Bravo Zulu
Fund Drive
The outpouring of support for the site simply stunned us all. I had a figure in mind and it was blown out of the water on day 2. Just amazing. Thanks to y’alls generosity we are good for another year, and even have a bit of a rainy-day fund for those pesky frivolous lawsuits. Individual […]
Overachiever finds yet one more way to overachieve
I talked about Silver Star recipient Jonny Kim a while back in a Valor Friday piece. Since then the man who enlisted into the Navy, became a SEAL, was decorated for valor in action, was commissioned an officer, became a medical doctor (from Harvard no less), and then became an astronaut has squeezed another extremely […]
Even Thieves Get Rescued
PO3 John “Branch” Walton, USCG Great account of SAR from the wet perspective. Coast Guard Swimmer Recounts Dramatic Rescue of Alleged Oregon Yacht Thief and ‘Goonies’ Prankster By Aimee Green “They all could have got it done, but they let me go,” Walton said. “I was kind of in disbelief, like, ‘Oh, is this really […]
Monday FGS
Kel-Tec KSG Woman Shoots Ex-Boyfriend in Self-Defense: Miami Gardens Police A woman shot her ex-boyfriend in self-defense Friday in Miami Gardens after being attacked, Miami Gardens Police said. It happened at around 9:17 p.m. in the 600 block of Northwest 183rd Street, police said. The ex-boyfriend was found suffering from a gunshot wound and was […]
Saturday FGS
Model 1911A1 .45ACP The Truth About Armed Citizens in America by CHARLES C. W. COOKE There’s a peculiar mismatch between the number of times one reads in the newspaper that an armed citizen has prevented a mass shooting and the number of times such incidents make it into the public record—and, in turn, into the […]
Guided Missile Destroyer to be Named for Hero
Thomas Gunning Kelley CDR D sends us welcome news- the SecNav will name an as-yet unbuilt Alreigh Burke DDG for Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Gunning Kelley. Future Destroyer Will Honor Vietnam War Hero Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Wednesday that one of the service’s new, […]
Thursday FGS
Colt Single Action Army 79-year-old shoots and kills intruder after he’s followed into home, Wisconsin cops say Mike Stunson An armed 79-year-old homeowner fatally shot an alleged home intruder who had followed him home, according to Wisconsin police. The shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, in Elderon, about 70 miles northwest of […]
Wednesday FGS
Mosin Nagant Detroit tow truck driver with concealed carry license fends off robber, shoots and kills man A Detroit tow truck driver shot and killed an armed robber on Monday By Sarah Rumpf An armed robber targeted a tow truck driver, ignorant that tow truck driver had a concealed carry permit and was ready to […]
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