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As well as my own personal opinions, and beautiful women.http://www.thunderrun.us/noreply@blogger.com (David M)Blogger6728125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-586228293067958183Wed, 30 May 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-05-30T08:00:14.116-04:00      Rear Adm. David Boone & Col. Paul Montanas Rear Adm. David Boone, Naval District Washington director of shore readiness, talks with Col. Paul Montanas, Marine Barracks Washington commander, before a 4x100 meter relay at the 2012 Washington D.C. Special Olympics. Leaders from each branch of the military and Department of Defense ran with athletes as part of Military Day during the day's http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/wednesday-hero-rear-adm-david-boone-col.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-2769576177033176463Tue, 29 May 2012 12:46:00 +00002012-05-29T08:46:36.550-04:00By Ramzy Mardini of the Institute for the Study of War Efforts To Remove Maliki Intensify   Efforts to unseat Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki intensified this week, likely due to a lack of confidence that he would not fulfill his promise to step down after two terms. Political opponents may believe that removing Maliki now is their best opportunity given his increasingly authoritarian http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/iraqs-post-withdrawal-crisis-update-23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-1308738110971921354Tue, 29 May 2012 12:39:00 +00002012-05-29T08:39:15.817-04:00Mike's grave today, courtesy of Shannon Allen whose husband Mark served with Mike in Iraq.    Mark now suffers and continues to recover from serious gunshot wound in fierce firefight in Afghanistan July 9, 2009....   Robert Stokely DUTY   HONOR   COUNTRY  SGT Mike Stokely, KIA 16 AUG 05 near Yusufiyah IraqUSA E 108 CAV 48th BCT GAARNGhttp://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/memorial-day-sgt-mike-stokely.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-5735771639274875329Tue, 29 May 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-05-29T08:00:04.911-04:00Supporting The TroopsFamily SupportVeteran SupportVA Taking Applications for VRAP GI BillUnemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 can now apply for the new Veteran Retraining Assistance Program. More Deal of the Week: Disneyland DiscountDisneyland Resort Offers 3-Day Hopper Promotion to eligible military personnel and their spouses for $99. More 10 Happiest Companies for VeteransWhat are the "happiest" companies out there for veterans http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/veterans-news-may-29-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-4953767981559610102Fri, 25 May 2012 19:00:00 +00002012-05-25T15:00:00.085-04:00Created a few short years after our own Civil War, we set aside this day to honor and celebrate the lives of those who died in service to our country. Since the birth of our nation, 45 million have served in uniform. A million have died in its defense. All of them, but particularly the fallen, are part of a legend that, God willing, will never end — our America. The irony is that your loved oneshttp://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/memorial-day-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-5224405897068374499Fri, 25 May 2012 13:50:00 +00002012-05-25T09:50:31.345-04:00 Friday is Everyone Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day.... So pick up your pens, pencils, phones, laptops, personal computers and let it fly to protect free speech, otherwise every blog on the internet is liable to be shut down by the same heavy-handed tactics being used right now by the man in the video above...and if they go, there is nothing stopping this one from going too. All it will take http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/free-speech-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3711941108439435483Thu, 24 May 2012 13:10:00 +00002012-05-24T09:21:27.897-04:00Mike StokelyMemorial DayRobert Stokely[Ed Note: This is a repost from 2009] ~~~ Memorial means "serving, or intended, to preserve the memory... to keep in remembrance". Here is an Excerpt from the Order designating May 30, 1868 as Memorial Day: ...We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security, is but a fitting tribute to the http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/memorial-day-for-thse-who-have-given.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-9026878288005063224Thu, 24 May 2012 13:02:00 +00002012-05-24T09:02:21.281-04:00Memorial DayA big hattip to Taco for bringing this to my attention.  From Lieutenant General John Kelly to his Fellow Gold Star Parents 17 February 2012 at the Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco. I never met any of your loved ones… your sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and spouses. I also don’t know how you came to know they were lost in the wars waged today and over the last ten years in http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/memorial-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3886306236235237014Wed, 23 May 2012 17:16:00 +00002012-05-23T13:16:27.728-04:00First go back and take a look at the Day by Day comic featured up top.  Don't know what it's about... Then go read Michelle Malkin's post Then go read The Jawa Report Then go read Blackfive Then go read Instapundit Then go read The Other McCain Then go read Patterico Then go read Popehat Then go read Allergic to Bull Then go read Liberty Chick Get the idea? Friday is going to be http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/free-speech-blogburst.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-192756305986256471Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-05-23T13:18:19.969-04:00Wednesday's Hero Companions For Heroes This week, Wednesday Hero is profiling another great nonprofit organization called Companions For Heroes(formerly Pets 2 Vets or P2V). C4H rescues animals from shelters and pairs them with service members, police, firefighters and first responders suffering from physical wounds as well as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). All free of http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/wednesday-hero-companions-for-heroes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-9208722455805750175Thu, 17 May 2012 15:18:00 +00002012-05-17T11:18:59.365-04:00Book Review Book Review - Last Men Out by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin Thirteen years, four months and one week after the first American was killed in combat in Vietnam, American troops withdrew completely from Vietnam on April 30, 1975.  Today US troops are once again pulling out of another war zone and while the military may have learned the lessons of Vietnam, it appears that once again the politicians http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/book-review-last-men-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-5285554202139362755Wed, 16 May 2012 12:23:00 +00002012-05-16T08:23:18.716-04:00Wednesday's HeroThis Weeks Post Was Suggested By Michael PhM2 William David Halyburton, Jr. 20 years old from Wilimington, North Carolina 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division August 2, 1924 - May 10, 1945 Pharmacist's Mate Second Class William Halyburton lost his life in Okinawa, Japan when his unit was under heavy fire and he ran, without thought of his own safety, to help a fallen Marine. As he http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/wednesday-hero-phm2-william-david.