VFW Commander in Chief’s decision on the PAC
Monday, October 18th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »VFW Commander in Chief has made the right decision on the folks running the PAC, but is it enough? I verified this email with John to make sure I was passing on the right info. I'm hoping that this new direction ...
Call to action: Military Children in Hawaii
Monday, October 18th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »I wanted to pass on these posts about the education of our kids in Hawaii. You may ask why a Marine cares about this from Texas? Well, I have a daughter living in Hawaii and this stuff applies to her. ...
Marine UAV’s “Tic, Tic, Tic”
Saturday, October 16th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_616" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Marine UAV's Tic TIC TIC"][/caption] What I know about UAV’S… I don’t think this will win any contests, but watching some UAV footage on T.V. today reminded me of a somewhat funny story. While in Iraq, at a ...
You Served Blog talk Radio
Thursday, October 14th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »Hey guys, there is a Blog conference out in Vegas right now and they have a live stream going. Please go check this out. YouServed Radio. Troy and a whole bunch of great folks are out there right now. Enjoy the conference!! Semper ...
VFW: Better know who you support.
Monday, October 11th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »VFW: Better know who you support. I have a friend in N.C. who I served with back at Cherry Point and then over in Iraq named “Spook.” He is incredibly smart like the character in the TV show and I value ...
John Rodiguez busted and in the big house
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 Posted in Military, The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »Lately it seems that the Stolen Valor (SV) law has produced a series of lame cases in which the accused has been let off with a slap on the wrist. This insults the dignity of most true service members I ...
Gina Elise Needs some help
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »Hey guys, There is a gal I met last year at the Mil Blog conference in DC named Gina Elise and she is a Super American. Pepsi-Cola corporation has an initiative called the Pepsi refresh project which will give $50,000 to ...
The Islamic Elephant in the room!!
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 8 Comments »[caption id="attachment_593" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Burka Babe near Downtown Fort Worth TX"][/caption] The Islamic Elephant in the Room, Have you ever heard the old English expression about “The Elephant in the Room?” That’s when there is a topic so toxic that no one ...
9-11 never forgotten because of friends like John
Saturday, September 11th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »Today is September 11, 2010, and it’s hard to believe that nine years has passed since that miserable week that was to forever change the lives of our world. Most people had one or two friends that they knew who ...
Old Iraqi post
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »This was a letter that I found from TQ Iraq in 05. It started from something I witnessed one night and got me thinking. Of course this is my fantasy of what happens to the smucks who build the bombs... Lately ...