“JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – U.S. Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), a key Democrat on military issues, on Monday defended his call to pull U.S. troops from Iraq, saying he was reflecting Americans’ sentiment.” As an American I have to agree with him. We need to pull the troops out….As soon as the job is [...]
“LONDON (Reuters) – The last known surviving allied veteran of the Christmas Truce that saw German and British soldiers shake hands between the trenches in World War One died Monday at 109, his parish priest said.” Alfred Anderson was the oldest man in Scotland and the last known surviving Scottish veteran of the war. When [...]
I didn’t know him or hear of him until tonight. But he was a medal of honor winner and a “doc” so he deserves my attention. “TACOMA, Wash. – Robert Eugene Bush, who received a Medal of Honor for bravery in tending to the wounded while under enemy fire at Okinawa, has died at age [...]
One of my favorite sites to hit daily is Blackfive. Below is one of the reasons. “I’ve featured Medics and Hospital Corpsmen here many times. Time and time again they are the example of courage under fire. ‘Doc’ Leoncio is no different.” Having been Army medic myself, I feel a special connection to these men [...]
I wish to extend a big happy birthday to the United States Marine Corp. On this day in 1775, Continental Congress ordered the origination of two battalions of of marines to serve as landing forces for the Navy. Since then they have fought in the most remote places on our Earth to defend freedom and [...]
You can go to Blackfive and read about these two. They were both killed in Iraq. As a former medic in an Armored Cav unit, I feel a bond with both of them. At the same time I do not feel worthy enough to call them brothers. Please keep them both and their loved ones [...]
Well, here I go breaking my newly instituted rule of not blogging on Sunday. But this is for a very good cause. The following is a list of the Army team I “borrowed” from Blackfive. The group of Army bloggers supporting Valour-IT are: Black FiveAmerican SoldierArgghhh!Random ThoughtsKeep My Soldier SafeMost Certainly NotMy Life As A [...]
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We’ve collected $4,664.99 of our goal of $21000.00! That’s just so far….. Let’s keep it up! [Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..]
This sounds like a wonderful idea to help those men and women who have served their country and lost the full ability to use a regular computer. I’m joining the Army team, but this will help men and women from all services. Want to be part of something big? Valour-IT’s online fundraising competition begins today! [...]
Happy July 4th everyone! Suzette and I are actually in Chicago right now (well, we’re technically in a small town outside Chicago) on one of our sight seeing tours. I just wanted to go ahead a wish everyone a happy day. While the holiday we celebrate here is not really for remembering our troops, I [...]
I just got home a little while ago. It’s about 10pm. I’ve had a very busy day and haven’t had much time to blog, much less check what’s happening in the blogosphere. I check my RSS feeds. Of all the feeds I subscribe to, including a number of news sites, only one of them mentioned [...]
I’m sorry, but this is just wrong! Wrong wrong wrong! If it were my son who was killed and my wife (who is also Filipina BTW) who could not be accepted by Gold Star as the mother of a son who had sacrificed his life for the cause of freedom, well let’s just say I [...]
I got this in my inbox at work. I’m passing it on in my way. As a transportation battalion, my unit will be delivering the voting machines and the ballots to villages and cities throughout Iraq during the upcoming elections. (January 30/31) Our convoys are prime targets for the insurgents because they do not want [...]
I just read this news story on Yahoo news about the Vandals playing Baghdad. That’s pretty cool! I can remember the good ole days listening to “Anarchy Burger” and “Safe Suburban Home”. For those of you that don’t know, the Vandals is a punk rock band minorly famous in the 80′s (not the 90′s as [...]
Check out these pictures over at Grooveswitch. It’s not something that you see everyday, but should…..
I got this in my email at work. I’d like to pass it along to anyone reading. It’s dedicated to the brave young men and women of the United States military. Click on “more” to give it a read….