This is not surprising news, but its certainly not what was hoped for. (CNN) — After nearly four years of hoping, waiting and praying, an Ohio family learned Sunday their missing son died in Iraq. “It hurts — it really hurts. You go through four years of hope,” said Carolyn Maupin, whose son, Staff Sgt. [...]
I posted a short little snippet of this a while ago and called it good … for a minute. It just flew all over me, but I was going to let it go at that one little bit and a referral to the original article. But you know me, I can’t let it go. It [...]
Amber Birdsall only wanted one thing for her 7th birthday. She wanted her stepfather to be home to help her celebrate. That wasn’t very likely to happen seeing as her stepfather was serving a ten month tour in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Amber told her mother what she wanted and her mother told her stepfather, Army [...]
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The anti-war left is preparing to stage a rerun of the infamous “Winter Soldiers†travesty, and here’s one of their star witnesses, identified only by her first name “Jen:†A Soldier in Winter. The ludicrous stories this woman is telling are… read more | digg story
We are coming up on the 4th anniversary of the capture of Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin. He was captured by al-Qaeda in Iraq on April 9, 2004 when the convoy he was traveling with was ambushed outside of Baghdad. Following the ambush a video of a captured Maupin was aired by Arab network al-Jazeera. A [...]
The Patriot Guard are organizing a rally in Berkeley, California to show support for our Men at Arms. This is, of course, in response to the craziness that has gone on in Berkeley over their disdain of our Troops and everything that America stands for. Help get the word out! On March 22, 9:00AM, we [...]
It figures this would come out after my son is out of Baghdad, but he’s still in Germany so I’ll still take advantage of this! The USPS is supporting the troops. They have put out a larger flat rate box and are offering it for shipment to military destinations at $2 less than domestic destinations. [...]