Category: Medal of Honor

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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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There Have Been so Many Military Heroes In War Time, we Need to Recognize.

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US Army Misses Recruiting Goal by 15,000 Soldiers in One of Its ‘Most Challenging’ Years Yet

The U.S. Army missed its recruiting goal by about 15,000 soldiers this year. The Army was the only service that didn’t meet its goal, but others barely reached theirs.

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Ukraine-Russia War: US Army Doctor and Wife Charged With Russia Spying

Jamie Lee Henry and Anna Gabrielian are accused of planning to share confidential information about patients at a military hospital.

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Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Announces Program to Support Domestic Abuse Survivors

A two-year long CBS News investigation found more than 100,000 instances of domestic abuse in the military have been reported since 2015.

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Texas Couple Buys Surplus Military Gun Case, Finds a Dozen M16s Inside

A Houston couple who thought they had bought 108 empty gun cases from a military surplus website was stunned to find that one of the cases delivered to them wasn’t empty. Instead, it held a dozen M16-style military rifles, complete with military tracking tags

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9 NATO countries call to admit Ukraine as counteroffensive presses on
The leaders of Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and Slovakia issued a joint statement backing a path to NATO membership for Ukraine.

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I have been seeing stories about many heroic actions done by our brothers and sisters in the military.

One that never has left my mind after all these years was the attack that brought two Black Hawks down in Somalia. The men fought until the end, and one officer was taken prisoner. Two of the members received the Medal of Honor.

Another was the medic in WWII who kept going back into the battle to save over thirty men. He kept praying “Just one More Lord.”

Yes, there were times that there have been heroic actions in the private sector, but not where their own lives were in such danger.

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+Update…I am nearly finished with my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life. I am down to two more interviews and then it is off to my publisher. Keep coming back to see the progress. Better yet.. go to the top of this page and click on subscribe. When you do all future posts will go directly to your inbox.

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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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Remember:


You are never alone.


You are never forsaken.


You are never unloved.


And above all…never, ever, give up.

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Medal of Honor Recipient was Wounded, but helped other wounded Soldiers, and Called in an Air Strike.

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Military news…

Navy blocks Iranian effort to capture unmanned drone in Persian Gulf
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet says Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized and later let go of a U.S. sea drone in the Persian Gulf.

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One year later, Austin acknowledges lasting questions over Afghanistan war’s end 

One year after the last American troops left Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acknowledged the questions some veterans still face about the chaotic evacuation and a failed war. 

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Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91.

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Police: Heroic Safeway employee and Army veteran confronted gunman in store

A Safeway employee who previously served in the U.S. Army for two decades attacked a gunman in the produce section of the Bend, Oregon, supermarket, possibly preventing more casualties from a shooting that left the employee and one other person dead.

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Taiwan fires warning shots at Chinese drone after vowing to defend its airspace

Taiwanese soldiers fired warning shots at a Chinese drone this week as Taiwan’s president announced the military would take “necessary and powerful countermeasures” to protect the island’s airspace.

Japan’s record-high defense budget request of $40.4 billion still lags its G-7 peers

Japan’s Defense Ministry unveiled a record-high spending request for the next fiscal year that is likely to increase further before it’s approved.

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Navy’s return to frigates begins with construction start of $1.3 billion Constellation
The Navy wants to add a total of 20 frigates, which are planned for use in blue water and along the coasts, and which have more armor and firepower than the much-maligned littoral combat ships.

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Here is a other Medal of Honor recipient. I will share one on every post until you have them all:

Kyle J. White

Born: March 27, 1987, Renton Washington Service Branch: U.S. Army

Medal of Honor action date and Place: Nov. 9, 2007, Nuristan province, Afghanistan

Citation:

Returning to their outpost, Spc. White and his comrades were ambushed by enemy forces. Despite having grenade embedded in his face, he moved into and exposed area to provide medical help to a wounded soldier, then moved to provide comfort and aid to a Marine as he succumbed to his wounds. He gave to the previous soldier. who had been wounded again., and provided directions for an airstrike via radio, allow the aircraft to rescue him and his fellow soldiers.

Presentation: May 13, 2014, the White House, by resident Barack Obama.

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There are so many other Medal of Honor recipients so keep coming back to see more. Better yet…go to the top of this page and click on subscribe. When you do all future posts will come directly to your inbox.

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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.

______________________________________________________________

Remember:


You are never alone.


You are never forsaken.


You are never unloved.


And above all…never, ever, give up.

+Now there is an easier way to get help. Just dial 988, and you will have help ready for you.

_______________________________________________________________
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