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Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the iconic flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This moment symbolizes the courage, resilience, and unwavering spirit of the Marines who fought and sacrificed for our freedom. (source: MCA-marines . org) ~ j
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg. The change honors U.S. Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg who earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his exceptional courage during WWII’s Battle of the Bulge. G2qY ~ j
TX Gov Abbott signed a MOU with CBP that deputizes Texas National Guard personnel to make immigration arrests within the state. TNG soldiers may investigate and arrest foreign nationals for immigration violations and transport foreign nationals for detention or deportation -- all under supervision and direction” of a CBP official per X9oM ~ j
It's a shame the other so-called Republicans didn't vote for him. They should lose their seats in '26. Get some young blood in there, retire the fossil!
A Panama City FL jury found that CNN committed defamation against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young and is responsible for punitive damages on Friday awarding $4 million in lost earnings, $1 million in personal damages and said that punitive damages are warranted against CNN. e2ga ~ j
The status of two Navy aircraft crew members still unknown after a Navy EA-18G Growler crashed during a routine training flight E of Mount Rainier in Washington state Tue aft. SAR efforts ongoing 1YrP ~ j
The Defense Department's current military working dog program is one of the best in the world, but the idea didn't really catch hold in the U.S. until after our military saw how foreign countries were using the animals in World War I. 3mMY ~ j
In 2009, during the war in Afghanistan, Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Louis Meyer spent hours traversing an active combat zone to rescue dozens of trapped men and recover the bodies of four U.S. service m...
By Rachel S. Cohen Then-Senior Airman Andrew Paul Witt enters the courtroom at the Bibb County courthouse in Macon, Ga., for his trial in 2016. (File photo) The military’s highest appeals court on M...
George Gay, often referred to as the “sole survivor” of Torpedo Squadron 8, was born in March 1917 in Waco, Texas. After graduating from high school, Gay attended Texas A&M University, studying mec...
Enroll in the New VALife Program Now VA’s newest life insurance program, Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife), increases access to life insurance for more service-connected Veterans than ever be...
From VA.gov Today marks the 20-year anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). OIF, commonly known as the Iraq War, was authorized when Iraq was found to be in breach of a United Nati...
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(source: MCA-marines . org) ~ j
(source: MCA-marines . org) ~ j
Tony ThomasRight on Greg Abbott! If DeSantis wasn't my governor, Abbott would be.
1YrP ~ j
1YrP ~ j
