The Second String
April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Our unit didn’t deploy with 100 percent of our allotted manpower. This is not uncommon. In fact, it’s pretty rare to find a reserve unit that is fully manned. The people that we did bring with us, for the most part, are motivated volunteers, despite the financial and other hardships that many of our personnel [...]
Get Some!
January 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment
(CBS/AP) Attack helicopters strafed suspected al Qaeda fighters in southern Somalia on Tuesday, witnesses said, following two days of air strikes by U.S. forces — the first U.S. offensives in the African country since 18 American soldiers were killed here in 1993. In Washington, a U.S. intelligence official said American forces killed five to 10 [...]
(Not-So) Warm Reception
December 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment
After praising Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, Senator John Kerry came to Iraq this weekend. Before his arrival, rumors were already flowing that every FOB (Forward Operating Base) Commander told General Casey that they already had another “DV” (Distinguished Visitor) to support while Sen. Kerry was in country — or that they would be in the [...]
Ailing Ayatollah
December 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Three days ago, Iran’s dictator, Supreme Leader Ayatollah ali Khamenei, was rushed to the vast medical facility traditionally known as “Vanak” hospital (it now has an Arabic name that means “the 12th Imam Hospital”), a 1,200-room facility that saves half of its beds for the leadership. Khamenei is known to be suffering from cancer, and [...]
In the Lions’ Den
November 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The pope told Turkish diplomats in the capital Ankara at the start of his four-day visit that “recent developments in terrorism and in certain regional conflicts” underscore the need for international peacekeeping efforts in violence-wracked areas such as Lebanon, reported the Associated Press. He called for dialogue and “brotherhood” between faiths and urged religious leaders [...]
Semper Fi
November 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment
All U.S. Marines are gung-ho. But, few can match the vision and total commitment of the famous 13th Commandant, Gen. John A. Lejeune. In 1921 he issued Marine Corps Order No. 47, Series 1921. Gen. Lejeune’s order summarized the history, mission, and tradition of the Corps. It further directed that the order be read to [...]
Sharansky on Freedom
September 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Some believe that certain controversial interrogation techniques are acceptable. But after nine years in the Soviet Gulag, and 400 days in punishment cells, I know that sleep deprivation, exposure to cold, and enforced hunger are forms of torture. Maintaining our principles in the face of terror is sometimes dangerous. Abandoning those principles would be even [...]
Prayers Answered!
August 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Two FOX News journalists were released by their kidnappers Sunday, nearly two weeks after they were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip. Steve Centanni, 60, and Olaf Wiig, 36, left Gaza and have since crossed into Israel after their release. The men left Gaza through the Erez border crossing. The freeing of Centanni, a correspondent, [...]
Phuck These Guys
August 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment
A counter-protest group says Oregon residents are being called out en masse to drown out hate groups that plan to disrupt the funeral of an Oregon Navy SEAL who was killed recently in Iraq. The August 2nd 2006 death of 28-year old Marc Lee was the first suffered in Iraq by the Navy’s elite commando [...]
Terror in Moscow
August 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
An explosion at a Moscow market today killed at least 10 people, including two children. Prosecutors are suggesting the blast may be the work of warring criminal gangs, and not a terrorist attack. The mid-morning explosion ripped through a two-story shopping pavilion at the Cherkizovsky market in northeastern Moscow. It set the building alight and [...]
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