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Archive for December, 2011

KBL, Kill Bin Laden a book review

Saturday, December 31st, 2011 Posted in Military | No Comments »

Happy New Years gang, I just spent the best six hours of my life this afternoon, on the couch in my man jammies, reading KBL (Kill Bin Laden) by John Weisman.  I’d like to thank Uncle Jimbo and Adam Korn for ...

Pakistan Two Step…

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

The Pakistan dance… Since the times of Alexander the Great, getting logistics into Afghanistan has been a tremendous nightmare.  You have a landlocked country where most of our supplies come through a place called the Torkham Gate which links Afghanistan to ...

Wounded Vet Coming home for Christmas

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

Sgt 1st Class Mark Allen is a friend of a friend who sustained a bad head shot back in 2009 while serving in Afghanistan.  He is finally coming home to Loganville, a small town outside of Atlanta.  If you are ...

BZ Tura Brady and Jeremy DuMont

Friday, December 9th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

These two young men have what it takes!! Hats off to Tura Brady and Jeremy DuMont, you will have a great career in the Marine Corps and it’s nice to see that our ranks are being filled with upstanding young ...

Dec 7th 1941 “Hero’s in your Hood”

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

Hero’s in your “Hood” Hero’s in your “Hood”   Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  I use to get a phone call on December 7th  each year from a retired WWII Marine (with the same name as ...