The Warrior Code
NOT GUILTY!
Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher found not guilty on murder and attempted murder charges By By Vandana Rambaran A jury found decorated Navy SEAL Edward “Eddie” Gallagher not guilty Tuesday on almost all charges he was facing, including murder and attempted murder, in the killing of a teenage Islamic State member in Iraq. Gallagher was accused of stabbing to […]
Marine testifies Navy SEAL did not stab detainee
Defense is at bat for SOC Gallagher now, calling witnesses to disprove the prosecutions case in the stabbing death of the ISIS Jihadi, and the sniping of two civilians. The prosecution has been rocked by violations of attorney/client privilege and Constitutional Rights of the accused, and the original prosecutors were relieved or replaced. The prosecution […]
Valor Friday
Not missing a beat, Mason brings us Valor Friday. This is a story of heroism long overlooked, but finally recognized and awarded the medal commiserate with the valor. Lieutenant John R. Fox, USA, serving in a still segregated US Army in Italy, volunteered to remain behind to call in artillery on the advancing enemy. Mason […]
Valor D-Day Special
Mason’s taken some time to produce a Valor D-Day Special for us, highlighting Theodore Roosevelt. Not the one on Mt. Rushmore, but his son Theodore Roosevelt III, known as Ted. Brigadier General Ted, that is, and here is his story of his valor on a very important day. BG Roosevelt III Mason As we commemorate […]
D-Day, 75 Years Ago
American troops head toward Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944. NpX 72-98 “My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with […]
NCIS witnesses refuse to take the stand in SEAL war crimes case
Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. (courtesy photo) By: Julie Watson and Brian Melley Prosecutors tracking SOC Gallagher’s defense attorney’s emails, raising questions of violation of attorney-client privilege, was not sufficient to halt the Court Marshal. NCIS Lt. Scott McDonald said the effort only gathered data, such as internet protocol […]
Last surviving Mohawk code talker from WWII, Louis Levi Oakes, dies at 94
Louis Levi Oakes was one of just 17 Akwesasne Mohawks recognized by the U.S. Congress as code talkers during the Second World War.Blair Crawford/Postmedia/File Born in the Quebec part of the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve, Oakes registered in the U.S. army at age 18, and served in New Guinea and the Philippines One of our ninjas […]
Valor Friday
Here’s Mason, and another of his articles of heroism in our armed forces. This one takes us back to World War II in the Pacific, and how the Coast Guard’s own saved the lives of Marines early in the war, at a place called Guadalcanal. Mason In the history of the Medal of Honor there […]
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