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Vaughn Drake Jr. died, age 106
Probably asking yourself “Who is Vaughn Drake”? I was…and then found he was believed to be the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor extant. Not a huge surprise at 106; that age stands out in almost any crowd. Vaughn Drake Jr., an esteemed Central Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl […]
The Sea Devil
Imagine the scion of a noble military family, with such a history that the French dedicated the ‘Marseillaise’ to one of them. Maybe also imagine a bit of a wild child, who saw a cruise ship menu and ran off to sea at age 13… on a Russian tramp schooner. (You know THAT was a […]
Let’s pile it on
Dunno about you, but I have a depressed area on my upper left arm. Bet most of you fellow old farts do, too. It’s those damn vaccinations! The smallpox vaccine created a small reaction within the recipient’s body which showed their body was immunized and that the vaccine was working. Good thing, too, because other […]
Combat Arms Physical Requirements Review Ordered
SECDEF “For far too long, we allowed standards to slip, with different standards for men and women in combat arms. That’s not acceptable.” SECDEF Hegseth Hegseth orders review of physical standards for military combat roles By Leo Shane III Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered a 60-day review of military combat arms standards to […]
Four US Troops lost
Four US troops went missing during training at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area near Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania. The soldiers, all from 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry division, were sent to recover another Army vehicle early Tuesday. U.S. and Lithuanian personnel were still working Thursday to recover four missing U.S. soldiers whose […]
DEI purge and AI
Seems we can chalk up a lot of the controversy in the last couple of months to non-human causes. The officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations, said, for example, they were waiting for guidance on whether military “firsts” count as history that can be restored. The […]
Blue city rewards thieves
This one is just a miserable comment on why crime doesn’t pay. San Antonio likes to bill itself as Military City, USA. Given the amount of space and people devoted to the military there, with both Army AND Air Force facilities, medical training too, as I recall – there should be some incentive to stay […]
TDS is Not a Mental Illness
Minnesota State Senators introduced a bill to amend the definition of Mental Illness to include “Trump Derangement Syndrome”. The bill is SF2589, read March 17, 2025, and referred to Health and Human Services committee. No surprise the authors of the bill all have an “R” after their name. It also comes as no surprise there […]
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