Happy Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps. This video tells it better than anything I could write. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqZtwb5bf3I[/youtube]
Author Jenn Rafael
On Saturday, twenty-three severely wounded and injured veterans in the Wyakin Warrior program will be honored in Boise, Idaho as Grand Marshals in the Veterans Day Parade. Most of us will never have that experience, and it will be a big moment in their lives. What makes this event different, I think, is that the Wyakin Warriors are not being honored for what they did, or what happened to them in the past. To be sure, they all sacrificed dearly for their country, and that should not – cannot – be brushed aside. But on Saturday, they will be honored…
Few things in life are immortal, but in the cartoon world, the strip that approaches immortality more than any other is The Family Circus. Drawn by its creator Bil Keane, The Family Circus describes the life most people in America (not to mention people in many other parts of the world) have experienced. It is warm-hearted, yet spot on in bringing to life the foibles that all families share. It evokes memories of yesterday, yet remains as current today as ever. Bil Keane died on November 8, 2011, sending shock waves throughout the world. Fellow cartoonists mourned; fans worried that…
Sent by Cliff, an Army veteran and helicopter pilot in Vietnam. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TZqJMQWeU[/youtube]
Working in shaft alley? Stuck in the galley? How would you like to spend hours a day standing in the middle of the road directing traffic? When you are in a job like that, sometimes you have to make your own music. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Llde0i3rk[/youtube]
If you remember the movie, “The Fly”, you will understand what I am about to say, because I am not the man I used to be. I have changed. I have morphed into a sweater wearing, benevolent uncle-type character. I write this as I sit in a quiet hotel room in Las Vegas. Outside, the city is coming alive. The lights are flashing and the street stereo is blaring. It is like Rosarito Beach, except a burrito costs twelve bucks. Back in my younger days, I might have been drawn to the lights like a bug to a zapper, but…
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In case you missed game three of the World Series, retired Navy Petty Officer Generald Wilson blasted out “God Bless America” during the seventh inning stretch. Click on his picture (above) to hear it in its entirety. It was the talk of the country, especially among those who watch baseball, and he was asked to appear on Fox News to talk about it. Click here to see his interview. He did baseball proud. He did the Navy proud. He made America proud.
Over the last few years the USO has been engaged in an ambitious project to support wounded, ill and injured veterans. The goal is to have a USO presence wherever hurt Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Coastguardsmen or Marines are located – to include post-active duty transition into their communities back home. Their motto: From the battlefield to the community. The USO is there on the front lines. “USO in a box” packages are being sent to the troops who are on the frontier. It is there in the military hospitals in Afghanistan. There is a USO center at Ramstein Air Force…
