This is not a typical episode, but I felt it was worth sharing. It’s a speech I gave for Memorial Day. The audio quality isn’t great, but it’s meaningful to me. If I can use this podcast and platform to help keep the memory of the fallen alive, then it will have all been worth […]
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A letter from the Editor: What Memorial Day means to a funeral honors Marine
On a long enough timeline, dying is something we all do. Some of us will go quietly in our sleep, surrounded by our loved ones and at the end of a long and fulfilling life. Others, in the chaos and horror of a battlefield a world away from the people we fight for. No matter […]
Memorial Day Sale! HeadHunter Blades Fixed Blade Training Packages
We covered the importance and advantages of carrying a fixed blade in a previous article as well as a story about the origins of this concealable fixed blade knife. I was first introduced to it by former Navy SEAL Kyle Defoor. I have followed Kyle on social media for quite some time and had the opportunity […]
An Army Rangers Memorial Day
How do Rangers spend their Memorial Day? Probably in much the way you think we do. And much the way veterans across the country do to honor their brothers and sisters and those countless many who have given everything throughout our history. Do I mean we sit around and stare at a slideshow of our […]
Memorial Day: Loss of a Shipmate
I served in the U.S. Navy from 1976-1979 as a Machinist Mate aboard the U.S.S. Horne CG-30 out of San Diego, Ca. This was a fairly quiet and transitional period for the military in the Post Vietnam years. Most people in the country really didn’t want to hear about the military nor cared about the […]
Memorial Day Sales and Specials To Take Advantage Of
NeoMag: 20% off standard & EXtended NeoMags, hats, shirts, magazine extensions and patches are 50% off. Sale Dates are 5/26 – 5/29 SOFREP: Not necessarily a sale, but a cool perk offered by SOFREP for the Memorial Day Weekend. Duluth Pack Company: Freedom Munitions: Free shipping on orders over $99! They are also running specials on […]
Remembering The Fallen
It was now day five for our Sniper/Recon team which consisted of myself (sniper), “P” as my spotter, and four reconnaissance rangers. We had been gathering intelligence and tracking a high value target behind enemy lines in southern Afghanistan for the past four days. With the intel we had gathered, we sent up our reports to an […]
Memorial Day with the creators of “The Activity”
Team Never Quit Ammo Memorial Day Sale
Team Never Quit Ammunition has designed and manufactured a frangible round to be used for both training and personal defense. These rounds offer some key advantages over the traditional full metal jacket ammunition. Lead exposure is one issue resolved with frangible ammunition. The full metal jacket round is manufactured with a lead core and copper […]