Support Our Troops? Poll Finds US Public’s Confidence in Military at 2-decade Low.

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Military news…

Tuskegee Airmen honored at Joint Base Andrews

Three of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen were honored during an Air Force PT-17 aircraft exchange ceremony on the 75th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman signing Executive Orders 9980 and 9981, which ended segregation in the U.S. armed force.

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Support our troops? Poll finds US public’s confidence in military at 2-decade low 
Americans’ confidence in their military has reached its lowest point in the past 26 years, prolonging a steady decline in public opinion dating to 2018, recently released poll results show.

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Fort Moore infantry trainee saves father, daughter from drowning

A young girl and her father were about to get caught in rising river water in downtown Columbus, Ga., after a nearby dam was opened, and Army Pvt. Matthew Cole sprang to action.

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VA launching 25 mobile medical units in US cities to help homeless veterans

The MMUs will be able to travel throughout cities to reach veterans to provide them access to primary care, women’s health, audiology, laboratory work, mental health specialists, social workers and telehealth services, according to the VA.

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German sailors ramp up training alongside US Marines during Talisman Sabre

Members of the German navy’s Sea Battalion got their first taste of amphibious operations alongside U.S. Marines this week in Australia.

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I had a tough week on vacation. I had real trouble with pain. I tried to hide it from the family, but they could see I was struggling. Especially the last day, because we went down to the Sun River Village, and had dinner. I had to walk too far, and I paid for it.

You have heard of jet lag, well I had body lag.

It was well worth it though to be with family.

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I am saddened to see that the support for our troops had reached a two decade low. They go and serve their country to keep us free. The public has lost confidence in them.

I will do everything in my power to bring back patriots that care for our veterans.

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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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The President’s Generals Did Not Agree With Him on Afghanistan

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Military news…

Quiet day in the military news today. That is probably good.

After years of development, the Air Force will try firing frickin’ laser beams from its deadly AC-130J Ghostrider gunships.

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Leaked documents reveal just how concerned the Marine Corps was about Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s call for ‘revolution The Marine posted viral videos to social media in late August criticizing military leadership over their handling of the war in Afghanistan.

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It’s time to stop awarding the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, writes Marine veteran and GWOT Service Medal recipient Austin Dahmer. In fact, that should have happened a long time ago, he says.

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There seems there was a movement to try to change the mind of our president, and his lack of love for the military. Top Generals in the Military are starting to turn on him. They stated that remarks made by him as to how they left Afghanistan were wrong. They said they tried to convince him to leave some troops there and he refused. They questioned his closing of the military airport.

With all of this going on it is no wonder that the president’s approval rating is down to 38%.

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I will be sharing a new excerpt for my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life, in my next post coming up in two days.

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Searching for Gold Star Families to Interview for my Upcoming Book

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Military news…

Thanks to a U.S. Marine’s GoPro deployment video, we can see what the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan actually looked like. This isn’t the sanitized version presented by public affairs: this is the confusion, anger and antics that actually marked life on the ground in the war’s final days.

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The Department of Defense needs your help renaming nine Army forts and two Navy ships that were named after people who served the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. . That’s right, the military is crowd-sourcing name ideas for its installations, so it’s up to you to make the dream of Forty McFortface, or perhaps something better like Fort Alwyn Cashe, a reality.

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 The five sailors killed in a recent helicopter crash aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln provide a stark reminder that seemingly routine military operations can turn just as deadly as combat. That is especially the case when it comes to the difficult task of landing a helicopter on an aircraft carrier.
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16 years ago, Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe died after walking through fire three times to save his fellow soldiers from the burning wreckage of their Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Iraq. But despite being endorsed by the Pentagon eight months ago to receive the Medal of Honor for his incredible act of sacrifice, Cashe has still not received it.

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For the past three presidential administrations, top military leaders went out of their way to avoid any conversation with the American public about what was happening in Afghanistan and why. But now that U.S. troops are finally out, military leaders have no excuse to keep their work secret. The war is lost, and the country deserves to know why.

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Ever want to take your boss to court for being a jerk? It’s a tactic that rarely works in the military, but it did for the legendary Army Maj. Richard “Dick” Winters of “Band of Brothers” fame. That’s right, Winters out-foxed the Army’s green weenie just like he did the Nazi’s. in WWII.

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I just finished putting the table of contents together for my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life.

All I really have are some follow up interviews. I also want to do another interview with a Gold Star mother, but I seem to have lost her contact information.

If you know Vickie Ziegler, please tell her to connect with me at doug@dougbolton.com.

I have stopped sharing excerpts from the book, because my publisher said SLOW DOWN! Do not give so much away free.

You can find many of them by searching the archives.

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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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