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Hump Day shorts

| January 22, 2025 | 27 Comments
Hump Day  shorts

Sometimes a column needs 1000 words per topic, and sometimes a lot of little things crop up. Hopefully the major news of the week is the new administration, but here are a couple of other quick items. In good news for recruiting, in the first quarter of the fiscal year the Army signed up 30,000 […]

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Another Valor Friday

| January 17, 2025 | 9 Comments
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 […]

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“Harry Doyle”, Army vet, passes age 90.

| January 17, 2025 | 16 Comments
“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 […]

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Another WWII ace in the making?

| January 13, 2025 | 11 Comments
Another WWII ace in the making?

I mentioned Saturday that there are only a few aces left from WWII – over the years, there have been a few certified post-war after reviewing their records. Here’s a case which is ongoing – and most likely to be the last ace to be certified from WWII. Think we’ve seen mention of James McCubbin […]

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Biden awards seven Medals of Honor

| January 4, 2025 | 8 Comments
Biden awards seven Medals of Honor

  When he’s not letting rapists and murderers off death row, Biden’s using his lame duck time to do something useful for once. Yesterday he upgraded seven awards (six DSCs and one Silver Star by my count) to the Medal of Honor. Five are from the Korean War and two from Vietnam. Only one of […]

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Valor Friday

| December 27, 2024 | 3 Comments
Valor Friday

There is once more a push to elevate valor awards to minorities who may have been overlooked (or even had recommendations downgraded) because of their race. In this case, Military Times is reporting on the efforts of a small group to properly recognize the sacrifices of Native troops during World War I. The Code Talkers […]

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They just approach things differently

| December 17, 2024 | 12 Comments
They just approach things differently

  I keep seeing all these articles on China’s rapidly increasing capabilities. Now, in the past, manufacturers called the Chinese the best thieves on the planet  – not innovators at all, but let a prototype or plan each them and they would “liberate” the designs, and have a version of the product hitting the market […]

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125th Army vs Navy Game!

| December 13, 2024 | 45 Comments
125th Army vs Navy Game!

A former Marine invites a fellow Devil Dog to the festivities. JD Vance confirms Daniel Penny will attend Army-Navy game after acquittal in subway chokehold trial Penny was found not guilty in the May 2023 death of Jordan Neely By Paulina Dedaj Vice President-elect JD Vance confirmed Friday that Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran found […]

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