
Meet “General” Michael Patrick McManus, recipient of 2 DSCs, a purple heart, and any other medal he could get his hands on.
Photo Credit: The Incomparable Mrs. Greyhawk
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Meet “General” Michael Patrick McManus, recipient of 2 DSCs, a purple heart, and any other medal he could get his hands on.
Photo Credit: The Incomparable Mrs. Greyhawk
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President Abraham Lincoln spoke these words as part of his second Inaugural Address, words that have become the motto of the Veterans Administration. Are those words enough now?
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Soooooooo, I’m thinking this is a big football weekend, right?
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“Now is not the time in to engage in a social experiment that can disrupt and potentially have serious impact on the conduct of Forces engaged in combat.”
There’s a time when the things you see on a day to day basis start to nag at you; a time when the way things work start to break down and you don’t really see a remedy in place. This is one of those times.

We all have memories of our service. Many of those memories revolve around a vehicle or a weapon or a piece of equipment. For me it is the M113 APC or “track” as they were known. Keep reading for another man’s memory.
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Photo courtesy of US Army
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Just imagine how much worse it could be.
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