm last week but it got dust ALL OVER every vehicle, so my main project was determining their original colors via washing. Mission accomplished – but you know, with a stock of clean cars, torrential rain has gotta be on the […]
Saturday shorties
The President issued a novel proclamation Thursday by reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III narcotic.: Noting that the schedule change “in no way” sanctions his approval of marijuana as a recreational drug, Trump signed an executive order that changes the drug’s classification. The goal, he said, is to increase availability for patients, such as cancer […]
Valor Friday
I’ve talked about some missions where the bulk of the men earned a valor award. Usually this is for some particularly daring mission, usually by a small group. For example, George Glober‘s entire 10-man B-17 crew received the Distinguished Service Cross for a daring photo reconnaissance mission over the enemy-held Wake Island in 1942. In […]
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