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Important links for Vets…

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

I got this today from a friend of mine, DiAnna Maxwell who is in the Army Nurse Corps and it's a fantastic collection of links for all things that our Vets need. Please feel free to pass this on to ...

Another Army Poser Bites the dust thanks to Mil bloggers!

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

ABC newsThe Poser Posse at work (Mil Bloggers) has helped nab another fine douche bag and contributed to his arrest by the FBI.  Michael Patrick McManus was arrested last night by the Houston FBI on charges related to the Stolen ...

BRAC, Fraud, Waste and Abuse

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 4 Comments »

BRAC The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission http://www.brac.gov (BRAC) is just another form of “Fraud, Waste and Abuse” in my mind.  For those of you new to this, every politician out there with a military base located in their state ...

Man, do I hate Holiday Travel

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 5 Comments »

Guys, this came from Iowahawk and I had to share this Satire with you. I about lost my coffee this morning as I read this!! Man, Do I Hate Holiday Travel Iowahawk Special Guest Opinion by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk...ay-travel.html Yesterday while I was lying ...

Interview with Internet legend, LtCol George Goodson USMC (Ret)

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 39 Comments »

There are times when you receive an email that draws such raw emotions out of you that it’s possible to cry over your keyboard.  This past July, I opened my mailbox to read one of those emails, and it was ...

Interview with LtCol George Goodson USMC (Ret)

Monday, December 21st, 2009 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Dear Gang,   First of all Merry Christmas to you all since I will most likely be on road leaving the 24th for a trip somewhere, but I have a Christmas present for you all.  I interviewed LtCol George Goodson (Ret) who wrote ...

Open letter to Mil Bloggers from CJ

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

I want to take a moment to thank all of those that are participating in the BlogOut on behalf of free speech generally and me specifically. The selflessness show by each of these bloggers, both within and without the milblogging ...

United with CJ

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

The milblogging community has been very supportive of CJ and all of ASP over the last few weeks as we have dealt our closing, purchase, reopenning, the Army Times article, and all the school/PTA business. I really wish I could ...

Blogger Landmines

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

Guys, I have been writing on and off for four years now and one of the things in the back of mind is “Will I get hammered for this?” There are opinions that I feel very strongly about and have put ...

LtCol Allen West (Ret USA) for President!

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 6 Comments »

          LtCol Allen West (Ret USA)   I have to tell you about the statement made by one retired Army LtCol named Allen West on the Fort Hood shooting.  This guy has hit the nail on the head and says the things ...