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Sgt. 1st Class Donald Johnson   Sgt. 1st Class Donald Johnson, the electronic warfare officer of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, talks with local Iraqi kids while on a patrol. Photo courtesy of United States Army Taken by Pfc. Evan Loyd These brave men and women sacrifice so much in…Read more

Yeoman 1st Class Timothy Gilbert  Yeoman 1st Class Timothy Gilbert, assigned to Headquarters Company of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB 74), donates blood during a blood drive for his six-year-old daughter at the Naval Construction Battalion Center base chapel. Gilbert’s daughter has been diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor and is receiving chemotherapy at Tulane…Read more

Lance Cpl. Jeremy P. Tamburello 19 years old from Denver, Colorado 1st Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force November 8, 2005  His parents didn’t want him to enlist, but it was his passion for helping people that led L/Cpl. Jeremy Tamburello to the military. “He was a very noble, very…Read more

This Week’s Hero Was Suggested By Deb SSgt. Darrell “Shifty” Power 86 years old from Dickerson County, Virginia E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division June 17, 2009   The world lost one of it’s true heroes a couple of weeks ago. Darrell “Shifty” Powers passed away on June 17 of cancer….Read more

Assoluta Tranquillita did a post a few days ago and after last week’s Wednesday Hero felt it would be good to profile Sgt. 1st Class Gabe of the 178th Military Police Detachment, 20th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade. Is it wrong to be jealous of a dog? Be sure to read the Defend…Read more

I will be on hiatus for the next week, so blogging will be light (if at all). I may put a few posts up, it just depends on my schedule and how much earlier than the girls I wake up over the next seven days. Hope you folks have a safe, crime-free week!

It’s pretty sad when I just happen to stop in and post over here once a month whether I need to or not. I had a couple of crime stories I need to write about today but I just decided I needed to stop in here instead. No real reason for it. I don’t have…Read more

Cpl. Reynold Armand 21 years old from Rochester, New York 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force August 7, 2007 Reynold Armand didn’t want to wait until he turned 18 to join the Marines. He persuaded his adoptive mother to sign papers allowing him to sign up a year early. “I’m…Read more

Force Protection Team Members of the force protection team at Camp Eggars, Afghanistan, assess damage resulting from an explosion near the gate. A vehicle-born improvised explosive device exploded near the German Embassy and a U.S. base. Eliminating threats such as the VBIED is the focus of Army’s 3rd Counter-IED Conference that was scheduled July 28-30….Read more

Just a quick post before I go to work this morning because it’s not as if I’ve been overflowing with news updates the last couple of weeks…Hope everyone has a great Father’s Day. Since I was off yesterday the kids made me breakfast and my parents drove out here for supper. We’ve gotten used to…Read more