The Warrior Code
Staff Sgt. Ron Shurer, Medal of Honor Recipient, Passes at 41
Staff Sergeant Ron Shurer Skippy sends us the sad news of MOH Awardee Ron Shurer’s passing of cancer. He was 41. Staff Sgt. Ron Shurer, Medal of Honor recipient who saved lives in Afghanistan, dead at 41 after cancer battle By Michael Ruiz, Jennifer Griffin Former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II, who received […]
Valor Friday
LCDR “Butch” O’Hare Today Mason brings us the saga of Edward “Butch” O’Hare, and his amazing valor in the skies of the Pacific during World War II. While he did not survive the conflict, his memory lives on in the name of one of the busiest airports in the United States. Mason The story Al […]
Valor Friday
Airman First Class William “Pits” Pitsenbarger For today’s Valor Friday, Mason brings us the story of the incredibly courageous Airman First Class William “Pits” Pitsenbarger, and his acts of valor in Viet Nam. Sadly, he did not survive the conflict. Mason Last year a film came out called The Last Full Measure. The title is […]
Valor Friday
Bruce McCandless II Military runs in the family. My dad was a Navy pilot, my son was Air Force, for example. For today’s Valor Friday Mason introduces us to the McCandless clan. He starts with the incredibly impressive story of Bruce McCandless II. Mason Something that comes up somewhat commonly in my research here are […]
Valor Friday
Tony Stein For today’s Valor Friday, Mason relates the incredible heroism of Corporal Tony Stein, USMC, and the valor he displayed in the Pacific during WWII. Yes, those are Jump Wings. Mason Tony Stein was born and raised in the North Dayton neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio. The son of Austrian Jewish immigrants he was a […]
Valor Friday
US Navy Enlisted Submarine Warfare Insignia, “Dolphins” Mason has chosen Henry Breault, Torpedoman Second Class USN, as our Valor Friday honoree. His service in small, post WW-1 submarines was dangerous enough, but his incredible valor in the face of disaster, endangering his own life for a shipmate, well. Get settled in because this one is […]
PETA urges Marine Corps commandant to end ‘crude killing of animals’ during Cobra Gold
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, drink the blood of a king cobra as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Ban Chan Khrem, Chanthaburi, Thailand, March 2, 2020.HANNAH HALL/U.S. MARINE CORPS One of our ninjas sends us this foolishness: ninja Ed, Here is […]
The Festival of John Moses Browning
Today we celebrate the birthday of John Moses Browning, and his Gospel. Sit you down and harken. 1 In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good. And behold the Lord said, “Thou shalt not muck with my disciple John’s design for it is good and it workith. […]
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