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You Served Radio for 29 Jul 2010

Join us tonight for another great You Served Radio Show with me, Troy and Marcus. Tonight’s guests include Lindy Kyzer, former head of Department of the Army social media, now freelance public affairs in the corporate [...]

In Case You Missed It (The CNN Story)

Here is the CNN video about my work on exposing the military dating scams. Abbie and Emily did a GREAT job! [...]

[UPDATE] The “Face” of Military Dating Scams – The Wall of Shame

[UPDATE] The “Face” of Military Dating Scams – The Wall of Shame

UPDATE (29 Jul 2010): Hooboy! That CNN piece has brought in a LOT of information. It did exactly what I think Emily, Abbie and I wanted to do which was bring attention to this. So, I’ve [...]

Navy Shines

This is such a beautiful display of United States Naval power, I couldn’t help but share it. It’s raw video, but absolutely beautiful. I’d hate to be an enemy of the United States and this heading [...]

Welcome CNN Viewers

If this is your first time, welcome to my humble blog. I wanted to take a moment and give you a quick brief on who I am and why I do this milblog thing. I am [...]

General Stanley McChrystal Retirement Speech

At a Fort McNair retirement ceremony last week, General Stanley McChrystal gave an inspirational and humorous goodbye speech. The following is the text of that speech. I want to personally thank General McChrystal for his service [...]

Soldier Earns Silver Star

Since 2001, over 1.5 million Soldiers have served in combat in support of OIF/OEF. This fact is not a surprise to anyone. Neither is it a surprise that our complacent and agenda-driven national media will bend [...]

Car Bomb Used in Ciudad Juarez

For what appears to be a first, the border town Ciudad Juarez was rocked by a car bomb. For those that aren’t up on your geography, Ciudad Juarez is the sister city for El Paso, Texas. [...]

The Hunter Becomes the Hunted (A Nigerian Scam)

I’ve been covering these military dating scams for a number of years from the early days when the emails were simply “you won a kabillion dollars in an internet lottery”. The latest buzz that seems to [...]

An Odd Encounter

Last night, we returned from a two-day trip to Yellowstone National Park. We had a great time and got to see an abundance of animals – moose, buffalo, elk, grizzly with two cubs, deer, black bear, [...]

Defending Islam Against the Constitution

We’ve all heard the stories from Dearborn, Michigan and the runaway Extremist Islam that is prevalent in the city. It has become the hot-button magnet Muslims bent on establishing Sharia law in this country. Time after [...]