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3205149401826110632Thu, 10 May 2012 12:33:00 +00002012-05-10T08:33:00.263-04:00Wednesday's Hero Wounded Warrior Project The Wounded Warrior Project is a great nonprofit organization that was started in 2002 to help returning Vets who have been injured in the line of duty with physical, mental and financial aid. Please, head over to their site and make a donation, if you're able to. They also have WWP items you can purchase to help.You Can Visit their site above or visit their Facebook and http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/05/wednesday-hero-wounded-warrior-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-694803616350211276Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:13:00 +00002012-04-20T09:15:23.799-04:00Book ReviewLast Men Out by Bob Drury and Tom ClavinReview coming...http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/04/in-mail_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-5928987446939792974Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:27:00 +00002012-04-19T09:36:35.544-04:00Just SayingRobert StokelyRobert asked in his post, what were you doing 30 years ago today?30 years ago today, I was oh not so patiently waiting for my senior year in high school to come to an end...then it was off to Basic Training...at times it seems so long ago, but at other times it feels as it was only yesterday. Funny how the mind plays tricks on us like that, especially when the memory is of one to which we are so http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/04/my-story-30-years-ago.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-4131134061311838731Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:18:00 +00002012-04-19T08:22:06.518-04:00Mike StokelyRobert StokelyEd Note: Just moments after posting the previous post, I opened my email and found this message sent by Mr. Robert Stokely father of Sgt Mike Stokely.WHAT WERE YOU doing thirty years ago today? Some were watching news reports about USSR Salyut 7 space station going into orbit. Others were waiting to hear who won the Boston Marathon (Alberto Salazar). Two people were proudly being first in anotherhttp://www.thunderrun.us/2012/04/what-were-you-doing-thirty-years-ago.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-4066474583025946479Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:13:00 +00002012-04-19T08:17:55.150-04:00Mike StokelyHappy Birthday Mike, we sure do miss you...Sgt Mike StokelyApril 19, 1982 - August 16, 2005 http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/04/happy-birthday-mike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-4485283227829120306Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:04:00 +00002012-04-13T12:08:16.125-04:00Keeping with the theme started by our good friend Susan Katz Keating...Be careful out there...http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/04/friday-13th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-6436154975859863710Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:34:00 +00002012-04-13T08:35:48.430-04:00Book ReviewThe Snake Eaters: An Unlikely Band of Brothers and the Battle for the Soul of Iraq by Owen WestReview coming soon...http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/04/in-mail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3995000053801019999Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:58:00 +00002012-03-27T10:04:51.512-04:00Neptunus LexMemoriamCaptain Carroll LeFon....our friend and comrade in arms and blogging Captain Carroll “Lex” Lefon, USN (ret) is to be interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA.I really don’t know what to say about a man such as Lex only that his passing has left a hole in my soul, and that I am jealous of anyone who is able to be there today to wish our friend farewell. For those that are there, you shall meet himhttp://www.thunderrun.us/2012/03/today-at-100-pm-pacific-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-8928264643563752856Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:33:00 +00002012-03-15T08:33:00.384-04:00Wednesday's HeroMaj. Britt ReedMaj. Britt Reed reads a Dr. Seuss book to children during a celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday at Fort Rucker Primary School March 2.Photo Courtesy U.S. Army Taken By Angela WilliamsThese brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives just so others may get to enjoy freedom. For that I am proud to call them Hero.Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/03/wednesday-hero-maj-britt-reed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-5675371326938308472Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:22:00 +00002012-03-07T13:31:01.178-05:00Neptunus LexMemoriamCaptain Carroll LeFonWhat a month it has been, first my Uncle Bob, then my Advancement Chair, then a charter and founding member of my Pack, then Andrew Breitbart and now Lex is gone and I can hardly believe it.As Forest’s mother said, “Death is just a part of life” but this death I am finding is hard to process.I only met Lex once, but as is wont in this “profession” an email relationship wasn’t out of the ordinary.http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/03/godspeed-captain-carroll-lefon-usn-ret.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-1476633696146096719Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:08:00 +00002012-03-07T10:16:10.602-05:00MemoriamI just can't believe that this is true...PILOT KILLED IN JET CRASHA civilian pilot flying for Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., was killed Tuesday morning when his F-21 Kfir jet crashed near the west gate of Naval Air Station Fallon, six miles east of the city limits.Godspeed Lex...You can leave your condolences here...http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/03/neptunus-lex-is-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3269627363961538711Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:07:00 +00002012-03-07T08:07:57.530-05:00Wednesday's HeroThis Weeks Post Was Suggested By href="http://mjgolch.blogspot.com">Michaelborder="1" alt="Capt. Albert H. Rooks">Capt.Albert H. Rooks50 years old from Colton, WashingtonDecember 29, 1891 - March 1, 1942Navy">On March 1, 1942, Captain Albert Harold Rooks, along with the majorityof the crew of the USS Houston perished in the line of duty. The mere368 survivors of the crew of more than 1,000 would http://www.thunderrun.us/2012/03/wednesday-hero-captain-albert-harold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3403110935119741643Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +00002012-02-29T08:00:06.827-05:00Wednesday's HeroThis Weeks Post Was Suggested By Michael1st Battalion, 9th MarinesThis weeks post is a little different. Rather than an individual service member, or a group, Wednesday Hero is profiling an entire battalion. 1st Battalion, 9th Marines (1/9) aka "The Walking Dead". Activated on March 1, 1942, 1/9 has had a long and distinguished service history. Seeing deployments in WWII, Vietnam, Somalia andhttp://www.thunderrun.us/2012/02/wednesday-hero-1st-battalion-9th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0