They say that they are not disrespecting the flag when they take a knee during the National Anthem. They say they are not disrespecting the troops when they use their rights, obtained and retained, by those who risk their lives for this country. NFL players say a lot of things, but just because they say it, that does not mean it is true. The National Anthem was written after the War of 1812, so it is about the flag and those who risked their lives. If you are in any doubt what the flag means to those who serve this country, this is a video the NFL protestors will not want you to see!
WHEN A HORRIBLE STORM RIPPED A GUN RANGE FLAGPOLE DOWN — TWO ARMY SOLDERS WENT RUNNINGDaily CallerBenny Johnson | Reporter At LargeAugust 8, 2018
Taylor, Michigan was experiencing a pounding summer storm. Gail-force winds and rain hammered homes and businesses thought the city. A local gun range and community landmark, Top Gun Shooting Sports, was hit particularly hard. The patriotic shop saw structural damage from the storm and also lost one of their most notable features: A flagpole out front. Security footage shows the flagpole getting bent and eventually ripped down by the winds and rain tearing down the street. Luckily, Top Gun was playing host to ‘Patriot Week’ during the storm. Top Gun owner Michael Barbour tells The Daily Caller, “We were having our Patriot week and the Army was here doing a recruiting table along with multiple other special events. Just coincidental that they were standing by the door when the storm hit.” Security camera footage shows the solders running out into the storm mere seconds after the American flag hit the ground. The soldiers, Sgt. Jared Ferguson of the 1st Infantry Division (the “Big Red One”) and Sgt. Eric Buckhorn of the 101st Airborne Div., pick up the flag off the wet concrete immediately and bring it inside. Further footage shows the soldiers indoors, folding the fallen flag properly.read more here
Army Recruiters Rescue Fallen Flag In Taylor, Michigan What players keep missing is the fact, that while they claim to have the right to do as they will, while in their football uniforms, the troops do their duties in theirs. While football players miss the fact their job is to play football, and that is what the fans paid money to see, their fans do not disrespect the players by pulling their own stunts against them. Free speech is not the same as being paid to do a job and then using the people who paid to be there. They also want to dismiss the anger from fans as something tied to POTUS but it only goes to show how little they actually know about patriotism! UPDATE
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter and Iraq War veteran Tim Kennedy said NFL players have a right to protest, but during the national anthem is "not the right time."
Marines helping Marines: Wausau trio return retired colonel's sword, stolen 53 years ago Wausau Daily Herald Keith Uhlig Aug. 9, 2018
"I'm still amazed, that after all this time, that it would show up. And that somebody would take the time and effort to track me down." Retired Marine Colonel Kenneth Russom
Retired Marine Colonel Kenneth Russom displays the sword he bought as he was finishing up Officer Candidates School in 1964. The sword disappeared while Russom shipped it to his first post at Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. Above Russom is the sword he bought later, to replace the original.
(Photo: Courtesy of Kenneth Russom)
WAUSAU - Retired Marine Col. Kenneth Russom never dreamed he'd see the sword again.
It disappeared more than 53 years ago in early 1965. The sword was almost certainly stolen after he shipped it along with other gear from Quantico, Virginia, to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Russom was preparing for his first post as second lieutenant with the Eighth Marines. He bought the sword a few months earlier as he neared completion of Officers Candidate School in Quantico because it is a required part of every Marine officer's dress uniform.
Russom, now 76 and living in St. Augustine, Florida, remembers wrapping and taping the sword up and placing it in a box with uniforms and other personal effects for the move. And he remembers his thoughts when opened the box in North Carolina only to discover the sword was gone.
"First thing was, 'Oh my god, I don't have a sword'," Russom said. "Marine Corps regulations call for every officer to have a personal sword. ... I wasn't panicked, but I was concerned that there would be a uniform inspection (with a commanding officer) and I would be, 'Oh, and by the way, I don't have a sword.'" read more here
Marine vet with arm transplant throws ceremonial first pitch at NY baseball game American Military News Cheryl Hinneburg August 10, 2018
On June 30, Marine veteran John Peck, who lost both legs and arms in Afghanistan, was able to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Rockland Boulders game, thanks to a double arm transplant.
Peck received the double arm transplant just two years ago after losing all of his limbs in 2010 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device, Lohud News reported.
32-year-old Peck said: “Throwing the first pitch is kind of cool for me, I’ve never done that before.”
Prior to the transplant, Peck relied upon prosthetic limbs, but he went on a waiting list to receive the transplant.
Two years ago this month, he was the second wounded veteran to receive an arm transplant. read more here
Orlando Police, Chief Mina escort Officer Valencia's son to first day of school WESH2 News August 10, 2018
ORLANDO, Fla. Two months after Orlando police officer Kevin Valencia was shot during a standoff, his coworkers, and Chief John Mina escorted his son to his first day of school.
The Orlando Police Department released a video of the group escorting Kaleb to his first day of kindergarten.
Valencia was shot during a standoff that killed four children and remains in a coma at a rehab center near Atlanta, Georgia.
If you would like to donate to Kevin Valencia's short and long term expenses while he recovers, click here. go here for this video but have tissues ready.
Exclusive: Hollywood Man Killed In Standoff With Police Suffered From PTSD CBS Miami August 9, 2018
Hudson said he was taken to Memorial Hospital in Hollywood then transferred to the VA in West Palm Beach. “On the day that, that happened, he was only in there for a day and they released him. So now, I have to find out why did you guys release him and then six hours later he’s dead.”
HOLLYWOOD (CBS4MIAMI —- The man shot and killed during a police standoff early Wednesday morning suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), his girlfriend said.
Andrea Hudson said she and her boyfriend Leu Freycinet, 52, a decorated military veteran, bought their home in Hollywood back in March.
She told CBS4 in an exclusive interview, that they were planning on getting married in Dubai in three months.
However, over the last few months, things took an unexpected turn. Hudson said Freycinet started having flashbacks from his time as a U.S. Marine.
She said, “He was just saying stuff like ‘the world is coming to an end… you guys don’t see what I see.’”
“He’s just gone,” she continued. He didn’t want to be called Leu anymore, he wanted to be called Jello.”
For Hudson, Freycinet’s constant and so-called fits took a toll on their relationship. She said he was taking a dozen pills, four times a day for depression and was seeing a therapist.
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