Army SSG Matt Maupin was captured in Iraq by terrorists and killed in captivity. The ACLU, Democrats, IVAW, and Code Pink are strangely silent about the violation of his rights under the Geneva Convention. I’m shocked. Previous post on SSG Maupin: http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/ssg-maupin-laid-to-rest/ On a better note: One of the men believed to be a captor …
Yesterday was the birthday of one of the greatest American Soldiers, tacticians, and strategists. He was courageous, profane, blunt, honest, forthright, and a hell of a leader. His legacy lives on. General George Smith Patton, Jr. aka Old Blood and Guts, was born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. Commissioned in the Army in …
In our story tonight on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, we’ll introduce you to women who never expected to fire a weapon while in Iraq but who ended up in urban warfare. “It’s the longest few seconds before you pull the trigger, seems like it’s all in slow-mo,” 27-year-old Shannon Morgan, a former …
Gen. David Petraeus, whose strategy for countering the Iraq insurgency is credited by many with rescuing the country from all-out civil war, stepped aside Tuesday as Gen. Ray Odierno took over as the top American commander of the conflict. At a traditional change-of-command ceremony attended by top Iraqi and American military and civilian officials, Petraeus …
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Previously blogged here: http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/another-female-soldier-awarded-silver-star/ A senate bill in Texas to honor her service: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sc91/text A congressional bill in Texas to honor her service; http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc320/text Army Specialist Monica Brown served as a Combat Medic with the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, during combat actions in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. On …
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Retired U.S. Army Blackhawk Pilot Michael Durant sharply criticized Barack Obama for his refusal to visit wounded troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, after he learned that his press entourage wouldn’t be tagging along: “Over the last week, Barack Obama made time in his busy schedule to hold a …
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