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Famous Veteran: Beau Bridges
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Monday, 10 August 2015 19:45. Famous Veteran: Beau Bridges. I think it prepared me for life, my training in the Coast Guard. It was a peacetime service, so I didn't see any wartime action; but I learned a lot about life. How to take care of myself. How to be of service to other people.". In the Coast Guard, Bridge's main line of work was as a cook's helper on a buoy tender. When his ship, the USS Dexter, sailed out of port, Bridges was greeted by an ocean that provided unforgettable awe and beauty.
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Green Beret Killed in Attack in Kabul
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Monday, 10 August 2015 03:53. Written by Fatz DaGhost. Green Beret Killed in Attack in Kabul. Master Sgt. Peter Andrew McKenna Jr. BRISTOL, R.I. - An Army Green Beret. From Rhode Island has been killed in Afghanistan just a month after he was honored at the historic Fourth of July parade in his hometown of Bristol. The 7th Special Forces Group to which he was assigned said Sunday that Master Sgt. Peter Andrew McKenna Jr., 35, died Friday in Kabul during an attack on a NATO facility. Gov Gina Raimondo ord...
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Bush: Clinton Shares Mistakes Leading to Islamic State Rise
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015 15:24. Written by Fatz DaGhost. Bush: Clinton Shares Mistakes Leading to Islamic State Rise. In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File). The threat of global jihad, and of the Islamic State in particular, requires all the strength, unity and confidence that only American leadership can provide," Bush will say, according to excerpts of his prepared remarks. In a s...
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Coast Guard Video Shows Hoist Rescue of Three Men and a Dog
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015 08:08. Written by Fatz DaGhost. Coast Guard Video Shows Hoist Rescue of Three Men and a Dog. The US. Coast Guard. Shared video of the hoisting rescue of three men and a dog stranded on an inflatable raft after their boat sank. The Coast Guard said an MH-65 Dolphin. Helicopter crew was dispatched Sunday from Air Station Barbers Point after a mayday call came in about 12:44 pm about a 70-foot catamaran sinking about 41 miles northeast of Oahu's North Shore. Created: 9 Aug 2013.
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Military to MBA: Advice for Making the Soldier to Student Transition
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015 13:58. Military to MBA: Advice for Making the Soldier to Student Transition. Pursuing a graduate business degree after military service is a great option for veterans who are interested in higher earning potential and advanced positions in the business world. In addition to those benefits, an MBA opens the door for work in nearly any industry and fills in business expertise gaps that are common among veterans. Seek Out Other Veterans. No matter the program you choose, you'll likel...
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Report: F-35 Inferior to Older US, Foreign Fighters
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015 11:05. Written by Fatz DaGhost. Report: F-35 Inferior to Older US, Foreign Fighters. 13;
Stars and Stripes. 13; Aug 11, 2015. 13;
. 13; by Travis J. Tritten. WASHINGTON - The F-35 Lightning II. Passed a major milestone last month when the Marine Corps. Declared it operational, but the accomplishment has not silenced critics. The think tank has an advisory board that includes Sandy Berger, the national security advisor to President Bill Clinton, and Richard Clarke, a senior ...
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Iran Nuclear Deal Opens Diplomatic Channels for Syria
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Sunday, 09 August 2015 07:35. Written by Fatz DaGhost. Iran Nuclear Deal Opens Diplomatic Channels for Syria. BEIRUT The nuclear deal with Iran was widely expected to affect other Middle East issues, and that may already be happening with Syria: A series of recent diplomatic maneuvers suggest a growing willingness to at least engage with the Iranian-backed government of Bashar Assad on ways to end the country's civil war. The civil war has killed at least 250,000, displaced half the population, flooded b...
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Ukraine 'Repels' Rare Tank Assault by Pro-Russian Rebels
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Monday, 10 August 2015 16:08. Written by Fatz DaGhost. Ukraine 'Repels' Rare Tank Assault by Pro-Russian Rebels. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was elected in the wake of the 2014 uprising (Sergei Supinsky/AFP). Ukraine on Monday reported it had repelled a rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels that threatened to shatter a shaky ceasefire. And dangerously escalate the 16-month war in its breakaway east. But the rebels said Kiev's claims made no sense because Novolaspa had always been one of their ...
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Sexual Assault Case Not Dismissed Despite Ruling of Command Influence
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Thursday, 13 August 2015 04:19. Written by Fatz DaGhost. Sexual Assault Case Not Dismissed Despite Ruling of Command Influence. Judge has ruled that the service’s top legal officer committed unlawful command influence in a sexual assault case, partly for political motives. Nonetheless, the case will proceed to court-martial. Such transfers are almost unheard of. It happened in the Wright case, Kastenberg’s ruling says, in part because Harding was worried that the failure to have charges preferred aga...
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96 Years Later, WWI Vet Gets Purple Heart for Mustard Gassing
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Friday, 14 August 2015 09:03. Written by Fatz DaGhost. 96 Years Later, WWI Vet Gets Purple Heart for Mustard Gassing. Veteran who was gassed while fighting in France during World War I, returned to Albany and died from his wounds, will receive a Purple Heart and other war medals at a ceremony on Friday. It ate away at his lungs and completely destroyed him," Owen Soraghan Jr., the late soldier's son, said in an interview Thursday from his Albany home. Owen Soraghan Sr. grew up on Southern Boulevard w...
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