Starting April 27th, PBS will air 5 nights of CARRIER, a total of 10 hours of coverage of the USS Nimitz 2005 deployment. This one is not about the mechanical marvels, but about the people who ‘man’ the carrier. It … Continue reading
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Charlton Heston has died at age 84 from Alzheimer’s… RIP Mr. Heston, RIP… … Continue reading
CHiPs vs. USMC Top this for a speeding ticket…Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, North of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar. One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to … Continue reading
James E. (Bull) Williams… 20 year Navy man, enlisted at 16, retired on 20. Volunteered to go to Viet Nam with 19 years in, because he knew small boats and thought he might pass that along to his shipmates and … Continue reading
Back to the Navy and Afganistan… Only two of the three citations have been released. SEALS doing the L part of the job… Sadly one was posthumous. The President of the United States Takes Pride in Presenting The Navy Cross … Continue reading
Another Marine in Iraq- Not once, not twice, but SIX times through the kill zone to get people… The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToTodd CorbinLance Corporal, United States Marine CorpsFor Services as … Continue reading
More Marines in Fallujah at Christmas… Same unit again, two different perspectives… The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToJarrett A. Kraft Sergeant, United States Marine CorpsFor Services as Set Forth in the Following … Continue reading
Another Marine in Fallujah… Again going beyond the call of duty to save other Marines. The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToDominic D. Esquibel Lance Corporal, United States Marine CorpsFor Services as Set … Continue reading
Two Marines from the same unit, on the same day… Again close combat. The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToRobert J. Mitchell, Jr. Corporal, United States Marine CorpsFor Services as Set Forth in … Continue reading
Once again Marines in Iraq- This time in Fallujah, same battle but with sadly different endings; One posthumous… The President of the United States Takes Pride in Presenting The Navy Cross (Posthumously) To Christopher S. Adlesperger Private First Class, United … Continue reading