Silver Star
Soldier receives Silver Star for heroism in Afghanistan 12 years ago
I’m glad that this case is finally being rectified, but when you hear was Sergeant Holroyd did to earn the Silver Star you’ll wonder just why on earth did this take 12 years! Jeff LPH 3 sends in this Army Times report; t was Aug. 10, 2009, when Sgt. Adam Holroyd and his fellow 10th […]
Skip Archer – Fake Vietnam POW
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Howard “Skip” Archer. “Skip” – as he prefers to be called – comes to us from Centerville, Pennsylvania but also shows current addresses in Flemington, Missouri as well as Ashtabula, Ohio. Archer is 72 y/o at the time of this writing – Aug 2021. Archer has […]
Valor Friday
We lost another of The Greatest Generation this week. Kob sent in the sad news that on Monday, August 2nd retired US Marine Corps Colonel Dave Severance passed away after a solid 102 years, 30 of those years were spent fighting in two wars in service to his nation. Colonel Severance’s biggest claim to fame […]
JSOC’s former top enlisted soldier is one of 60 ‘Black Hawk Down’ award upgrades
We talked about some of the awards from Operation Gothic Serpent being upgraded earlier this month. The names have started to trickle out. One of the men recieving an upgrade for their actions in the Battle of Mogadishu (from the famous book and movie Black Hawk Down) is retired Command Sgt. Maj. Chris Faris, a US […]
Valor Friday
It’s been a busy week around my AO, so I’m gonna have to keep this VF post short. Our subject came up in another post and I thought it was worth highlighting more prominently. The US Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) Command Historian has this to say about the life and times of James “Nick” […]
Sole Surviving Brother
This post is a few days late but I thought it was worth mentioning. Navy SEAL, Green Beret killed in Afghanistan, leaving Marine brother ‘Sole Survivor’ As Beau came of age he would again follow his brothers — this time into the military, into the world of combat, into Afghanistan. But Jeremy and then Ben […]
Private Greg Barnett – Phony Fumbles Football and Fakes Purple Hearts
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work of this Gregory Barnett fella. Gregory Harold Barnett lives in Decatur, Alabama but spent a large part of his life in Taft, Tennessee. At the time of this writing, May 2021, Barnett is 67 years old. His middle name is sometimes listed as “Scott” and at other […]
Valor Friday
This is a continuation of an article on Ralph Puckett that was initially posted on 4 May 2021. If you remember how I began, you can skip below to the break just after the image of the Medal of Honor. For those who missed it; Colonel Ralph Puckett, US Army (ret), is already a living […]
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