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Archive for September, 2012

LtCol Chris “Otis” Raible and Sgt. Brad Atwell…Marine Hero’s

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 Posted in Military, Site News | No Comments »

Well guys, a week has passed since LtCol Chris “Otis” Raible and Sgt. Atwell died and you only hear bits and pieces about it on the news.  I just heard Sen. McCain on talk radio mention the deeds of these ...

A true Marine Leader…”Otis”

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

  LtCol Chris "Otis" Raible and Sgt Brad Atwell, died last week in the attacks at Camp Bastion.  There was intel/rumor floating around about his (Otis's) last actions and I published this before there was solid word on his final hours ...

The Bill of Rights…225 years

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

  Monday, 17 September, was the 225th anniversary of the signing of our Constitution.  You know the yellowed piece of paper enshrined over at National Archives in Washington DC that was featured in “National Treasure” (see for an old guy, I’m ...

9-11

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Another year passes marking the attacks against the United States by Radical Muslims.  How fitting is it that last year, the mastermind of those attacks was cut down by a single 5.56 bullet to his face by a Navy SEAL ...

Veteran’s Day 5K race/walk in Western New York

Friday, September 7th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

The WNY Chapter of AUSA  has partnered with Buffalo Paradigm Co. to help host the first ever Veteran's Day 5K race/walk in Western New York. Go to http://www.wnyausa.org/VetsDay5K to check out the page, get more info and register. All the proceeds raised ...

NO EASY DAY: The killing of Bin Laden

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 Posted in Military, The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

NO EASY DAY I should say “Not enough book” would be a better title… and I only say that because this was a page burner book, well written, a solid story and like he says, a first hand account of the ...