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The Republican National Committee’s director of security said that the explanation of the purported January 6 pipe bomb plot, and the response by authorities, “make no sense whatsoever.” Kenneth Capolino, a former Capitol Police officer who went on to work as the RNC’s director of security, was the man who personally alerted Capitol Police to the bomb near the RNC and managed the emergency response. Capolino told The Daily Wire, in his first public remarks on the incident, that it looked like a stereotypical IED, or improvised explosive device, that is used by law enforcement in training sessions. “Any of...

FORT RUCKER — Those who know him best in Army Aviation refer to him as a “national treasure.” Jack Holmes, a Vietnam veteran who retired from the Army as a Chief Warrant Officer 4, has been the G-3 installation air traffic and airspace official for the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker for 30 years. After half a century of combined active duty and Department of the Army civilian service, Holmes made his final flight, landing on Howze Field Dec. 19, closing the chapter in his life marked “federal service.” “Today we witnessed the culmination of 50...

Approximately 3,000 strangers came to the funeral of a Vietnam veteran with no surviving family. On Wednesday, strangers from Florida, Tennessee, and Iowa reportedly drove to a Michigan funeral for 67-year-old Wayne Lee Wilson, who died on May 28. The former truck driver “proudly” served in the military from 1971 to 1977, including during the Vietnam War, according to an obituary from the Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Services. “He was passionate about helping his fellow wounded veterans and encouraged others to give to the Paralyzed Veterans Association,” read Wilson’s obit. “Mr. Wilson has no surviving relatives.” The notice stated,...

Newly surfaced video shows Native American activist Nathan Phillips explicitly claimed he was a "Vietnam Vet" -- not merely a "Vietnam times veteran" or a "Vietnam veteran times" as he's stated in the past. In a video Phillips shared to his Facebook page on January 3, 2018, he stated plainly, "I'm a Vietnam Vet."

A global search for a Vietnam Veteran nicknamed "Louisiana" came to a bittersweet end this weekend. A group of veterans who had started searching for their Army buddy in May with only a nickname and a single photograph to go by learned "Louisiana," whose actual name was Harold Thomas, died from a heart attack in 2015 at age 65. Susan Waldrop Garvin, the wife of Vietnam veteran Jim Garvin, said everyone just assumed Thomas was a good ol' Cajun boy. The Garvins spent most of the weekend catching up with Thomas' family, who lives in California where he grew up....

A second person has been charged with the fatal January shooting of Vietnam veteran Robert Howard Jr. in the University Village neighborhood. Kevin Mason, 22, faces one count of first-degree murder for the Jan. 26 shooting death of the 62-year-old Howard in the 1000 block of West Maxwell Street, according to Chicago Police. Howard was found shot once in the head.

Larry Yepez credits Marine training. A California Vietnam veteran now has bear attack scars to go along with his battle wounds. Crediting his Marine Corps training, Larry Yepez, 66, says he fought off a 250-pound bear outside his Mariposa County home last week. I could feel his strength. I felt like a little rag doll underneath him ... the bear was about 10 feet away and despite his yelling "get away," the animal continued toward him, jumped on him and knocked him down. ... I could hear the crunching ... when he bit down (on my wrist). He ripped towards...

A Vietnam war veteran whose attorneys say suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder is scheduled to be executed at a Georgia prison Tuesday night, Military Times reported. The state parole board on Monday declined clemency for Andrew Brannan, after the 66-year-old Army veteran's attorneys argued he was having a flashback when he killed a deputy sheriff 16 years ago.

<p>Received word from his son yesterday that FReeper fatrat has passed away. His son said his father loved FR. He was a Vietnam vet and patriot.</p>

A final tribute to a selfless war hero. Dozens saluted and waved flags on Saturday as a lengthy funeral procession of an American hero rolled across an edge of Crosby and the city's north side to Houston National Cemetery. Hundreds honored 1st Sgt. David H. McNerney during a service at his Crosby church and later at a Medal of Honor ceremony at the graveyard. The 79-year-old died earlier this month at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center after a battle with lung cancer. The tributes brought some men to tears. A few had to excuse themselves as veterans and...

A Vietnam veteran who lost the wheelchair elevator that allowed him to get to the sidewalk because the project did not meet city codes now has his mobility back...

<p>On 04 August 2009 the PGR will undertake the delivery of a casket flag from Michael Alan Gare's military honors, completed here in CA, to his daughter in FL. We will transfer the flag from rider to rider like a pony express. We will start on 04 Aug 2009 at 0900 PDT.</p>

Video for Vietnam Vets Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis, WA We shall Never Forget your service

Everybody had buddies in the 1960's, and some went to Nam, some did not return, some did well, and some, like myself and my high school buddy, Wayne Crumley, had let's say, extra trouble after coming back. I'm talking Joe Dirt trouble. Wayne drove around in an expensive "hippie" van that had air-brushed naked ladies painted on the sides. Of course, the van was red - as red as my face is now for thinking of those days. He also owned a boat, and had a Pontiac GTO - while in High School. Even with all that, kids still made...

VIRGINIA BEACH A few years ago at a reunion for Navy sailors and airmen, Clarence Cooper met two men he'd seen just once - Sept. 14, 1968. It was a hot and humid afternoon when North Vietnamese troops ambushed Cooper's supply ship on the river outside Vinh Long. Rockets streamed from the bank, blasted through bulkheads and drove shrapnel into the small crew. The sailors unloaded on the entrenched enemy lines. The deck was covered with smoke and fire and cartridge cases and two rocket-propelled grenades that somehow didn't explode. The fight culminated with a helicopter rescue of a gravely...

Among the national lies Mr. Obama continues to spin as part of his socialist agenda, the concept of the $250,000 “rich” families is among the greatest of insults to hard working Americans and further evidence of just how out of touch the man is with reality. Does Mr. Obama have any clue as to how much life costs these days? A lot. And contrary to populist myth, those making $250,000 are saddled just like everyone else.

--snip-- Farkas, 56, of Woolwich Township N.J., was shot and killed on his bus during an apparent robbery shortly after 7 p.m. Friday on West 5th Street near Fulton Place. Police had not arrested or identified a suspect as of last night. A native of Czechoslovakia, Farkas moved to the United States at the age of 16 and joined the Navy at age 18, serving two tours of duty in Vietnam. He married Maureen Beail-Farkas when the couple was 20, and the pair became San Diego police officers before they were accepted to serve with the Peace Corps in Chile.

Ray and Jeannie Jordan put 105 flags on their bike for the 105th anniversary Harley-Davidson celebration. Ray, a Vietnam vet, wants to remind people flags are not seasonal.

Prayer request for a VieNam Vet...

Clarence Lee of Shallowater, a veteran with four tours in Vietnam to his credit, completed 15 years in the Marine Corps the hard way. "The last tour was 14 months long, because that's when I got captured," he said. Lee can stand with a crutch, and moves about with a wheelchair or motorized scooter because of permanent injuries inflicted when he was a prisoner of war. He attributes his survival of nine months of torture to help from God. Lee, now in his 60s, was a helicopter pilot during the war and received five Purple Heart medals while fighting the...