Military Affairs
Yesterday, Mark Patinkin remembered Holly Charette, killed in Iraq in 2005. source Holly Charette liked make-up, Britney Spears and the Marines. She liked cheesecake, Tinker Bell and the United States of America. She loved her friends and, most of all, her family. She died serving her country. She was 21 years old. As Patinkin noted…
I thought it worth taking a moment to note that former RI House minority whip and Congressional candidate John Loughlin left today for a military tour of duty in Iraq, for which he’s come out of retirement to help train Iraqis in the political process. I had a cup of coffee with Loughlin the other…
Unlike at least one of their Ivy League counterparts, Harvard is backing up their previous rhetoric and bringing ROTC (Navy) back onto the campus. On Friday, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus are scheduled to sign an agreement that will establish the Naval ROTC’s formal presence on the Cambridge campus, the…
…because it seems to in many places, but according to a characterization put forth by Dan Berrett of the online publication Inside Higher Ed, at least one local institution seems to be dragging its heels…Officials at Brown University did not go as far as others in predicting a return of ROTC. Marisa Quinn, vice president…
No missile shield for Poland and Czech Republic and the Iranian missile threat is downgraded. Unilateral appeasement, plain and simple, to countries who wish America ill will. Furthermore, an action taken without realizing any simultaneous concessions from Russia on Iran, Georgia, and other Eastern European countries. Yet another example of how Obama coddles tyrants and…
The Maine Troop Greeters have been welcoming our troops to Bangor, Maine for over 6 years (actually, longer, since they have been active since the first Gulf War) and have earned a soft spot in the hearts of many military families: For a town not especially known for its military presence (as compared with places…
“Girls With Guns Get It” (H/T): In both Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army and Marines found it useful to send a female soldier along on raids, as it was less disruptive to have a woman search the female civilians. There was no shortage of volunteers for this duty. The marines, as is their custom,…
Ocean State Republican has posted video and text of President Reagan’s 1984 D-Day speech: The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next. It was the deep knowledge…
A deep-felt thank you to our veterans and to our troops currently serving our country. And to your families who support you. The freedoms we enjoy today are a result of your sacrifice and for that we salute you from the bottom of our hearts. Having come of age in the latter years of the…
I know there’s no direct connection, but I couldn’t help but think of those complaints about the cost of the Iraq war to the state when I read this bit of rare positive news: A California aerospace company is scouting locations in Rhode Island in order to open a facility to build armored boats by…
