Category Archives: Military

Support (the candidate) our troops (support)

The Military Times newspaper published the results of a presidential election poll of military personnel from all branches of the military (link in PDF). Guess who our troops support by a nearly 4 to 1 margin? Awwww, c’mon, guess! That’s right: McCain. Let me say that again: our troops support McCain for President an overwhelming [...]

Support the troops

One at a time: I know a young man who is in desperate need of help. His name is PFC Hunter Levine. He is 20 years old and hails from Houston, TX. He was in my company and was wounded on 9 May, 2008 while conducting combat operations in East Baghdad. He received a very [...]

Why our troops serve

This is awesome. Army Specialist Stephen Fortunato gave his life a few weeks ago fighting the bad guys in Afghanistan. He blogged when he had some spare time and his mother released his August 30, 2008 entry to the Boston Globe (I know, I was shocked too that they’d actually publish it). Here’s an excerpt: [...]

Never forget…

This veteran salutes all those who have served and are serving, especially the fallen. The President’s speech from Arlington National Cemetary today. Video of the President’s speech. Arlington National Cemetary official website.

Haditha (hit?) piece on PBS Frontline tonight

Last night, I was at Michelle Malkin’s blog, reading an old post that opened my eyes on what really happened in Haditha. Which is basically that the whole thing was, according to a Marine intelligence report (released here via pdf), an “intentional propaganda ploy planned and paid for by Al Qaeda foreign fighters.” And of [...]