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Feb 1, 2020
4 min

Fort San Pedro: Walking in the Footsteps of Spanish Navigator Explorer Miguel Legazpi

Fort San Pedro or in Spanish, Fuerza de San Pedro offers you 455 year of history to explore as it’s the oldest triangular shaped fort in ...

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Dec 25, 2019
1 min

25 Best Sun Tuz Art of War Quotes

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 More Military Stories: Nancy Pelosi and Her De...

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Dec 3, 2019
3 min

United States Army NCO Creed: Needed More than Ever

No one is more professional than I. I am a noncommissioned officer, a leader of Soldiers. As a noncommissioned officer, I realize that I ...

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Nov 20, 2019
6 min

The Star-Spangled Banner Our National Anthem: #MeToo - Why I and Every American Should Stand

When we stand, we are standing for the men and women, in and out of uniform that have gave us so much to us, all of us, even that clown K...

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Nov 16, 2019
1 min

Top 15 Winston Churchill Quotes

More United Kingdom Stories: A Time for Heroes: The Battle of Rorke's Drift 1879 Bridge Over the River Kwai. A Sombering Adventure into t...

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Nov 14, 2019
5 min

Pearl Harbor Day - 10 Easy to Remember Facts about a Date Which Will Live in Infamy

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by na...

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Nov 12, 2019
4 min

The Pledge of Allegiance: What Does it Mean to Me, to You and to Our Next Generations

Thirty-one words that helps all Americans everywhere to know that they are one people. Thirty-one words that that cements who Americans r...

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Sep 26, 2019
4 min

November 11th Veterans Days: A Day to Remember Our Armed Forces and Say “Thanks”

Veterans Day each November 11th is our nations way of celebrating and thanking those few among us who stand and have stood at the gates, ...

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Sep 18, 2019
2 min

10 War Quotes that Make You Think

"Only the dead have seen the end of war." Plato Here are 10 war quotes, some new and no so new that have stuck with me over the years. I...

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Sep 16, 2019
2 min

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November

Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder Treason Should ever be fo...

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Sep 14, 2019
3 min

God Creates "The CAVALRYMEN"

The Lord was proud and He said," You are no longer Infantry. You shall bear the name of the Cavalry's Scouts. Go forth now and battle the...

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Sep 14, 2019
3 min

The Thirteen Rules of Chivalry Know as "THE QUEST"

Everyone has heard of Chivalry, but do you know where it came from? The origins of The Imperial Constantinian Military Order of Saint Geo...

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Aug 8, 2019
4 min

Come and Take It: The Battle of Gonzales

While the Battle of Gonzales may not conjure up images of thousands of men standing toe-toe in a pitched battle, but with the “COME AND T...

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Aug 7, 2019
2 min

“Flanders Fields” and Red Poppies: A Still to this Day Powerful Poem and a Symbol of Remembrance

The rondeau poem “Flanders Fields” is still today a powerful poem when quoted or read aloud at any war memorial, ceremony or remembrance-...

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Aug 4, 2019
2 min

The Garryowen

The "Garryowen" this is the set of special lyrics that was written for the US 7th Cavalry Regiment. Garryowen [Verse 1] We are the pride ...

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Jul 31, 2019
1 min

101 Years Ago the 3rd ID (Infantry Division) Earns its Moniker “Rock or the Marne”

WWI Second Battle of the Marne July 14 – 15, 1918 Marne River, France. When flanking French units retreated, the then 3rd Division Comman...

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Jul 29, 2019
5 min

A Time for Heroes: The Battle of Rorke's Drift 1879

Following the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, the British awarded 11 Victoria Crosses (VC’s) to the defenders of Rorke’s Drift. 11 Victoria Cros...

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Jul 28, 2019
2 min

Thank You Mr. Tennyson: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death. Rode the six hundred. I remember ...

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Jul 27, 2019
2 min

The Sinking of the Montevideo Maru: Australia's Worst Military Maritime Disaster 1 July 1942

845 Australian POWs and over 200 civilian internees left Rabaul New Britain on 22 June 1942 on the “Montevideo Maru”. The"Montevideo Maru...

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Jul 27, 2019
2 min

July 1861: First Battle of Manassas or as the Yankee Army Called it, the First Battle of Bull Run

First Battle of Manassas was the largest and bloodiest battle in United States history up to that point. Yankee casualties were 460 kille...

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Jul 26, 2019
3 min

Death Takes the Upper Hand: Battle of the Somme Let us Remember!

1,000,000 casualties, and over 300,000 men were killed or declared missing. 103 years have passed since the battle of the Somme in France...

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"Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back."

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