Category Archives: Troops

Benediction

Posted on May 28, 2007 | Comments Off on Benediction

Soldier, rest, thy warfare o’er, 
Dream of fighting fields no more.
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,   
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.

Sir Walter Scott

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Posted in Infantry OCS, The War, Troops, Viet Nam

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Our war dead

Posted on May 28, 2007 | Comments Off on Our war dead
These are the men of 60th Company, Infantry Officer’s Candidate School, at Fort Benning, Georgia, a class dubbed 504-68, who were killed in Vietnam, and whom we 110 graduates (all but one of whom also served in Vietnam) remember on Memorial Day: 
 
One graduate:   1LT Jacob Lee Kinser
 
Two tactical officers: CPT Reese Michael Patrick
                              1LT Daniel Lynn Neiswender
 
Two drop-outs: CPL Sherry Joe Hadley    
                      SP4 Reese Currenti Elia, Jr.
 
UPDATE:  Two more drop-outs, inadvertently left out, but since confirmed:
 
                       CPL Robert Chase
                       SP4 Jeffrey Sanders Tigner

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“If ye break faith with us who die…”

Posted on May 27, 2007 | Comments Off on “If ye break faith with us who die…”

Memorial Day is supposed to be about honoring the war dead, and passing the torch. It’s not supposed to be just another chance to whack Bush over Iraq, while leaving Afghanistan unmentioned because you can’t use that favored MSM phrase "…this unpopular war" with Afghanistan. The Memorial Day observance, which began in and after the American Civil War, is supposed to about the war dead, not the living combatants nor veterans. And not breaking faith is, today, an often forgotten part of it.

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Torture

Posted on May 24, 2007 | Comments Off on Torture

The real stuff, the way al Q does it. Not a pretty sight. No lace women’s panties on the heads here.

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Posted in Iraq, The War, Troops

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Burying the good news

Posted on May 22, 2007 | Comments Off on Burying the good news

Another week, another transfer of a province’s security to Iraqi troops. But even though reporters attend the ceremony, you have to read deep into their pieces to find mention of it, says embed Michael Yon.

"The transfer of authority did not even make the cut for news for most US publications and networks. Of those which included the story in their news reports, most mentioned it only as part of an overall report about the day’s activities in Iraq. Many of those included it in reports which were headlined or sandwiched with bad news about the violence in other parts of Iraq."

No wonder Americans are so disenchanted with the campaign. It’s all blood all the time. Pathetic. 

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Winning in Iraq for a change

Posted on May 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Winning in Iraq for a change

Everyone says al Anbar is quieting down these days, as the natives battle Al Q. Iraq the Model elucidates:

"The other pleasing part of the news is that the council prefers handing detainees over to the authorities so the law can take its course instead of assassinations and unsanctioned killing and this is essential for rule of law to take root."

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Technicolor Iraq

Posted on May 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Technicolor Iraq

Teflon Don reports on the effects of a thunderstorm. Notice his blog is now part of Pajamas Media:

"Somewhere to the south, a bolt of lightning hit the power grid, and the horizon light up with the turquoise strobes of exploding transformers. Distant lights began to wink out and disappear- the oncoming tide of blackness washed ever closer as transformers continued to light up the sky. The blue light was joined by the steadily flashing golden pink glow of a downed power line. As we continued to roll towards Camp Falluja, we passed the power line still sparking and glowing on top of a concertina fence. The air smelled sharply of ozone- it also smelt cleaner than it has in weeks."

He doesn’t like what the new PJ ads do to his format. They are jarring. Hope it pays well. 

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