HOOAH! Via Carbonated TV A powerful image of a Haitian West Point cadet on his graduation day comes just a few days short of Memorial Day. Second Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache stood with his cap in hand and tears streaming down his face during the commencement ceremony at West Point in New York on Saturday,
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December 7th 1941, the Japs pulled off a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, kicking off our entry into WWII. There were 2,350 lives lost and more than 1,000 were wounded during the attack 74 years ago. Take a moment to remember them. There are still some old vets around from that terrible day but they
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HOOAH! From Fox News. The first two women to pass the Army’s notoriously difficult Ranger School impressed male classmates left in their dust during road marches and proved their mettle as teammates by helping carry heavy weapons when others were too fatigued to lift another ounce. Capt. Kristen Griest, 26, of Orange, Connecticut, and 1st
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The Army’s Birthday: 14 June 1775 “I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight”. —General George S. Patton Jr. Official Army message: Two hundred forty years ago, our nation’s leaders established the Continental Army. Today, the Army is the strategic landpower of the joint force; called upon
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From Fox News. Allied veterans and families of their fallen comrades gathered Saturday at the U.S. cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach to mark the 71st anniversary of the D-Day invasion that helped defeat the Nazis in World War II. Visitors and cadets from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland watched as a bagpipe band
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Background: Major Matt Golsteyn, a former Army Green Beret was awarded the Silver Star for bravery in action during the 2010 Battle of Marjah in Afghanistan. In 2011, shortly after a book by author and Marine Bing West came out that detailed Golsteyn’s heroism and quoted him making critical remarks about the American strategy in
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