The USS Connecticut’s collision last week was not the first time the submarine unexpectedly came into contact with something. After the Connecticut had surfaced in an ice pack in 2003, a polar bear approached and began to lick the exposed rudder before deciding that he was not in the mood for a sub and wandered…
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D-Day: God Bless the Greatest Generation
76 years ago today..They didn’t ask for safe spaces.They didn’t ask for therapy dogs.They didn’t cry about how it wasn’t fair. They didn’t give two shits about political correctness. They ran towards danger.They smiled in the face of hardship.They fought. For you.For me. A bunch of them didn’t come home.A bunch of them never saw…
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Captain Joe Hooper: American Badass
Forty years ago, an American man’s man died. There is a long-standing adage in combat arms branches that says “you haven’t had a full career until you’ve gotten an Article 15.” Well, this Vietnam War veteran had his share non-judicial punishments (authorized by Article 15 of UCMJ), racked up 115 confirmed kills and was awarded…