Good morning, Norm.
It’s Memorial Day, 7:29am Tonkin Gulf time.
Haven’t talked with you in a while. The USS ORISKANY, that magnificent lady on which we went through hell together, has slipped away into the deep and now rests forever in silent waters off the Florida coast.
Seems like a good day to make contact. This is the 43rd year since I last saw you, sitting on the edge of your bunk in our room on ORISKANY. You remember . . . it was the 26th Read the rest of this entry »
As we prepare to celebrate the Memorial Day holiday, let us not forget that the holiday is about more than barbecues and the official beginning of summer vacation. It is about remembering all those members of the U.S. military who have sacrificed their lives in support of our freedom, who have given up all their tomorrows so that we may enjoy ours.
“It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
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AP – President Barack Obama granted the Pentagon new power to rein in wasteful defense spending Friday, a change he said was long overdue. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Barack Obama, seeking to end the schedule delays and cost overruns that plague U.S. defense spending, signed a law on Friday to reform the way the Pentagon purchases major weapons systems. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A US court decision sparing ex-soldier Steven Dale Green the death penalty for raping and murdering an Iraqi teenager after killing her family was met with anger by the girl’s relatives on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The Senate is backing President Barack Obama’s efforts to ramp up the war in Afghanistan, granting his request for $91.3 billion for military and diplomatic operations there and in Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A Kentucky jury Thursday handed life imprisonment to a former US soldier for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the slaughter of her family, sparing him from the death sentence. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A Kentucky jury has handed a former US soldier a sentence of life in prison for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the slaughter of her family, sparing him from the death sentence. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Four men are expected to appear in a federal court to face charges linked with planning attacks against a Jewish synagogue and US warplanes based at a New York military base, prosecutors said. Read the rest of this entry »
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