Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

injinji · Mar 5, 2025

BarnBuster said:
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Secrets of Blackbeard’s Lost Pirate Ship | Wake Forest Magazine

Founded in 1834, Wake Forest University is a private university located in Winston-Salem, N.C. We are a vibrant and diverse academic community where our students study in one or more of the 42 majors and program we offer within our six colleges and schools.

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The Pirate Ship's Journey | Queen Anne's Revenge Project

Learn about the journeys undertaken by the Queen Anne's Revenge before its capture, including significant participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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Edward Teach had a cameo in my international trade/adventure stories. In my story his beard was prematurely gray and he had to use boot black on it. You know I kind of like icon erosion.

GreatwhiteNorth · Mar 5, 2025

injinji said:
Edward Teach had a cameo in my international trade/adventure stories. In my story his beard was prematurely gray and he had to use boot black on it. You know I kind of like icon erosion.

I don't know the ingredients of original boot black but if it was anything like it was 50 years ago, the paraffin would have most likely ignited and he would have had to adopt another moniker.

DarkWeb · Mar 5, 2025

GreatwhiteNorth said:
I don't know the ingredients of original boot black but if it was anything like it was 50 years ago, the paraffin would have most likely ignited and he would have had to adopt another moniker.

Yeah "Poof" doesn't sound to scary :lol:

raratt · Mar 13, 2025

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BarnBuster · Mar 16, 2025

Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website

The Army-run cemetery said it is working to follow Trump's orders on ending diversity while restoring information.

www.bbc.com

raratt · Mar 16, 2025

GreatwhiteNorth · Mar 16, 2025

raratt said:
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Chairforce awards. :lol:

raratt · Mar 16, 2025

GreatwhiteNorth said:
Chairforce awards.

I got a Humanitarian Service medal after helping clean up after a hurricane in Miss. We walked around the dorms and picked up a few little branches that were laying around for about an hour. That was lame.

GreatwhiteNorth · Mar 16, 2025

I got the same for the Mariel boat lift, but we picked up survivors and bodies.

raratt · Mar 17, 2025

I found half of a 1/2" diameter bolt once, I would think it held something important together. :shock:

BarnBuster · Mar 17, 2025

"At the beginning of the war (WW1), the innate sense of retrieval bred into many dogs led to the way they were trained, meaning the return of a cap or helmet indicating that a wounded soldier was located. In one case, a French Red Cross dog named Captain located thirty wounded men in a single day using this method. This technique posed its own set of problems. Not finding a cap or helmet, the dog would pull a piece of uniform, a bandage, or even hair to accomplish the job at hand."

WW1 The Great War Experience | US War Dogs

Explore the role of dogs in WWI at Hartsdale Canine Cemetery. Contact US War Dogs to help retired military working dogs.

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injinji · Mar 17, 2025

GreatwhiteNorth said:
I got the same for the Mariel boat lift, but we picked up survivors and bodies.

The Saipan took part in that. But it was just before I came aboard, so I didn't get the medal.

GreatwhiteNorth · Mar 18, 2025

injinji said:
The Saipan took part in that. But it was just before I came aboard, so I didn't get the medal.

You were lucky - several times we had hundreds of Cubans on board (our 210' ship) and 5 or 6 boats in tow.
The rest I'll forgo the details.

BarnBuster · Wednesday at 9:28 AM

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4124020/retired-soldiers-valor-recognized-with-distinguished-service-cross/

curious2garden · Thursday at 9:48 AM

GreatwhiteNorth said:
I might have been - looked a lot sexier back then.

This picture I have not seen!!

injinji · Thursday at 7:16 PM

GreatwhiteNorth said:
You were lucky - several times we had hundreds of Cubans on board (our 210' ship) and 5 or 6 boats in tow.
The rest I'll forgo the details.

I saw pictures. Over half of the Marine Berthing was full. That was 2K capacity.

GreatwhiteNorth · Thursday at 8:08 PM

We saw too many boats like this, on one occasion arrived on scene to a sunken 42' vessel with 54 pob. We picked up survivors, did CPR on more than a few & ended up w/ 14 floaters. Many children.

This is my Girl for two tours.

raratt · Saturday at 10:06 AM

BarnBuster · Sunday at 6:56 AM

Golden Dome replaces Iron Dome: Pentagon renames missile defense initiative

While inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system, the American version is designed to operate on a much larger scale

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Golden Dome for America

Golden Dome for America is a revolutionary concept to further the goals of peace through strength and President Trump’s vision for deterring adversaries from attacks on the homeland.

www.lockheedmartin.com

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