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“IF IF IF IF IF IF IF Worms had Machine Guns”

Monday, February 6th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

“IF”  I love that word “IF” and the other day when I heard a gal bemoaning the fact that “if” they just conceded the contract... and it made me think of the old drill instructor who would say “If…if’s and but’s ...

1001 Things To Love About Military Life

Monday, February 6th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

  I have a Guest buddy dropping some posts on the Sandgram, so here is "Fly-by the review guy" on a book he read recently... 1001 Things To Love About Military Life When I first saw the title of this book, I immediately ...

Fly-by the Review Guy

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Tuff-Writer Upgrades Operator Tactical Pen Series   If you’re like me, you’re probably asking what the heck a tactical pen is.  To be honest, until I checked out this pen, I didn’t really know myself.  I’ve seen the pens at the clothing ...

Recap on that Loser Andrew Diabo, least we forget…

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

How a local 'war hero' went AWOL Andrew Alexander Diabo of Bucks claimed to have been a Marine pilot. Then the feds started a probe.   April 25, 2010|By Larry King INQUIRER STAFF WRITER       The local war hero has vanished, having slipped out ...

Talks with the Taliban?

Friday, January 13th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

I'm reading this and thinking first of all, "We are in talks with the Taliban?" and second, "Who leaked a Top Secret report?" Guess that little gem is not under investigation... The news covered the whole "Marine Pissing on Dead Taliban" yesterday ...

Marines urinate on Dead Taliban fighters…

Thursday, January 12th, 2012 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 4 Comments »

Marines urinate on Dead Taliban fighters… That is the headline today that has the halls of the Pentagon in “Duck and Cover” mode I’m sure.  I hate to see the Boss (CMC) take a face shot over this incident.  The usual ...

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 ...