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Colorado Springs welcomes homes the troops

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 29, 2009 02:18 PM

Thousands of people in Colorado Springs turned out this morning for the Red, White & Brave parade to welcome home the troops. The Colorado Springs Gazette put the crowd estimate at 45,000 downtown.
It was a privilege to be among the throngs and throngs shouting “THANK YOU!” as our men and women in uniform marched with [...]

Outpouring of support for Dallas vet whose flags were torched

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 2, 2009 12:12 PM

They haven’t found the culprits yet who burned the U.S. and military flags of a former Marine in north Dallas this week.
But support and offers to replace the flags have poured in.
Avi Selk of the Dallas Morning News has the follow-up:
Our little story about a few front-porch flags that got burned in Far North [...]

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kenneth L. Reusser, R.I.P.

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 29, 2009 11:01 PM

Ugh. I am so maddeningly sick of the never-ending Michael Jackson circus, sucking up all the MSM oxygen and drawing out all the race hustlers and cable TV rats. Al Sharpton. Jesse Jackson. Celebrity lawyers. Sewage on parade.
Here’s a man whose legacy and name you should tell your children about instead: U.S. Marine Corps Col. [...]

The DHS “right-wing extremism” report and the Holocaust shooter

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 11, 2009 09:53 AM

Vindication! Vindication! Apologize! Apologize!
This is the gleeful mantra on the Left side of the blogosphere and cable TV.
A father/security guard/hero is dead and all these political opportunists can do is gloat about “vindication” that isn’t there.
I linked Greyhawk’s post on this issue at Mudville Gazette yesterday, but I am linking it again today. Read the [...]

D-Day weekend meditation

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 6, 2009 12:00 AM

June 25: www.troopathon.com; Update: Send support to families of targeted Arkansas troops

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 4, 2009 12:26 PM

June 25. Mark the date. Bookmark the site:
www.troopathon.com
On June 25th, Move America Forward will be holding our 2nd annual “Troop-a-thon” titled “Honor their Service.”
This cutting edge live webcast event brings together talk radio hosts, megastars of film and television, musical guests, journalists, military and Gold-star families, pro-troop groups and many more.
The goal of this charity [...]

And now this: Shooting at military recruiting center; 1 dead, 1 wounded; suspect is anti-military Muslim convert

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 1, 2009 02:02 PM

Scroll down for updates…meet the Muslim domestic terrorist suspect, Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad…Where is Obama’s denunciation of the attack?

Holy crap: A shooting at an Arkansas Army recruiting center has left one recruiter dead and one wounded. Pray for the families, please:
One Army recruiter was killed Monday and a second was wounded in a shooting at [...]

Memorial Day 2009: Giving thanks for those who made the ultimate sacrifice

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 25, 2009 12:41 AM

Engraved on the Korean War Memorial:

Pearl Harbor:

The Blue Angels’ missing man formation:

Words and men I’ll never forget:
“Others have died for my freedom, now this is my mark.” – Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr.
“He knew what he was fighting for.” – father of Lt. Michael P. Murphy.
“He felt that what we were doing was just and [...]

You can say that again, Mr. President

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 23, 2009 12:20 PM

President Obama tells us this Memorial Day weekend that veterans have not gotten the respect they deserve:
President Barack Obama saluted veterans and urged his countrymen to do the same this Memorial Day weekend, saying the nation has not always paid them proper respect.
In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said people can honor [...]

Memorial Day message from Blackfive

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 22, 2009 12:06 PM

Matt Burden has a must-read message as we head into Memorial Day weekend. He e-mails “a pre-emptive strike on the attempts of the media to project victimhood. I can’t speak for all of the Fallen, but I know what my three brothers would have wanted me to do on Memorial Day: Honor them by [...]

Introducing the Warrior Legacy Foundation

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 19, 2009 06:02 AM

An important message from milblog Blackfive. Bookmark this one and spread the word.

Winter Soldier fables: Anti-war “Marine” was lying mental patient; Updated

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 13, 2009 10:55 PM

Truly unhinged.

Bill Faith, R.I.P.

