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Valor Friday
After yesterday’s noting the passing of Tommy Gwynn, one of the oldest men in Tennessee, I’ve got another legend of the Volunteer State. A good while back Poetrooper (we miss you, brother) crossed paths with a Medal of Honor recipient. Poe was a young Rakkasan in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. He’d sent me […]
Disenfranchised? You betcha.
Seems Virginia’s governor and legislature are really concerned with voter disenfranchisement. Unfortunately, they want to perpetuate it. Virginia will join an interstate compact aimed at awarding the presidency to the winner of the national popular vote after Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed House Bill 965 into law. HB 965, titled Agreement Among the States to Elect […]
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Smith & Wesson 460 XVR Prosecutors: Investigation reopened in downtown Raleigh stabbings Jon Dowding RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Wake County prosecutors say they are reopening the investigation into a downtown Raleigh altercation that left four people stabbed after new surveillance video raised questions about what officers were initially told at the scene. The new details […]
Fail Britannia, Who Used to Rule the Waves
British sailors forced to use GERMAN ship on crucial Nato mission in ‘national embarrassment’ By Peter Stevens British sailors will be forced to use German ships on a key Nato mission in what has been branded a “national embarrassment”. The UK is unable to meet its commitments in the Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea due […]
At Sea No One Can Hear You Scream
USS Ford (CVN-78) Semper Fortis: Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Breaks Record for Longest Modern Deployment Simon Kent The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has set a new record for the longest post-Vietnam War-era deployment. A nearly 10-month span at sea has seen it add to both the military […]
Army Ranger Tommy Gwynn dies at 106
There are some people for whom superlatives are coined. Thomas Edward “Tommy” Gwynn, known throughout his adopted hometown of Tullahoma, Tennessee, as “the greatest Ranger that ever was,” died Monday, April 6, at the Life Care Center there, according to an obituary issued by Kilgore Funeral Home. He was two months from his 107th birthday […]
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M1917 Army Revolver Knife-Wielding Woman Shot Dead After Allegedly Abducting Toddler in Walmart A knife-wielding woman who allegedly abducted a three-year-old boy in an Omaha, Nebraska, Walmart Tuesday was shot and killed by police in the store’s parking lot. The Omaha Police Department indicated officers were called regarding the incident around 9:13 a.m. The Daily […]
ROTC Cadets on Col. Shah’s Heroism
Army cadets recall how fallen officer defended them in Old Dominion shooting Eight Army ROTC students credited their quick reactions to Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, their instructor. Shah was killed in the attack. Matt White The Army ROTC cadets who fought back against a classroom gunman at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, say they […]
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