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From a subscriber: “You will absolutely enjoy this video.  It is taken from a British series where a guy called Gareth Malone takes a group of people and turns them into a choir.  This time he’s taken a group of MILITARY WIVES whose husbands are all away in Afghanistan and turned them into a choir. …

An actual memo from the Alaska Air Command, February 1973 “Due to an administrative error, the original of the attached letter was forwarded to you. A new original has been accomplished and forwarded to AAC/JA (Alaskan Air Command, Judge Advocate office). Please place this carbon copy in your files and destroy the original.” By Rod…

Look at stills, then watch the video.  (Tighten your seat belts!) The language you hear is the one spoken in the German speaking part of Switzerland. These glider pilots are unbelievable! No power and flying like the Blue Angels! Click Here to view the stills followed by the video.  Again, nothing but amazing …  Be…

Military Heroes – U. S. Navy Lieutenant Bob Kerrey Lieutenant Bob Kerrey, USNR (Ret.), served 1966-1969. As a Navy SEAL squad leader, Senator Kerrey leads his men and the audience to a tiny island on a daring and dangerous mission in Vietnam to try to capture enemy troops alive. They are inserted by swift boat…

Military Heroes – U. S. Marine Corps 2nd Lieutenant Jim Webb Jim Webb, 2nd Lieutenant USMC, served 1968-1972. Senator Webb poignantly recalls the morning when he and his Marines were marching into the dawn after a night patrol. It was at that cathartic moment when he realized that he had become a part of history…

At one point in time during his career, Admiral Hyman Rickover, the father of the Nuclear Navy, was commander of a carrier task force, and had his flag on the carrier. For exercise, Adm. Rickover walked a lap around the flight deck every day. It became custom for the sailors to approach the Admiral during…

This is an unusual story. The jet you’re looking at is an F-106 Delta Dart. A storied interceptor in its day, it was built to exceed an Air Force requirement for 1.9 mach and continuous flight at 57,000 feet. It did both. And in December 1959, it set a speed record, of 1,525 mph, or…

Military Heroes – U. S. Army Lieutenant Bob Dole Lieutenant Dole served in the Army from 1942-1948. Senator Dole poignantly talks about how he suffered his life-changing wounds in the hills of Italy during WWII. Dole’s story focuses on his long recovery in VA hospitals back in the states as he says, “I was in…

The story of how the Marines became a branch under the Department of the Navy: It seems that after WW I, the war to end all wars, the US Govt. had a lot of surplus material that they had no use for. What to do with it was a problem, and it was finally decided…

From a subscriber: “This should be required reading in every school and college in our country. This Captain, an Army doctor, deserves a medal himself for putting this together. If you choose not to pass it on, fine, but I think you will want to, after you read it.” Cpt. Otis `      …
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