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 didn’t 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…
Category: Veterans Issues
Profiles in Courage: The WW2 Draft Dodger Who Turned War Hero
This is one amazing story and one of the reasons I absolutely Love Military History, specifically, WW2 History! -SF Years ago, when I first came home, I decided it would be a good thing for me to write a book. My first project, still unfinished, and now my 3rd project had the working…
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 McDonald’s 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…
Footage of Attack on Decorated Marine
This is despicable, but it is the world we live in now; a world where no one is immune from violent crime. Hopefully, because of this video, these POS can be caught…please share this video with everybody you may know, specifically anybody in the D.C area. My thoughts and prayers go out to Chris Marquez…
World War Two History: It’s D-Day for Ike’s Memorial!
The battle over plans for a Washington memorial to Dwight Eisenhower drags on, but meanwhile more and more of the Greatest Generation fades away each day. If Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator and 1996 Republican nominee for president, has anything to say about it, 2016 will be the year in which the funding issues for…
Bad Ass Files: US Navy Corpsman Who Killed Afghan Shooter in Insider Attack Awarded Silver Star
I have the utmost respect for Navy Corpsman..they are tough as nails and save Marines Lives everyday on the battlefield. Not sure if any of you guys noticed, but this guy is wearing a pair of GOLD Jump wings, which means he has done at least 5 Jumps, which most likely means he deploys and…
The Nine Crappiest Pieces of Gear in USMC
While the Marine Corps is the tip of the spear, when it comes to issued gear, we often get the shaft. One of the benefits of serving in the military is having the chance to use all kinds of cool equipment like in Hollywood action movies and repetitive Call of Duty games. The Army has…
Inspirational: Marine Infantry Vet Launches New Site to Honor the Fallen
Marine infantry veteran Thomas Brennan announces his new site, The War Horse, to tell the stories of fellow fallen veterans. Marine infantry veteran Thomas Brennan has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to support The War Horse, a site that will seek to explore war and its aftermath. Brennan got involved in journalism after an…
7 Phrases You will Want to Keep Using After the Military
Though the military is famous for its colorful language, some phrases are useful beyond the battlefield. If you’ve served in the military, live with a veteran, or work with one, you know that jargon is a part of their vocabulary. While some of their military slang or abbreviations are practical in the civilian world,…
Humor: 5 Habits Vets Picked up Overseas that are Not Safe For Work (NSFW)
I have a few I wanted to include but this being a PG-13 site at worst, I think I will omit them for now. 🙂 -SF Leave these old routines on the battlefield where they belong. War sucks. But as soldiers, we adapt. We develop habits that increase our chances of survival and make the…