Category Archives: Heroes, Comrades and Brothers

That’ll be how some of the members of the US military will be signing their letters home in the next decade if this goes through, Romania and the United States have agreed to a deal to establish American military bases … Continue reading →

In what I believe to be one of the best articles against the whole ‘Withdrawl From Iraq’ argument from this country’s (D)efeatist (D)emocrats are waging, Ralph Peters tells us exactly what we would have to do to lose the war … Continue reading →

Some very good news from the USMC The U.S. Marine Corps is raising the training standards for its personnel, by making it mandatory that everyone go through a more intensive weapons training program each year. Until recently, every marine had … Continue reading →

Or maybe I already knew some of this and forgot. The First Navy Jack is generally flown only by the oldest ship in the fleet. I did not know that. The Kitty Hawk is the oldest and has been since … Continue reading →

On this bit of news The Army released the October recruiting results on Wednesday. The active Army exceeded its goal of 4,700new soldiers by 225people, beating mission by 5 percent. The Reserve tallied an impressive 21 percent above the goal … Continue reading →

The Analog Mom reports that the Veteran’s Day activities in her locale went off without a hitch and even got the weather to break. Mom lives in a “retirement community” in a town near me. No kids there, no dogs … Continue reading →

Mr. Completely links to a Marine’s very complete and informative rundown of what’s going on Over There. Update: also posted, in handy Word format (it’s a long report) by Rivrdog.

As a thank you to all the veterans of the United States of America, I give you the music of our excellent armed forces as your Sounboard post for this week. USMC ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE COAST GUARD And for … Continue reading →

Well, I didn’t know this, but Rivrdog informs us all that today is the birthday of the Marine Corps. Happy Birthday, USMC! Thanks to the magic of my DVR, I sat down today over lunch to watch Monday’s excellent NewsHour … Continue reading →

To the newest member of the RNS crew, David. He did such a damn fine job while I was away last week that I extended an offer of staying on here and he was kind enough to accept. So make … Continue reading →