Archives for October 2010

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2010 – Navy officials, current and former crew members and families of the fallen gathered today at Norfolk Naval Station, Va., to remember the 17 sailors killed and 39 others wounded in the al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole 10 years ago today.

Pfc. Cody A. Board, 19, of McKinney, Texas, died Oct. 4, just two weeks shy of his 20th birthday, at Mirwais, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

The president has bestowed the Medal of Honor this afternoon upon the family of Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, whose actions allowed seven of his Special Forces teammates and 15 Afghan soldiers to escape an ambush kill zone.

Today SCOTUS will hear arguments as to, whether or not; the heathens of Westboro rights to free speech over ride the right to privacy of grieving mourners at a military funeral. As sad as it seems the constitution allows for the ignoramus among us to say and do as they wish no matter how demonic they are.

SSG Blis has recruited LTG (Ret) Ricardo Sanchez, author of Wiser in Battle – A Soldier’s History, MG (Ret.) Alfred Valenzuela, author of No Greater Love – Lives and Times of Hispanics Soldiers, and Jerry Castillo, the founder of USFallen.org, to establish an association to deal with these challenges and obstacles faced by our Hispanic active duty service personnel and veterans.