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Back in the Saddle Again

Military News….

US, British strike at least 60 targets, 28 locations in Yemen
The Houthis have vowed to retaliate for the strikes.

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US Military Can’t Sustain Arctic Operations, ‘Let Alone Dominate,’ Experts Say

US airstrike kills Iranian-backed militia leader in Baghdad
Iranian proxies wage war on land and at sea.
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It has been over three months since I last posted. I doing some whining and move on.

Back in October, I went to sleep on a Sunday night. I woke the next morning screaming in pain. My wife didn’t know what to do to help me so she called 911.

The ambulance took me to the ER. They checked me out and sent me to the hospital.

I was in the hospital for six days. On the fourth day. I had a near death experience. I was laying on my bed, and the nurse left me check the main monitor in the other room. She left instantly and came back with three doctors and several nurses.

They all were checking my blood pressure monitor. What happened was that my blood pressure dropped from a normal 125/65 in less that five minutes to 80/50. They did some things, and my blood pressure went back to normal eventually.

I was told later that I was going to die if it kept dropping.

Two days later I was sent to a rehab facility. There I learned to walk again with a walker. It was slow and painful. I progressed a little each day. I was working with PT and OT specialists. They did a wonderful job helping me.

I got out of rehab 30 days later, and was sent home. That was a total of one month!

I have done a lot of progress since then. This is my first time at the computer in three months.

I thank all the people who worked with me to get me back to a living person.

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I was close this now, as I am having trouble sitting in chairs for very long.

I will post again on Monday.

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Remembering 9/11 and Afghanistan sacrifices in post-withdrawal America.

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Military news…

Japan foreign minister and business leaders meet Ukrainian leader and vow support for reconstruction

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday during his visit in Kyiv, promising Tokyo’s backing and agreeing to start negotiations on security cooperation between the two countries.

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Biden says stronger US ties with Vietnam is about providing global stability, not containing China
President Joe Biden insisted Sunday that he is not trying to start a “cold war” with China as he made his first visit to Vietnam, saying his goal is to provide stability around the world by building U.S. ties with Vietnam and other Asian countries.

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Russia is turning to old ally North Korea to resupply its arsenal for the war in Ukraine

While the bulk of the Korean People’s Army arsenals is dated, their enormous size would offer the Russian military a potential key lifeline amid Europe’s largest land conflict since World War II.

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House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is ‘paralyzing’ Pentagon by blocking promotions

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is “paralyzing the Department of Defense.”

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Remembering 9/11 and Afghanistan sacrifices in post-withdrawal America
9/11 spawned almost twenty years of war in Afghanistan, leading to the ignominious day of our final departure.

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Why is it so hard to accept the fact that we are a nation that is the target of many other countries? A guy at the top is always needing to look over their shoulders. Our country needs to stay on alert and be ready to defend.

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This old soldier is facing the fact that his body is on the decline. So many doctor’s appointments. I have one this morning because they have found blood in my urine. They are looking for why the blood is leaking.

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The are many stories about the military that have been forgotten, but I interviewed four WWII veterans for my new book, and they are amazing. Each one had a near death experience. They didn’t do anything heroic, but put their lives on the line.

The book is called, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life.

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Checking in on you. How are you doing? Is everything going OK, or are you fighting back memories?

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There are over 15,219 Veterans on this site who have your back.

If you are battling mentally, but you are losing, GET HELP!!

Here is a toll free number that you can call 24/7. There are highly qualified counselors there to help you, and they will not hang up until they know you are OK.
1-800-273-8255…texting 838255. Call 988.

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Russia says it confirmed Wagner leader Prigozhin died in a plane crash.

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Military news…

Fort AP Hill renamed Fort Walker to honor Army’s 1st woman surgeon
The Army on Friday renamed Fort A.P. Hill, a training outpost near the nation’s capital, as Fort Walker to honor the service’s first woman surgeon and Medal of Honor recipient from the Civil War.

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Three soldier suicides at Fort Cavazos prompt reeducation on suicide prevention services

Three soldiers at Fort Cavazos in Texas have died by suicide in recent weeks, a death toll that has prompted leaders to reeducate service members about suicide prevention services.

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US to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s

The Pentagon will bring several Ukrainian pilots to the United States to teach them to fly F-16 fighter jets to help defend their country against invading Russian forces, military officials announced

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Russia says it confirmed Wagner leader Prigozhin died in a plane crash

Genetic testing on the 10 bodies recovered at the crash site “conform to the manifest” for the flight, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement.

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5,000 pilots suspected of hiding major health issues; most are still flying

Federal authorities have been investigating about 5,000 pilots suspected of falsifying their medical records to conceal conditions that could make them unfit to fly.

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I am in the process of interviewing a submariner. Not just any submariner, but a nuclear submariner. Incredible interview. This should be enough to buy my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the trenches of life.

I also talked to a Vietnam veteran who is deciding if he will allow me to interview him. He has an amazing story. (He had a bayonet go through both legs in an one on one fight.)

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Checking in on you. How are you doing? Is everything going OK, or are you fighting back memories?

FEAR NOT!

There are over 15,219 Veterans on this site who have your back.

If you are battling mentally, but you are losing, GET HELP!!

Here is a toll free number that you can call 24/7. There are highly qualified counselors there to help you, and they will not hang up until they know you are OK.
1-800-273-8255…texting 838255.

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