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Marine Awarded Purple Heart. Finally.
A Marine finally received a Purple Heart for a 2005 ambush in Ramadi The award was long overdue. BY MATT WHITE Francisco Roman was leading a team of Marines through the chaotic roads of Ramadi, Iraq in 2005 when the streets suddenly turned quiet. “We were patrolling back to our base, and I noticed that […]
Mel Brooks gets another Oscar
When I saw Mel Brooks’ name pop up in my news feed, I immediately assumed that we’d lost the comedy legend. At 97 years old, it’s not an improper conclusion to draw. Fortunately for us all, Mel is still alive and kicking, and winning awards! The king of non-PC comedy only ever got one Oscar […]
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, […]
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