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Two-fer Tuesday

Eric — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:27 +0000

If I didn’t know any better, would swear someone at Ranger Up read a recent post here desiring Outlaw’s aviator weapon of choice on a shirt. Pre-order the below here, the latest piece of apparel sure to rile your thin-skinned friends.

When they designed the Apache Helicopter they pretty much decided to design a [...]

The Fellowship of the Ring

Floyd — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:19 +0000

Above is Lt. Cdr. (USN) Minter Dial who died in a Japanese POW camp in the Phillipines in 1945. He gave his Naval Academy ring to a fellow POW to give to his wife Lisa after the War… well… Smithsonian Magazine has the story of this ring…. and it’s a helluva ride. Thank God [...]

Occupy This, Reality Version

Eric — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:35:39 +0000

The latest shirt from our friends at Ranger Up, tellin’ it like it is. Pre-order as necessary …

There are a lot of ways to change the world.

Sitting around in a park whining is not one of them.

The only way to actually accomplish anything of note, including the “change” this Occupy Wall [...]

Do you see the light?

Eric — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:28:53 +0000

For my fellow Threedonians who highly recommended I finally watch Band of Brothers as my Christmas vacation homework, mission accomplished and I cannot thank you enough. For better and worse, as the WWII veteran family members to whom I was closest (my grandfathers) served in the Pacific theatre as Marines and Navy, my interest [...]

Way To Go Texans!

Outlaw13 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:22:56 +0000

Video: Finally home

Marine Scott Wood died four weeks ago after suffering injuries during combat in Iraq. Before his burial, his wife dressed him in two uniforms. On the outside, Scott wore his military dress blues. Underneath, he wore the blue No. 80 jersey of Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson.

Sara Wood had been [...]

Vaclav Havel — R.I.P.

Floyd — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:44:52 +0000

Vaclav Havel, playwright, former President of the formerCzechoslovakia and hero of its Velvet Revolution as the Soviet empire was collapsing has died at age 75.

Mr Havel died on Sunday morning at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic, his assistant Sabina Dancecova said.

A former chain smoker, Mr Havel had been suffering [...]

We Remember Pearl Harbor — Open Thread

Floyd — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:01:49 +0000

USS Bennington passes over the unfinished USS Arizona Memorial in 1958.

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Provide For The Common Defense

Outlaw13 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:41:27 +0000

Yeah, it actually says that on one of those old pieces of paper that we keep around the National Archives. It’s one of the the few things that are actually spelled out as being required by Congress to do.

Some people don’t feel so strongly about this…

Lawrence Korb at Politico [...]

This is monumentally kewl…

Outlaw13 — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:51:34 +0000

Unveiled on 11 NOV at Ground Zero, this statue commemorates the Special Forces Soldiers who first took the fight to the enemy in Afghanistan in 2001.

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A little Buckeye love

Eric — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:25:36 +0000

Incredibly amazing project taking shape in Ohio, founded by high school friend Todd Reigle. He’s been teasing us all with his 11/11/11, at 11 AM EST, for weeks and couldn’t be prouder of him. Will be recording an RF3D podcast with Todd to promote Honor Ride Ohio this afternoon, so if you have any questions [...]