We cannot thank our soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen enough. ======== WSJ Oct. 22, 2017 4:08 p.m. ET From a Nov. 13, 2010, speech by then-Lt. Gen. John Kelly to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis, describing a 2008 suicide bombing in Iraq that killed two Marines, Cpl. Jonathan Yale, 22, and Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, 20. Gen. Kelly’s son, Second Lt.... Read more
Archive for the ‘Military’ Category
Heroes on the Golf Course
May 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military=== WSJ 5/25/2017 By Karl Rove The three men on the golf course didn’t look like superheroes. But Nick Bradley, Saul Martinez and Rod Rodriguez are just that. So are the other combat veterans who joined them on the links Monday at this year’s Warrior Open in Dallas. The tournament, sponsored by the George W. Bush Presidential Center since 2011, celebrates... Read more
Military’s Damaged Morale and Readiness – Letters
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Military, ObamaAnother great letter. I salute Col. McCrindle. ======= WSJ – Letters to the Editor, 3/14/2017 Regarding “Trump’s Defense Buildup” (Opinion, March 4), I am a retired Air Force officer and now serve the force as a civilian employee. I see every day the damage that has been done to our readiness and morale. To be blunt, our military was decimated by the actions... Read more
Books on Cassette? Yes, Your VA Working for Vets!!
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, ObamaMaybe, just maybe, this burns me more than anything Barack Obama has [not] done. He has had eight, 8, EIGHT YEARs to do something about the VA. He as done JACK about it. He’s had time to golf. Time to schmooze with the Iranians. Time to have the IRS spy on Americans. But has he had even one minute of... Read more
Remembering Army-Navy Saturdays
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, MilitaryI honor these men… ===== WSJ 12/3/2016 By Bob Greene It once was a big day in the United States, an end-of-autumn Saturday when, inside the walls of homes in huge cities, small towns and rural hamlets, everything seemed to stop for a few hours. The black-and-white television sets would be turned on, the shades in the rooms drawn or lights dimmed to prevent... Read more
Advice to Congress
November 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, The RightFormer Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, who died this week, writing in a Jan. 17, 2007, op-ed for the Washington Post: The brewing fight in Congress over continued funding of the war in Iraq . . . is an ominous reminder of 1975, when Congress cut off funding for the Vietnam War three years after our combat troops had left. With... Read more
