Meet Sergeant Major John L. Canley, a retired marine, America. Canley is the 300th recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Remarks by President Trump at the Presentation of the Medal of Honor to Gunnery Sergeant John L. CanleyEast Room THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you. And thank ... |
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Since “She said-He said” is all the political rage right now, I have a couple of cases that are almost on point, both of which point out the reason why our judicial system of evidence is so important.
At one time I had planned on turning both of these tales into short stories and maybe even a script, but the thought left me years ago.
The first was a case where a WAC accused an Army sergeant of rape, told here, and ...
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(This is a set-up piece, a prelude, as to why we need a corps of veterans out there teaching young kids about America. Like any military exercise, we have to 1) know the objective and 2) and know the size and power of the obstacles out there laying out there to keep us from reaching it.)
Recently we published a piece calling for national service, suggesting that every high school graduate be required to attend a boot camp of sorts, where, among other things, they ...
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I once heard Paul Harvey say
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(This is another installment of one of our sponsors, Mike Collins, and still swaps stories with this mates from the old unit. Reunions and much beer involved.-VB)
This is the 50th Anniversary of our slog to build LZ Karen.
(From a regular contributor, Mike Collins, 1th Infantry Brigade, RVN ’67-’68, Spec4 11-Charlie mortarman. You may have to look in the Beer Tent from time to time, His old unit passes these around.)
1970, just a short 50 years ago, when some students, some professors and some politicians were already spitting on soldiers.
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Stormy Daniels brings to mind the ancient and universal definition of “wench”, a woman of low repute one would not like to be seen with in public.
Politics aside, she’s made public a side of life few Americans, unless born on the wrong side of the tracks know very little about. Still, it seems every American soldier, as far back as the Civil War, when the term “camp follower” became synonymous with off-duty recreation for soldiers, and were a fixture outside ...
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I arrived at my new duty assignment in Japan in February, 1972. They had just concluded a rare general court martial for that command, Attempted Murder. It had ended with an acquittal and the entire JAG staff was outraged.
The fellow who beat this rap was a decorated Sergeant E-5 who, after his tour in Vietnam had been re-assigned to a cush job at the nearby Army Hospital Command.
I won’t mention his name as he later became my client, and may still be alive. I’ll just ...
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