National Armed Forces Day 2023 Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May each year to honor and recognize the men and women who serve in the United States Armed Forces. This day was established in 1949 to replace separate Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force Days and to promote unity…Continue readingNational Armed Forces Day 2023
Category:Military & Veteran
Navy Drag Queen
Navy Drag Queen I just don’t get it, but I also guess that they are not advertising for old salts like me. They are trying to get the young crowd, who all seem to be into trans, LGBTQ, and cross-dressing. I mean, you can have the fetish that gets you off, but why in the…Continue readingNavy Drag Queen
Marine Does Good and Gets Arrested
Marine Does Good and Gets Arrested Are you serious, about calling Daniel Penny the decorated Marine Corps Veteran (Sgt) a vigilante because he helped to save people from someone on a subway? First, genius, a vigilante is defined as “a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without…Continue readingMarine Does Good and Gets Arrested
VA Disability – It’s Been a Long Journey To 100%
It’s Been a Long Journey To 100% It has been a journey to get to this point, but I just found out yesterday that I’m now 100% disabled from the Veterans Affairs Administration. What does all this mean? Three years ago, I finally started the VA disability process so I could receive disability benefits from…Continue readingVA Disability – It’s Been a Long Journey To 100%
Coast Guardsman of the Year 2022 – AST2 Joshua Carlson
Coast Guardsman of the Year 2022 – AST2 Joshua Carlson In January 2021, Carlson was on duty when an alarm went off regarding a disabled panga boat more than 100 miles offshore. Carlson’s team was initially diverted to another emergency, but later arrived on the scene to provide overwatch for the disabled vessel in the…Continue readingCoast Guardsman of the Year 2022 – AST2 Joshua Carlson
Airman of the Year 2022 – Staff Sgt. Duncan Copley
Airman of the Year 2022 – Staff Sgt. Duncan Copley Staff Sgt. Duncan Copley knows the risks he runs each time he heads out on a C-17 transport mission. But virtually nothing could have prepared him for the message that came across his headset in August 2021: “We have credible intel that there could be…Continue readingAirman of the Year 2022 – Staff Sgt. Duncan Copley
Soldier of the Year 2022 – Maj. Nicholas Dockery
Soldier of the Year 2022 – Maj. Nicholas Dockery Maj. Nicholas Dockery is nothing short of a rock star. The former infantry officer received the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award in 2020, an honor reserved for the service’s top company-grade officers. Dockery also received the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal for his work to help…Continue readingSoldier of the Year 2022 – Maj. Nicholas Dockery
Sailor of the Year 2022 – AWS1 Cale Foy
Sailor of the Year 2022 – AWS1 Cale Foy On May 2, 2021, Petty Officer 1st Class Cale Coy was hiking with his wife and kids near Cabrillo National Monument when he saw a boat going through a seaweed patch. When he and his family reached the beach, she noticed the boat hit the rocks…Continue readingSailor of the Year 2022 – AWS1 Cale Foy
Marine of the Year 2022 – Major Cory T. Jones
Marine of the Year 2022 – Major Cory T. Jones Meet U.S. Marine Major Cory T. Jones, 2022’s Marine of the Year and yes, he crashed a C-130J. In September 2020, Major Jones was piloting a Super Hercules tanker (C-130J Tanker used to refuel other aircraft), during an air-to-air refueling mission. During that mission, an…Continue readingMarine of the Year 2022 – Major Cory T. Jones
Who Is This Veteran? – Mr. T
Who Is This Veteran? – Mr. T Before he fought Rocky Balboa in Rocky III as Clubber Lang, and before he played B.A. Baracus on the TV show “A-Team”, Mr. T was in the United States Army, serving as an MP (Military Police). Laurence Tureaud enlisted in the Army in 1975 and was actually named…Continue readingWho Is This Veteran? – Mr. T
