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Oh, Here We Go….

| May 20, 2019 | 33 Comments
Oh, Here We Go….

  There seems to be no end to this debate. https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/05/03/top-marine-no-more-gender-integration-changes-at-boot-camp-on-horizon/ “Our drill instructors stay with their recruits 24 hours a day, seven days a week the entire time they are there,” Neller told reporters at a televised Pentagon briefing on Wednesday. “So I am not considering having men and women live together in an […]

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Those Darn UFOs Are On Again

| April 28, 2019 | 33 Comments
Those Darn UFOs Are On Again

An Irish airline pilot and another from a different airline, plus two pilots from Virgin Airlines reported a high-speed light off the Irish coast in 2018, all reporting that it turned right and  moved off twice the speed of sound, which is within the capabilities of military jets. Experimental aircraft are known to be able […]

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Navy Cook Booted for Running with Motorcycle Gang

| April 23, 2019 | 37 Comments
Navy Cook Booted for Running with Motorcycle Gang

The Navy Times is reporting that a Navy cook has been booted for running around with a motorcycle gang and distributing cocaine. A San Diego-based Navy cook was booted from the service and sent to the brig earlier this year after he pleaded guilty to running with an outlaw motorcycle gang and distributing cocaine. Then-Culinary […]

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Eric Swalwell Pushes Jail Time for Americans Who Won’t Hand over ‘Assault Weapons’

| April 16, 2019 | 32 Comments
Eric Swalwell Pushes Jail Time for Americans Who Won’t Hand over ‘Assault Weapons’

Remember our pal Eric, a Democrat Congress-Critter from California? His claim to fame, other then being Eric Swalwell, was to suggest on a tweet last Autumn, responding to a gun rights enthusiast who said the Democrats’ proposal to confiscate or buy semi-automatic rifles would result in “war” due to resistance from the gun owners. Eric […]

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Missing in America Project buries 42 ‘unclaimed’ veterans in Texas and Florida

| April 8, 2019 | 15 Comments
Missing in America Project buries 42 ‘unclaimed’ veterans in Texas and Florida

The Missing in America Project laid to rest 42 ‘unclaimed’ veterans in Texas and Florida. The purpose of the Missing In America Project (MIAP) is to locate, identify and inter the unclaimed, cremated remains of American veterans through the joint efforts of private, state and federal organizations. To provide honor and respect to those who […]

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Hey, Snowflake!!! Got a Minute?

| April 3, 2019 | 27 Comments
Hey, Snowflake!!!  Got a Minute?

This is literally priceless. If you’re a British snowflake, your Queen wants YOU in the Army!! Now!!! And this campaign is working, too, per this article.  https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/28/what-the-us-army-can-learn-from-the-brits-snowflake-recruiting-campaign/ This was part of what has made it successful:  Teamed with a private marketing firm, a plan coalesced around the idea of belonging. “Actually, soldiers who serve for […]

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Missile Defense System Takes out Test ICBM Threat

| March 27, 2019 | 17 Comments
Missile Defense System Takes out Test ICBM Threat

The Missile Defense Agency recently conducted a test of the missile defense system. This test required two Ground-Based Interceptors against a target that served as the ICBM threat. The first hit the target, then the second scanned the results and hit the next biggest target. From Defense News: In the Monday test, the lead GBI […]

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First Black Navy SEAL – Still Going Strong

| March 18, 2019 | 24 Comments
First Black Navy SEAL – Still Going Strong

NBCNews has reported that Navy Master Chief Bill Goines is still going strong, even in retirement. Goines, 82, believes it was sheer grit and determination in the face of all obstacles that helped him become one of the first original U.S. Navy SEALs, a military team created by President John F. Kennedy in 1962. It […]

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