Yesterday I left off talking about my experiences on state active duty during the southeastern floods.  I ended with my experience spending the night in a jail cell.

Today I will tell you what happened after the first day.  More National Guardsmen started to come into the area.  Somehow I was tasked to be…

I really did sleep in a jail cell, but I'll get to that in a minute. The recent hurricane and subsequent flooding made me think of my own flood experience.  In 1998 I was in the Ohio Army National Guard.  Horrible rain hit southeastern Ohio, so my unit was called to state active duty.  My fellow medic came to my…

Here is an e-mail that Major General Oscar Decker, USA, Retired, sent me recently.  He is a new member of our site, by the way.  I do not know the exact author.  I had never heard of Martha Raye before or Colonel Maggie as they called her.  Comment…

Yes, you read that title correctly.

I came across an article about this amazing doctor, John Burson.  He is 76 years old, and is a nose, ear and throat doctor.  In 1955 he joined the Army, but did not…

Photo : Cpl Jonathan Barrette, technicien en imagerie, FOI-AFG, ROTO

I just came across a great blog for you to check out.  It is called  A Soldier's Perspective.  I love the…

I came across this article in the 7/25/11 edition of the Army Times and thought it was quite interesting. 

"Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flags, a symbol of supreme sacrifice, display a silouette of a bowed head, barbed wire and a…

You may have noticed it has been a few days since I posted a blog.  Our internet did not work for some reason.  Even our wifi was out.

I am a 7th and 8th grade social studies teacher.  This week I am preparing for the kiddies to come, and come they will.  Tomorrow is the big first day of school.  I will try my best to blog each day and add more stories.

Oh, another thing.  I discovered the other day that Google and other search engines were not "seeing" the website in…

I am going to find out, one way or another.  My mother always said that my great-great-great-great-great…

If you served in the military, then you likely have good friends from that era.  Some you may stay in touch with, even after decades of service.  But what if you have no idea how to contact them or where they live?

That's where Military.com's…

With all of the (already) 2012 politics going on everywhere you look, I'd thought I'd look into members of Congress and see who among them has been in the military.  After all, this is the group we elect that is supposed to declare war per our Constitution.

What I found surprised me.  According to the Military Officer's Association of America, in the 1969-1970 session of the House of Representatives, a whopping 74% of members were…

A few days ago, our country's oldest known survivor of the Bataan Death March passed away.  Albert Brown was 105 years old.  Just like the other 78,000 or so prisoners who were forced marched some 65 miles in the Phillipines, his body did not fare well. He was told not to expect to live much past 50 because of the disease, cruelty and malnutrition his…

Here's a question that may get you thinking:

Which military movie is the best ever and why?

I would have to say my favorite is We Were Soldiers, the true story of the Calvary unit in Vietnam. I read the book first (also excellent) and the movie did not disappoint.  The leadership…

TLC channel has a show called Surprise Homecoming.  I believe it used to be on another channel, but being so popular TLC snatched it up as its own.  I can't watch it without tearing up, so it must be pretty good.

The show coordinates, just as the title indicates, surprise homecomings for military members and their families.  These aren't just your walk through the front door and, surprise I'm…

Hello all,

If you see the little boxes that have flags in them, this simply means that people who have signed up have not yet added a picture of themselves.  We love Old Glory, but would love to see more smiling faces!

If you served in the military, your picture does not have to be you in uniform.  That's cool if it is,…

This past week I received a chain e-mail about buying only American made products from August 1- September 1st.  You have probably heard the stories of the Made in America show where Diane Sawyer took everything out of a suburban American household that was not made in America.  All that was left was an empty house pretty much.  The e-mail also mentioned how food products are coming from China more and more.  I know recently I tried to buy apple juice for my little one, and I looked at the…

In Friday's post, I left off talking about arriving at Ft. Jackson from the airport.  In this post I will tell a little about what happened once we were taken inside. 

Everybody was so tired and disoriented.  Sergeants who were staff at the reception station tried to show us who was boss.  This was our very first time in "formation", inside standing on carpet.  We were told to dump out our bags, personal items and all.  They rapidly strolled up and down the aisle looking for…

About ten years ago, the United States Army started issuing berets to all of its soldiers to wear with their camouflage, or field uniforms.

I was in the Army National Guard at the time, and remember how weird the beret felt at first.  No one knew how to wear it at first, and we all looked like we had black baker's hats on. You had to "shape" your…