Category Archives: Heroes, Comrades and Brothers

I’m taking advantage of the nice soapbox provided here by AnalogKid to spread the word about the Blog Challenge for Project Valour-IT!! Project Valour-IT is one of the many good things organized by the Soldiers’ Angels group. These folks do … Continue reading →

Hello all – I am tickled at the chance to do a little guest-blogging here while AnalogKid takes some quality time off. If you don’t already have Michael Yon’s Gates of Fire post tattooed onto your consciousness, then hie yourself … Continue reading →

You have hopefully heard that our Congress actually did something worthy of their titles this week. No, I don’t mean voting down their scheduled pay raise, I mean the passing of Senate Bill 397, also known as the ‘You can’t … Continue reading →

First up, if you didn’t stop by RNS yesterday, I’d like to point toward this post. Joe has followed up with updates on the matter here and here. Next, I would like to let everyone know that I will be … Continue reading →

Joe at The View From North Central Idaho got some horrible news Friday night. His nephew currently stationed in Iraq was wounded, quite severely, when a bomb exploded under his HUMMV. Whatever you do in these circumstances, pray, light a … Continue reading →

The Captain is reporting that Israel is kicking some serious ass in response to Hamas’ rocket attacks over the weekend. From the BBC: The Palestinian militant organisation Hamas has announced an end to rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza … Continue reading →

From BlackFive comes word of SoldierPhoto.Com where they sell prints by American soldiers to benefit American soldiers and the blog associated with it. I’ve got my eyes on a couple already, and am trying to think of a way to … Continue reading →

The Gun Guy is back. Tell a friend. You should really click on that link and see if that site reminds you of anything. I’m pretty sure it will. Remember, no using the ‘K’ word. In fact, I’ve taken him … Continue reading →

Well, I finally got the final “Go Awayâ€? from my employer in regards to my request to head down to the gulf coast to help with the clean up. I’d like to say that I’m disappointed in their refusal to … Continue reading →

All auxilliary screens power down. A moment of silence, please. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Continue reading →