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“Lieutenant Dan” Moves His AO
Gary Sinise From 2010 to 2020, over 1.3 million Californians left California, with 500,000 leaving just in 2019 and 2020. For the first time in its history California also lost a congressional seat. The state lost $8.8 billion in gross adjusted income in 2019 from more people leaving the state than coming in. Ironically, about […]
Four airmen recieve DFC for Afghanistan evacuation
Jeff LPH 3 sends in word that some Zoomies received attaboys for their efforts during Biden’s horrendously botched Afghanistan withdrawal. From Task and Purpose; Four members from a C-17A Globemaster III aircrew were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their performance during the chaotic and violent evacuation of Kabul last August. During a ceremony at […]
Soldier Saves Vet from River
Warrants do exist. Good thing for a Vietnam Vet on the Appomattox. Poetrooper sends. US soldier saves Vietnam vet trapped in freezing VA river LIZ GEORGE A U.S. Army soldier rescued a Vietnam War veteran from a Virginia river earlier this month after he fell out of his boat. Mike Goodwin, 75, was fishing in […]
A different kind of Valor Friday
Get a load of this kid. He’s a sixth-grader and he’s out saving lives. Two in a single day! What’d you do with your Thursday? NPR Reports; An 11-year-old boy from Oklahoma is being honored for his heroism after he saved a choking classmate and rescued a woman from a house fire in one day. […]
Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, Medal of Honor recipient
One of this site’s favorite heroes, US Army Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, will be receiving his posthumous Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony tomorrow. This concludes a 16 year fight to get him the recognition he so well deserves. I wrote about Cashe for a Valor Friday piece a while back, which […]
Navy Gets One Right
The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke Guided Missile Destroyer, DDG-121, bears the name of Frank E. Petersen Jr., former Marine Lieutenant General and at the time of his retirement, the senior ranking aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy. His distinguished career began as an enlisted Electronics Technician and concluded as the Commanding General, Marine […]
First Female Army Sniper
Several of our usual suspects have sent in the story of the first female Army sniper. The unnamed infantry soldier from the Montana Army National Guard has graduated from the grueling U.S. Army Sniper Course, taught at Ft. Benning. “The Soldier met every standard required to graduate the United States Army Sniper Course,” said Capt. […]
After 23 high school kids arrested for brawling at school, dads step in to provide security, jokes
Check these guys out. See a problem, solve a problem. Breitbart reports on “Dads on Duty” helping to end violence at their kids’ school. Fathers in Shreveport, Louisiana, have begun taking shifts to supervise students at Southwood High School after 23 students were arrested for fighting over three days last month. Since the group Dads on […]
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