War Machine: Alvin Callum York
One thing Alvin Callum York learned as a boy growing up in the wild woods of Tennessee was how to be a crack shoot and an excellent woodsman. York was…
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Better Cops
As I sit here with three pending reviews for Spotter Up, I can’t help but kick back the thoughts of recent events around the country, and the pain in my…
Living or Dying, Make a Choice
I may not have the most hard charging military background, 6 years Army NG component in Field Artillery, but I am proud of my service. I made SGT in three…
Indestructible Armor: Operation Desert Sand
The crazy flight from Amman, Jordan, to Baghdad, Iraq, packed two Blackwater USA pilots and seven security contractors into one of the company’s twin-engine CASA C212 airplanes which looked a…
Phrases to Live By (That let you live your life like a boss)
As a mental health nurse, it’s part of my job to help coach people through some of the toughest times in their lives. People whose lives often aren’t really going…
Former Animal Company Marine Received the Silver Star
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 151219 My Book “They Were Heroes” has plenty heroes, but today I would like to inform others of another hero, one of my former Animal Company…
Tactivate Wingsuit World Record Attempt to Raise Funds for Special Operations
http://youtu.be/mdBy9q_9DcE MIAMI, Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Please join Tactivate and former United States Air Force Pararescueman Jimmy Petrolia this Veterans Day, November 11 in his quest to break two…
On Veteran’s Day, Thank You to Vets & Americans
There are 22 million vets in America today, 7% of the US population. Veteran’s Day is America’s way of celebrating her living veterans. A veteran is an American who at…
The Carson West Point “Scholarship” Hoopla
Recently the media alleged that presidential candidate Ben Carson lied about receiving a “scholarship” to West Point as a teenager. My intent here is to explain the very unique process…
22 to NONE Solutions
As another ruck march is completed raising the awareness to issues of veteran suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as to show the support we have for each other…