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I was stunned to learn while researching Mastermind that Guantanamo detainees succeeded in convincing prison officials to no longer raise the American flag anywhere they could see it. Each morning on every U.S. military base around the world, the American flag is raised to a bugle. But in the interests of not offending the detainees, it was stopped at Guantanamo. read more

Salute to American Veterans Rally

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When the Pentagon decided in 2008 it was time to send the Marines back to Afghanistan, one of the first battalions to deploy was the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, from Twentynine Palms.

The Pentagon sent the battalion “light” — that is, without the artillery, supply system, aircraft and full reconnaissance unit that are integral to what is called a Marine air-ground task force. read more

Marjah, Afghanistan – The bomb waiting to kill Marines was hidden in undergrowth along a dusty lane meandering through fields of wheat, corn and marijuana.

A foot patrol from Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, had spotted a wire in the brush earlier and backed off near the site. They called for the Explosives Ordinance Disposal team. read more

Security in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan has improved greatly in the past year and its capital, Lashkar Gar, is on track to be handed over to the Afghan Army and police next month. But the war is far from over in Helmand, once the most dangerous and deadly province in the country. read more

Most men will spend their lives dreaming about going on a date with Mila Kunis – but for one U.S. Marine, that fantasy may very well turn into a reality.

Sgt. Scott Moore, of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines in Musa Qala, Afghanistan, last week set up a YouTube page and posted a video asking the “Friends With Benefits” star to accompany him to the Marine Corps Ball on November 18th in Greenville, North Carolina. read more

“Our neighbours are Taliban,” says Staff Sergeant Sundell as the patrol gathers at first light.

It’s a fair comment, because enemy machine-gun fire is erupting in four-shot bursts from the area pretty much directly next to the Green House. Less than 50 metres away. read more

Admiral Nimitz's response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor:  

 
Sunday, December 7th, 1941–Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington D.C.  He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. 
 
Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet.  He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941.  
 
There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat–you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war. 
 
On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.  Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters every where you looked. 
 
As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, “Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction?”   read more

HOUSTON, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, Liberty Institute, on behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars District 4, The American Legion Post 586, and the National Memorial Ladies, returned to federal court with new allegations of religious hostility and unlawful censorship by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its director of the Houston National Cemetery. Last month, Liberty Institute successfully represented Houston pastor Scott Rainey in the same federal court after Houston VA officials tried to prevent him from praying in Jesus’ name at a Memorial Day ceremony. read more