BNO News: BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) — More than 30 people were executed by Iraqi authorities on Thursday following their conviction for various crimes, the United Nations reported on Tuesday. It is the largest number of confirmed executions within a single day in years. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said she was shocked [...]
WSBTV: Burglars ransacked a Villa Rica home belonging to the family of a soldier who was killed in Iraq. The burglars stole Army Sgt. Mike Hardegree’s medals and the Gold Star that was given to his family by the Department of Defense after his funeral. His mother, Cindy Hardegree, walked Channel 2′s Craig Lucie through [...]
Sorry I have been away folks, recovering from an illness. But I am back with a vengeance.
The Dog Files: Airmen of the 92nd Security Forces Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base paid their respects Thursday to one of their own. Lucky, a military working dog, survived five tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. He succumbed to cancer last September at age 10, surviving two previous diagnoses of the disease. [...]
BAGHDAD — It was one of the deadliest insurgent groups in Iraq in recent years, an Iranian-backed militia that bombed American military convoys and bases, assassinated dozens of Iraqi officials and tried to kidnap Americans even as the last soldiers withdrew. But now the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is welcoming the [...]
To Some the term Military Brat may sound like an insult. But it actually has a special meaning. BRAT= Brave, Resilient And Tough. The following was written in 1975. I am a Military Brat. My hometown is nowhere, my friends are everywhere, and if I haven’t been someplace yesterday, I am sure to go there [...]
