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So if you’ve read the post that’s been sitting on top of my front page for the last week you’ll have seen the big thermometer. Have you read it or know what Valour IT is all about? Basically each year this fundraiser is held to raise money for wounded servicemen and supplies them with voice-activated…Read more

Spc. Justin Slagle  Spc. Justin Slagle returns to Forward Operating Base Lane in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after an air assault mission in the Zabul province of Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2009. Even as leaders in Washington struggle with the next steps in Afghanistan, troops there are moving to better protect the Afghan people by…Read more

Sailors& Marines Playing Volleyball With Local School Children   Sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) play volleyball with students from Sangley Point National High School during a lunch break at a community service project. Tortuga, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and the…Read more

Under new guidelines that are supposed to be issued today by the Obama Administration Federal drug agents will no longer pursue charges against pot-smoking patients as long as they are following state laws. Prosecutors are rightly being told that it’s not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical…Read more

This Week’s Post Was Suggested By Beth Cpl. Benjamin S. Kopp21 years old from Rosemont, Minnesota3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger RegimentJuly 18, 2009 Ben Kopp has been a fighter since the day he was born. When he was born his mother was given morphine to stop her labor so the doctors could deliver him via a…Read more

Sgt. Michael Egan 36 years old from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 104th Cavalry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard September 19, 2005   News of Egan’s death came to Pennsauken shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday, Krista Egan, Sgt. Egan’s sister-in-law, said. His mother, Irene, was on the telephone when an Army sergeant walked up to the…Read more

This Week’s Post Was Suggested By Cindy 1st Sgt. Jose San Nicolas Crisostomo 59 years old from Spanaway, Washington August 18, 2009   Sorry for the presentation of this post, but haven’t been feeling well and don’t feel much like typing. You can read Sgt. Crisostomo’s story here and here. These brave men and women…Read more

Lt. John Madea   Lt. John Madea holds his daughter as she is baptized with holy water from the ship’s bell of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). This is the fourth person baptized aboard Tortuga since the ship’s christening in 1988, and her name will be inscribed inside the bell as…Read more

This Week’s Post Is Via Gazing At The Flag PFC Thomas Lowell Tucker 24 years old from Madras, Oregon B Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division June 16, 2006   Flag Gazer has a great post up on the dedication of the PFC Thomas Tucker memorial. These brave men and women…Read more

Big Chris’ MySpace page Back on May 15th “Big Chris” Fears of Golf Manor, OH allegedly got drunk and raped a 14-year-old girl. Now she’s pregnant with his child. The accusations came out when the girl found out she was pregnant and told her mother that Fears raped her according to court records. When the…Read more