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Yearly Archives: 2021

Purple Heart Iraq Veteran Lance Corporal, Nick Ellis is given a new home

Building Homes For Heroes · — in Chester, Virginia. A Marine Corps veteran got the welcome home of his dreams in Chester as he stepped foot into a new home with his wife and two children. The couple was gifted a four bedroom three bath dream home, thanks to Building Homes for Heroes. He …

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Will China Surpass the US in Military Air Superiority?

16 PLA aircraft (J-16*8, SU-30*4, Y-8 ASW*2 and KJ-500 AEW&C*2) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on October 3, 2021 For decades, the United States military has benefited from having air superiority over its enemies in all its conflicts around the world. The Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar investment in advanced warplanes, weapons systems, satellites …

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US, Greece Enhance Ties with China which has control of the strategic Port of Piraeus

China ship China: The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Luyang II-class destroyer Xian moves through the water. DOD photo US, Greece Enhance Ties with China, Turkey in the Background October 14, 2021 11:32 PM Natalie Liu VOA he United States and Greece upgraded an existing Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement on Thursday, …

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Belasio to remove statute of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson from NY City Hall

DeBlasio He hoped to do it on the down low, having his handpicked Design Commission quietly vote Monday to pack the 187-year-old statue (gifted to the city in 1834) off to the New-York Historical Society. Perhaps enough public outcry can stop it, the NY Post reported, adding: We’re talking about the …

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WWII: Women’s Army Corps Sgt. Lorraine Vogelsang turns 100 years

Women’s Army Corps Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday OCT. 13, 2021 | BY WESLEY FARNSWORTH, 88TH AIR BASE WING Lorraine Vogelsang, a Women’s Army Corps veteran, poses with an official photo of her from her time in the service, at her home in Cincinnati, Ohio Aug. 19, 2021. Vogelsang served in the WAC …

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The Battle off Samar: The Sacrifice of “Taffy 3” 25 October 1944

The Battle off Samar: The Sacrifice of “Taffy 3” 25 October 1944j Watercolor by Commander Dwight C. Shepler, USNR, depicting an episode during the torpedo attacks by the TG 77.4.3 (“Taffy 3”) destroyer screen. Ships present are (left to right): Japanese battleships Nagato, Haruna, and Yamato, with salvo (Japanese shells contained dye for spotting …

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Eye For An Eye

In Saudi Arabia 2013, Rizana Nafeek, a young nanny from Sri Lanka, was beheaded by sword, punishment for allegedly killing a baby in 2007 when she was believed to be just 17. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen bucked a global trend with spikes in executionsGlobal executions fell by …

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DOD to Taiwan: We’ve Got Your Back, DOD to China: Back Off

While China’s Intimidation of Taiwan Continues, U.S. Remains Committed to Taiwanese Self-Defense OCT. 12, 2021 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS 16 PLA aircraft (J-16*8, SU-30*4, Y-8 ASW*2 and KJ-500 AEW&C*2) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on October 3, 2021 Since October 1, more than 100 Chinese military aircraft have moved provocatively …

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Bea Arthur, one of the first women to join the Marines, WWII

VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Bea Arthur “For those of us who remember her best as the incisive Dorothy Zbornak on Golden Girls, Arthur’s Personality Appraisals read like those of her television character.” On Feb. 13, 1943, the U.S. Marine Corps put out its rallying call: “Be a Marine…Free a Man to Fight.” …

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Milley Says Afghanistan Evacuation was a tactical success, Taliban takeover a strategic failure

General Says Planning, Connectivity Were Keys to Afghanistan Evacuation OCT. 12, 2021 | BY JIM GARAMONE, DOD NEWS Airmen welcome Afghanistan evacuees arriving on a C-17 at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Aug. 23, 2021. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called U.S. efforts …

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