Let’s jump right in! There are so many amazing stories to the SeaBees’ history I’m going to have to work hard to pare it down to manageable size. That’s difficult, because I’ve always admired those […]
Category: Military
The United States Coast Guard
The history of the US Coast Guard is a little confusing. Hang in there and we’ll sort it out. Remember that “the Continental Navy”, America’s first real Navy, was established, as we saw last week, […]
US Navy Proud!
As a boy of about ten years old, I went on a tour of a submarine. I have never since understood how anyone could be persuaded to enlist in the Navy. The combination of claustrophobic […]
The United States Marine Corps
Pride in the Corps has been a Marine Corps tradition for a long, long, time. In “Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller”, by Burke Davis, the author relates an anecdote of Puller accompanying his 6th […]
United States Army
Several years ago, I was invited by a mutual friend to go shooting on the rural property of Retired Army Brigadier General. When I began to write this article, a mutual friend reminded me that […]
Flyboys and Their Machines: the United States Air Force
The first use of “air craft” in American warfare was lighter-than-air balloons during the Civil War. Begging your pardon, I’m going to skip to the beginning of powered aircraft in American airwar for this article. […]
US Military Beginning and Missions
With Duckie’s permission, this is a general intro to a series of RED posts with more specific focus. We respect and pray for our military, but how much do we actually know about the history […]
RED Friday
As is the case sometimes with doing RED Friday posts every week, not all of them are happy, and not all of them are ‘new’. While we try and post new things often, and include […]
RED Friday
If there’s one constant when it comes to Christmas and our troops, it’s got to be the USO. And who more than Bob Hope is remembered for so many dedicated years of serving those who […]
RED Friday
Well it’s Friday again, and I hope y’all got your RED on. I don’t have a whole lot for this week, but an interesting thing or two, and a couple of things that just either […]