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Battle of Norfolk; 24 years ago today
The Battle of Norfolk was the cousin of the Battle of 73 Easting. Objective Norfolk was just the other side of that invisible line in the sand. Wiki says of that battle; No less than 14 divisions participated in this particular battle. In reality this makes it quite possibly the largest battle of the entire […]
Andre Shepherd needs to prove war crimes
Reuters reports that the fellow who we’ve been keeping an eye on since he deserted back in 2007, Andre Shepherd, must prove to the European Court of Justice that there war crimes committed in Iraq which provoked him to desert from his Army job and his upcoming second deployment as a depot helicopter mechanic. That […]
Colin Michael Ross; phony Beirut veteran
Scotty sends his work on the fellow, Colin Michael Ross who was booted from the VFW when he showed them this DD214 and couldn’t produce any evidence that he’d actually earned the Purple Heart (good on them); The National Personnel Records Center says he was a private when he was discharged after 47 months of […]
Medal of Honor for Chris Kyle?
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post which discusses the efforts of Texas Congressman Roger Williams who is spearheading the effort to clear the way for President Obama to award the Medal of Honor to late “American Sniper” Chris Kyle. I know this post is going to get some of you pissed […]
Friday morning feel good story
This short and sweet story comes from New Mexico; Albuquerque police say a homeowner has fatally shot an intruder during a home invasion. Police say the shooting occurred Thursday morning at a home on the 1100 block of Stutz Northeast. The wounded man was taken to a hospital where he died. Albuquerque police say it’s […]
Just A Sailor
Preface: Title blatantly stolen from Steve Waterman’s book “Just A Sailor”. We met once and I have a signed copy. Kinda happy to give him a nod here. —- This post may seem a bit of a whine, perhaps, but it is primarily just a sort of journal entry. It was suggested I post some […]
Bullet ban as gun control
Fox News reports that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is set to ban “green tip” M885 5.56mm ammunition for the popular AR-style firearms, based on the barely true fact that the ammunition can be fired in a pistol. I don’t know how many AR pistols there are out there, but they are […]
New York Times; Concealed Carry’s Body Count
Jacobite sends us a link to an article about the New York Times‘ attempt to poison the debate on concealed carry laws. The use data from the Violence Policy Center to make their case; In studying the 544 shootings, the center found 177 cases where people with gun licenses were ultimately convicted of crimes, including […]
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