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ANZAC Day 2015 – 100th Anniversary

Saturday, April 25th, 2015

Each year, April 25th is observed as ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand to commemorate the first military action at Gallipoli of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps.

It’s a century on now and we all owe a moment of gratitude for our coalition partners who’ve stuck by us on the side of right. They’ve been with us through thick and thin and that says a lot for three countries separated by a common language but who all share common values amd a commitment to them.

Having served with units from both Australia and New Zealand during my military service, they often come to mind, and each ANZAC Day in particular.

Cheers, Mates.

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Remember The Men We Lost During Operation Eagle Claw

Friday, April 24th, 2015

Today marks the anniversary of Operation Eagle Claw. In the early morning hours of 25 April, 1980 President Carter announced to a stunned world that the United States had undertaken an ambitious raid into Iran to liberate 52 American hostages held illegally at our Embassy in Tehran. Unfortunately, Operation Eagle Claw was unsuccessful and we lost eight American servicemen in a horrible aircraft ground collision. Join me in remembering their sacrifice.

Their sacrifice was not in vain. The hostages were eventually returned and the accident was the watershed event that created, over the next several decades, the world’s preeminent Special Operations capability; USSOCOM and its components. We wouldn’t be where are today with the determination of that fledgling task force. Join me in remembering those that paved the way.

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“Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.”

Sunday, April 19th, 2015

On this day, some 240 years ago, John Parker, Captain of Militia, uttered those instructions to his men as they stood on Lexington Green, ready, if need be, to engage 500 British troops set to sieze the militia’s arsenal.

Print available here
What may have begun as a show of force on the side of the militia soon became an active firefight as the British advance guard met a percieved provocation with demands to disperse. The fog of war set in and a firefight soon broke out. The Colonist militia quickly gained the upper hand and drove a British force which over the course of the day had grown to 1700, all the way back to Charlestown and beyond. What wouod ultimately become the siege of Boston, happened over a year before the Declaration of Independence.

Map: National Park Service
We owe these men our very nation. Their sheer determination in the face of tyranny embodies the American spirit. Please join me in honoring their memory this Patriot’s Day.

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Loaded for Bear

Thursday, April 16th, 2015

This layout is from a WWII paratrooper in the 503rd Regimental Combat Team ~~of the 11th Airborne Division~~ which fought in the Pacific.
No frills here, just lots of whoopass.

Thanks MH at KreigesGewehr

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FBI HRT

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

An oldie but a goodie from the Joan London show featuring FBI HRT.

Thanks Matt

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“No Substitite For Victory” with Your Host John Wayne

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

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Old Republic Enterprises

Monday, March 9th, 2015

Last week I was hunting and someone asked me about the Rhodesian camouflage sport coat I wore during SHOT Show. This led me to telling him about Old Republic Enterprises and the reproduction Rhodesian Camo items they were producing.

In addition to the Rhodie Camo, they also offer a variety of genuine international Cold War era surplus items.