Recent Posts Tagged With 'features'

• Very Sad News: America Lost A Hero; Major Chris Galloway. Rest In Peace My Friend

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 11:28 in features

  Well today began pretty crappy for me and upon arriving home, I read news that made my day seem even bleaker. I’m sure that many of our readers here remember ChrisG and the often times spirited discussions that he took part in here at ASM an...

• Mourning The Loss Of A Husband, A Father, A Son, An American Hero

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 16:32 in features

  America has lost a Hero today. A man who served our country proudly as a Soldier in the US Army. A man who took pride in the job he did and a man who proudly led his Soldiers, when they deployed to Afghanistan this past summer. A man who has fought...

• Virtual Veterans Day Parade

  Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 20:19 in features

  A couple of months back, CJ at A Soldier's Perspective contacted MilBloggers, asking us to take part in a Virgual Veterans Day Parade. Quite a few MilBloggers responded and CJ has created a video of the responses. Enjoy the parade and don't forget ...

• Help Needed To Provide Christmas Party For Walter Reed Patients

  Posted on Saturday November 1st, 2008 at 18:06 in features

  I just received this information from Sue last night and wanted to pass it along to our readers. The VFW Post 8208 in Ruckersville, Virginia is hoping to host a Christmas Party in early December for Walter Reed patients and their families. They're ...

• Paws For Patriots

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 02:00 in features

  In 2003, board member of the Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc, Bobby Newman, heard about a young Marine who had lost his eyesight in Iraq. Newman who is the executive vice president of the Tampa, Florida based J.C. Newman Cigar Company, heard from a frie...

• 1931 Buick Restored To Honor Heroes

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 04:00 in features

  Ted Levitt is a proud American. So proud, that each day, as he opens his business in Annapolis, Md. Chick and Ruith’s Delly, each morning begins with him leading the deli’s patrons in the Pledge of Allegiance. Over the lunch counter, is a huge ...

• Helping Vets Find Their Way Home

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 02:00 in features

  Sometimes when Troops get out of the military, they’re adrift in the world with no set goals, struggling to make it in the civilian world. Often they’ve spent many of their adult years in the military, or perhaps they’ve just returned from the...

• Literacy Program Gains National Attention In Hawijah

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 02:00 in features

  In the United States, it’s commonplace for us to send our children to school and ensure that they are well educated and literate. We encourage our children to pay attention in class and to do well in each subject they’re taught. Most of our chi...

• From Grief To Action

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 02:00 in features

  On July 28, 2004, the world changed for SFC Vince Jacques. After the Humvee he was in hit an IED, he found himself dangling upside down. His legs were trapped underneath the dashboard and the vehicle was a twisted mass of metal. The gunner in the ...

• 233rd Army Birthday

  Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 07:00 in features

  Today, 233 years ago, the United States Army was established to defend our great nation.  We have stood Army Strong and committed to our mission, our nation, and its people from the time of the Revolutionary War to the Global War on Terror.  This c...