Late last week, I noted the spate of related shootings in the Beltway area targeting military buildings — including the Marine Corps Museum in D.C., the Pentagon, and a vacant Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va. Ballistics tests have tied all the attacks together. Now, FOX 5 in Washington, D.C. reports another incident involving […]

The wall-to-wall campaign coverage has distracted me from noting several terrifying shootings in the Beltway area — all targeting the military and specifically, the Marines. The shooter is apparently on the loose with a high-powered rifle. Earlier in the week, there were three incidents: he FBI said on Thursday that it has linked a shooting […]

Sent in by reader Lynne S. Just watch these amazing Wounded Warriors and get inspired:

Marine Corporal Brian Downard, 24, died of testicular cancer on Monday. He leaves behind a seven-year-old son, Jesse. The American Legion reports that Downard’s mother, Brenda, who will now raise Jesse, needs help raising money for funeral and living expenses. From the Burn Pit: Funeral expenses are $14,942.55, a sum that Brenda simply does not […]

On Sunday night, several readers e-mailed to let me know about a cartoon in the Imperial Valley (CA) Press that upset them immensely. Reader Marty sent the jpeg. It shows two young skateboarder punks looking up at a campaign poster. The candidate is not identified. He is bald and wears an eye patch. The punks […]

From the U.S. Army website: Two hundred and thirty-five years ago, the United States Army was established to defend our Nation. From the Revolutionary War to the current operations taking place around the world, our Soldiers remain Army Strong with a deep commitment to our core values and beliefs. This 235th birthday commemorates America’s Army […]

**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers Last year on June 6th Google celebrated the 25th birthday of Tetris: On June 6th the year before that, Google recognized the birthday of Spanish painter Diego Velasquez: But today, June 6, 2010… nothing: Google is purposefully ignoring a big event, aren’t they? Don’t they know that this is the […]

**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers The word “sacrifice” is often used in a wildly exaggerated fashion (for some of us, it’s a “sacrifice” to lose cable for a day), but those who make very real and sometimes ultimate sacrifices are some of the reasons that the rest of us are in the enviable position of […]

Paying tribute to those who fought and died to keep America free:

From reader S., a YouTube Memorial Day video tribute set to “Arlington,” by Trace Adkins: *** President Obama, as you know, is enjoying basketball and barbecue this Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. Let’s hope his staff has straightened him out on the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day by now.

Taps Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, From the skies. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Go to sleep, peaceful sleep, May the soldier or sailor, God keep. On the land or the deep, Safe in sleep. Love, good night, Must thou go, When the day, And […]

**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers President Obama went to Arlington Cemetery to lay the wreath last year, but this year Obama’s handing the wreath to Plugs and heading off to the more welcoming political climes of Chicago: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to spend a long holiday weekend in Chicago. The White House […]

**Posted by guest-blogger Doug Powers Head on over to Doug Ross’s site and read about one of Richard Blumenthal’s supporters at yesterday’s non-apology. Amazingly enough, it appears that Blumenthal addressed his “few misplaced words” about claiming to have served in Vietnam while flanked by veterans who supposedly still support him — and one of those […]

I had the honor of speaking at one of Oliver North’s Freedom Alliance events in 2002 about immigration and national security. While there, I met Shannon Spann, the widow of American hero Johnny “Mike” Spann — the 32-year-old CIA officer and former Marine Corps artillery specialist who was the first American killed in action during […]

Turns out it wasn’t just a one-off flub. President Obama mispronounced “corpseman” before last week’s gaffe-a-thon….on October 26, 2009 during a speech to graduates of the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida. Reader Chris P. sends the video and e-mails: “Doesn’t Obama have any military advisors, Democrat Senators or anyone who saw the speech and […]

Never forget: The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association is here. Their numbers are dwindling, but WWII veterans who bore witness to the Japanese attacks on this infamous day are fighting to keep the memories and the history alive. Ed Morrissey noted last year that former Hawaii resident Barack Obama couldn’t get his Pearl Harbor history right: […]

Hey, you know how President Obama constantly carps about having inherited all the nation’s worst problems? Well, there’s one problem he did indeed inherit from the Bush administration — but it’s a problem he won’t acknowledge because it indicts the wretched excesses of the Left. The problem is Washington’s tolerance fetish. The path to Fort […]

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served our great nation. Thank you for your courage and dedication. Thank you for our freedom. We can’t say it enough. Applebee’s honors vets and active duty military with a free meal today. Krispy Kreme is doing the same. Or take a vet out to McCormack & Schmick’s […]

Today is the 234th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Marine Corps. Here is the Commandant’s Message celebrating the proud history of the Marines: Hoorah! Project Valour IT’s annual fundraiser for wounded warriors continues. I’m on Team Marines and we are nearing our $35,000 goal, but we need help getting over the top. It’s […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

June 25. Mark the date. Bookmark the site: http://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 […]