Archive for June 21st, 2019
SEAL Gallagher still facing murder charges even after another SEAL confesses to the murder
Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military courtroom on Naval Base San Diego with his wife, Andrea Gallagher. (Andrew Dyer/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS) I think we’re all pretty much up to speed on SOC Gallagher’s court-martial and the stunning court room confession of another SEAL, who claims he was the one who killed the […]
The U.S. Navy Needs to Return to Subic Bay, Philippines
Port call. Chart of Subic Bay Another article from Boomer, Poetrooper’s buddy. Here’s Poe: Another timely and informative piece from Boomer on naval matters in the Pacific. Check out my comment to The Other Whitey on the Mizzou piece. Captain Deutermann’s WWII Pacific writings are an absolute pleasure to read. Battle sequences are incredibly detailed […]
Weekend Open Thread: Yer Friday Funnies
Here are some quotations that should leave you smiling, if not laughing. Unless of course you’ve had your sense of humor surgically removed. (smile) . . . “Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.” — Anonymous “Winston, if you were my husband I’d put poison in your coffee.” “If you were […]
Smart Weapons – An Overview
I was so intrigued by Joe “Hands” Biden’s ideas about smart guns that I was prompted to research what real smart weapons may be like. Since the US Army was intrigued by the idea of a harness for a heavy weapon operator to wear, to ease the stress on bones, backs and muscles and still […]
Joe Biden Speaketh
Put down your beverages and grab a box of tissues. This may cause you to laugh ’til your eyes water and your nose runs. Don’r say you weren’t warned. Here goes: Joe Biden has done it again! He has found the solution to gunz controlz. He haz. From the WT article: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-says-james-bond-style-smart-weapons-would-save-america-from-gun-violence Former Vice President Joe […]
Valor Friday
Howard V. Lee, USMC. Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the Vietnam War. Source: Official Marine Corps photo United States Marine Corps. For today’s Valor Friday we highlight Lieutenant Colonel Howard V Lee, USMC (ret) who, as a young platoon leader in Viet Nam, found action against a numerically superior enemy in the vicinity […]
Funeral for 1st. Lt. Howart T. Lurcott (World War II)
This February, DPAA announced that it had accounted for 1st. Lt. Howard T. Lurcott, US Army Air Forces. 1st. Lt. Lurcott was lost on Tarawa on 21 January 1944. 1st. Lt. Lurcott will be buried next week – on Wednesday, 26 June 2019, in Arlington National Cemetery. If any TAH readers have the precise time […]
Friday Feel Good Stories
Ruger Mk III Gunman who killed Pasco man says it was self defense by Thomas Yazwinski| KLICKITAT COUNTY, Wash. — The man who was arrested for the shooting death of Pasco business man, John Roger Swigart, told the sheriff it was self defense and he feared for his life. Action News has obtained court documents […]
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