May 09, 2010 07:58 AM PDT

Major Herbert W. “Bill” Donahue Jr., USMC Ret – Founder/President, United American Patriots joins me to talk about his project and the significance of honoring and remembering our veterans both past, present, and future. In the eyes of many, the US military is the most precious resource and arguably our best chance of preserving freedom both here and abroad.

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Officers’ Clubs Near Extinction

As military’s demographics, culture evolve, social activities center around troops’ families

By Larry Copeland, USA Today

FORT BENNING, Ga. – This sprawling Army installation, where generations of infantry soldiers have come to train, boasts an Internet cafe, a brew pub sporting pool tables and big-screen televisions, and six gymnasiums. It even has the area’s only do-it-yourself dog wash. People bring Fido, place him on a platform and give him a flea-ridding scrubbing.

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Two Marines who should have been awarded the Medal of Honor…but as mentioned in an earlier post on this blog, the Medal of Honor appears to now be a “Dead Man’s” medal only.  But in this case, “only” the Navy Cross was awarded.

Watch the video several times.  These two heroic Marines did not leave their posts…but the Iraqi ran like hell.

Just what will it take for DoD, and our nation, to honor a real living hero? 

Hearing officer recommends Sgt. John ‘Johnny’ Winnick face administrative punishment.

By MARK WALKER – NCTimes Staff Writer | Monday, July 14, 2008 7:05 PM PDT

A hearing officer is recommending dropping manslaughter charges against a Marine sniper who killed two men in Iraq he believed were planting a roadside bomb.

Instead, the hearing officer is recommending that Sgt. John “Johnny” Winnick II of San Diego face a less severe “non-judicial” punishment on a charge of dereliction of duty for failing to strictly adhere to the military’s rules of engagement.

“I recommend that the remaining charges be withdrawn,” the hearing officer, Capt. Jeffery King, wrote in his report to Camp Pendleton’s Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland, who can accept or reject the advice.

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SAN DIEGO — A Marine was charged Tuesday with murder and dereliction of duty in the death of a detainee in Fallujah, Iraq, after authorities say his involvement came to light during a lie detector test for a job with the Secret Service.

Sgt. Ryan Weemer is the third person charged in the case, which centers on allegations that a Marine squad shot a group of unarmed captives during heavy fighting in November 2004.

Investigators claim Weemer, 25, described the killing during a polygraph test that included a question about whether he had participated in a wrongful death.

Weemer had completed his active duty and was in the Marine Corps’ Individual Ready Reserve until the Marine Corps reactivated him this week, said Lt. Col. Sean Gibson, a Marine spokesman. The move allows the military to court-martial Weemer.

Weemer, of Hindsboro, Ill., has been assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, while he awaits trial at Camp Pendleton. He was not being held in the brig.

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