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The hottest film of 2012
I am joining my good friends Toby Nunn and Scott Kesterson is proclaiming this as THE hottest film of 2012. This military action film is like no other. You don’t have Demi Moore or Charlie Sheen trying to play Navy Seals, you have NAVY SEALS playing Navy Seals and you can tell. They know what to do, how to act and what to say. I think that one fact along is going to lend a credibility to this major motion picture like nothing we have ever seen.
February 17th can’t come soon enough. So mark your calendars and put me on the IN LOVE WITH block, because this film is going to rock your socks off. Don’t trust me, watch it below.
Happy Birthday National Guard
Today is the 375th Birthday of the National Guard. It was 375 years ago today that the National Guard was essentially born in Massachusetts. As the state brought together militia for a fights against local Indians and then later other states also did the same, it was the start of the National Guard as we know it today. Protected under the ability for states to stand up their own militias.
The National Guard began on Dec. 13, 1636, when the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed a law establishing formal militia companies.
For 375 years the National Guard has been serving this country well and still does to this day. However it is sad that lately it seems like our Department of Defense has been disrespecting our National Guard lately. More on that soon in a follow-up blog.
Until then, Happy Birthday National Guard
Can troops start getting through the airports quicker?
This is great news if it goes through. It is about time that our troops who are in uniform, boots, etc. traveling through the airport on official duty get a break and not have to half-strip and be hassled over dog-tags and boots. It is a shame it has taken this long to actually be considered by our Congress or that TSA has never made this standard Operating Procedure already.
The House on Tuesday (Nov. 29th) voted unanimously to allow military travelers on official duty to get a special preference to move through airport security checks faster.
The bill, approved 404-0, would give the Homeland Security Department six months to devise a preference system for the armed forces. The legislation went to the Senate.If the bill becomes law, the earliest beneficiaries would likely be troops returning from Afghanistan next year and their family members, who also would receive preferential treatment.
The government already has initiated, and is expanding, a more intelligence-driven trusted traveler program for civilians. Participants include travelers in American and Delta airlines’ frequent flier programs as well as people who are part of three other programs. These people volunteer more information about themselves so that the government can vet them before they arrive at airport security checkpoints.Chief sponsor Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., said it takes longer for men and women in uniform to pass through security because of their gear, medals on their uniforms and boots that must be unlaced. Allowing them through security more quickly would speed up the waiting time for those not part of a preference program, he said.
Read the whole story at www.military.com/news/article/house-votes-to-ease-airport-screening-for-troops.html
Marines in action
I saw this clip yesterday and then was just reminded of it again. Some great first-hand footage of our mighty US Marines in the fight and what they deal with day in and day out.
A trip to Iraq
Please check out www.blackfive.net/main/2011/11/108-hours-a-thank-you-and-mission-complete.html and read the quick story written by Gold Star Dad, Mr. Robert Stokley within days of his return back to the USA from Iraq. In a mission that took almost a year in the planning and was completely covert, he was able to go into Iraq to visit the area where his son was killed. At Blackfive.net you can read his feelings after just returning.
It is a tissue alert, but a powerful dispatch to read and digest. After reading it be sure and tune into You Served Radio (www.youservedradio.com) next Tuesday on December 6th from 8-10PM EST to listen to my good friend, Soldiers’ Angels Executive Director, author and documentary film star, Toby Nunn reflect on and discuss this trip and share the details from these 108+ hours.
This is going to be bad for someone
A former Marine awarded the Medal of Honor for repeatedly racing into a firefight to try and rescue fellow Marines is suing defense giant BAE Systems, claiming the company ruined his chances for a job in the defense industry by claiming he was unstable and a problem drinker.
Former Sgt. Dakota Meyer filed the lawsuit Monday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Meyer, who worked for BAE Systems earlier this year, claims in the court documents that BAE retaliated against him when he objected the company’s decision to sell high-powered sniper scopes to Pakistan. He also says his supervisor at BAE ended his chance at getting a job with another defense contractor by alleging Meyer had alcohol and psychological problems, the paper reports.
I think BAE will be the one to suffer from this one. I don’t see America siding with the gigantic British-owned defense contractor over the modern day war-hero. In all honesty, BAE just started crap with the wrong guy as there is no way a Marine who ran into blinding enemy fire 5 times to rescue his comrades is going to let this happen without a fight. The guy has litteraly walked into the gates of hell and back out and survived to tell about it.
The lawyers and public relations people at BAE must be going bat-shit crazy right now on how to do damage control on this one. They better hurry up and find their scapegoat soon.
Read more at
www.military.com/news/article/moh-recipient-meyer-sues-contractor.html