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 17, 2009 03:45 PM

I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of blogger Bill Faith. He died of a heart attack and had been in ill health.
Bill ran the blog Small Town Veteran and founded/contributed to Old War Dogs. I linked to his work many times over the years. He was also a valuable commenter here at [...]

Honoring the heroes of Operational Detachment Alpha 3336, 3rd Special Forces Group

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 12, 2008 01:35 PM

“You can take my leg, but you can’t take my heart and you can’t take my soul. I’m a Green Beret.”

Remembering Pearl Harbor: 67 years

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 7, 2008 10:09 AM

Infamy.

Vietnam vet branded “panhandler” for handing out memorial poppies

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 25, 2008 10:19 AM

Some of you will remember my friend Big John Miska, who sent me a classic Photo of the Day a few years ago capturing his encounter with a 9/11 Truther:

Big John is a Vietnam veteran and VFW leader who works tirelessly on charitable efforts for our troops. Last year, my family and I attended his [...]

Happy Veterans Day linkfest

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 11, 2008 10:01 AM

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served our great nation. Thank you for your courage and dedication. Thank you for our freedom.
Miblogger tributes at Blackfive and Mudville Gazette.
Meet Cpl. Erin Liberty.
Invite a vet to dinner: Golden Corral is once again offering its 2008 Military Appreciation Monday dinner next Monday from 5 pm to [...]

Help lift up a wounded soldier

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 20, 2008 09:27 PM

Ok, here is my birthday plea:
Please help out PFC Hunter Levine. My friend Debra Burlingame sends word that his friends, family, and fellow soldiers are asking for support.
Read:
I know a young man who is in desperate need of help. His name is PFC Hunter Levine. He is 20 years old and hails from Houston, TX.
He [...]

The “C” in CNN stands for clueless

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 7, 2008 04:19 AM

CNN’s hatchet job on Col. Bud Day.

Remembrance, gratitude, fortitude

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 25, 2008 08:07 AM

The Blue Angels’ missing man formation:

Honoring the fallen at Blackfive.
Memorial Day in Iraq from milblogger JD Johannes:

Words and men I’ll never forget:
“Others have died for my freedom, now this is my mark.” – Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr.
“He knew what he was fighting for.” – father of Lt. Michael P. Murphy.
“He felt that what we [...]

The Vets for Freedom National Heroes Tour

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 20, 2008 07:49 AM

Let’s roll.

A Doolittle Raider passes: And then there were 11

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 18, 2008 05:10 PM

“He served his Lord.”

The wreath-laying at Arlington Cemetery

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 15, 2007 09:20 PM

“We make it our business to Never Forget.”

Thank the troops this season

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 14, 2007 02:02 PM

National debt of gratitude.

Pearl Harbor: 66 years

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 7, 2007 10:17 AM

“If you go to schools – high schools and even colleges and ROTC – today and ask them what Pearl Harbor meant to them, they haven’t a clue. That’s bad.”

Shame in Britain: Disabled veterans jeered at swimming pool

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 25, 2007 08:27 AM

The London Telegraph has a Sunday morning blood-boiler. Britain has a potent strain of moonbat virus going around. What would Churchill do?
Injured soldiers who lost their limbs fighting for their country have been driven from a swimming pool training session by jeering members of the public.
The men, injured during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, were [...]

Take a vet to dinner

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 12, 2007 08:20 AM

Military Appreciation Monday.

Another Doolittle Raider passes

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 8, 2007 10:21 PM

American hero.

Sentence of shame

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 28, 2007 09:21 PM

“You will have a toothbrush and bucket with a placard saying you stole from veterans.”

MARINE WILL VISIT STUDENTS WHO WROTE TO HIM

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 14, 2005 07:16 AM

Last month, talk show host extraordinaire Neal Boortz wrote about a Greensboro, Ga., middle school that refused to allow a Marine to come visit a class of sixth-graders that had written him letters while he served in Iraq. After getting pressure from Boortz’s listeners and others, the local superintendent apologized.
Boortz updated the story yesterday:
Next Monday, [...]



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