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Colt Model 1878 Revolver There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation. — James Madison
Weekend Open Thread
A woman posted a video of herself complaining about not getting any man to help her move a granite object she purchased. After it was delivered, she contacted the men on her contact list. Everyone gave her an excuse on why they could not help her move it. She subsequently questioned the quality of men […]
Iron Dome over the United States
President Donald Trump makes good on one of the promises he made during his campaign. Trump signed an executive order calling for the establishment of an “iron dome” over the United States. Trump listed his justifications for this executive order, including the growing threats involving new technologies and novel missile strategies. Trump also addressed Ronald […]
Valor Friday
I’ve been talking in this section a lot lately about Vietnam War POWs, and those who nearly became one. We’re also about two weeks away from the 52nd anniversary of the start of the repatriation of those POWs, so lets take a look back. In mid-February 1973, after all major American ground troop formations had […]
Failed Marine program
Military Times did an item about a Marines program introduced in 2013. Apparently the results have been – well, underwhelming. In 2013, the Marine Corps released an administrative message with an intriguing offer: Through a special pilot program, troops could hit pause on their active-duty career and transition to the Individual Ready Reserve for up […]
WWII Darby’s Ranger ID’ed
Darby’s Rangers are considered the WWII predecessors to the current U.S. Army Rangers today. Commanded by William O. Darby (who was KIA at age 34) his Rangers were trained up in Northern Ireland by British Commandos. Many of his new Rangers came from his unit, the 34th Infantry. Today we remember 23 year old PFC […]
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1903 Springfield Rifle Man released from Stockton police custody after fatal shooting deemed self-defense Story by Hannah Workman A man questioned after a fatal shooting in Stockton was released from custody, and detectives are investigating the shooting as a self-defense case, the Stockton Police Department announced Tuesday. The shooting occurred at about 9:03 p.m. Monday […]
Pete Hegseth pushes to make promotion color blind, based on merit
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the Department of Defense’s core mission is to win wars. This needs a military that’s a lethal fighting force that promotes and assigns based on merit. Thus, individual initiative, excellence, etc., must be rewarded. Hegseth intends to stand up a task force that will be focused on merit based, […]
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