Archive for December 27th, 2019
Rescue swimmer awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for swimming through hell to rescue 59 others
HOUSTON, TX – AUGUST 28: A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheel chair on board after lifting a person to safety from the area that was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards […]
Weekend Open Thread
A phony SEAL is exposed and he gets wind of his exposure. He opens his Facebook account and sees multiple responses with links leading to this site and to Military Phonies. Then, a sock puppet arrives here. The sock puppet advances some arguments: we do not have all the documents, they are digging for supporting […]
Conflict With Reality
The guided-missile destroyer Carney in the Black Sea on her sixth patrol that ended. ( Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler/Navy) Impeachment hearing testimony conflicts with reality, per Military Times. https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/12/26/new-for-2020-black-sea-patrols-have-remained-consistent-under-trump/ From the article: Christopher Anderson, a U.S. foreign service officer, testified before lawmakers that Trump had ordered the Black Sea patrols be canceled […]
Valor Friday
George Sakato Today’s Valor Friday honors Private George T. Sakato, USA, for his exemplary heroism in World War II France. An American of Japanese descent, despite the appalling treatment of his kind he chose to join the Army in defense of America and her allies against the Axis Powers. George Sakato was born in Colton, […]
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