The US Navy says it has located the wreckage from the T-34C that vanished from radar three weeks ago. The body of one pilot, Lt. Bret Travis Miller, was previously found in the gulf. The Navy is not able to immediately raise the wreckage, so it is unclear if the body of the second pilot, Lt. John Joseph Houston, is on board.
A national contemporary Christian radio station and Christian music group Big Daddy Weave are teaming up to provide for needy military families this Christmas.
The campaign is inspired by a song on Big Daddy Weave’s 2009 Christmas album Christ is Come. Called I’ll Be Brave This Christmas, it is sung from the perspective of a little boy who wishes not for presents, but for the safety and return of his father deployed to war. The song, which will likely be an emotional one for those with men and women in uniform this Christmas, can be heard on the music player on Big Daddy Weave’s website and previewed on Amazon’s sale page for the album.
K-Love is a national radio station that has long sponsored a “Wall of Prayer” for Read more
For the second time since the war in Iraq began, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited with US troops in the region. He landed in Baghdad, spoke for a few minutes, posed for photographs with soldiers, and handed out autographs and cigars. He also reportedly worked out with the troops at Camp Victory.
Schwarzenegger has long been a military favorite, both for his machismo and for his support of the military. In what may be a little known fact, Read more
An interesting commentary from Military.com describes an alleged controversy over the decision to give UAV “pilots” flight pay.
The “controversy” is largely speculative, as there has been no public example of the outcry the author describes:
Will we have to come up with new decorations? For the Distinguished Flying Cross shall we create the Distinguished Sitting Cross for Read more
An Army news article notes the continuing importance of Chaplains in the US military. They serve the needs of all of their charges, a duty that Fort Benning Chaplain (COL) Glenn Davis understands well:
If you look at the mission of the chaplaincy, it is to accommodate the free exercise of religion – that’s a constitutional right.
The duties of the Chaplaincy become all the more important when the duties of Read more
Rep. Michael McMahon (D-NY) has asked Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to name an upcoming destroyer for Chaplain (Lt.) Vincent Capodanno. The Chaplain served with the Marines in Vietnam in 1967. He was killed by the North Vietnamese while giving last rites to wounded and dying Marines and helping a wounded corpsman.
Chaplain Capodanno was subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor.
In May 2009, al Jazeera broadcast a show that included film from a military chapel in Afghanistan. In the sermon, US Army Chaplain (LtCol) Gary Hensley told his congregation they had a responsibility to be a ‘witness for Jesus.’ He said:
The special forces guys—they hunt men basically. We do the same things as Christians, we hunt people for Jesus. We do, we hunt them down.… Get the hound of heaven after them, so we get them into the kingdom. That’s what we do, that’s our business.
As a result, some organizations have accused the Chaplain of violating Read more
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Topic: Military Fighter Pilot
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag is a documentary originally produced for IMAX. It has a nominal plot, following a single F-15 fighter pilot as he participates in Red Flag at Nellis AFB, Nevada. The primary officer is Captain John Stratton, who also narrates as he plans, flies, and acts as a simulated evader during combat exercises in the Nevada desert.
The film has some almost comical flaws (or theatrical necessities, depending on how you view them). For example, Read more