Military Life
Saturday, May 17, Armed Forces Day is coming to a neighborhood near you. Granted, you haven’t done six weeks of shopping to prepare for the Big Day, but are your children jazzed for the Big Day? If you check the polls, the same U.S. holidays turn up as the most
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A curious visitor dropped in on his local church to hear a Sunday sermon. Later, a friend asked him how it had gone. The visitor's reply: "A preacher is a mild-mannered man, standing up in front of mild-mannered men, telling them they gotta be more mild-mannered." A preacher like that
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This author remembers a family chat over the dinner table, now more than 45 years ago. Grandpa was talking about the "mustard gas" that they used to use in World War I. "They outlawed that," he said. "Why did they do that?" your author - age 5 - asked. "Because!" Grandpa
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This author sat down to write about our first President. He called to his wife, "I'll be in the office for a while. I've got to get into the frame of mind to write something about George Washington's military skill." She replied with a straight face, "Do you want me
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Robert Fulghum wrote a witty book for us, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. That's funny, and true, too. Play fair. Don't hit people. Clean up your own mess. Goldfish and hamsters die, and so do we. Yep, you learn a lot when you go to kindiegarten,
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In the movie Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, the rebels try to use the young heroine Katniss as a pivot point to rally others to their cause. They put Katniss in front of cameras and give her scripted lines to read through. She's worthless at that kind of acting. The
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We'll take Military Rumors for $200, Alex. During the past few years, the Internet has been buried in a blizzard of myths, legends and bizarre rumors about the U.S. military. Some of these even turn out to be true. How good are you at separating the real from the hoax? Here
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Whether you are a foreign threat or merely a trivia buff, the U.S. Army has more than its share of surprises. Did you know? The Army is older than the United States itself. During a Presidential campaign, Alan Keyes was once challenged to find a reference to God in the Constitution;
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Robert Fulghum wrote a witty book for us, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. That's funny, and true, too. Play fair. Don't hit people. Clean up your own mess. Goldfish and hamsters die, and so do we. Yep, you learn a lot when you go to kindiegarten,
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"There are no atheists in foxholes," said President Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allied Forces that invaded Normandy. No one is granted a clearer view of the Higher Power than a servicemember who is minutes from death. In the U.S. justice system, for example, the "dying declaration" law allows
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When the battle-weary soldier came home after saving Europe in 1945, he wanted a few well-earned American comforts for his trouble. The open roads and highways were calling, and 1946-1960 was a golden era in American motoring. But a soldier wanting a sports car had one problem. He looked to his
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On August 4, 2013, a "final farewell" memorial service will be held for U.S. Air Force PFC James Chester Mohn, who was last seen in 1944. On 25 May 1944, a C-47A Air Transport Command aircraft departed from Lalmanirhat, India on a cargo run. Piloting were 1st Lt. John S. Gordon
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You remember First Blood, the original 1982 Rambo movie. John Rambo drifts around the States without a single friend, and when the harassment finally triggers his PTSD, he goes on a rampage. Finally he gets a single scrap of cold comfort from his former commanding officer - who offers to
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Dinesh D'Souza immigrated to the United States from Mumbai, India. In the famous editorial, "Ten Great Things About America," he remarked on blessings he saw that we, born here, tend not to notice. For example, he says, "the ordinary guy" in most countries does not have a car, a high-definition TV
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On Jan. 13, the young and talented Seattle Seahawks team flew down to Atlanta to take on the intimidating 13-3 Falcons. Master Sgt. Traci Williams was there, tailgating with other Servicemembers. Ten years ago, she founded the Military Sea Hawkers booster club, which has grown to more than 1,000 members. The "young"
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When we talk about resilience, in an object, we're thinking about its ability to bounce back after being smashed. A racquetball pops back to "round" after squeezed. But a house, hit by a falling tree, caves in - hopefully not in a living area. A Soldier's resilience allows him/her to bounce back
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In a famous Clint Eastwood movie, Harry sits in committee and they ask him what he thinks of the new diversity hire. "That sounds very stylish," Harry scoffs. "But when your partner is killed, that's a whale of a price to pay for being stylish." Whether yoga is stylish or not,
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Sometimes it might not be our first instinct to associate pro baseball with loyalty, duty and honor. The fact is, though, Major League Baseball has always been loaded with fine men who understand about serving a cause greater than themselves. In World War II, for example, more than 1,300 ballplayers,
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Seattle Seahawks fans are famous everywhere in the NFL for their emotion, loyalty and sheer noise level. Of all sports fans, football fans are probably the most raucous; of all pro football fans, Seahawks fans definitely set the standard for passion. And of Seahawks fans, the military booster club's members
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Looking for ammo to take into Sports Trivia Night? Ask your pals which Hall of Famer played in the most World Series. Yogi Berra played in 14 of them, winning ten. It must make for an impressive handful of rings when he decides to wear them all at the same
