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Iran denies US destroyed an Iranian drone near Persian Gulf
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer transits California’s San Diego Bay USS Boxer used electronic measures to take down a drone that was operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to Pentagon sources. The Navy says the drone was destroyed in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after it came too close to the […]
Army recruiters respond to active shooter, aid wounded boys at California mall
Two Army recruiters responded to an active shooter at a California mall Tuesday. (San Bruno Police/Twitter) Two soldiers acted without hesitation when the sounds of gunfire interrupted their conversation with a potential recruit in a California Mall last Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Isaiah Locklear and Staff Sgt. Michael Marl first secured their recruit to the rear […]
Airman Moves On
A USAF Airman meteorologist who had been given an Article 15 (reduction in rank) for passing out drunk snapped out of it and pulled herself together. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/07/05/airman-moves-on-from-article-15-safeguards-thousands-of-lives-with-tornado-warning/ She redeemed herself by getting her act together and setting a good example for others. More recently, she’s been commended for sending out a tornado warning a few […]
Posthumous Award Upgrade
This is something I am glad to see. The whole story is here: https://www.armytimes.com/2019/07/03/senators-want-this-african-american-soldier-to-posthumously-receive-the-medal-of-honor-for-actions-on-d-day/ From the article: Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., an Army medic assigned to a segregated combat unit, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, was wounded by shrapnel in his groin and back as his landing craft crushed through the choppy waters off the coast […]
Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
In this Feb. 13, 2019 file photo, visitors walk around the 40-foot Maryland Peace Cross dedicated to World War I soldiers in Bladensburg, Md. The Supreme Court says the World War I memorial in the shape of a 40-foot-tall cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland. The high court on Thursday rejected […]
Silver Stars and a Boat
Occasionally, something good happens and should be acknowledged. These women all did what they were trained to do, period. That they were officially acknowledged for their actions makes it even better, but does not diminish the efforts of anyone associated with them, as many of them were also awarded honors. You may remember the death […]
The BRRRRTTTT keeps coming:
Maj. Matt Paetzhold, an A-10C Thunderbolt instructor pilot with the 76th Fighter Squadron, climbs aboard a Warthog at Moody Air Force Base on Sept. 9, 2017. (SrA Daniel Snider/Air Force) The A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engined, straight-winged, jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). It is […]
Jim “Peewee” Martin Takes One More Jump Into Normandy
WWII 101st Airborne paratrooper Jim “Peewee” Martin makes a repeat jump into Normandy at the tender age of 93. You can either sit on it and wither away to nothing, or you can be like Peewee here. It ain’t over ’til he says it’s over. Granted, it was done in 2014 on the 70th anniversary […]
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