No – this is not a bad joke, though it sounds like one – LOL! I did this August 6th and can see that it most likely won’t happen, though maybe someone will see this and decide I would make a good candidate for OCS and give me a waiver!!! I blame this recent turn …
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* Governor Jindal presents more Honor Medals in Louisiana here and here and here * Northwestern State University named military friendly school * Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center doing more great things * 46th Engineers husband and wife team deploy together * National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program making a positive impact * Transportation Soldiers …
Pfc. Tavonte Johnson Pfc. Tavonte Johnson, a field radio operator with Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, provides security after a simulated attack by a suicide bomber on Aug. 8, as part of 7th Marine Regiment’s pre-deployment training exercise. Photo courtesy of United States Marine Corps These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their …
While Sir JJ Witmeyer & I were changing planes in Dallas on Sunday, he was approached by a Vietnam Veteran. After he walked away, JJ said to me, “You can still the see PTSD in his eyes.” That kind of clicked things in to place for me after my week at the Military Order of …
“There is nothing I have not done or seen, I’ve lived a full life.” ~Sir JJ Witmeyer~ I not only traveled with a hero on Sunday, but someone who was recently KNIGHTED!!! I kept teasing him all day buy calling him “Sir JJ” and he sloughed it off. Remember back on DDay reading about the …
Tomorrow morning, I head out of Rogers AR after a week at the Military Order of the Purple Heart Convention. I ran into JJ Wiitmeyer, who I had on my radio show in December, while at the conference. He took a fall while in AR and it was decided he needed a traveling companion. All …
I give myself an A+ in effort for pulling together a creative radio show each week. This week will not disappoint. I’ll be opening up with a sparring match discussion between TSO from This Ain’t Hell an Sergeant Selena Coppa from the Iraq Veterans Against War IVAW. Then I’ll be joined by my friend Frank …
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This was sent from Pelican Park today. Some parents need to grow up!!! August 3, 2009 Dear Parents: On Saturday July 25th, Pelican Park was the site of a physical altercation between two parents in a 7 year old basketball game. This is a very unfortunate situation that happened and what made it worse is …
The Vietnam Veterans National Convention was held in KY and retired Army General Lt Gen Russel Honore weighed in with this “The VA, as good of an organization as it is, it does not have the capacity to take care of all the Vietnam veterans, the Korean War veterans, and now all the new veterans …
Listen here as my co-host Chuck Collins and I interview Chad Rogers from The Dead Pelican and Jim Hanson from the Warrior Legacy Foundation (last quarter).
The Examiner has this article about James Carville stepping into the Afghanistan political scene. Apparently Carville is going to help Mr. Ghani, Karzai’s opposition. It appears that Mr. Ghani feels Carville to be qualified to run a successful campaign for him. In a report to NPR, he said: ‘This is a Louisiana boy who understands. …
I usually don’t post an entire news story – but this is too important for anyone to miss. Money for Fallen and Disabled Soldiers Posted: July 31, 2009 06:29 PM Money For Soldiers’ Families The chairman of the State Senate Veterans Committee wants to expand a state law that would pay $250,000 to families of …
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Yes, seems like this Summer vacation and Mommy thing is isolating me into the world of Agent P. and chicken nuggets. What did you say – school starts August 7th? OMG – should I be sad??? Well, as soon as school starts, I leave for a week to attend the Military Order of the Purple …
Sad to see this poor gal get raked over the coals any more. But this one might do her political “career” in. Maybe she will just open a laundr-o-mat now (bad joke Greta).
OK – so whether you like David Vitter or not, he has a great reputation for being pro-troops and his voting record clearly states that. Here is one recent example. On a personal note, I witnessed him at a Town Hall meeting this past March in Mandeville. Unless he is the most amazing actor in …