đ đ đ WASHINGTON, D.C. â With March designated as Brain Injury Awareness Month, the Veterans Administration held a press conference today to announce several health care initiatives aiming to increase awareness of something to do with veterans. âTo be perfectly honest, I canât remember what this press conference was supposed to be about,â said VA…
Category: Military News
Military History: Key Moments in Army Airborne History
In August the Army celebrated 75 years of airborne operations. Some highlights: August 1940: A test platoon from Fort Benningâs 29th Infantry Regiment executes the Armyâs first airborne training jump less than 45 days after airborne was formed. The U.S. joined several world powers who had also developed the capability after World War I, including Italy, the Soviet…
Profiles in Courage: Leon Cooper
I first heard about Leon Cooper when a good friend of mine who does work for the American Legion told me to watch a documentary on Netflix called Return to the Philippines: The Leon Cooper Story. After watching it, I immediately did a blog post on it, you can read that HERE. Leon Cooper…
Mission: Welcome Home
This is an awesome story and a worthwhile cause, please donate a couple bucks to it and let’s all help this story get told worldwide! -SF Marine Raiders Film at Indiegogo Kat Croft befriended a Marine Raider. Â After his death, she was witness to the way his brothers in arms welcomed him home from…
Second Marine Attacked and Left for Dead in D.C.
OK, This is starting to really piss me off. Two Marines attacked in the same night! The Reaper needs to visit this neighberhood and take out some trash, most pronto. -SF WASHINGTON â Not one but two Marines were brutally attacked on February 12 in two unrelated incidents. One attack happened at a McDonald’s when two…
The Bad-Ass Files: Spc. Joe Gibson, US Army Ranger
Special Episode: “The Suicide Bomber Beat Down” When Spc. Joe Gibson found himself face to face with an al Qaeda suicide bomber in Iraq, he didnât back down. On the night of April 26, 2008, UH-60 Black Hawks delivered U.S. Army Rangers to a grassy field in rural Iraq. As the soldiers took up their…
MARSOC: 10 Year Anniversary Tribute
[A fitting Tribute to an organization that has been putting the “Bad” in Bad Ass for over 70 Years. Semper Fi! Keep up the Good Work Fellas. -SF] MARSOC Raiders from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan talk about the unitâs legendary past. Marine Raiders, past and present, look back on their legacy in a…
PMC’s Return to Iraq
Behind the presidentâs directive to âaccelerateâ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number of contractors assisting in the campaign against ISIS. The number of private contractors working for the U.S. Defense Department in Iraq grew eight-fold over the past year, a rate that far outpaces the growing number of American troops training and…
Update: 2 Suspects Arrested in Marine Iraqi War Vet Beating
Two suspects have been arrested in the brutal beating of an Iraq War veteran outside a McDonaldâs in Washington, D.C., FOX 5 reported Tuesday. Police arrested a 17-year-old male and a 17-year-old female suspected of participating in the attack on Marine vet Christopher Marquez on Feb. 12. The male was charged with aggravated assault and…
You Can’t Fix Stupid: US Army Patents “Self-Destructing” Bullet?
Now the liberal gun safety lobby’s retarded thinking has invaded the US Army. God Help Us. As if the use of frangible bullets was not enough, now they have invented a .50 Caliber Bullet that actually self-destructs after a period of time? What?? I will go on the record right now and say this is…