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Archive for December, 2010

Merry Christmas, Your Officer of the Day is Gen. Mattis

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

  UPDATE:  Jeff Schogol from Stars and Stripes confirmed this happened here... http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/did-gen-mattis-pull-duty-on-christmas-so-a-marine-could-be-with-his-family-1.134995 The following was provided by John Wear:  The story below was told by Dr. Albert C. Pierce, the Director of the Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics at The ...

Sgt. Mad Dog Tracy’s Fiction about the TSA trip home

Saturday, December 11th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 10 Comments »

TSA and Soldiers Returning Home From Afghanistan‏   Everyone loves a good story and I am telling you right now that this letter being sent around the world by a fictional Soldier named Mad Dog Tracy is a total work of fiction.  ...

December 7th, Pearl Harbor…A Date that will live in Infamy

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

  Pearl Harbor  On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii By planning this attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet ...

Awesome Christmas Idea’s for your “I Love Me” military guy

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Great Xmas idea for your "I love me" inventory If you are looking for something to give your Dad or buddy who served in ANY branch of the service, check this site out, http://www.myservicepride.com/store/ Every now and than, I come across some ...